Musings on library school, books, technology, and other things by a library school student, computer geek and bibliophile.
Posted in IL2006, Internet Librarian 2006 on Oct 28th, 2006
The second session on Monday in the public library track was given by Stephen Abram VP of innovation at SirsiDynix (for any family members still braving the library geekery, they’re a major vendor of library computer systems), who talked about the idea of personas as a means of user-centered planning.
The presentation kicked off with [...]
Posted in Life in Tucson on Oct 28th, 2006
Okay, this is just too cool.
On my way home for the grocery store this afternoon I got to see (for only the second time since I moved to Tucson) a roadrunner crossing the road. Man, those little critters are fast.
Alas, there was no coyote tearing after it, but still way cool.
Posted in IL2006, Internet Librarian 2006 on Oct 28th, 2006
The second speaker for the public library 2.0 presentation was Helene Blowers from the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. She talked about the program she set up to encourage library staff to learn about new technology, and this has got to be one of the coolest training programs I’ve run across in a [...]
