Here’s a link to a cute video about one baaaaaaad librarian: http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/08/31/roller.derby.librarian/index.html
Archive for the ‘Random Observations’ Category
11 Aug
RFID’s might not be what they are cracked up to be…
There was a link to a UK paper which showed how it took only 12 minutes using off the shelf equipment to completely alter the UK’s new national ID card. Since US passports now have these, it is cause for thought. See: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1204641/New-ID-cards-supposed-unforgeable–took-expert-12-minutes-clone-programme-false-data.html#
12 Jun
Here’s a cute implementation…
Thing is, it’s a government site that is pretty useful and has won an award. http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2009/06/cookcountygenealogycom-wins-naco-achievement-award.html And also: http://www.cookcountygenealogy.com/>
16 Apr
Interactive Library Websites
At Chili we’re playing around with Meebo reference, and Jeff found a gem of a library! Its called the Franklin Park Public Library. Their website is completely interactive, yet at the same time simple and easy to navigate. Some of the things that I really liked about the site: I really like how simple it [...]
24 Nov
Are we that busy?
That no one can write anything for a month? [I know that I am]. Or are we all on other sites? Larry
16 Sep
What do you think of Google Analytics?
I knew about it before the recent AASLH conference in Rochester, but was too lazy to investigate it. However, one of the speakers said such good things about it that I went home and pasted the Javascript onto my own home family history page last week. In the 5 days that I have had it, [...]
4 Sep
Google Chrome
So, has anyone downloaded and played around with Google Chrome yet? I did last night, and I have to say it was only so-so. I found forms were kind of messed up on some websites I regularly use, and text appeared in weird places on the page. The speed was pretty good, though. Anyone else [...]
11 Jun
Maybe Those Librarians Know Something After All
Scholastic has released a study called Kids & Family Reading Report which contains some data that sort of thumbs its nose at all those folks who continue to predict the death of the book. One of the many interesting tidbits in the study is the fact that a full 75% of kids aged 5-17 agreed [...]
20 Feb
Why don’t more libraries do this?
I know that we’ve talked about this before, but I like what some of the libraries have done by showing photos of the staff and their names on their website. I think it makes the staff more real. Upon pouring over the sites for over an hour (seriously) I found that only Penfield has a [...]
31 Dec
Hmm. What’cha make of this?
I read a personalized web site [myway.com] where I read that, among other things, “Young adults are the heaviest users of public libraries despite the ease with which they can access a wealth of information over the Internet from the comforts of their homes” Larry
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