Twitter!

Thanks to all who braved the snow, ice, and generally icky weather to attend our Twitter workshops. The slides are attached to this post.

In the spirit of being green, we've decided to post all of the Things presentations going forward instead of handing out lots of paper at each session.

Also, remember that we've bookmarked lots of links to information about Twitter:

http://www.delicious.com/nassaulibrarysystem/twitter

Have a happy holiday season!

http://www.nassaulibrary.org/23things/Twitter-December2009.pdf

Imaging with Flickr and Picnik

So how much fun are you having with Flickr and Picnik? : )

Many thanks to the staff members who attended the four sessions Mike and Elizabeth provided on these two tools. Remember, the best way to learn more about them is to play and make mistakes. And zoom in!

Forgot your handout? Want another copy? Here you go:

http://www.nassaulibrary.org/23things/FlickrPicnik.pdf

Next month, we'll discuss Twitter. Until then, Happy Hallowgiving from NLS!

Slides from Marketing Your Library with Facebook

In case you'd like to refresh your memory, or if you were unable to attend one of our recent sessions on Marketing Your Library with Facebook, or if you lost your copy of the handouts...we present the slides:

http://www.nassaulibrary.org/23things/Thing2Facebook.pdf

Remember, on October 26th and 27th, we will present Thing 3: Tagging with Delicious. Be there!

The User Experience, Continued

John Blyberg was here this morning and he gave us a lot to think about. If you'd like to continue your exploration of the User Experience (UX), here are a few of the books, people, places, and concepts he mentioned:


Jesse James Garrett: http://blog.jjg.net/

Eric Rice: http://ericrice.com/

Don Norman (coined "UX"): http://www.jnd.org/

James Gilmore, The Experience Economy (book): http://www.strategichorizons.com/jimGilmore.html

Michael Cummings (4 Legs of Interaction Design): http://uxdesign.com/

Seth Godin (marketer / blogger): http://sethgodin.typepad.com/

Borders Concept Store: http://www2.prnewswire.com/mnr/borders/31761/

Danny Meyer, Setting the Table (book): http://nymag.com/restaurants/features/21977/

The Third Place: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_Place

Michael Stephens ("The library encourages the heart."): http://tametheweb.com/

Jim Collins, Good to Great (book): http://www.jimcollins.com/

The Skunk Works: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk_Works

Tim O'Reilly (coined "Web 2.0"): http://oreilly.com/web2/archive/what-is-web-20.html

Darien Library: http://www.darienlibrary.org/

Photos of the Darien Library:
http://www.slideshare.net/jblyberg/darien-library-update-new-building-new-technologies

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Genellen also recommended a book, The Cost of Bad Behavior by Christine Pearson:
http://www.thunderbird.edu/about_thunderbird/faculty/faculty_alphabetical/_189904.htm


Do you have any user experience related materials you'd like to recommend to others? Shoot us a comment!

Lab Pixies!

Greetings! Elizabeth is currently (as in, at this moment) facilitating the last session of Thing 2: Market Your Library with Facebook. She just found out about a great new site from workshop participant Denise Ambrosait: LabPixies. Denise recommends this site for all sorts of fun 2.0 tools and widgets.

Keep those cards and letters coming!

Tweet, Tweet!

Okay, I know we're getting a little but ahead of ourselves here, but I read this great article about small business marketing with Twitter that I want to share with you!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/business/smallbusiness/23twitter.html

Keep those cards and letters coming!

Library 101!

You want to be in a video about libraries, right? We know you do! So take a break from learning about Facebook and scoot over to Michael Porter's (aka Libraryman) blog to learn how you can participate. You may need to learn how to use Flickr to do this. We are planning upcoming sessions on Flickr, but you'll have a head start!

While you're visiting Michael's blog, be sure to check out his first video, Hi-Fi Sci-Fi Library!

Yea libraries! Yea participation!

Pssst: Libraryman is coming to NLS soon - keep your eyes peeled for more info!

Image at right is from Library Journal.

Facebook 101 Slides!

So, when I posted yesterday, I was so excited about writing to you that I forgot to post a link to the slides from the Facebook 101 presentations.

In case you want to refresh your memory or want to share what you learned with colleagues, or if you weren't able to join us (sob), here you go:

http://www.nassaulibrary.org/23things/Facebook2.pdf

-Elizabeth

Thing 1: Facebook 101

Greetings, Library 2.0ers!

First, we'd like to thank you for attending a session of "Thing 1: Facebook 101." Mike and I hope you had as much fun as we did!

By now, you should be getting more comfortable with your personal Facebook account. As we explained (probably until you wanted to smack us), we would like each participant to friend us so we can form an online Facebook community and communicate with each other as we learn about these tools.

Mike and I have begun the process of trying to find you and send friend requests. If you have not received a friend request, it may be because your name is fairly common or because you chose to exclude your profile from the Facebook directory. If this is the case, for the purpose of 23 or So Things, we would appreciate it if you could find and friend US.

Elizabeth Olesh (I'm the only Elizabeth Olesh on FB - my current pic is my feet on a beach)

Mike Morea (pic of guy in baseball cap with Nike swoosh)

Please write status reports, wall posts, and notes to let us know about challenges, discoveries, and treat suggestions for future workshops. : )

You will soon recieve a "Save the Date" flyer with some basic information about our upcoming Things for this fall!

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