http://librariansmatter.com/blog It is and we do. Musing, enthusing, libraries, emerging technologies, balancing, being mum. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:19:59 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2010/09/08/so-what-do-we-teach-in-university-library-technology-courses-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-80268 Stacey Taylor Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:19:59 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/?p=2582#comment-80268 I think the number one attribute with regard to using technology is flexibility and imagination. Plenty of people can locate new online tools, but it is having the inventiveness to implement in an appropriate classroom activity or range of activities that is the real skill. I'm not sure how you "teach" that though. I think the number one attribute with regard to using technology is flexibility and imagination. Plenty of people can locate new online tools, but it is having the inventiveness to implement in an appropriate classroom activity or range of activities that is the real skill. I’m not sure how you “teach” that though.

]]> http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2010/09/08/so-what-do-we-teach-in-university-library-technology-courses-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-80250 Kat Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:16:21 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/?p=2582#comment-80250 This picture is me tweeting "Went straight from library school to workforce feel success not always from skills learned but attitude, aptitude and flexibility" This picture is me tweeting “Went straight from library school to workforce feel success not always from skills learned but attitude, aptitude and flexibility”

]]> http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2010/09/04/grove-library-images-2-weeks-after-moving-in/comment-page-1/#comment-80223 Jenny Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:50:18 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/?p=2575#comment-80223 Wow Kathy, that is so spacious, and great timing as I'm meant to visit a new library for my study, and there aren't any new libraries around here. Wow Kathy, that is so spacious, and great timing as I’m meant to visit a new library for my study, and there aren’t any new libraries around here.

]]> http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2008/08/27/information-architecture-in-australia-where-are-the-librarians/comment-page-1/#comment-80107 Atenea de cabeza // perdida en el súper Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:54:19 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2008/08/27/information-architecture-in-australia-where-are-the-librarians/#comment-80107 [...] de la corriente de la fiebre de etiquetas (de la que podemos culpar a sitios como del.icio.us) y el secreto matrimonio de los tecnólogos y los bibliotecólogos, la librería Atenea pareciera ser una isla dentro del mar de la [...] [...] de la corriente de la fiebre de etiquetas (de la que podemos culpar a sitios como del.icio.us) y el secreto matrimonio de los tecnólogos y los bibliotecólogos, la librería Atenea pareciera ser una isla dentro del mar de la [...]

]]> http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2008/08/27/information-architecture-in-australia-where-are-the-librarians/comment-page-1/#comment-80106 Atenea de cabeza // perdida en el súper Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:54:19 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2008/08/27/information-architecture-in-australia-where-are-the-librarians/#comment-80106 [...] de la corriente de la fiebre de etiquetas (de la que podemos culpar a sitios como del.icio.us) y el secreto matrimonio de los tecnólogos y los bibliotecólogos, la librería Atenea pareciera ser una isla dentro del mar de la [...] [...] de la corriente de la fiebre de etiquetas (de la que podemos culpar a sitios como del.icio.us) y el secreto matrimonio de los tecnólogos y los bibliotecólogos, la librería Atenea pareciera ser una isla dentro del mar de la [...]

]]> http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2010/08/31/things-to-watch-out-for/comment-page-1/#comment-80090 Things to watch out for… » Librarians Matter life university Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:34:22 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/?p=2556#comment-80090 [...] original here:  Things to watch out for… » Librarians Matter By admin | category: DEAKIN University | tags: clancy, DEAKIN University, [...] [...] original here:  Things to watch out for… » Librarians Matter By admin | category: DEAKIN University | tags: clancy, DEAKIN University, [...]

]]> http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2010/06/01/30-posts-in-30-days/comment-page-1/#comment-80085 Things to watch out for… » Librarians Matter Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:08:07 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/?p=1913#comment-80085 [...] week’s VALA meeting about m-libraries had a bright idea last night. Following on from the  30 Posts in 30 Day blogfest in June and 1Pic1ThoughtinAug Flickrfest comes the #postiveSep positivityfest. The idea [...] [...] week’s VALA meeting about m-libraries had a bright idea last night. Following on from the  30 Posts in 30 Day blogfest in June and 1Pic1ThoughtinAug Flickrfest comes the #postiveSep positivityfest. The idea [...]

]]> http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2010/06/15/using-wordpress-3-0-for-a-library-website/comment-page-1/#comment-79993 Welcome | Repository Of Church History Etc… Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:18:27 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/?p=2181#comment-79993 [...] Using WordPress 3.0 for a library website ” Librarians Matter (librariansmatter.com) This entry was posted in Lectures. Bookmark the permalink. ← Hello world! [...] [...] Using WordPress 3.0 for a library website ” Librarians Matter (librariansmatter.com) This entry was posted in Lectures. Bookmark the permalink. ← Hello world! [...]

]]> http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2010/08/24/proud-mum-broadband-innovation-lego-club-and-tim-winton/comment-page-1/#comment-79985 pollyalida Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:38:05 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/?p=2536#comment-79985 What an awesome week in the Greenhill household! Love that Mr. 12 has such a special award named after him. And what a delightful story Mr. 7 wrote, it has the makings of a great book! Think he can get working on that? :-) What an awesome week in the Greenhill household! Love that Mr. 12 has such a special award named after him. And what a delightful story Mr. 7 wrote, it has the makings of a great book! Think he can get working on that?

]]> http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2010/08/26/yes-google-phone-calls-to-the-us-for-free-works-in-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-79973 Digital Culture Links: August 26th 2010 | Tama Leaver dot Net Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:22:15 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/?p=2549#comment-79973 [...] Gmail Offers Phone Service via Web [NYTimes.com] – “Google entered a new business beyond Internet search on Wednesday with a service within Gmail to make phone calls over the Web to landlines or cellphones. The service will thrust Google into direct competition with Skype, the Internet telephone company, and with telecommunications providers. It could also make Google a more ubiquitous part of people’s social interactions by uniting the service for phone calls with e-mail, text messages and video chats. “It’s one place where you can get in touch with the people that you care about, and how that happens from a network perspective is less important,” said Charles S. Golvin, a telecommunications analyst at Forrester Research. Gmail has offered voice and video chat for two years, but both parties must be at their computers.” (It works from Australia, too.) [...] [...] Gmail Offers Phone Service via Web [NYTimes.com] – “Google entered a new business beyond Internet search on Wednesday with a service within Gmail to make phone calls over the Web to landlines or cellphones. The service will thrust Google into direct competition with Skype, the Internet telephone company, and with telecommunications providers. It could also make Google a more ubiquitous part of people’s social interactions by uniting the service for phone calls with e-mail, text messages and video chats. “It’s one place where you can get in touch with the people that you care about, and how that happens from a network perspective is less important,” said Charles S. Golvin, a telecommunications analyst at Forrester Research. Gmail has offered voice and video chat for two years, but both parties must be at their computers.” (It works from Australia, too.) [...]

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