Monthly Archives: April 2006

libraries positively impact the web

This email just came in through my contact form. It encouraged me and reinforced the belief that libraries are doing really positive and helpful stuff when they interact with the rest of the web. Our actions have an impact.
I was happy to find your post about the Denver library MySpace page. I am [...]

western springs history synchronicity

Wow. Something really neat happened on the TFML’s Western Springs History website. I recently posted an essay titled “Memories of Western Springs” by long-time resident Don Kennedy. Half coincidence, and half the power of using weblogs to get community input, a librarian from Ohio added an amazing comment to the post:
Mr. Kennedy [...]

best library myspace yet, and a request

Take a peek at the Denver Public Library’s MySpace, found at http://www.myspace.com/denver_evolver. For a number of reasons, it is one of the best library MySpaces I’ve seen. They’ve included music playing on their page, like every normal MySpace around, they’re networking with YA authors and cool bands, it has a visually appealing [...]

database craziness, bloglines saves the day

So, LISHost had a hiccup and was restored back to Sunday’s state. Therefore, two posts here were zapped into oblivion….or not. You saw them appear again because I was able to rescue the content from bloglines’ cache. I knew it was too soon for the Wayback Machine , but I knew it [...]

where in the world is thommy ford?

Last month, Rick posted about the “Where in the World is Thommy Ford?” program and the associated Thommy Ford Abroad set on the TFML’s flickr account. We have a 11×17 poster of our library’s namesake, along with our URL, and naturally, “Where in the World is Thommy Ford,” available to patrons who want to join [...]