Next month the iPad will be unleashed on the world and I want one. First question, how can I justify the cost against a household with a fixed budget. Second, balancing the desire to reduce consumption and the need to stay current with technology. Third, the balance of ubiquitous computing and family harmony. Finally, the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Library'
I Am Not A Gadget: A Buddhist’s iPad Dilemma
February 20th, 2010 · Comments
Tags: Buddhism · Environment · Library · Technology
Library Director: A Day in the Life
January 26th, 2010 · Comments
Though I missed the first few Library Day in the Life last year, I thought I’d participate this year using Twitter as my primary tool of tracking. This year the selected date was Monday, January 25, 2010. This so happened to be the first day of the spring semester at Santa Barbara City College. Not [...]
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Foursquare, Libraries, and Librarians
January 19th, 2010 · Comments
About a dozen attendees at the 2010 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston used a location based social network from foursquare (launched in March 2009). In some ways, it felt like the first time Twitter reached the ALA scene a couple of years ago. Pushing the boundaries and testing new technologies is one of the things [...]
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Participation in American Library Association
January 11th, 2010 · Comments
I just received my American Library Association (ALA) membership card in the mail. It’s hard to believe that I’ve been a member for 17 years.
As the Midwinter Meeting approaches, it is a good time to reflect on membership and the Association. In all the years of membership, I have attended almost all the Annual Conference [...]
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Where are we going with social software?
December 16th, 2009 · Comments
On my drive from Ojai to Fresno last night I listened to the recent Library 2.0 Gang episode on Social Software in Libraries. A great conversation well worth the 45-minutes.
Further, this week I’ve been setting up a WordPressMU and BuddyPress installation at classes | kenleyneufeld to be used for online instruction and my new course [...]
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Being a Library Director: What’s it all about?
November 25th, 2009 · Comments
My philosophy is the more you are outside the library, the better it is for the library.
Being a library director isn’t always what it may seem to others. For me it has been one of the most rewarding positions, but it moves way beyond work in the library. If you have any interest in this [...]
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Librarians Can Be So Strange
October 28th, 2009 · Comments
via youtube.com
After you watch the video, head over to the Library 101 site and read the essays and other ideas.
Strange but GREAT and CREATIVE.
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Building a Social Library
September 21st, 2009 · Comments
Today I had the privilege to speak with 40 high school and community college librarians about building a social library. The event took place at the Powell Library at UCLA at the invitation of Esther Grassian.
Though I created a Keynote Presentation (below) and demonstrated how one could use drop.io with groups, the majority of the [...]
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Are you an edupunk librarian?
August 9th, 2009 · Comments
It’s risky business…talking about limited money/funding when you still have some money/funding. Some might suggest, based on this exploration, that if you can do without the money then we’ll take away what you have already. This discussion is more of an exploration in planning. Planning is important for leaders to consider, especially with the potential [...]
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Video of Reference Desk Toolkit
April 20th, 2009 · Comments
Recorded with my Flip MinoHD camera, but only captured first 23-minutes because I had recorded the first presenter.
Reference Desk Toolkit from Kenley Neufeld on Vimeo.
Tags: Library · Technology · teaching