Moving to WordPress...

I've decided to move to WordPress. Follow me here: http://lindyjb.wordpress.com/

Nothing against Blogger - I like the format and it's really easy to use, but I've tried both and am going to stick with WordPress for now...

Thanks Blogger!

Libraries on Twitter (updated list)

Here is an updated list of Libraries on Twitter. I decided to create a new post instead of continually updating the old post. Some folks on here haven't updated their profiles in a long while, but I thought I'd include them anyway...

Libraries Using Twitter:

• Abington Library
  
• ACLA Libraries (NY)
  
• Akron-Summit County Public Library
  
• Ada Library
• Anderson Community Library
• Ann Arbor District Library
  
• Arizona State Univeristy's Library Channel
  
• Austin Public Library
  
• Birmingham Public Library
• Bluffton Public Library
  
• Boise State University Albertsons Library
• Boscobel Library (WI)
• Bothell Library (KS)
• Boyertown Community Library (PA)
  
• Brooklyn Public Library
• Brooklyn Public Library, Saratoga Branch (NY)
• Camas Library (WA)
• Camden County College Library (NJ)
  
• Cass County Public Library (MI)
  
• Chili Public Library (NY)
  
• City of Casa Grande Public Library
• Claremont County Public Library (OH)
  
• Cleveland Public Library
• CMRLS Public Library (MS)
• College of DuPage Library Secrets Program
  
• Danbury Public Library
• Denver Public Library - eVolver DPL Teens
  
• Devereaux Library, South Dakota School of Mines
  
• Dickison College Waidner Spahr Library
• Duxbury Free Library (MA)
• East Los Angeles College Library
  
• Elmhurst College A.C. Buehler Library
• Flenniken Public Library (PA)
  
• Florence Library (MS)
• Freed Hardeman University Library
  
• Fox River Grove Memorial Library
• Geneva Public Library (IL)
• Grabill Public Library (IN)
  
• Grand Rapids Public Library
• Greene County Public Library
  
• Greenfield Public Library
  
• Groton Library (NY)
• Highland Park Public Library Library Gerbils (IL)
  
• Hillside Junior High School Library
  
• Hinsdale Public Library
  
• Homewood Public Library (AL)
  
• Houston Community College Libraries
  
• Houston Public Library
• Hubbell Library
  
• Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne Walter E. Helmke Library
• James J. Hill Reference Library (MN)
  
• Kansas City Public Library
• Kenton Library
• Kitsap Regional Library (WA)
  
• Lakewood Public Library (OH)
  
• Lapeer District Library
• Lee County Library (SC)
• Leeward Community College Library (HI)
  
• Lester Public Library
  
• LBJ Library
• Livingston Park County Public Library (MT)
  
• Lunar & Planetary Institute Library
• Massachusettes Trial Law Library
• Massillon Public Library
  
• Mercer University Jack Tarver Library
  
• Maui Community College Library
• Michigan State University Libraries
• Mifflin Community Library (PA)
  
• Missouri Regional River Library
• Monroe County Library (NY)
• National Agriculture Library (USDA)
  
• National Press Club Library
• Nebraska Library Commission
• North IRC Library (FL)
  
• Northeastern Illinois University Library
• Northwestern University Library
  
• NSLS
  
• Oak Grove Public Library (MS)
  
• Oklahoma State University Library
  
• Orange County Public Library (CA)
• Oshkosh Public Library (WI)
• Pace University Law School Library
  
• Palm Beach County Library
  
• Pasadena City College Shatford Library
• Plano Library (TX)
  
• Pennsylvania State University Libraries
• Portland Community College Library
  
• Post University Traurig Library
• Providence Public Library
  
• Randolf Public Library
  
• Rapid City Public Library
  
• Reed Library
  
• Roanoke County Library
• Rocky River Public Lirary
  
• Santa Barbara City College Luria Library
• Santa Fe Public Library
• Scranton (Albright Memorial) Library
• Shawnee State University Clark Memorial Library
• Shepherd University Scarborough Library
  
• Skokie Public Library
• Skyline High School Library
• Sonoma County Library (CA)
  
• South Dakota School of Mines, Deveraux Library
• South Salem Lyon Library
• Stanford Graduate School of Business Jackson Library
• Stillwater Library
  
• Takoma Park Library (MD)
  
• Tonganoxie Public Library (KS)
  
• Trinity University Coates Library
• Trinity College Raether Library
  
• Tripp City Library
• Union University Schaffer Library (NY)
  
• University of Alabama, Huntsville
• University of Alabama Lister Hill Library
• University of California, San Diego Science & Engineering Library
  
