Category: Library

  • Librarians Can Be So Strange

    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.

  • Building a Social Library

    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…

  • Are you an edupunk librarian?

    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…

  • Video of Reference Desk Toolkit

    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.

  • Reference Desk Toolkit

    I’ve been invited to a presentation on reference desk tools at Mt. San Antonio College on Friday, April 17. The moderated panel presentation is sponsored by CARLDIG-South and I will be sharing the stage with Michelle Jacobs of UCLA and Amy Wallace of CSU Channel Islands. If I remember to video or audio my talk,…

  • Top 10 iPhone Apps for Librarians

    I started writing this post on my iPhone, using the WordPress app; all the pictures were taken and uploaded from my iPhone. Since I’ve been using the iPhone (had a 1st generation and now 3G), I have been thrilled with the development of applications and it is easy to just start downloading anything and everything…

  • Twitter Dominated ALA Midwinter

    The predominant player at ALA Midwinter Meeting, at least from my personal angle, was Twitter. Though I have been using Twitter for two years, I continue to find more useful applications for this free tool. It does seem that Twitter is reaching a more critical mass, based on the meeting tag (#alamw09) activity, and so…