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This is a very nifty list of online learning and interaction tools–free, and fee-based.
Want to investigate different content management tools? discussion forums? polling and survey tools? storytelling or comic-book tools? web conferencing? here’s the place to start… http://c4lpt.co.uk/Directory/index.html

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The 2nd annual Kansas City Literary Festival will be down on The Plaza on May 16 and 17–for more info, visit www.kansascitylitfest.org. And, I’m so excited to promote my friend and grad school compadre, Rita Arens, KC’s own bloggin’ queen who can be found at http://surrenderdorothy.typepad.com. She’ll be part of a […]

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Our daughter, Cady Savoy Reynolds was born on March 11.
Cady is after Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Savoy is after the ballroom in NY.
I have photos of her for friends & family up on flickr. The Cady tag link will only work if you’re logged into flickr and are one of my flickr friends or family […]

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First, Obama will be in KC tonight. I can’t tell you how excited I am about the possibilities that lie ahead. If you’re in the KC area and you’re undecided or you’re just not excited about this year’s election, go see Barack in person. 
Barack Obama Event Details:
What: Stand for Change Town Hall with Barack […]

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Our baby will be here in about 8 weeks (give or take a few days). We don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl. We don’t have specific names picked out yet. And the room isn’t done yet. But, he or she does have librarything account.
At Christmas, the little-one-we-have-not-named raked in the gifts–including his/her […]

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I have piles of notes from IL07 I still wanted to post, and I’m still thinking about my redux, but I saw this article from Fast Company today, and I had to jot something down–even if it’s rambling…The quote that caught my eye was this…
“That idea of consumer engagement is looking even more vapid than […]

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From physical to virtual and back again. Blurring the boundaries
Liz Lawley, Director, Rochester Institute of Technology, Lab for Social Computing
Closing Keynote IL2007
Liz started out saying that she talks about gaming a lot to library crowds, but she didn’t want to take the same approach, but rather talk about what has drawn her into the gaming […]

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Putting Evidence-based Practice to Work
Frank Cervone
Northwestern University
Internet Librarian, Day 1
The problem of Web site design: it’s an intricate mix of tech & design. And there aren’t a large number of people working on library Web sites trained in human/computer interactions. Additionally, once a site is “done,” people aren’t that eager to make changes–you have to […]

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Joe Janes, Associate Dean, iSchool, University of Washington
Reference 2.0: Ain’t What it used to be…and never will again
Tuesday Keynote, IL2007
Joe, who is always a blast to listen to, spoke sans slides. Here are some of the high points for me:
“The primary motivation for helping people find information is that there is too much information and […]

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Setting up the new stuff:Planning and implementing Library2.0
David Leed King, Digital Branch & Services Manager
Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library
www.davidleeking.com
1.Why, What, Who, How & When
2. Content, Container & Customer
3. Some Specifics
I’m sure David will have the presentation up on his site, so in the meantime, here are some of the important take-aways for anyone who’s been […]

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