• University of California, San Francisco
  
• University of Colorado, Boulder, Libraries
• University of Illinois Undergraduate Library
• University of Mary Washington CGPS Library
• University of Maryland Ask us Now
• University of Michigan Dentistry Library
• University of Minnesota Science & Engineering Walter Library
• University of Nebraska Library Computers
• University of Nebraska, Lincoln Law Library
  
• University of Nebraska, Omaha Library
  
• University of Nevada Architecture Studies Library
• University of North Carolina, Wilmington Randall Library
  
• University of Notre Dame (London)
  
• University of Richmond Boatwright Memorial Library
  
• University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Library
• University of Wyoming W.R. Coe Library
• Waldo Community Library (KS)
  
• Waltham Public Library
• Washington Centerville Public Library (OH)
• Waterford Public Library (NY)
  
• Waubonsee Community College Library - new
• Westerville Public Library (OH)
  
• Westlake Porter Public Library
  
• West Palm Beach County Library
  
• Westport Public Library
• West Connecticut State University Library
  
• West Springfield Public Library
• Whitman Public Library (MA)
  
• Windward Community College Library (HI)
  
• Yale Law Library
• Yale Sciences Library
• Zion-Benton Public Library
  

New innovative uses of Twitter

I'm pretty psyched in that my Twittering Libraries web 2.0 article from LIS 5313 is receiving some notice. The Shifted Librarian mentioned it in her post An open letter to [libraries] on Twitter and the ACRL mentioned it in their post Proselytizing for Twitter.

I'm not writing here to publicize myself; rather, I wanted to briefly highlight a few comments that were shared from the Shifted Librarian and ACRL blog posts.

The first comment was from Jenn who works at the College of DuPage Library. They have a Library Secrets Twitter account they use not only to promote the Library Secrets program but to promote online tools and applications that their patrons (students, faculty and community members) might find useful. I checked out the Library Secrets program and it looks really cool!

The second comment was from the ACRL blog. Brian Matthews, a User Experience Librarian at Georgia Tech, shared a paper he wrote for the Journal of Web Librarianship titled Twitter and the Library: Thoughts on the Syndicated Lifestyle. After reading his article, my head was spinning with ideas and thoughts because he provided so many practical uses for libraries using Twitter: it is a great tool for not only communication and collaboration (which many libraries are doing), but for assessment.

I thought I had most ideas for Twitter covered in my lil' article, but that truly isn't the case. Doh! Because of the rapid growth of Twitter (it grew 752% with 4.43 million users in December 2008!), the chance for innovation is immense.

I love learning about how others are doing things!

If you have any ideas or thoughts to share or innovative ways libraries and librarians can use Twitter, please share!

photography fun - tiltshiftmaker

I wanted to comment on tiltshiftmaker - a nifty lil' site that allows you to tilt-shift your images. I tried it out with one of my funny-retro motel pictures. (I like to take pictures of old-school colorful vintage signs. When I lived in Florida, there were lots around the central-Florida area. I have a very small collection of them on my flickrstream). I tried out tiltshiftmaker and it was super easy and kinda fun. I recommend taking a try at it!

Flip Video

Ooh! We got a flip phone at my office. I brought it home to try it out by filming my dog, Casper. Not bad quality, though the director could have done a better job with the editing portion (or rather, could have done a little editing at all)!

My experience with Twitter and Delta Airlines' customer service

Much is written in the blogosphere about companies using Twitter for customer service (i.e., Comcast, JetBlue, Zappos.com). I even briefly discussed it in my Twittering Libraries article.

It's one thing to read about others' experiences, but recently I experienced my own encounter of customer service and Twitter.

I wrote about this earlier, but long story short: Over the holidays, I attended a wedding in Richmond, VA. At the time of the wedding ending, Portland was having one of its worst snowstorms ever. As a result of mechanical difficulties and then the impending craziness of canceled flights to Portland, I was stuck in Washington, DC while my luggage was visiting places like JFK (NY), Dulles (DC), Richmond (VA) and then Eugene (OR).

In my frustration of several hours of phone calls, waiting on hold, several calculations where my luggage was (but really wasn't) and seven days of absence, I got the idea to see if Delta Airlines had a twitter account. I discovered they did. So what the heck, I decided to try it. Alas, I'll let my tweets tell the rest of the story...

The End.

Blogger vs. Wordpress?

I have been playing around with the Circulation blog in Blogger and WordPress. I am debating which would be a better format... I plan to upgrade, get a domain and upload the blog so I can really customize it, so what you see here is not what Circulation will look like in the long-term. However, I am curious to see if anyone has comments or recommendations about using Blogger and/or WordPress for their blogs.

I've been doing research and it seems that both have positive attributes... What to do? What to choose?

Do a good deed today and share your knowledge with a young and eager blogger... If you have suggestions and/or recommendations, please share!