Last year, my colleague and I started a new tradition of hosting a Madden tournament during the weekend before the Super Bowl. This past Saturday, we held the 2nd annual Skokie Madden Bowl and it turned out great! We had about 20 participants (though a couple had to leave early) competing for the top prize, [...]
Categories: Gaming, Libraries, Videos
Tagged: madden
I’m fortunate to be on the planning committee for a special program called “Coming Together in Skokie.” This program takes the basic “One City One Book” concept that has been used by many libraries and towns across the country and puts a slight spin on it by focusing on Skokie’s incredible diversity. This year, the [...]
Categories: Books, Libraries, Skokie
Tagged: "coming together in skokie", motherland
I’m presenting this talk on Twitter for a local networking group of librarians involved with computer instruction. Here are my slides. Please let me know if you have any questions!
Categories: Instruction, Libraries, Presentations, Twitter
One of the best things about attending conferences is meeting others and being inspired by their work. This happened for me today in a big way when I visited the temporary storefront library in Boston’s Chinatown, which has not had a permanent branch library since 1956! A group of us from APALA received a great tour from [...]
Categories: Conferences, Libraries
Tagged: alamw10, boston, chinatown, storefront library
I’ve had the opportunity to talk a lot about the Digital Media Lab to both patrons and professional colleagues in recent weeks. Whenever I start explaining why we created the space and the context in which we did so, I always find myself starting with incredible growth of YouTube and digital video. Even though the [...]
Categories: Digital Media Lab, Social Media, Videos
