The Digital Librarian – Information. Organization. Access. ↓ Skip to Main Content The Digital Librarian Information. Organization. Access. Main Navigation Menu Home About Libraries and the state of the Internet By jaf Posted on June 27, 2016 Posted in digital libraries No Comments Mary Meeker presented her 2016 Internet Trends report earlier this month. If you want a better understanding of how tech and the tech industry is evolving, you should watch her talk and read her slides. This year’s talk was fairly … Libraries and the state of the Internet Read more » Meaningful Web Metrics By jaf Posted on January 3, 2016 Posted in Web metrics No Comments This article from Wired magazine is a must-read if you are interested in more impactful metrics for your library’s web site. At MPOE, we are scaling up our need for in-house web product expertise, but regardless of how much we … Meaningful Web Metrics Read more » Site migrated By jaf Posted on October 1, 2012 Posted in blog No Comments Just a quick note – digitallibrarian.org has been migrated to a new server. You may see a few quirks here and there, but things should be mostly in good shape. If you notice anything major, send me a Challah. Really. … Site migrated Read more » The new iPad By jaf Posted on March 18, 2012 Posted in Apple, Hardware, iPad 1 Comment I decided that it was time to upgrade my original iPad, so I pre-ordered a new iPad, which arrived this past Friday. After a few days, here are my initial thoughts / observations: Compared to the original iPad, the new … The new iPad Read more » 3rd SITS Meeting – Geneva By jaf Posted on August 3, 2011 Posted in Conferences, digital libraries, Uncategorized, workshops No Comments Back in June I attend the 3rd SITS (Scholarly Infrastructure Technical Summit) meeting, held in conjunction with the OAI7 workshop and sponsored by JISC and the Digital Library Federation. This meeting, held in lovely Geneva, Switzerland, brought together library technologists … 3rd SITS Meeting – Geneva Read more » Tagged with: digital libraries, DLF, SITS David Lewis’ presentation on Collections Futures By jaf Posted on March 2, 2011 Posted in eBooks, Librarianship 1 Comment Peter Murray (aka the Disruptive Library Technology Jester) has provided an audio-overlay of David Lewis’ slideshare of his plenary at the last June’s RLG Annual Partners meeting. If you are at all interested in understanding the future of academic libraries, … David Lewis’ presentation on Collections Futures Read more » Tagged with: collections, future, provisioning Librarians are *the* search experts… By jaf Posted on August 19, 2010 Posted in Librarianship No Comments …so I wonder how many librarians know all of the tips and tricks for using Google that are mentioned here? What do we want from Discovery? Maybe it’s to save the time of the user…. By jaf Posted on August 18, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized 1 Comment Just a quick thought on discovery tools – the major newish discovery services being vended to libraries (WorldCat local, Summon, Ebsco Discovery Service, etc.) all have their strengths, their complexity, their middle-of-the-road politician trying to be everything to everybody features. … What do we want from Discovery? Maybe it’s to save the time of the user…. Read more » Putting a library in Starbucks By jaf Posted on August 12, 2010 Posted in digital libraries, Librarianship No Comments It is not uncommon to find a coffee shop in a library these days. Turn that concept around, though – would you expect a library inside a Starbucks? Or maybe that’s the wrong question – how would you react to … Putting a library in Starbucks Read more » Tagged with: coffee, digital library, library, monopsony, starbucks, upsell 1 week of iPad By jaf Posted on April 14, 2010 Posted in Apple, eBooks, Hardware, iPad 1 Comment It has been a little over a week since My iPad was delivered, and in that time I have had the opportunity to try it out at home, at work, and on the road. In fact, I’m currently typing this … 1 week of iPad Read more » Tagged with: Apple, digital lifestyle, iPad, mobile, tablet Posts navigation 1 2 3 Next © 2021 | Powered by Responsive Theme