Two weekends ago I attended PodCamp Boston 3, with some general sense that I might learn something useful, but an increasing uncertainty about what that might be. The first few sessions I attended had a pretty strong focus on using social media for marketing purposes (blech), increasing your “followers,” and, well, podcasting. Which I don’t [...]
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Students as Technology Leaders
Posted in education, technology on July 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Copyright Confusion?
Posted in education, library stuff on July 17, 2008 | No Comments »
I just came across this nifty website that offers a simple slider to determine copyright status of a work. I wouldn’t necessarily claim the information provided is food proof, but it sure does offer a good starting point for navigating the ever more complicated realms of copyright and permissions. This would have been super handy [...]
Everything is Miscellaneous
Posted in books, cataloging, education, technology on June 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I picked up Everything is Miscellaneous to read while on vacation, and was promptly made fun of by my library school colleagues, because, apparently, it’s an assigned text in one of the cataloging classes. Well, I commend the person who’s assigning this book, because it’s really excellent. David Weinberger does a great job talking about [...]
