For the past year and a half I’ve been working on creating a new Digital Media Lab at mpow. We opened the lab a few months and this morning I’m giving a presentation at NSLS about the entire process of getting the lab up and running. My presentation will include the following:
What is the Digital [...]
Categories: Digital Media Lab, Presentations, Technology
Tagged: nsls
I just watched the video of the librarians behind Awful Library Books appearing on Jimmy Kimmel and thought it was great, but I have to say that I cringed when Kimmel seemed surprised (joke or not) that libraries still exist when we have the almighty Internet to help us.
Let’s face it, there are a lot [...]
Categories: Libraries, Technology
Recently, I gave a presentation on YouTube at mpow. It was a lot of fun and I even had the audience attempt to do the wave for a short video I uploaded. At the start of the class, only about a quarter of the attendees indicated an interest in both watching and sharing videos on [...]
Categories: Instruction, Technology, Videos
Tagged: youtube
The Digital Media Lab I mentioned awhile ago is finally open to the public and I am very happy with how it turned out. MPOW now has a newly remodeled space featuring four shiny new Macs that are loaded with software goodies. We also have other equipment including two new scanners and an M-audio USB [...]
Categories: Digital Media Lab, Libraries, Technology
This afternoon I gave a 1-hour TechMunchies presentation to staff on Firefox Add-ons. After spending a few minutes explaining what Firefox is and some of its benefits, I focued on highlighting some of the best Firefox add-ons out there right now. The intended audience was people who did not yet use Firefox on a regular [...]
Categories: Browsers, Libraries, Technology
Tagged: Add-ons, Firefox, TechMunchies, Ubiquity
