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SF Net Tuesday: Buzka, Meebo, Librarians & Museums
We had a small but lively group last night at the San Francisco Net Tuesday. Raphe Patmore, CEO, and Jinnan Cai, Technical Director, from Buzka were there all the way from Perth, Australia. Buzka is "a simple way to share all your favorite web stuff" in what they call "spots." For example, Jinnan showed me the Refugee Detention spot he created (screenshot above) to share links about refugee issues in Australia. The interface is easy to navigate, and you can view the links by title, description or thumbnails (they have a server creating screenshots of the pages).
Dan Bernstein of Business and Marketing from Meebo, "the web messenger that lets you access IM from absolutely anywhere," showed us how a fifth grade teacher, Mrs. Uppman, put the Meebome widget on her classroom web site so that students and their parents can IM her about homework and other stuff. Cute!!
Dan also told us about a couple cool librarian sites: the Library and Information Technology blog and I Am a Librarian, which promotes instant messaging in libraries.
Finally, Craig Rosa told us about a discussion happening this week on the ASTC (Association of Science-Technology Centers) forum about social technologies. He said that one thread of the discussion was about how Flickr has become a money-saving tool for museums looking for images.
Public Libraries Make the Virtual Leap
From the New World Notes blog, take a look at how libraries are now using Secondlife:
Friday, April 21, 8:00AM - 9:00AM: Getting Along with IT staff for Librarians and Educators. Rain Noonan hosts this unique event, featuring an appearance by the ITS Director of the Kansas City Public Library. "This session covers the basics of how to jump communication hurdles between techies and non-technical staff," Noonan posts. "For VOIP, go to http://67.19.231.218/v4/login.asp?r=67955673&p=0
type your name and click enter. Minimize window. If you do not have a microphone, you can ask questions via text chat." Part of the Librarian's Continuing Education Seminar Series, from the Johnson County Library.
Ann Arbor District Library System
Ann Arbor Library District Library System www.aadl.org/ |
The Ann Arbor District Library (AADL) system is composed of the Downtown Library, three branch libraries and a Bookmobile. AADL is using the open source software, Drupal, as their content management system and using a blog for the front page ... |
Tagging and Social Networking With Books
I recently discovered Library Thing, an online service to help people catalog their books.
Here are some of the features of Library Thing:
- You add books by searching Amazon and other libraries.
- You can use Library Thing to find people with similar libraries and get suggestions from people with your interests.
- You can also add tags to your books and find books by tags. (just like del.icio.us and Flickr)
- You can learn more about a user by clicking on their user profile.
There are so many more features about this website. To find out more about Library Thing, check out About Library Thing .
