Technology Sloooowdown

Hmmm, is it coincidence since I have loaded all of these "extras" onto my computer that it has slowed down tremendously? This is not a good thing. I may move everything onto my older computer and see if my laptop comes back to life. I can't stand a slow computer, especially when it used to be fast.

Zotero is Sweet!

Wow! Just played with Zotero and I have to go do some comparing with Connotea. Zotero seems to be ultra-functional. This is exciting!

Using Wikipedia

http://www.dlib.org/dlib/may07/lally/05lally.html
Well, here is a use for wikipedia with which librarians can be on board!

Speaking of digital preservation...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/15/AR2007051501873.html

Food for thought at the Washington Post

LOC Joins the Blogging World

The LOC has launced their own blog, I believe in celebration of their birthday. What a fine way to celebrate a birthday. Visit the blog here http://www.loc.gov/blog/ and enjoy.

Wikis

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6438167.html?q=wikis

Have to keep up with wiki news!

Skype-ing Along

Well, it was a little time-consuming, but most of the skype contacts are now in place. There were about 13 that could not be found. I wonder how that will play out down the road! Back to work!

The Adventure Continues

Well, the nicecast was quite the experience. It is so frustrating when the technologies do not work. It will be interesting to see how the journey unfolds...will we be able to use the anticipated technologies? Being in a school library has certainly taught me to always have a back-up plan for when, not if, the technology fails. Let the adventure continue.....

Two Articles

http://www.libraryjournal.com/clear/CA6443843.html?nid=2673#news2

These articles address digital libraries and librarians. The first article also laments the lack of a decent reading device for ebooks. :-)

Connotea

http://www.dlib.org/dlib/april05/lund/04lund.html

I read this article many moons ago, when beginning my MLIS journey. It's come back to haunt me, but haunting can be good. Just wanted to share the link. Of course, I have it bookmarked in my Connotea. That's how I found it so easily. Go ahead, try Connotea. :-)

So far...

Two chapters read, so far, so good. No surprises yet. :-)
My second grader is doing podcasts of his book reviews, at school. I helped students at the other elementary school do podcasts of their book reviews. It's a great technology. Now, to get them blogging!