New Addition

• Best Practices of Public Library Information Technology Directors by Primary Research Group Inc.

Del.icio.us

Here's a YouTube video that explains Del.icio.us, how it works, and how you can set up your account. The background music can be a little grating at times but the tutorial is pretty good.

Short Pencils

New Books

• The Center for Intellectual Property Handbook edited by Kimberly M. Boomer and the Staff if the Center for Intellectual Property
• Archiving Websites: A Practical Guide for Information Management Professionals by Adrian Brown
• Learning to Lead and Manage Information Literacy Instruction by Esther S. Grassian and Joan R. Kaplowitz

Digital Ethnography

Here's a video from the professor of anthropology at Kansas State who teaches a digital ethnography class and has posted several videos on YouTube. His "The Machine is Us" video was posted here a couple of months ago.

Books Added

• Evaluating the Impact of Your Library by Sharon Markless and David Streatfield
• The Public Library Manager's Forms, Policies, and Procedures Manual With CD-ROM by Rebecca Brumley
• Management Basics for Information Professionals (2nd ed.) by G. Edward Evans and Patricia Layzell Ward

All Staff Day

Here is David Lee King's presentation. Enjoy!

New Books

• Supporting E-Learning: A Guide for Library and Information Managers edited by Maxine Melling
• Success at the Enquiry Desk: Successful Enquiry Answering Every Time (5th ed.) by Tim Buckley Owen
• A Day in the Life: Career Options in Library and Information Science edited by Priscilla K. Shontz and Richard A. Murray
• Disaster Planning: A How-to-Do-It Manual for Librarians with Planning Templates on CD-ROM by Deborah D. Halsted, Richard P. Jasper, and Felicia M. Little

Tame the Web

This was on Michael Stephens' blog (Tame the Web). Helene Blowers wrote in to Michael to tell him about the LCLS program. Pretty cool!

Social Bookmarking in Plain English

Here is an excellent explanation of social bookmarking in a YouTube video by the same guy from the RSS and social networking videos.

Social Networking in Plain English

Here is really good explanation of social networking in a YouTube video by the same guy from the RSS video.

All Staff Day

David Lee King indicated that he would be providing his PowerPoint (Emerging Trends: Web 2.0 and Libraries) to us and AD will put it on the intranet. His blog does not have the presentation posted yet. I will also put a link on this blog.