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Library 2.011

thelibrarygeek — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:32:22 +0000

I signed up yesterday to attend a worldwide virtual conference called Library 2.011. One of the founding sponsors of the conference is the School of Library and Information Science of San Jose State University. The conference will be held in …

Job Seekers series

thelibrarygeek — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:04:51 +0000

The Palo Alto City Library is currently running a 5 program series called Help for Job Seekers. Every program is unique and it tackles a few modern tools to give you the edge in looking for a job. The kick …

Dracula in FRBR terms

thelibrarygeek — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:01:13 +0000

The topic of my LIBR 2249 class for the first week of the Fall semester was the future of cataloging. We had an Elluminate session wherein the class learned about future trends in cataloging like RDA and FRBR. RDA stands …

Share, reuse, and remix

thelibrarygeek — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:10:31 +0000

Here are several short videos explaining the Creative Commons concept.

San Mateo Public Library

thelibrarygeek — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:09:55 +0000

The San Mateo Public Library Main branch is a three-story building with two levels of underground parking that sits on a 90,000 sq ft. area located at 55 W 3rd Avenue in San Mateo, CA. The new building was opened …

Tweeting history

thelibrarygeek — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:27:48 +0000

Tweets from the beyond: John Quincy Adams Twittering Posted using ShareThis The article linked above is written by Sharon Gaudin for Computerworld. It is about the Massachusetts Historical Society opening an account today on Twitter under the name of John …

College Terrace Library

thelibrarygeek — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:42:31 +0000

College Terrace Library 2300 Wellesley St. Palo Alto, CA 94306. The College Terrace Library is part of the Palo Alto City Library system. The library closed last week to undergo a 14-month renovation to upgrade its HVAC and electrical system, …

Back from a hiatus

thelibrarygeek — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:22:05 +0000

It has been awhile since I updated The Library Geek. Initially, I wanted to move my blog into Drupal and convert it into a CMS, or a one-stop shop offering everything I can think of. However, even though I like …

Drupal Intranet project site

thelibrarygeek — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:37:01 +0000

Hello LIBR 246 classmates, here is the site’s URL if you want to visit and explore the site and use the following: Username: pickypenguin PW: digital11 I also posted other username and pw combination on the Angle discussion boards if …

Drupal Intranet project: Journal Part 4

thelibrarygeek — Mon, 11 May 2009 07:03:35 +0000

Part 4 of 4 Implementation If my place of employment decides to transition to a web content management system and use the ideas outlined in this journal, I imagine that implementation will involve the following steps: 1. The Drupal installation …