Tango on the Table: Snazzing up the wiki

My Social Software workshop is running on Wednesday so it seemed like today was fine time to peek into the Blogs, Wikis & More wiki to make sure the links were working order and that the PBwiki transition to PBworks didn’t gum up anything.  Instead, I tackled the pressing problem of unattractive graphics.
For a couple [...]

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Perkins Library Has Done it Again

Last year, I griped about American Libraries Direct’s habit of extolling the virtues of library promotions and projects that are creative and fun, but do little to engage the patrons they’re meant to reach out to.  I took out my frustration on Perkins Library of Hasting College and their National Library Week YouTube video contest, [...]

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Winebrary

At this point, I think libraries are tweeting about their drunken programming just to mock me.
(via @GannonLibrary)

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Marking territories

I just added Common Craft’s World Wide Web in Plain English to my ESL/ABE/GED Faculty Newsletter (blog) and noticed that they’ve stepped up their branding– more licensing information, a reminder that the video you’re watching is free and a bigger bolder ever-present logo.
Starting this year with Saving Money in Plain English, Common Craft began including [...]

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You could go to book club, chess club or…

Apparently, library programming is a bit more sophisticated at the Henry Carter Hull Library.  My options at my local public library are much much sorrier, I’m afraid, even as cool as CPL has become– money management workshops and family story time.  Sandra Cisneros will be talking about The House on Mango Street as part [...]

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This is what I get for sending out an email with a question in the subject line

… and yet at the same time, this is totally an asshole move, Mr. Faculty Member who shall remain anonymous.

I can get annoyed with all-faculty emails as much as the next person, but I’m advertising a workshop for faculty.  Mr. I Talk on National Public Radio may not be interested in Facebook, but this workshop [...]

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Oh f*ck

Heh. So, uh, remember how in my Shovers & Makers blurb I blathered on about how it’s just so frigging easy for me to get proposals accepted for conference sessions? How I practically do them in my sleep? Apparently I also submit conference proposals in my sleep because I have absolutely no [...]

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ChiPubLib, I’m loving you

I think they’re getting the hang of this over at Chicago Public Library.
(via Tame the Web)

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Out of the way, I’m a Shover & a Maker

I’m getting good at this self-promotion stuff.  So good, in fact, I just gave myself an award for it.  Check out my Shovers & Makers blurb and then give yourself a little reward by declaring yourself a Shover & Maker, too.
Library Secrets: A Secret No More Thanks to Jenn Kelley

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LSL seeks CC for travel and adventure

Whispering and shushing!  Secret telling!  Ssshing and hushing!  As great as Creative Commons’ image search is, I’m having one hell of a time trying to find photos that I can use to promote Library Secrets.  And I’m learning just how many cats are named Whisper and bands are called Shush.
I came across some fantastic images [...]

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