InfoSpeak

This site was posted on the ACRLog yesterday. It caught my attention for two reasons; it included a radio interview using flash, podcast, and mp3 technology, and the person interviewed was Joe Janes. "In this exclusive interview for InfoSpeak, Professor Janes points out how we all want to be heard; internet search (and for that matter, this podcast) reflects this fact perfectly. The question now, as he says, is how are we going to be found?" (InfoSpeak, 1-18-06)

For those of us who remember, Joe was the keynote speaker at the 28th Annual ALAO convention in 2002. He is also the American Libraries Columnist, Internet Librarian.

Article in Library Journal

There is an article in October's library journal titled: "Talkin Blogs: Library bloggers discuss the impact of their work." It highlights a round table discussion concerning the professional impact of blogs; the ethics of blogging; blogs and print journalism; and what makes a blog good. I find it interesting that much of the conversation touches on various aspects discussed by our panel at the ALAO conference.

Coference Congrats!

Congratulations, thanks, and a job well done to Jen, Jp, Debi, and Mary for their panel presentation last Friday (November 4th) at the ALAO conference in Columbus. The session was well attended, especially for an interest group sponsored event, showing an interest in the topic at hand: blogs!

Many thanks for your hard work.

Education Podcasts

Kathy Schrock highlighted a site that collects links to education podcasts. According to it's web site:

The Education Podcast Networkis an effort to bring together into one place, the wide range of podcast programming that may be helpful to teachers looking for content to teach with and about, and to explore issues of teaching and learning in the 21st century.

Blogger for Word

Has anyone used the blogger for word option? Looks like if you download the add-in, posting is possible from Microsoft Word and your pc. A blogger account is still required, naturally, but it might make things easier for students already familiar with Word and hesitant to use the online wysiwyg editor. About Blogger for Word has more detailed information and links to a FAQ help page as well.

I'm a bit hesitant to show this to my grad students. They are comfortable with posting weekly using the blog editor. A new way to post may add stress and they are a bit overwhelmed with technology at this point.