Librarians create physical displays of books in the library. We showcase new books, old books, romance books, red books… Well, you get the picture. But unless you have the tools built into your ILS or have added a collection to
Creating Simple Mobile Sites
In preparing for an upcoming talk on reaching patrons through their mobile devices, I’m taking a closer look at creating mobile friendly sites. It turns out that if you are WordPress or Blogger user, creating a mobile site is simpler
Library Thing Handout
For the Hillstown Co-op meeting I prepared a short handout to get started with Library Thing! LibraryThing Handout Library Thing Handout for NH Librarians
Fun: Search the Harper’s Index for Facts
I cannot remember ever reading Harper’s Magazine, but I sure am enjoying their new online searchable index. What do you do? Start typing in a word (anything: swimming, horse, DNA, whatever!) and see a list of random facts pertaining to
Google Books Adds Magazines
Google has added print magazines to its Book Search. Like the newspaper archive, there does not appear to be a comprehensive listing of the included titles, but here are a few I’ve managed to find:
