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 [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2006
libraries positively impact the web
28 Apr 06 – 3:37 pm
western springs history synchronicity
22 Apr 06 – 1:07 pm
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
22 Apr 06 – 10:13 am
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 [...]
where in the world is thommy ford?
20 Apr 06 – 9:52 am
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 [...]
western springs newspaper obituary index
20 Apr 06 – 9:45 am
You all may get a kick out of the Western Springs Newspaper Obituary Index. An industrious Magazines Desk employee was interested in indexing obits from our local papers, and naturally we wanted this index to be online. The obvoius solution was to use WordPress:
Quick and easy database creation. In fact, I didn’t have to do [...]
thoughts on the stapler
2 Apr 06 – 10:56 pm
My small post about the reference desk stapler solicited some hilarious and insightful comments both here and at a pic of the stapler on flickr.
Highlights include Richard Ackerman’s comment:
Of course we let our patrons use staplers! We just require they take training in the use of advanced stapler features first
and Jenny’s response. [...]
