Not the Great Pretender

     During my brief experience in second life, I tried to operate much as I would in my real life. I chose a realistic avatar, or at least as realistic as I could get it to be

"Second Life" or Trouble and Strife?

     Her name is "babybean" by default. She is wearing a suit, again by default. She has bangs and her hair is 1/2 up and 1/2 down, also by default. The sandals would not be her first, second, or tenth choice; but that is what she was able to get in the time she had.

What Goes Around

Keane on Henry

     Whenever I think about the power of YouTube, I think about "the slap heard round the world," that is; Thierry Henry's handball in the World Cup qualifier against Ireland one year ago.

Gobbling up Google, and Preserving American Intelligentsia

     Our academic library is one of the best in the nation, with holdings that scholars request from far and wide. Many items are not available in other libraries – and certainly are not available online. However, our student body is comprised of digital natives from the millennial generation.

Social Networks On Vs. Offline: To Everything There is a Season

     Part of the appeal of online social networks is the ability to do more and to do it faster. One can catch up with hordes of friends in minutes. In our society and economy with its concomitant dearth of leisure time, this is a major bonus associated with online social networking.

Tweets or Twits?

My past experience with Twitter had been very frustrating. I simply didn't get it. Perhaps it was just a bad IPhone application, I don't know. I was just frustrated because it didn't seem clear as to how I was supposed to use this tool. So I gave it up. Now, setting up a new Twitter account in this class was a totally different experience, although also somewhat disappointing.

Beth Wolpert's Book Report - Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers: Well, Duh!

        My first reaction while reading Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers was, “well, duh.” I was not learning anything new. Yes, Mr. Gladwell can tell an interesting story. Gladwell can tell a story in such a way that

Social Bookmarking by the La Grange Park Library: A Mission Deliciously Accomplished

     The La Grange Park Library doesn't just have a mission statement, it also has a vision statement - and I must say it is one of perfect clarity.

2.0 Revisited and/or Revealed

     The video I posted last night discusses whether or not the Library 2.0 phenomenon is indeed real, or if it is just so much hyperbole. At this point, it seems that

Libraries and Web 2.0: Help or Hype?

The Sovereignity of the Duke

Dzień dobry!
     Upon receiving my degrees from QC, it is my goal to become an academic librarian. In preparation for that career I am working in the Inter-Library Loan department at Fordham University. So, when I set out to find a model example of library blogging, I

Web 2.0 and Library 2.0

     For all of the buzzwords and technological jargon being thrown around about the brave new world of "2.0," the way I see it is simple: