Like | robinna | Jan 27, 2013 | social media, twitter
I found this project really interesting given that I both tweet AND I sometimes incorporate materials (including text snippets usually from out of copyright materials) into my artwork.. I do wonder how twitterers feel about this… So here is what this particular project does: Many tweets have GPS coordinates embedded in them. Shindelman and Larson exploited those geographic points by traveling to the spot of ...
Artists uses tweets to make art – thoughts on twitter TOS and more Read More
Like | robinna | Jan 27, 2013 | Libraries, twitter
For those of you who couldn’t make it to ala:you can see all of the tagged ala midwinter (#alamw13) tweets at this link https://twitter.com/search?q=alamw13&src=tyah ; you can also save it in your twitter searches so that you can see as many posts 😉 Perhaps, even more useful, use the RSS feed for this hashtag http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=alamw13 to subscribe via your reader, which then gives you the ability ...
Not at ALA? No problem – harvesting alamw news from twitter… Read More
Like | robinna | Jan 21, 2013 | publishing
Interesting news if you’ve not been following these stories: JSTOR“The archives of more than 1,200 journals are now available for limited free reading by the public, JSTOR announced today. Anyone can sign up for a JSTOR account and read up to three articles for free every two weeks.”more at:http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2013/01/academic-libraries/many-jstor-journal-archives-now-free-to-public/ As a side note:For those of you who followed the Aaaron Swartz (Reddit, RSS) / JSTOR ...
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Like | robinna | Jan 10, 2013 | photography, projects
georgiawebgurl – of course! You can also see my photos here without having to use a mobile device!
Like | robinna | Jan 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
2011 10/6 – GLA/COMO Paper presentation “The effect of automation on academic library staffing: A discussion” (co-author); Maximizing Your Social Media Presence: Tools and Tips to Save You Time and Effort (Presenter) 10/5 – USG Staff Council Conference – Using Technology to Improve Customer Service (Speaker) 9/20 – Social Media for Government – Tools You Can Use To Leverage Social Media With Less Work (Speaker) ...
Like | robinna | Dec 21, 2012 | 3D, Big Data, Data, Library Catalogs (ILS)
Ithaka S+R’s Research Support Services for Scholars program has released the report of their NEH-funded study, Supporting the Changing Research Practices of Historians(http://www.sr.ithaka.org/news/understanding-historians-today-%E2%80%94-new-ithaka-sr-report). Here’s a brief description of the project from the report’s Executive Summary: In 2011-2012, Ithaka S+R examined the changing research methods and practices of academic historians in the United States, with the objective of identifying services to better support them. Based on interviews with dozens of historians, librarians, archivists, ...
Like | robinna | Dec 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
Remember how I said I was going to fold my art blog into content divergent (that’s divergent content, isn’t it?) Well here, you go! (Psst – don’t forget you can also subscribe directly to the topics that interest you too using the RSS feed for the category… so no need to see art if you don’t want to see it)
Like | robinna | Dec 7, 2012 | Libraries, linkeddata, semantic web
I can’t remember if I posted this here before, but if you are interested, this discussion group about linked data was started by Laura @ Emory, Doug G @ Ga Tech and a little help from me. Please feel free to join us – (and it does not matter what kind of library you are in or how much you know – or don’t – about ...
Like | robinna | Dec 6, 2012 | Libraries, linkeddata, metadata, semantic web
So very cool! Exactly – library bib data has a very viable place in the larger semantic web – ESPECIALLY, our controlled vocabularies (subject headings) and authority (series and names) data. ——————- Ex Libris joins W3C Schema Bib Extend Community Group, part of the Schema.org linked data initiative http://http://www.librarytechnology.org/ltg-displaytext.pl?RC=17470 ———- :“Our customer community is very keen to take advantage of linked data methodology,” remarked Oren Beit-Arie, chief ...
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Like | robinna | Nov 29, 2012 | Libraries
I realize this survey is for public libraries, but I know a few of you 😉 Please consider taking the survey. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/digitallearningcenter “More frequently, public libraries and community organizations are becoming the go-to place for digital literacy education. Users come searching for help to understand and use computer programs, printers and other hardware, the Internet (web browsing, e-mail, social media), digital media (cameras, e-readers, music ...
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