Today I was part of a panel session about Web 2.0 tools for the GMC/PCMA Greg Fine - Association Forum showed some of their Association Professionals throughout History video showed the map of online communities from 2007 (”gulf of youtube”) social media is about building community, and ...

There are days when it’s really tough living on the front end of the bell curve, and clearly Dave Lankes had one of those last week. But instead of letting it get him down, it caused him to redouble his efforts and even write an inspirational post for the rest of us. (Emphasis below is mine.) ...

I’ve been thinking a lot more about online privacy for the last couple of years, so I was already prepared for the current controversy over Facebook’s change in its Terms of Service, and it wasn’t much of a shock to me. I’ve never really posted pictures there, imported my own blog posts,...

Inland Libraries Bringing in Video Games as Part of Teen Offerings “At the Fontana Branch Library, teen librarian Mike Jimenez formed a video game club that draws up to 50 players every Thursday. A new, soon-to-open library will host gaming tournaments run on a 26-computer network in the teen ...

Kate Sheehan the OPAC sucks showed LibraryThing Kate stalked Tim Spaulding in order to be the first beta tester of LibraryThing for Libraries LfL takes all of the warm, fuzzy, reader-generated information about books and puts it into your catalog showed a record with MARC info above and LfL info bel...

When I talk with skeptics of videogame services in libraries, I remind them that gaming isn’t a new concept for us. Most public (and even school) libraries have some sort of past association with chess, as well as other board games, and most public (and even academic) libraries today realize t...

If you’re a regular online, you probably know or know of Blake Carver. Even if you’ve never met him, you know his work. He’s been running and maintaining the incredible LISNews hub since 1999. This contribution alone is why many of us admire him for his dedication and vision. In 20...

Putting for Dollars: Library Raises More than $10,000 with Golf Fundraiser “Winter winds and swirling snow failed to dampen the enthusiasm that greeted the inaugural miniature golf championship held at the Southworth Library on Dartmouth Street on Sunday afternoon. ‘We were a bit worried...

In doing research for my LTR, I came across some sites for specific gaming audiences, so I thought I’d share them here, just to give a sense of how pervasve gaming truly has become. I was so pressed for space in the new format that unfortunately, none of these made it into the final manuscript...