Biographical info for workshops:
Polly-Alida Farrington is a consultant and the owner of PA Farrington Associates, with over 15 years of experience providing technology related training, web project development and consulting services to libraries, library systems and schools. She is also a former academic librarian with 17 years experience in reference, government documents, ILL and technology.
She has a keen interest in how libraries & schools are using technology and adapting to change, and loves helping people explore emerging technologies and assess how technology can help deliver better services to customers. Polly is the co-author, with Kyle Jones, of a recently published ALA Library Technology Report on WordPress for Libraries and a forthcoming ALA Editions book on the same topic. When not in front of a computer, she can be found in her garden trying to help things grow or traveling. You can visit Polly’s website at: http://www.pafa.net
What’s this site about?
This site contains updates on projects that I’m working on and interesting resources (old and new) that I run across and find useful.
If you’re looking for the resources I use in classes, check out my wiki.
You can contact me at: polly at pafa dot net
Hi Polly – I work for the CUNY Academic Commons. We noticed that you and Kyle Jones recently published “Using WordPress as a Library Content Management System,” and that it mentioned the CUNY Academic Commons. I try to update a page on our site called “Commons Buzz” (http://news.commons.gc.cuny.edu/commons-buzz/) that tracks reviews of our site. I would like to include your article, but I can’t seem to find a free, full-text version in our library databases. Would it be possible to send me a copy (or just an excerpt of the section which mentioned the Commons)? Thank you very much!
Hi Scott, the report is now available as full text through Ebsco and Gale. It’s the April 2011 issue of “Library Technology Reports”. If you like, I’d be happy to ask for a review copy for you.