http://www.walkingpaper.org Wed, 14 May 2008 23:11:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What's the best way to come up with a name for something on your website that you're not sure what to call? Ask the website's users. The WCCLS did just that regarding the its subscription databases/other electronic content after first labeling them "Periodicals." The responders chose the ... http://www.walkingpaper.org/596 → First there was the Aargh Page, a cool infographic of the word's spelling. Now we have even better graphs for Oh Shiit and Daamn. → citation needed shirt → earbud JACK keeps your headphones untangled http://www.walkingpaper.org/594 Ok, so the *last* thing I ever expected to blog about is a children's book but I came across one in the library yesterday that I liked so much I want more people to know about it. It is titled Not a Box and is about a little rabbit ... http://www.walkingpaper.org/593 Young babies and toddlers can sometimes be loud in the library. They scream and run around, often disrupting real patrons' placid library experience. Parents have no control. These little menaces really have no place in our buildings. NO BABIES OR TODDLERS IN THE LIBRARY!! Is there any ... http://www.walkingpaper.org/592 → Zkimmer Browse magazines with Google Maps controls. It actually works pretty well. → The hours of operation are perhaps not the sexiest aspect of a library website, but they are nonetheless a “killer app,” providing a small, crucial bit of information for your users. Great intro to the article ... http://www.walkingpaper.org/588 The CIA's library has a copy of "Danger Man" aka "Secret Agent." originally uploaded by goppenheim P.S. I did some spy work on my own and noticed that the CIA's holdings appear to not be in worldcat.org. Huh. http://www.walkingpaper.org/591 Last Friday I had the honor of giving the first talk in the newly resurrected Margaret Chisholm Lecture series. Over 100 LIS students, alumni, and faculty spent a portion of their evening talking about the read/write web with me. LIS on a Friday night? My kinda folks ... http://www.walkingpaper.org/590 What: Gaming (& Gadgets!) Night Where: CIL 2008, Jefferson Room When: Sunday, April 6th, 5:30-8:00 pm How much: FREE Who: You and other people interested in gaming Jenny Levine and I have given a few gaming workshops at past Computers in Libraries and Internet Librarian conferences. After the sessions we've opened up ... http://www.walkingpaper.org/589 For Aaron. Originally uploaded by hilweber http://www.walkingpaper.org/587 Our DVD player died after over six years of heavy use. The only logical replacement was a PS3 since it can play DVDs (and upscale them), Blu-ray discs and of course games. This will probably be the last physical media device we buy. Crazy! The system ... http://www.walkingpaper.org/585 Yeah, I've got some deadlines to meet. But you know what? Sometimes taking a break to play in Photoshop is just what I need to get on track. Ever since Stephen Abram mentioned the 100 best opening lines from novels list from the American Book Review I ... http://www.walkingpaper.org/583 Jackson County, Oregon needs their library to teach some information literacy classes, that's for sure. Earlier this week, a man's house was ransacked because of a prank and a severe lack of information literacy. Someone posted fake ads on Craigslist informing the world that the man's possessions were up ... http://www.walkingpaper.org/582 I've used quite a few library OPACs. I've also used and sought out the best of the open web. You've probably done the same and like me, you've probably been dismayed at the disparity between the two worlds. The open web can be fun and inspiring. ... http://www.walkingpaper.org/581 Eric Gwinn, the gadgets editor for the Chicago Tribune wrote a (slightly overly) nice and non-judgmental article about digital audiobooks from libraries. My quick read didn't find any errors or misinformation, which seems to be a rarity when it comes to library technology issues in newspapers and magazines. ... http://www.walkingpaper.org/580 → Downloadable audio content from the library on iPods?!?! Holy smokes.OverDrive MP3 Audiobooks will go on sale in May at Borders.com and should be available to libraries by the end of June, to be followed with the release of OverDrive Media Console for the Mac. OverDrive CEO Steve Potash said the ... http://www.walkingpaper.org/579