library+instruction+technology

Marv K. has launched LibVive, a library news podcast service. I listened to the first installment this morning. The quality of the podcast is excellent and the stories are current.

Check out Dave Pattern's Library 2.0 Idea Generator (discovered at TTW). Check it out for a chuckle or two or three or four!

My favorites so far…

• embed metadata and reclassify your books by the colour of their spine
• redefine the OPAC with comfy chairs & coffee
• podcast about communities of interest just to annoy Michael Gorman
• read about communities of interest and call it a "Rich User Experience"
• convert Walt Crawford and become a billionaire

File this one under "yikes"! I just read the Findings for Today's Students: Digital Illiteracy post over on LISNews.org. A study by ETS of 10,000 college and high school students found that "half could not correctly judge which on-line database was the most objective, reliable and timely." The complete article can be found at the Ft. Worth/Dallas Star-Telegram.

I normally buy books from Amazon and usually buy enough to qualify for the SuperSaver shipping rate. I wanted to buy Chris Anderson's The Long Tail and thought I would give WalMart.com a whirl since they only charge $0.97 to ship one book.

I probably would not use WalMart again in the future. I placed the order on July 11. They collected my payment on July 12. The book arrived today…July 25. Looks like it came "Parcel Select" from Florida. The USPS web site defines parcel select as "the Postal Service's ground, package-delivery product designed for medium-to-large shippers that transport their packages to destinating Postal Service facilities." <sarcasm>I guess they had to pick the books up in a wharehouse in California and then drive them back to Florida to a "destinating Postal Service facility."</sarcasm>

Ironically in the 2 week time-frame of placing the order and receiving the book from WalMart.com, I ordered CDs (Alice DeeJay and QaF Season 4 and 5) from Amazon. The Amazon SuperSaver order came in 4 days.

I created a Flickr photostream for the Library a week and a half ago. I've added a flash based Flickr photo badge to the library's blog. I also have listed it with our other RSS feeds . I got the idea to try this out after reading several of Michael Stephens's (Tame the Web) posts on the use of various social software tools in mostly public libraries.

The University of Winnipeg Library is using a flash Flickr badge on their web site as a virtual library tour. I haven't seen or found many academic libraries publishing a Flickr photostream. I think Flickr is a great and cheap (unless you want to upload a lot of photos in a month) way to get students and faculty more aware of what is going on in the Library even if they don't come to the building. We need to use more visual images on our web sites to show what we are doing and to reach those who have a preference for visual learning (like the Millennials).

Update 8:30 p.m.: There are lots of library accounts on Flickr.  How many of them actually link their Flickr photostreams back to their home page?

I couldn't do my radio show last night. The power went out on campus at 5:20. I left campus as 6:20. The paper reported that power was restored at 7:10. It appears to be another squirrel related power outage. 

My library PSA for last night was for the Ohio Web Library. It will have to wait until August…along with the Bond movie theme songs.

I'm having some fun this summer sharing a two hour show on the college's radio station with a coworker.  Our show is Tuesdays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.  No streaming available, so unless you live within a 20 mile radius of New Concord, Ohio…you can't hear our fine audio production skills.

My first solo show was on June 27 and consisted of techno and house. We play public service announcements instead of commercials. I wrote my own PSA that I read during my show. I'm hoping to work with the station manager to get some recorded in prep for the Fall term. I'd also like him to download ALA's Banned Book Week PSAs. I think I also have another coworker talked into recording a sweep for the station. 

My PSA is based off of samples on the ALA website…tailored to the handful of graduate students on campus in June…

Your research paper is due tomorrow for ECSTI. You have no idea what to bring to tonight's dinner party and you could really use some help in deciding about that new car you're thinking of buying. Where do you turn? How about the library? The Campaign for America's Libraries remind you that whether you need is in print or online, the library will help you find what you're looking for…Everything you want to know about everything you want to know…@ your library. You can learn more about the Muskingum College library by visiting www.muskingum.edu/home/library. You can learn moe about the Muskingum County Library System by visiting www.muskingumlibrary.org and about the Guernsey County District Public Library by visiting www.gcdpl.lib.oh.us.

If you're curious…I played (not in this order) these songs during my show:

Late 80's/Early 90's 

• O Fortuna (Apocalypse Chours Mix) / Apotheosis
• Stand by the Jams / The KLF
• Go, Speed Go / Alpha Team
• Supermodel (You Better Work 7"Mix) / RuPaul
• Don't you Want Me / Felix Feat featuring Jomanda
• Pressure / Sunscreem
• Show Me Love / Robin S.
• Crucified / Army of Lovers
• Strike It Up / Black Box
• 100% Pure Love / Crystal Waters
• Rhythm is a Dancer / Snap
• More and More / Captain Hollywood Project

Late 90's/Now 

• Adagio for Strings / DJ Tiesto
• You're Not Alone (Airplay Mix) / ATB
• Fly Again (K & S Project Radio Edit) / Kristine W.
• Everday / Kim English
• Some Lovin' (Peter Rauhofer Mix) / Kim English
• Hide U / Kosheen
• I See Right Through You / DJ Encore
• At the End (Scumfrog Remix) / iiO
• Silence (DJ Tiesto's In Search of the Sun Remix) / Sarah McLaughlin

I'm playing the James Bond movie theme songs, in order, for my July 18 show.