Right now I’m in Xalapa, Mexico for the Peer Learning Meeting of the Gates Foundation’s Global Libraries Project. People attending the meeting have either received, or will be receiving grants from the Gates Foundation and I’m along to talk about Web 2.0 and library usability.
We’re going to do a few [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2009
greetings from mexico!
25 Mar 09 – 1:00 am
the usable library website poster
24 Mar 09 – 1:00 am
Amanda Etches-Johnson and I presented a poster about library website usability at the 2009 Information Architecture Summit last week. What fun!
The poster was interactive. It asked readers to list things they’d like to see on library websites and nudged people toward thinking about fun, whimsical things. It wasn’t a surprise [...]
orbit/moo card hack
24 Mar 09 – 1:00 am
I’ve never had a handy case for my business cards. They’re the Moo variety and not a standard shape.
Turns out that Orbit and Trident packs make for great dual purpose cases, keeping the cards safe until they are deployed into my pocket. Also, my cards smell like cinnamon and mint.
Creating Future Libraries Notebooks
23 Mar 09 – 1:00 am
Word is already out on the streets but I should probably still announce the first in what will be a series of limited edition library related notebooks. I’m selling them on a new section of this site called WALKING PAPER GOODS.
Not only does this first notebook (WP01) read “Creating Future Libraries,” [...]
i need your help with a presentation
19 Mar 09 – 6:04 am
I’m looking forward to Computers in Libraries later on in the month. One of the things I’m doing is giving a presentation called “The Best of the Web.” It is about “websites and tools that you can use to connect with your community, make your website better, and make your job easier and [...]
one usability test is better than none
18 Mar 09 – 1:00 am
How Much Can You Learn in 73 Minutes of User Research? describes one persons experience standing on a street corner and observing bike riders.
When did you last take some time to watch how people use your library? It is possible to learn quite a bit about what people think of your institution without [...]
laCie *key* drive
18 Mar 09 – 1:00 am
Quite possibly the only USB storage device I’ve been excited about for a long while, if not ever. 4GB or 8GB, $18 or $28.
I must confess that carrying around extra keys on my keyring drives me crazy so this still might have to go in my bag.
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Out-of-Box Workstation
17 Mar 09 – 1:00 am
A nice concept for flexible library or learning commons spaces.
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