Library Lounge - A virtual library lounge

Library Lounge

A virtual library lounge

Feel free to discuss anything related to the library; services, offerings, etc.

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Christopher, Bethany and Maria Björklund joined Library LoungeMay 21

Bethany updated their profile photoApril 7

Bethany updated their profileApril 7

Kay Jacobson and Lindsay are now friendsMarch 12

Kay Jacobson commented on Beth Ringsmuth Stolpman's event 'Library Technology Conference--Macalester College, St. Paul'March 6

It will be great to have a few familiar faces there. I'm going both days and looking forward to some good sessions. I can't imagine anything topping the poster sessions. (Okay, that was to boost our confidence.) See you on the 18th.

Kay Jacobson, Lindsay and Christie are attending Beth Ringsmuth Stolpman's eventMarch 6

Library Technology Conference--Macalester College, St. Paul at St. Paul, MN

March 18, 2009 at 8am to March 19, 2009 at 4:30pm

Lindsay and I will be presenting this Ning and our group project from Michael Stephens' Library 2.0 course at the conference as a poster session on Wednesday, March 18.

Christie is now friends with Lisa and Kay JacobsonMarch 5

Christie commented on Beth Ringsmuth Stolpman's event 'Library Technology Conference--Macalester College, St. Paul'March 5

I won't be there on Wednesday -- all the sessions I really, really wanted were on Thursday -- but I know you two will do an excellent job! Good for you!

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Looking for a new RSS reader?

I heard from a little birdie that Bloglines may be going down the tubes. I have no idea if this is true; my feeds appear to be updating normally, but it got me to thinking... maybe I should start using another RSS reader, just in case. What have you used and liked/disliked? I have Google Reader, but the layout isn't my favorite. I like the sleek look of Bloglines. Its simplicity is what appeals to me. Is there something else like Bloglines out there?

Posted by Beth Ringsmuth Stolpman on November 11, 2008 at 10:28am — 3 Comments

Hello new members!

Just a little welcome message for all our newest members. Thanks for joining the Library Lounge. Feel free to open up discussions; this is an open community!

Posted by Beth Ringsmuth Stolpman on November 11, 2008 at 10:26am

Ning Things

Saw Stephens tweet and couldn't resist joining :-) Wanted to share the link to my Ning presentation that I held at ILI2008 in London: http://2008ningthings.ning.com/.
Enjoy your workshop! :-)

/Åke

Posted by Åke Nygren on November 8, 2008 at 10:33am — 3 Comments

What is that, anyway?

I think that it would be kind of fun and informative if we include a section of our Ning where we can answer questions for ourselves, and possibly others, about various tools and terms with which we are unfamiliar. For instance, in class, I kept hearing the word "Drupal." All of the students who work in libraries seem to know what this is, but I had no idea. So I looked it up. Here is what I found:

Drupal is an open source content management platform. A content management computer application i… Continue

Posted by Rebecca on October 12, 2008 at 10:41am — 5 Comments