Have you heard about the emerging Internet of Things? I have been meaning to write about this for a while now but was unable to find time. This term refers to the new and expanded Internet by real-world objects that are connected to the Internet and feeds the massive amount of new data to the [...]
Posts under ‘Web’
Joomla: A Nice Surprise
I volunteered to serve on the web committee of the Southern Chapter of Medical Library Association (SC/MLA) this year. The work I do as the co-chair of this committee is to create a web site for the 60th Annual SC/MLA Conference. The idea of using Joomla for the conference site came from the folks at [...]
After Two days with an iPad
So finally it came. The long-awaited iPad. I got this as a birthday present from my husband. So I can’t really say that I was committed to purchase this gadget myself. I doubt if I would have spent that much $$$ although the model I got is the lowest spec (16GB wi-fi access only). But [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]