The Shifted Librarian

I’m lucky enough to be speaking at next month’s Online Information 2008 conference in London, where I’ll be speaking about new media channels for libraries (in other words, getting your content out...

A reminder that today is National Gaming Day @ your library. All types of games are included, and not just for teens, plus 150 libraries participating in videogame tournaments (you can watch one of...

Notes from John Palfrey’s talk for the MacArthur Foundation at Google Chicago
point of the book Born Digital was to bust some of the myths and look at differences in behavior between digital native...

Banking 2.0
Originally uploaded by The Shifted Librarian
I love that my bank is making it easier for me to do business with them by no longer requiring me to put deposits in envelopes. I can just ...

I thought I had blogged about National Gaming Day @ your library, but amazingly I haven’t - sorry about that. This is a national event coordinated by ALA on November 15 that celebrates the opport...

I had a great time at the Bridging Worlds Conference and spent some amazing vacation days in Cambodia and Malaysia, so I’m late following up on my conference promise to post a link to the slides fo...

Colbert Report - Communist Library Threat
colbert report, communists, libraries, video, youtube

Using Video Games as Bait to Hook Readers
“Mr. Bagley, now a senior, was so addicted that he sometimes abandoned friends in the dining hall to return to the game. But the story was never the attrac...

Earlier this week, I stayed at the Marriott Metairie hotel in New Orleans, because I was in town to give a presentation for SOLINET. I’ve been staying in Hampton Inn hotels whenever possible lately...

Back in May, I was invited to give a presentation to a group at the MacArthur Foundation about four opportunities for libraries. The fourth opportunity I discussed was gaming, highlighting the soci...