April 2011
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Disaster recovery of archives and records in the... →
Apr 29th
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Apr 28th
Apr 28th
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White iPhones: Um, Why? →
Apr 28th
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5 Myths About the 'Information Age' →
bookron: bibliofeminista: Confusion about the nature of the so-called information age has led to a state of collective false consciousness. It’s no one’s fault but everyone’s problem, because in trying to get our bearings in cyberspace, we often get things wrong, and the misconceptions spread so rapidly that they go unchallenged. Taken together, they constitute a font of proverbial...
Apr 27th
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Apr 27th
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Google can't be trusted with our books | Simon... →
Apr 27th
How to Write an eBook →
Apr 27th
Geo Tracking Your Every Move →
Apr 25th
Royal Weddings and The Listener →
Apr 24th
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Apr 24th
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New Zealand treasures entrusted to UK museum found... →
Apr 24th
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Apr 24th
Nielsen: “The New Digital American Family” →
Apr 24th
Insanely Creative Bookshelves →
Apr 23rd
Operating System Market Shares →
Apr 22nd
“Librarians who respect the unique needs of teenagers will be approachable,...”
– Patrick Jones, on teen librarianship (via bainzie)
Apr 22nd
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Urgent plea to save Moriori tree carvings  →
Apr 22nd
TWIL #39: Librarian In Black (more ebooks) →
Apr 22nd
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Apr 21st
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How are College Educators Using YouTube? →
Apr 21st
What do you want? Libraries all over the bloody... →
Apr 21st
Wendy Cope's archive sold to British Library →
Apr 20th
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Remoting it ... 7 #eqnz
I started the week in CHCH at Boffa Miskell’s office in Sir Gil Simmons, and am now working at The Distiller, an awesome space at the Centre for Innovation in Dunedin, on the University of Otago campus. This morning involved a bit of book buying and Intranet updating. I’m  now going to crank through some work in preparation for a week sorting the library in our Tauranga office; the...
Apr 20th
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Apr 20th
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2011 State of America’s Libraries →
Apr 20th
Phase one of National War Memorial Park completed →
Apr 20th
How Do I Fix My Computer? →
Apr 19th
Sistema Aotearoa youth orchestra initiative... →
Apr 19th
Whither the dream of the universal library? |... →
Apr 19th
Apr 18th
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Remoting it ... 6 - my 22:2:11 #eqnz
And maybe it’s time to tell my story, which I’ve found hard to write down until now. In those immediate days after the quake my brain was physically unable to comprehend anything further ahead than ‘tomorrow’. My perception distilled to a cluster of synapses firing in my reptilian brain. Once we were in Dunedin, that capability stretched out to a couple of days. Each day...
Apr 17th
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So now the one tool I rely on to do my job, DB Textworks, has packed up and I’m at home. Today sucks. I’m sad about losing my library. It’s cold and wet. My house stinks of silt and I want to cry when I look out the window at my lawn. And the little black stray cat I’m trying to make friends with keeps running away from me. Enough moaning. So I’ve been updating the...
Apr 17th
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“Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved...”
– Maurice Sendak (via andystro2790)
Apr 17th
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Fully Sick - collection of air sick bags →
Apr 17th
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Well there have been developments. Two of my colleagues were permitted an hour to collect some important items from the office.  While they were there they snapped off a few pictures. Here’s one of my library.  This is the last time I’ll see it. We’ve been told no one will be allowed back into the building; the building has no future. Remoting it index
Apr 17th
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Ringling College Event →
Apr 16th
TWIL #38: Michiel Laan (Program manager eBooks) →
Apr 16th
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“Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you...”
– http://notwhatyouthink.tumblr.com/post/4612133091/via-kittencoaster 
Apr 14th
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My lovely daughter, a preschooler, gets hold of her Dad’s iPhone on Saturday and Sunday mornings in bed with us while her Dad and I slowly wake up. She’s playing some great games. I’m astounded at her agility and ability to connect so easily with this interface. Angry Birds and Cut the Rope are two games she’s quite proficient with. 
Apr 14th
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Rebuilding Granddad's shed - Campbell Live - Video... →
Apr 13th
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Govt's 'Skynet' legislation becomes law  →
Apr 13th
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Apr 13th
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Remoting it ... 3 #eqnz
How do you value a library collection? I’m probably going to have to do this soon. I’d really like some advice about this if anyone has been through a disaster recently and can shed some light for me. While there has been no official word on our building, there is a possibility at sometime soon, at short notice, four of my colleagues may get a limited amount of access to our building....
Apr 13th
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Apr 13th
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Apr 13th
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26 Ways to Engage With Customers Using Video →
Apr 13th
Zadie Smith loses battle to save London library →
Apr 13th
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Thanks for posting this. It’s beautiful. harvestbird: This has consistently engaged my leisured attention since I happened upon it last night.
Apr 12th
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