me in Indiana, recap

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I’m here in Michael Stephens’ basement posting this. Here are the notes for the two talks I gave over the past two days:

CHOICE: Empowerment Through Information Technology [seriously]. See also liveblog, photos and blog post

Hot Hot Robot: Sensible Approaches to Technology in Libraries. See also photos which we took, uploaded, tagged and added notes to during our presentation about Flickr. Update: liveblog too

As a fun side bonus, LibraryMan was also in South Bend tonight and we all got to sit around scheming about our ideal future library utopias. Hot!

public access computing vs. OPACs

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How does your library determine how many computers to “set aside” for OPAC-only use? Is that decision based on anything? At the library I used to work at, we had about 15 public access computers with fully five of them OPAC-only. The other ten computers were mobbed. TechnoBiblio looks at whose using which comptuers at San Francisco Public and has some questions as well.

information visualization aesthetics @ Seattle Public Library

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The article begins “From now on, whatever you check out of the Seattle Central Library will play in color-coded streams across six big plasma screens on the library’s fifth floor.” but don’t freak out, that’s actually not what happens. Read more about the new art installation in the Seattle Public Library’s main branch. Of the three other major artworks in the library, two aren’t working currently, they need new projectors. [thanks matthew]

Alternative Media Day at Johnson State College

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I know it’s a longshot, but if any readers are in the Vermont area and have next Friday the 23rd off, I’ll be one of the panelists at Johnson State College’s Alternative Media Day along with Seven Days’ journalist Cathy Resmer and a lot of other local bloggers and media types who I haven’t met personally. All events are free and open to the public, if a bit remote.

Call For Writers – library career topics

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Priscilla Shontz is looking for people working in libraries and related fields to write short articles on what they do all day. She has a good line-up but is looking to fill a few more slots. Check the call for writers [posted via pasta, also available here] and see if you fit anywhere. I’ve written for Priscilla before and would gladly to it again.