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Entries from December 31st, 2009
When e-books mimic video games
December 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Web 2.0
What could make e-books go over the top in terms of consumer buy-in? Already this year Kindle books outsold print books on Christmas Day (see correction note at end of my post about this) on Amazon–but what would make e-books even more ubiquitous? I’m imagining a killer app similar to “Bump” for the iPhone or [...]
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Ideas for marketing your library or “The Library is up the street”
December 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Marketing, Web 2.0
In her recent presentation Be Where Users Are: Online Marketing for Public Libraries the Librarian In Black, Sarah Houghton-Jan, explores some poweful marketing ideas for making your library (or your school for that matter) more visible and accessible to students and parents. We teach students about managing their digital profiles, but are we managing our [...]
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Which way do we go? The “e-book” dilemma
December 11th, 2009 · 9 Comments · Book recommendations
It’s Beta vs. VHS vs. Laserdisc all over again. 8-Track tape versus cassette. We’ve all been there, standing on the precipice debating formats. The precipice which is foremost right now in my mind is what to do about e-books. We are faced with Kindles, Nooks, Sony Ebook readers, iTouches, Follett e-books online, Netlibrary, Gale Virtual Reference Shelf, [...]
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And the children shall lead them?
December 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Change, Future students, Learning, Web 2.0
How often do students not want an assignment to end? In the blogosphere, we often talk about the transformative power of assignments that ignite student passions and connect them to a global audience, and the importance a tool like blogging can play in that. In this case, Christian Long’s Alice Project wasn’t just about blogging [...]
Thanks for the inspiration…
December 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Web 2.0
It’s time for the Edublogs awards for 2009! And without further ado–here are my nominations: Best individual blog Doug Johnson’s Blue Skunk Blog –Why didn’t I put Doug’s blog with library blogs? Because I don’t think we need to segregate the two, for one thing–and also, I think Doug’s writing and humor is worthwhile to [...]
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