Just when I ditched ie as my default browser comes another strong defender…google chrome. It’s been around for awhile but is coming out strong all over the world . . . → Read More: Google chrome
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Some of the comments: Now we’re getting into the over my head stuff It’s a strange thing Can connect with your kids through facebook How much do you allow in your library? Kids communicate to find “cheats” for their games online Need faster better computers for the games to play right in the library At least in my library, gaming is . . . → Read More: web 2.0 training going on right now at USL With the economy in the toilet, and technology producing many options for getting together without getting together, are face to face meetings (a staple of the library world) doomed? Especially the long distance ones? Are these meetings productive, with the networking, eating, drinking, touring, attending workshops, drinking, eating, touring, etc. A . . . → Read More: Are Face to Face Meetings Passe? Two “tipping points” occurred in 2008. (h/t Stephen Abram) Both will affect the way libraries deliver service. Ray Matthews says “Newspapers are in deep trouble” and he is right. Pew Research reports that for the first time more people get their news from the internet than from newspapers. (Of course, vastly more get their news from . . . → Read More: Two 2008 Trends: Laptops & Internet Supremacy |
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Books are going out the door
The Boston Globe reported a week ago that the Cushing Academy, a prestigious prep school in western Massachusetts, is replacing its 20,000-volume book collection with a “learning center” containing 18 eBook readers and three giant TV screens. It’s replacing the reference desk with a $12,000 espresso machine.
“It’s a little strange, but this is the future.”
ALA . . . → Read More: Books are going out the door