The Shifted Librarian

Does Gaming Promote Reading?

The State of Libraries: ‘Funding Down, but Gaming Up” “Are we really doing anything to tie video gaming and literacy together? I haven’t seen it; I’ve simply seen us holding gaming sessions because that’s what gets teens - boys in particular - excited enough to come in and participate in a library-sponsored activity, thus racking up [...]

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16.04.2008 01:47:36 - The Shifted Librarian

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Another Great CiL Conference

Once again I had a great time at the Computers in Libraries conference, even though I didn’t get to stay for the whole thing. I did a preconference with Aaron Schmidt on gaming that was our best one yet, and I got some great feedback about the “Hi Tech, Hi Touch” presentation I was asked [...]

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10.04.2008 19:20:19 - The Shifted Librarian

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It’s Video Week on TSL

Today’s National Library Week video is all about a game, in this case Go Fish. (More NLW videos here.) al focus, ala, mpow, national library week, nlw, videos

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04.04.2008 14:32:17 - The Shifted Librarian

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Dude, That’s a Llama

I missed these last year but still laughed when I saw them today. The DePauw Libraries did a takeoff of the Mac-PC ads on the subject of search results, as well as a promo called “Branching Out” dressed up as a Common Craft video! No Tags

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03.04.2008 17:22:56 - The Shifted Librarian

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Game Night at CiL on Sunday!

What: Gaming (& Gadgets!) Night Where: CIL 2008, Jefferson Room When: Sunday, April 6th, 5:30-8:00 pm How much: FREE Who: You and other people interested in gaming Aaron Schmidt and I have given a few gaming workshops at past Computers in Libraries and Internet Librarian conferences. After the sessions we’ve opened up the room to anyone interested [...]

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02.04.2008 21:34:25 - The Shifted Librarian

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“But We Also Are”

And we do. Check out the About page of the Technically Random blog. “We are the Random Technology Un-Committee and we are more what we aren’t than what we are. We aren’t a committee; We aren’t a task force; We aren’t an advisory group; And, we certainly aren’t organized. We do not have a charge; We do not have a mission; We do [...]

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02.04.2008 13:42:44 - The Shifted Librarian

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Super Sized National Library Week Video

The National Library Week videos keep coming. Track them at AL Focus. Super Sized No Tags

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31.03.2008 19:20:47 - The Shifted Librarian

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Flying through Pictures

Check out the cool PicLens browser extension for Firefox or Internet Explorer on Windows or Mac. It gives you a full screen experience of flying through a photostream from a variety of websites. Simply install the extension and a small “play” button will appear over pictures on certain websites (such as Flickr, Facebook, etc.). Click [...]

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14.03.2008 13:55:26 - The Shifted Librarian

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Win a Wii and Thank Blake, All at the Same Time

If you’re a regular online, you probably know or know of Blake Carver. Even if you’ve never met him, you know his work. He’s been running and maintaining the incredible LISNews hub since 1999. This contribution alone is why many of us admire him for his dedication and vision. In 2002, Blake started LISHost, an affordable [...]

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14.03.2008 00:20:19 - The Shifted Librarian

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More Undead Ends

Undead Dead End Originally uploaded by herzogbr In response to my post about IM widgets at dead ends, Brian Herzog offers a great example of using a greasemonkey script to provide an email door out of the “no search results” page of his catalog. Since his library [...]

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14.03.2008 00:20:19 - The Shifted Librarian

Does Gaming Promote Reading?

Another Great CiL Conference

It’s Video Week on TSL

Dude, That’s a Llama

Game Night at CiL on Sunday!

“But We Also Are”

Super Sized National Library Week Video

Flying through Pictures

Win a Wii and Thank Blake, All at the Same Time

More Undead Ends

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