Meetings and Doodling

Posted on February 26th, 2007 by Brenda

Scheduling meetings can be a nightmare – trying to accomodate different day/time requests can be time-consuming and frustrating. Here to save the day is DOODLE! This simple (and free!) tool allows you to create a meeting request w/different date and time options. Then you send a link to meeting participants. They follow that link and indicate which dates and times would work. You, as the meeting organizer, can then see which date and time works best for the most people. It’s slick and easy! Next time you need to schedule a meeting (or even a family dinner), try it! You’ll like it!

Tonganoxie gets kudos

Posted on February 19th, 2007 by Brenda

I’m at a workshop in Manhattan, KS today and the guest speaker is Jessamyn West of librarian.net fame. She’s talking about all kinds of library 2.0 topics and during her presentation she highlighted some Kansas sites and projects — including Tonganoxie Public Library’s website. If you haven’t seen it, take a look! Cool things are happening in this library (in a town with a population of approx 3500) – both in the building and also virtually. Instant messaging with patrons! Regularly updated content! Photos of people (not just buildings)!

Tonganoxie Public Library is one of the libraries participating in the statewide Kansas Libraries on the Web project (which uses Wordpress software, just like this blog). Some of the other sites include: Morrill Public Library in Hiawatha and Atchison Public Library. It’s exciting to see fresh content and connection to community happening in the world of library websites….

Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us

Posted on February 7th, 2007 by Liz

Here is the best way to describe Web 2.0 yet. If you think you can’t understand what it is, check out this video. I think it will help you “get it.”

YouTube – Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us

Slashdot | Video on Demand From the Public Library

Posted on February 7th, 2007 by Liz

Well we now can get downloadable movies from Wal-Mart and iTunes, and now from… the public library!?!

Yes folks, there’s a new company who, for a fee, allows you to have on demand content available from your public library.

From Slashdot:

The service is just beginning, so selection is pretty mediocre, but the sponsors, Recorded Books and PermissionTV, make some big promises. If your library ponies up the dough for the top service, you will be able to download movies on the same day as their dvd release. All you need is a library card.

One early adopter, the Half Hollow Hills Community Library, has a site already in beta. You can find it at http://mldv.permissiontv.com/channels/halfhollow_ny/.” You can get to it from their blog.

Original article, from Slashdot:
Slashdot | Video on Demand From the Public Library