Well, I guess the bell is tolling for the 3 1/4in floppy drive.
Do you still buy them with new computers in your library?
“Computing superstore PC World said it will no longer sell the storage devices, affectionately known as floppies, once existing stock runs out.
New storage systems, coupled with a need to store more than the 1.44 megabytes of data held by a standard floppy, have led to its demise.
Only a tiny percentage of PCs currently sold still have floppy disk drives.”
The staff at the Beaufort Public Library in South Carolina have pulled together some Web 2.0 resources. There are familiar sites here (MySpace, Meebo, Flickr…), but some new ones, too. Podcast Pickle anyone??
Our friend Jenny Levine over at THE SHIFTED LIBRARIAN reports that one teen librarian she knows is using DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION to settle fines and minor squabbles with teen patrons.
http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/01/21/gaming_for_fines.html
A while back, I blogged about hot pink being a popular text color choice for Meebo users. Elaine from Meebo has been gathering more statistics about usage. This time she looked at emoticon usage. The smile is, of course, the most popular choice. The second most popular choice is… the kiss!
A PBS documentary airing this month, Generation Next, may be of interest to you, especially to those of you working with young adults.
On a related note, I am very excited to announce that our NEKLS Tech Day 2007 speaker will be Mary Madden, a Senior Research Specialist with the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Her research centers around teens and technology. NEKLS Tech Day 2007 will be held in Topeka on August 2, 2007. More details will be announced later in the year, but save the date. We’re going to try to make this the best Tech Day yet!
