Google has made privacy a little simpler...

By making some videos and posting them on YouTube about how to control your privacy while using their applications.

Not a bad idea...

For example:
Privacy levels and sharing using Google Docs

I don't know if anybody is still subscribed but...

Google has a new product that is beta called Knol. It is supposed to be the place you go to first when you want to learn about a subject. It will be authored by an expert on a subject but then subject to edits by the public which would have to be reviewed and approved by the author first (a little flip on wikipedia)

Neato. Two things I like a lot - libraries and quilts

This person made a quilt that incorporates library catalog cards (printed on fabric) and has grommets for the hole in the bottom where the big steel rod goes through.

Those of you library afficianados who remember the card catalog know about the rod. There was a mystery novel I read one time where the murderer killed someone with one of those rods - skewered em!

King Library was definitely effected by the Earthquake last night. Just take a look at what the 8th floor looked like at 9:30 am



The aisles are filled with books which fell from the shelves. 5th, 6th and 7th floors will likely be available this afternoon. Staff are working hard to undo the damage. 8th floor will probably take all day, if not longer. The mess up there is staggering!

Just When I Thought I Was Out...They Pull Me Back In.

For the session I'll be doing at CLA on Monday.

Video Games and Teens



GameOn: Games in Libraries Blog
ALA Techsource – Gaming, Learning and Libraries Symposium

Gamespot Game information, reviews, cheats and walkthroughs.

Not to be confused with Gamestop - the place to BUY games

Or with Gamespy

IGN Game information, reviews, cheats and walkthroughs.

Library Success Wiki - Gaming Libraries doing gaming!

How to Choose a Good Library Videogame

3 key points to look for...

1. Multi-Player
2. Short Rounds
3. Fast Learning Curve
   
   

This Librarian Recommends the following Games...

Playstation 2
DDR aka Dance Dance Revolution
Guitar Hero
Guitar Hero II
Guitar Hero Rocks the 80's
Guitar Hero III
Karaoke Revolution
Sing Star

Gamecube
Donkey Konga and Donkey Konga 2
Mario Kart
Super Monkey Ball and Super Monkey Ball 2
Super Smash Bros. Melee

Wii
Elebits
Mario Party 8
Raving Rabbids
Wii Sports


Further Reading:

Here are some long, heady articles all about how video games allow kids to learn skills that modern businesses are looking for. These are BIG pdf files so be prepared to wait.

Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education in the 21st Century - Henry Jenkins

Harnessing the Power of Video Games for Learning - Summit on Educational Games - Federation of American Scientists

Unlimited Learning: Computer and Video Games in the Learning Landscape - Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association





Video Games: Serious Business for America's Economy - Crandall and Sidak

The Half-Life of a Blog...

may be just a few months long. I have been blogging less and less frequently - mainly due to the fact that other Library blogs are doing a bang up job and my new position being more consuming of brain cells.

The tourguide aspect of my blogging has ended. There are great sites and introductions to technology for librarians- the Learning 2.0 programs, the Best Practices Wiki and others. I don't like to be redundant, and so, I am making this post the swan song for Library Tourguide to Technology.

Take a look at the new interactive screen table computer by Microsoft...
- nabbed from Librarian in Black, nabbed from Tame the Web



Anybody remember the movie Minority Report?