April 6th, 2010 Brian Herzog
Next week is Computers in Libraries 2010, and I’m lucky enough to be going and co-presenting a pre-conference workshop with Nicole Engard.
Our workshop is Implementing Library Mashups, based partly on the book Nicole edited, Library Mashups. I’m looking forward to hearing Nicole speak, and I’ll present* my chapter, then the rest of the workshop will be hands-on building mashups with the attendees. Keep an eye on Nicole’s presentations page for the slides.
There will be lots of other great speakers and workshops, so it should be a good time**. If you’re there, be sure to say hi. And if you need help convincing your boss you should go, CiL provides help on justifying your trip, complete with a draft memo [doc].
I’ll try to blog, tweet and flickr as much as I can while traveling, both library and touristy things.
Update 4/7/10: If you’re going to Cil2010, here are some resources to check out. If you’re not going, for you there is a list of bloggers who’ll be taking notes.
*Ah,
public speaking, we meet again.
**Not to mention sightseeing in Washington. I [heart] that city. And this time, I’m going to the International Spy Museum, tour the Capitol and see Senate in session - all outside of conference hours, of course.
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July 2nd, 2009 Brian Herzog
Speaking of embedding things into library websites, I wanted to highlight a book due out later this year.
In the interest of full disclosure, I contributed a chapter to this book. I don’t get any kickback from the profits (except for a free copy), but I am really looking forward to it.
Library Mashups: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Library Data is written by librarians for librarians, on how we can expand our websites and web presence to better serve our patrons. Nicole Engard pulled us all together and edited the book.
More information about the book and authors is available at http://mashups.web2learning.net. It’s not due out until September, but just skimming the table of contents makes me pretty sure I’ll learn a lot from the other authors.
Writing my chapter made me feel like I was back in library school working on a paper, but I am glad to have done it. Plus, I’ll soon be able to tell people I’m a “published author.” People ask me why I became a librarian, and my answer is always the same: fortune and glory, kid, fortune and glory.
update 7/12/09: a couple new related links:
update 8/20/09
Library Mashups is available to order in the United Kingdom, Europe or British Commonwealth (excl. Canada) from Facet Publishing
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January 2nd, 2007 Brian Herzog
A coworker just made me aware of MashupCamp 2007, being held at MIT on Jan 17-18. I’ve been to a few unconferences before, and enjoy the format, so I might attend for that reason alone.
I am interested in mashups, but am probably not as hard-core as the other attendees will be. I’m sure there are ways to make our library catalog more useful by combining it with tools like Baker & Taylor, Amazon, Delicious Library, LibraryThing, Library Elf, and more, if I just had the time to sit and think and experiment. We’ll see.
Another nice feature of MashupCamp 2007 is Mashup University, which is “specifically geared towards hands-on training whereby new and experienced mashup developers can get classroom style instruction on how to build mashups.” Now that’s for me.
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