Persistence and Some Other Virtues for Solo Web-Services Librarians

Last September, I did an online presentation through OPAL (Open Program for All).  The topic was “Web Services for Underfunded and Understaffed Libraries.”   After the presentation, I uploaded my slides on SlideShare and then completely forgot about it.  A few days ago, I got an email from SlideShare that notified me the number of views [...]

February 3rd, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Librarianship, Library, Technology, Web | Leave a comment

Thoughts on To-Do Lists & Personal Information Management (PIM)

Have you ever had an A-HA moment for something that only makes sense in a smart phone?

I had one of those with a to-do list. To-do list apps are essentially personal information management (PIM) systems. Because you carry your smart phone all the time and it is always on, a smart phone is an idea [...]

January 10th, 2010 | Tags: | Category: Technology, Web | 5 comments

How Personal Should a Library Be in Social Media?

How many social media accounts does your library maintain? How do you keep them lively and up-to-date? OK, keeping up-to-date part is relatively easy. You just need to post updates on your library’s Facebook page, to add new posts to your library’s blog, and to keep twittering in your library’s Twitter.

However, keeping it lively is [...]

October 7th, 2009 | Category: Library, Social Media, Technology, Web | 7 comments

Magic is more in your staff than in technologies

Roy Tennant recently posted “The Top Ten Things Library Administrators Should Know About Technology” in TechEssence blog. Among the ten things, what I like most is No. 4: “Maximize the effectiveness of your most costly technology investment — your people.”  In the other post, “Your ideas for “Top Ten Things“” a similar suggestion appears: “Allow [...]

September 13th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Continuing Education, Library, Technology, Web | Leave a comment