Citizen Libraries Are The New Home For The Printed Word | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation

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For book lovers dismayed at the disintegration of a reading culture, however, there is no going gently into that dark night. All it takes to start a library, people are discovering, is a few books, shelves, and a belief that reading and sharing books is a profoundly powerful experience for many people.

One of those new spaces is Ourshelves, a San Francisco lending library open to everyone, no matter how little they can pay, or where they live, says Kristina Kearns, its bibliophile founder. “I wanted to create a space where everyone was welcome, and there was no one who would not be able to afford it,” she says about Ourshelves, housed in a tiny room at the back of an antiques shop, Viracocha, in the San Francisco’s Mission district. “Anyone can engage with books, however they would like.” via Citizen Libraries Are The New Home For The Printed Word | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation.

17 Free Live Webinars for Librarians in April [2013] | iLibrarian

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17 Free Live Webinars for Librarians in April | iLibrarian. Unfortunately, this link is now dead at the OEDB. There is a replication of the content at the Dilliard University Library Blog.

15 Programming Skills Most Coveted By Employers – ReadWrite

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Even in library school we have opportunities to learn to code!  Hope to see more coding programs incorporated into secondary school education and on.

15 Programming Skills Most Coveted By Employers – ReadWrite

See article for full discussion. Here is the list!

15. Ruby
14. ASP.NET
13. AJAX
12. Objective-C
11. PHP
10. Python
9. Perl
8. C
7. C#
6. XML
5. C++
4. JavaScript
3. HTML
2. Java
1. SQL

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Collection of Links: Resources for Learning to Code | The Modern MLIS

Musings about librarianship: More good library related video that spoofs movies or tv

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Musings about librarianship: More good library related video that spoofs movies or tv

Eight are listed. My personal favourite is The Science Network – A Social Network Parody with Pubmed instead of Facebook.

There is also some link love for more videos.

There Are No Free Libraries | American Libraries Magazine

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Quotable: “Libraries, as we know, do not exist for free. They cost their communities—whether composed of taxpayers, tuition-payers, donors, or a combination—a substantial amount of money. It’s well-intentioned to emphasize that libraries provide materials and services without exacting immediate payment from users for each transaction. But today it is at best a mistake and at worst self-destructive to underrepresent the considerable ongoing investment that the members of a community make to have library collections, technology, personnel, and facilities available to them.”

via There Are No Free Libraries | American Libraries Magazine.

Having a Library Card? Priceless

20 Excellent Wireframing Tools for Mobile | Mashable

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20 Excellent Wireframing Tools for Mobile | Mashable

This is the list from Mashable:

  1. Framer – Modern prototyping tool

  2. Indigo Studio – Rapid, interactive prototyping

  3. Mockingbird – Wireframes on the fly

  4. Simulify – Interactive, shareable wireframes, mockups and prototypes

  5. Solidify – Create clickable prototypes

  6. Lovely Charts – Diagramming app with desktop and mobile versions

  7. ForeUI – Easy to use UI prototyping tool

  8. Creately – Realtime diagram collaboration

  9. JumpChart – Architecture, layout and content planning

  10. Lumzy – Mockup creation and prototyping tool

  11. Concept.ly – Convert wireframes and designs into interactive apps

  12. Frame Box – Easy, simple wireframing

  13. Realizer – Interactive presentation prototypes

  14. Cacoo – Diagrams with realtime collaboration

  15. Mockup Builder – Super-easy prototyping and mockups

  16. Tiggzi – Develop cross platform mobile apps fast

  17. Mockup Designer – Basic wireframing tool hosted on GitHub

  18. ClickDummy – Turn mockups into clickable prototypes

  19. Mockups.me – Create and present interactive UI wireframes

  20. Mockabilly – iPhone mockups with genuine iphone behavior

  21. RWD Wireframes – Wireframing tool for responsive layouts

  22. Blocks – Create annotated HTML prototypes

  23. UX Toolbox – Create, document and share wireframes and prototypes

Gamification of Learning…04.01.13 | The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian’s Weblog

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Gamification of Learning…04.01.13 | The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian’s Weblog.

LEGOs in the Library – Stephen’s Lighthouse

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Very cool!

LEGOs in the Library – Stephen’s Lighthouse.

10 of the Coolest Librarians Alive – Flavorwire

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10 of the Coolest Librarians Alive – Flavorwire.

DMCA chilling effects: How copyright law hurts security research. – Slate Magazine

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An informative exposition on the DMCA and security research. I thought the article interesting and a reminder of the power of political and lobbying bodies in the US. In Canada, we are weathering our own struggle against the muzzling of our scientific researchers and librarians by the PMO.

“The outdated copyright law doesn’t just hurt consumers—it cripples researchers.” via DMCA chilling effects: How copyright law hurts security research. – Slate Magazine.

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