I’m so excited! I got a new iPod the other day and it’s pretty sweet if I must say so myself. I wanted to listen to a book while doing other stuff, so I went to Pioneer: Utah’s Online Library and jumped on the Overdrive link. I logged in and found a book I’ve been hankering . . . → Read More: iPod audiobooks for free through Pioneer: Utah’s Online Library
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Did you hear the news? Boston Public Library, Overdrive’s partner, now has 15,000 Project Gutenberg e-books in their Overdrive collection. They are accessed through the Overdrive platform, have no checkout or check in, but are also counted in their stats. The advantage is one-stop shopping. Overdrive says it will be available to all of us in the . . . → Read More: Overdrive & Project Gutenberg e-books Futures Thinking for Academic Libraries: Higher Education in 2025 by Staley and Malenfant tells of 26 possible scenarios that may impact academic libraries in the next 15 years. The scenarios include things like academic culture, demographics, distance education, funding, globalization, infrastructure/facilities, libraries, political climate, publishing industry, societal values, students/learning, and technology. The authors have examined the . . . → Read More: Futures Thinking for Academic Libraries Some days I just get tired of all the new age talk, the 21st century hype. That’s one reason that when I got the message from Randy Silverman about a Medieval Hand Papermaking lecture by Jacques Brejoux I was genuinely thrilled. Something new (OK only new to me) in the library world. Do not miss this stellar . . . → Read More: Medieval Hand Papermaker to lecture in SLC Oct 18th How do library trustees get trained? ‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said, –Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass It has been so rewarding to run the Website in a Box program. It’ s fun . . . → Read More: Website in a Box program is moving on |
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QR codes in libraries
I went to a good presentation by Marriott Library and Eccles Health Sciences Library on QR codes. QR stands for quick reference, btw. The notion is to have a code that someone can take a photo of with their handheld device, and the device will translate that code to the information represented underneath. A QR code . . . → Read More: QR codes in libraries