For a variety of reasons, mostly due to the need for exploration, I've moved the official blog for the Blogs & Blogging class to WordPress.
You will find the new class blog at this URL:
http://sunnyvaleblogclass.wordpress.com
See you there!
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Thursday, March 15, 2007
March Madness in the Library
It's March, and that means it's time for the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament! It also means that I'm preparing for the second blog class here at the Sunnyvale Public Library, scheduled for Tuesday, April 3, from 6-8 p.m. The class will be entitled Blogs and Blogging.
I'm really excited about this go-around, because I got a lot of really great feedback and ideas after teaching the class the first time. Most notably, the class will be held in the evening this time, to accommodate those people who weren't able to attend last time due to work or school restrictions. I've also blocked out 2 hours for the class this time, because I definitely want to be able to include a Q&A session which we weren't able to include last time because I rambled too much and ran out of time. I've also completely re-worked the outline of the course to pare down the "me talking" portion and increase the "me showing" aspect. Finally, I expect to have more time to be able to discuss RSS and newsreader subscriptions. I recently came across some statistics that suggest that we might soon be hitting a ceiling in terms of growth in actual blogs created, while readership is expected to climb without an end in sight. This of course would put a premium on the finding and reading aspect of the blogosphere as opposed to the publishing and our courses should naturally reflect this shift. I'll try to track down those numbers and include them in the course.
In the meantime, enjoy this post from the Dewey Blog, which informs us all that the complete DDC number for March Madness is 796.323630973.
025.431: The Dewey blog: March Madness
And incidentally, the class will be the day after the tournament ends, so you have no excuse not to be there!
I'm really excited about this go-around, because I got a lot of really great feedback and ideas after teaching the class the first time. Most notably, the class will be held in the evening this time, to accommodate those people who weren't able to attend last time due to work or school restrictions. I've also blocked out 2 hours for the class this time, because I definitely want to be able to include a Q&A session which we weren't able to include last time because I rambled too much and ran out of time. I've also completely re-worked the outline of the course to pare down the "me talking" portion and increase the "me showing" aspect. Finally, I expect to have more time to be able to discuss RSS and newsreader subscriptions. I recently came across some statistics that suggest that we might soon be hitting a ceiling in terms of growth in actual blogs created, while readership is expected to climb without an end in sight. This of course would put a premium on the finding and reading aspect of the blogosphere as opposed to the publishing and our courses should naturally reflect this shift. I'll try to track down those numbers and include them in the course.
In the meantime, enjoy this post from the Dewey Blog, which informs us all that the complete DDC number for March Madness is 796.323630973.
025.431: The Dewey blog: March Madness
And incidentally, the class will be the day after the tournament ends, so you have no excuse not to be there!
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Social networking hits the catalog
Here's another non-class-related post but newsworthy nonetheless. It's also a nice illustration of the power of the blogosphere at work.
Flabbergasted!
That's what I am after reading about John Blyberg's launch of the so-called "SOPAC" or Social OPAC at Ann Arbor District Library. You might remember that I mentioned them previously for their radical use of blogs throughout their library web site.
The SOPAC basically takes some of the best features in social networking and applies them to the library catalog. Reviewing and tagging items in the catalog, searching across tags, users, and ratings...very, very cool.
I can't do justice to the product, so here's Blyberg's blog post about his creation (beware of that screencast...the file is big!).
And of course, I came across the whole thing from Librarian in Black's blog. She calls attention to what I would call the open-source smackdown of Innovative's new Encore product.
I sense that the library world will feel the ripples out of Michigan for a time to come. Will the world ever be the same again? Or am I simply being over-dramatic? Time will tell...
Flabbergasted!
That's what I am after reading about John Blyberg's launch of the so-called "SOPAC" or Social OPAC at Ann Arbor District Library. You might remember that I mentioned them previously for their radical use of blogs throughout their library web site.
The SOPAC basically takes some of the best features in social networking and applies them to the library catalog. Reviewing and tagging items in the catalog, searching across tags, users, and ratings...very, very cool.
I can't do justice to the product, so here's Blyberg's blog post about his creation (beware of that screencast...the file is big!).
And of course, I came across the whole thing from Librarian in Black's blog. She calls attention to what I would call the open-source smackdown of Innovative's new Encore product.
I sense that the library world will feel the ripples out of Michigan for a time to come. Will the world ever be the same again? Or am I simply being over-dramatic? Time will tell...
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
interesting stats
Technorati's October 2006 State of the Blogosphere report yields some fascinating statistics.
I have yet to crunch all the numbers but I'll drop some in the class.
Which is only a few hours away! Yikes!!!
I have yet to crunch all the numbers but I'll drop some in the class.
Which is only a few hours away! Yikes!!!
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