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Free Mini READ Poster Generator from ALA

Head on over to the ALA READ Mini Poster Generator and have some fun! Fun project for everyone on the staff, kids, patrons, trustees, students…. Make posters, buttons, badges and more.  Get creative and have some fun. If you post your photo to flickr, make sure you add it to the READ Poster photo pool [...]

Free Learning Opportunity

It’s not too late to join in the All Together Now Learning 2.0 program that started this week. It’s being led by Michael Stephens of Tame The Web. Free, fun, you’ll learn a lot, you’ll connect with new colleagues. The program will cover 12 topics over the 6 weeks. Join in, have some fun and [...]

What are you doing? Twitter what?

I have to admit to a love-hate relationship with Twitter, the microblogging “what are you doing?” tool that many people are, shall we say, twittering about. Some days I love being tuned into all the goings on in my community there, other days, I just need to tune out. 140 characters, enough to say where [...]

Zoho Creator for simple, free, online signup

In something for nothing Aaron Schmidt explains how his library is using Zoho Creator for a handy and effective summer reading program sign up form that is embedded on the library’s web site. After the kids sign up, they’re taken to a page where they can download a reading log and get other info about [...]

Social Software Showcase 2008 – ALA

Not heading to Anaheim for ALA? That doesn’t mean you have to miss out on everything. LITA’s BIGWIG Social Software Showcase web page already has a number of videos and screencasts of presentations posted to it. There will also be some live webcasts and discussions during the conference. Check the Showcase page for times and [...]

A Baker’s Dozen – 13 Web 2.0 Technologies

This is terrific – an online learning opportunity for library customers modeled after Helene Blowers’ Learning 2.0 projects. A Baker’s Dozen – 13 Web 2.0 Technologies from Arlington Heights (IL) Memorial Library You may have seen the phrase “social networking,” along with mention of sites such as MySpace and FaceBook. Do you watch or even [...]