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.