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I’ve been using Twitter some over the last few months (follow me at angelalib). So, I really liked this article that lists many different types of things you can do with twitter. It covers cross-posting your blog into Twitter, using your Flickr account with Twitter, using Twitter as a Gmail notifier or alarm clock, and much more.
Just found another nice list of tools that work with Twitter:
There is a nice article about libraries in Digital Web Magazine this week: Getting the Most Out of Your Library. It covers everything from library catalogs to Worldcat and other databases to special collections to the LibX Firefox toolbar, all the while showing how libraries can be helpful for web designers/developers.
From the New York Times article “Palin’s Start in Alaska: Not Politics as Usual:”
“Shortly after becoming mayor, former city officials and Wasilla residents said, Ms. Palin approached the town librarian about the possibility of banning some books, though she never followed through and it was unclear which books or passages were in question.
Ann Kilkenny, a Democrat who said she attended every City Council meeting in Ms. Palin’s first year in office, said Ms. Palin brought up the idea of banning some books at one meeting. “They were somehow morally or socially objectionable to her,” Ms. Kilkenny said.
The librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, pledged to “resist all efforts at censorship,” Ms. Kilkenny recalled. Ms. Palin fired Ms. Emmons shortly after taking office but changed course after residents made a strong show of support.”
I’ve been working on a customized implementation of MediaWiki to use for library policies and procedures in technical services. It will be part of our public website, so it needed to fit into its design, incorporate WYSIWYG editing, and only be editable by staff with user accounts. It isn’t live yet, so here are a few screenshots from the test site.
Sample public page
Sample page when logged in
Edit screen
Making Library Web Sites Usable: A LITA Guide by Thomas Lehman and Terry Nikkel
It gives you practical advice in clear, non-technical prose, plus success stories from 18 academic, public, corporate, and government libraries. Read it and you will learn what usability assessments are, why they are important for libraries, why you should do them regularly, and what the most common challenges are. You will also learn all of the necessary how-tos, whats, and whys for the most common assessment techniques and how to interpret your results, document findings, and effectively communicate results and recommendations.
Late Library Books Can Take Toll on Credit Scores (New York Times)
- Lots of interesting Readers’ Comments on the story
