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Category Archives: Libraries

Join the Social

Recently I had a chance to speak at one of our member institutions about collaborating with social tools. Slides from the talk are now available. Many of the staff spent their lunch break learning how social tools can be used to collaborate with others.
I could tell that many in the room were seeing [...]

Ultra Low-Cost PCs

OPLIN has a newish blog titled What Does This Mean to Me, Laura? The “Laura” is of course Laura Solomon.
I was recently invited to guest blog about Ultra Low-Cost PCs like the Asus Eee PC.  The post is up now.

Kill the Kill Switch

Bruce Schneier recently posted a commentary on Wired titled I’ve Seen the Future, and It Has a Kill Switch.  Looks like everyone wants to be able to control everything.
OnStar will soon include the ability for the police to shut off your engine remotely. Buses are getting the same capability, in case terrorists want to re-enact [...]

NYPL is Moving to Drupal

I’ve previously mentioned my preference for content management systems over traditional websites.  We use Drupal at MPOW and it allows almost everyone in our office to easily contribute to our site.
Drupal is also becoming a popular choice for libraries and now the New York Public Library is joining the party.  Josh Greenberg recently posted on [...]

Do Libraries Make You Sick?

A group of people in New Mexico claim that they are “allergic” to WiFi signals. They are trying to get WiFi removed from all public buildings and guess where they are starting? Libraries.
So that’s why people aren’t going libraries! They don’t get headaches from trying to figure out our catalogs or navigate [...]