Part 2 of the episode Silence in the Library airs this Friday, Jun 27th, on Sci Fi Channel. Let’s just say make sure to count the shadows and stay in the light. You might be able to catch part 1 this week too.

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Basically the hardest thing to do is implement any new idea or be innovative when you work for a place where there is very little money, and little room for error. Working for the State of Idaho it’s hard to convince anyone to adopt a new idea, even if it costs nothing and has the [...]

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I just finished listening to this book on audio. Some of you may have already read this book as it was published in 2005. The subtitle of the book tells it all, “The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books”. Aaron Lansky chronicles his adventures of saving Yiddish books, and simultaneously [...]

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I saw this last year at Internet Librarian and it was in a rushed Hallowe’en session, and the last session I attended, but I forgot about it until now! The phrase “web exhibit software” keeps coming up - so I googled it - and was reacquainted with that conference from last year.
This is SIMILE, which [...]

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I saw this a few weeks back on the blog Librarian in Black that a company called Scriblio has developed a way to text message call numbers to customer cell phones! How awesome is that!
I then tried it out and used Jing to help me make a screencast of my experience! Watch and listen!

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Shirley at ICFL posted this link on LIBIDAHO to a slick, informative, and all around terrific resource about librarians, libraries, and library careers.  I could have used this site when I went to the local high school for the career fair — and I will use it next time.  The site was created by an MLIS student [...]

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People are plugged into MP3 players and moving through their days to the beat of their chosen drummer – when and where they want to.  I’d made some assumptions about these devices and the people wired to them that were shattered when I got my own iPod.  I also finally discovered what my friends at [...]

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Just saw this article come through LJ about librarians using Second Life as a way to connect to users.  I know for you cutting edge folks this is old hat, but it is incredibly interesting for those of us who are just jumping on board. 

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