Reference 2.0 is mobile, digital, and social. We need to maximize the combination of these. –Joe Murphy Breakneck tour of the state of digital reference. I’m a little overwhelmed by Madeline Kriescher (implementation strategies), Joe Murphy (futurecasting), and Jan Johansson’s (data and visualization) state of the industry. The whole thing leaves me with a lot […]
Day 2 of Computers in Libraries begins, and amazingly enough I’m still standing. So much information, so much networking, so much scrabbling for the precious resource that is hotel wi-fi. Tuesday’s CiL began with a conversation between Shanachie Erik Boekesteijin and Paul Holdengraber, Director of Public Programs at the New York Public Library. People are […]
“Cut-and-paste should die, probably.” -Jeff Wisniewski When is the right time to re-do your website? Is the “dramatic overhaul” method actually detrimental to your site’s usability? Presenter Jeff Wisniewski seems to think so. Take a look at an overview of some of the most common mistakes made by library websites and web designers. It’s important […]