The above circulated a while ago, but I post it today to recognize this special ALA Midwinter edition of Casual Fridays. And while I’m not suggesting libraries will or should become 21st century dance halls, Lichen’s title, “1.0 -> 2.0, the video” has some resonance here.

And on the theme of music videos that tell stories [...]

Posted January 19, 2007 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Books, Movies, Music, Questionable...funny. Pointless.. Tags: ala midwinter, cascada, every time we touch, lib20, libraries, library 2.0, miranda, music, music videos, video, yo te dire. 2 Comments.

You won’t get your salad dressing on the side in San Antonio. I don’t know what it says about a place, but in New England it’s so common I never learned to ask for it on the side, it just happens. Not so in San Antonio.
You’ll also have trouble finding a place to eat [...]

Posted January 22, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Travel. Tags: ala, ala midwinter, leisure, riverwalk, san antonio, san antonio tx, texas, tourist, Travel. Be the first one.

ALA Midwinter IUG SIG Presentation: Designing an OPAC for Web 2.0
update: PDF version with space for notes
Web 2.0 and other “2.0” monikers have become loaded terms recently. But as we look back at the world wide web of 1996, there can be little doubt that today’s web is better and more useful. Indeed, that seems [...]

Posted January 20, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information. Tags: ala, ala midwinter, ala midwinter 2006, iii, iug, lib 2.0, libraries, library, library 2.0, library catalog, online catalog, opac, opac 2.0, presentation, web 2.0, web opac. 39 Comments.