K.G. Schneider
About: I'm a librarian, technologist, and writer. Some of my best friends are UX experts, and I'd even let my sister marry one. One of my more notorious blog posts is really all about the crying need for attention to UX in library software: "The User Is Not Broken."
Discussions
Librarian Lunch Table
--I see a lot of librarians at this conference. Want to get together today or tomorrow and talk about things like IA/UX jobs in and out of LibraryLan...
Librarians' Lunch on Sunday
--I'm again up for the librarians' lunch. Today I'll get smart and use the sign-up sheets, but kudos to the creative librarians who Just Made It Happ...
Twitter Stream:
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The death of peer review
--If the peer-review process isn’t working well, how do we fix it? 1. Start a professional conversation among concerned colleagues. 2. Publish ...
Jet lag? Me? And an event not to miss
--I was told this was the “hard” direction — coming back to the U.S. from Australia. It hasn’t been too rough — though ...
If it’s Sunday, it must be Melbourne
--I’m speed-blogging at a net kiosk at the Melbourne airport. The woman behind me in line at the coffee stand giggled at my ziplock bag of Aust...
Powder featured on NPR
--As Miriam B. noted in a comment, “No doubt you are hearing this from your fellow writers: RIGHT NOW, _Powder_ is being featured in a 5-minute...
From Brisbane to Perth
--Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary Originally uploaded by freerangelibrarian This morning I’m squeezing in one last stroll around Brisbane before we ...
Powder: The YouTube Trailer
--Update: YouTube is being funky, so try this link (thanks for the tip!) November 11, Veterans’ Day, is the release date for Powder, an antholo...
Bookmarks:
A List Apart: Articles: How to Size Text in CSS
In this article, we will reconcile the designer’s requirement for accuracy with the user’s need to resize text on demand, arriving at a best practice that satisfies designers and users and works across browsers and platforms.
Michigan Evergreen - Mlc
The Michigan Evergreen project is a joint project of the Michigan Library Consortium and Grand Rapids Public Library to develop a shared library system using the open source ILS software, Evergreen.
The Blissful Glutton: V1 BBQ & Cafe: Duluth
A place with promise that seems to be popular with the locals.
documentation:style_guide [Evergreen DokuWiki]
scratchpad:debug_console [Evergreen DokuWiki]
Here's something you can add to your debugging arsenal, though it might require help from your local IT staff to setup if they have your system locked down.
LibrarianInBlack: Internet Librarian 2008: U.S. Public Libraries and Web 2.0
a study of Web 2.0 use in public libraries in the country, which you can download from his blog post on the LRS website.
Network
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Alexandra Fox (mutual) fan |
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Eric Reiss fan |
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Heidi Hansen (mutual) fan, want-to-meet |
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Chris Freitag (mutual) fan |
Comments
Thanks for calling out how much I rock! I haven't been to an IA Summit before and judging by the postings I get the impression a lot of these people travel together. I'm glad I don't have to pack heavy just to bring some nice clothes.
Yea! I'm so excited to meet you. Really cool that we found out we were going to the same conference through Twitter too. :)