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Star in Your Own READ Mini Poster

One of the fun projects I’ve gotten to shepherd at work is now available for you to play with - the READ Mini Poster Generator. It’s just like the generators on fd’s Flickr Toys because it was created by John Watson, Mr. fd himself. Choose from one of four templates and just click the button [...]

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07.08.2008 13:59:57 - The Shifted Librarian

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Storytelling in Your Head

The Game’s the Thing “Years ago, I was asked by a non-gaming friend to explain the attraction of gaming, specifically playing MMOs. ‘It just makes no sense,’ she said to me. ‘Why do you want to pretend to be someone else, in a made-up place, with a bunch of other people who are pretending to be [...]

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07.08.2008 06:18:16 - The Shifted Librarian

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“It’s a way your two favorite things…can join into one.”

Emphasis below is mine. Libraries’ Video Games Are Teen Magnet “Although some parents dislike the idea of video games in libraries, the Columbus Metropolitan Library has spent $40,000 on video-game equipment in the first two years of a program to make teenagers feel more welcome in libraries. ‘Gaming is storytelling for teenagers,’ said Julie Scordato, a teen-services specialist [...]

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01.08.2008 17:12:30 - The Shifted Librarian

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If your library wants to experiment with or start an SMS (text messaging) -based reference service, Toby Greenwalt has done all of the research for you about the possibilities. Although information will continue to change, this message to the WEB4LIB mailing list is a great resource. See also this follow-up from Luke Rosenberger. sms, text messaging, text [...]

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31.07.2008 14:00:27 - The Shifted Librarian

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Swinging 236 Votes - Can Libraries Do It?

OCLC was kind enough to send me an advance copy of their latest report, From Awareness to Funding: A study of library support in America, and I have to say that the results of their survey are fascinating. Thanks to a grant from the Gates Foundation, OCLC was able to partner with Leo Burnett (yes, [...]

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30.07.2008 04:51:04 - The Shifted Librarian

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WoW Your Librarian Friends

Until a few years ago, the last time I had really played videogames was in college, where I lost a couple of months of my life (in a row) to SimCity on the Super Nintendo system. I learned my lesson from that and since then, I’ve stayed away from games that I know will suck [...]

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24.07.2008 16:13:57 - The Shifted Librarian

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Bibliocommons Goes Live!

I blogged about Beth Jefferson’s Bibliocommons project last year, impressed with her goal of creating a library catalog interface from scratch that is focused on users and integrates community and social pieces around the content, rather than tacking them on here and there. I also showed some screenshots of the beta version in a presentation [...]

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23.07.2008 15:56:37 - The Shifted Librarian

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The Dead Ends Don’t Justify the Means

Last year, I noted how the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library and others analyzed the user experience in the catalog and began using MeeboMe as a way to provide a path out of the “no results” dead end. Now we have another great example from the Allen County Public Library of re-examining dead ends [...]

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23.07.2008 05:53:31 - The Shifted Librarian

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A Report from the Field from Rick Glady

“We recently completed a 6-month trial of Family Gaming at the Civic Center Library, City of Scottsdale, Arizona. It began as an Adult Gaming program, but we didn’t seem to be able to draw in enough adults to make it worthwhile to be strictly an adult program. We did find out, however, from the [...]

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18.07.2008 15:30:23 - The Shifted Librarian

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More READ Mini Poster Fun

Star in Your Own READ Mini Poster

Storytelling in Your Head

“It’s a way your two favorite things…can join into one.”

txt ur lib

Swinging 236 Votes - Can Libraries Do It?

WoW Your Librarian Friends

Bibliocommons Goes Live!

The Dead Ends Don’t Justify the Means

A Report from the Field from Rick Glady

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