Anne Maskell's Blog

QR codes in libraries

2011-06-03T07:53:00.000-07:00

I am very interested in the potential these offer to libraries: see this article for lots of interesting ways they can be used: http://qrinlibs.blogspot.com/2011/05/qr-codes-and-mobile-libguides.html

and here: http://qrinlibs.blogspot.com/

I really like this poster:

LibGuides

2011-06-03T07:49:00.001-07:00

http://www.springshare.com/libguides/

These seem an excellent way of sharing info and knowledge.....

How To Embed A Custom Logo Design In A QR Code | Content Developer

2011-05-10T11:53:00.000-07:00

How To Embed A Custom Logo Design In A QR Code | Content Developer

Drop Box

2011-05-10T11:51:00.000-07:00

www.dropbox.com

This is absolutely free and lets you share videos, documents, photos very easily indeed. Highly recommended.

Chartership blogs

2011-05-01T02:04:00.000-07:00

I am nearly finishing my Chartership and have found these blogs which might be useful for other people doing their Chartership:

http://uklibraryblogs.pbworks.com/w/page/7262284/Chartership-Blogs

Worldometers

2011-04-05T14:38:00.001-07:00

http://www.worldometers.info/

Check this out - very interesting and frightening at the same time....

RockMelt - Your Browser. Re-Imagined.

2011-03-30T14:32:00.001-07:00

Rockmelt

2011-03-30T14:32:00.000-07:00

I have been made aware of a new browser which incorporates use of social software very nicely - Rockmelt. Give it a try and see what you think - you can incorporate twitter feeds etc as well....www.rockmelt.com

Minority Report Commercials

2011-03-30T03:15:00.000-07:00

Gladverts

2011-03-30T03:11:00.000-07:00

I have been reading about the concept 'gladvertising', which I find really interesting. This is , in short, a form of personalised advertising, whch enables advertsers to detect your mood, age, gender etc and then show you adverts that they would deem suited to your particular needs. See this BBC report:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/technology-12582477

So, if you are feeling down, you may be shown adverts associated with chocolate; holidays, beer etc....

The iPad

2011-03-09T08:03:00.000-08:00

Well, I am deeply impressed with the iPad and think it holds much potential for we as librarians - see here for top 10 apps for librarians:

http://andyburkhardt.com/2010/07/07/top-ten-ipad-apps-for-librarians/

One of my favourites is Flipboard, a personalised social magazine:

http://flipboard.com/

Hello!

2011-02-24T06:35:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone. Welcome to my blog. This is intended to discuss matters that are library/ information related, but may include other things as well....So, welcome....