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Audio books comparison
by fabbriciuse The Library Journal published an article on Audio Books where they give an overview of the three major audio downloaders – OverDrive, Ingram Digital and NetLibrary. The overview is...
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Facebook and privacy
Facebook and privacy seems to be a topic that crops up now and then. Honestly I really don’t understand all the hoopla about it – it’s very easy to keep things private on fb: don’t post it! So by...
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Tips for speakers (like myself)
I just got back from speaking at two conferences – one was a university faculty conference and the other a library conference from the library I used to work at. I spoke about the findings of my...
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7 things you should know about mobile apps + learning
The folks over at EduCause has published another publication in their 7 Things You Should Know … series. This time it is about mobile apps used for learning and like all the other publications in the...
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Real-time image searching
Want to find a great image of a news event that’s just happened? Free Technology for Teachers put me on the path of NachoFoto. NachoFoto is an image search engine designed to bring you the latest...
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What is your country good at?
Information Is Beautiful posted a terrific InfoGraphic about what the countries from around the world are best known for. Unfortunately, South Africa is not listed at being known for its wild life,...
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Which age groups uses social media most?
Over at Free Technology for Teachers I stumbled upon the InfoGraphic below illustrating which generations (GenY, GenX, Baby Boomers, Silents) use social media most. (Click on the image to enlarge or go...
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Great idea for name tags in the library
I love this idea for library name tags that I found on Tame The Web I love how it goes against the stereotypical idea of librarians as being boring, old-fashioned, fuddy-duddy people! I think mine...
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Stunning idea for annual report
I really like the creative way David Lee King‘s library looked at publishing their online annual report. What could have been a boring link to a pdf document ended up being a pop-up interactive book –...
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MOOCs and OA
Image from : http://highlighter.com/ There’s an interesting article on MOOCS by James G. Mazoue entitled The MOOC Model: Challenging Traditional Education where he discusses MOOCs. Here are the...
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