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Gaming Super Tuesday

Primary Game: Candidates as Consoles “As pundits ponder the resurgence of Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, here’s a handy high-tech guide to the three Democratic frontrunners. Because as it happens, they’re best understood in relation to the top three video game consoles.” Click through to find out why Barack Obama is the Nintendo Wii, Hillary [...]

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06.02.2008 16:45:35 - The Shifted Librarian

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Undeadening the Dead Ends

We know that enterprising libraries such as The University of Calgary, McMaster University, Topeka Shawnee County Public Library, and Baylor University have implemented MeeboMe widgets at the dead ends of their catalogs. I’m wondering if any libraries have gone further to add this type of functionality to the “sorry, no search results” pages in the [...]

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01.02.2008 21:15:46 - The Shifted Librarian

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Text Live Homework Help

McCracken County Public Library: Text Live Homework Help Originally uploaded by The Shifted Librarian Brilliant marketing idea from the McCracken County Public Library No Tags

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01.02.2008 17:30:43 - The Shifted Librarian

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Browsing the Virtual New Bookshelf

Allen County Public Library has a cool way to browse its “new books” section online. Superpatron Ed Vielmetti first coded a “wall of books” a couple of years ago, and Mike Cunningham wrote a book cover browser for the 2006 Talis Mashing up the Library Contest, but this is the first public library implementation I’ve [...]

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01.02.2008 17:30:43 - The Shifted Librarian

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More Gaming in the Library

Putting for Dollars: Library Raises More than $10,000 with Golf Fundraiser “Winter winds and swirling snow failed to dampen the enthusiasm that greeted the inaugural miniature golf championship held at the Southworth Library on Dartmouth Street on Sunday afternoon. ‘We were a bit worried when we saw the snow, but we had a great turnout in spite [...]

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01.02.2008 17:30:43 - The Shifted Librarian

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Viewing the ALA Universe

I ran into a frustrating issue at work last week. To try to help solve it, I created the ALA Universe in order to help staff track some of what’s going on internally. I had just received an invite to the beta of Netvibes Ginger, the new version that lets you create a public page [...]

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01.02.2008 17:30:43 - The Shifted Librarian

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I Want

I received a “mysterious” email today, which led me to the official website (nothing there yet), and then to Amazon to get details. They had a great trailer for the game, but I was surprised to find that you can only “share” their video links via email to one person. Go figure. So then I [...]

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01.02.2008 17:30:43 - The Shifted Librarian

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Some of the People I Work with Are a Lot of Fun

Dancing with the ALA Stars al focus, ala, mpow, video

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01.02.2008 17:30:43 - The Shifted Librarian

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My Favorite Picture from Midwinter

JABBARroy Originally uploaded by ALA - The American Library Association You can see more pictures from Midwinter on the main ALA Flickr account, including my second favorite photo. alamidwinter08, alamidwinter2008, alamw08, alamw2008, kareem abdul jabbar, loriene roy

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01.02.2008 17:30:43 - The Shifted Librarian

The Shifted Librarian

Gaming Super Tuesday

Undeadening the Dead Ends

Tag Clouds Aren’t Just for Folksonomies Anymore

Text Live Homework Help

Browsing the Virtual New Bookshelf

More Gaming in the Library

Viewing the ALA Universe

I Want

Some of the People I Work with Are a Lot of Fun

My Favorite Picture from Midwinter

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