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ALA Photo & Tweet Tracker

Jul 10th, 2009
by pollyalida.
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Not at ALA Annual in Chicago? Want to track what’s happening? Check out this super handy ALA2009 tracker page created by Heather Devine. And check out her blog, flexyourinfo.com, to find out more about the tracker. Great work! Wish I had your mad skilz…. :-)

Westchester Library Association

May 8th, 2009
by pollyalida.
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I had a wonderful time today at the Westchester Library Association conference in Tarrytown, NY.  Thanks to the large crowd of folks who came to my session on “Online Outreach & Marketing – Digital Users, Digital Experience”. It was a pleasure speaking with you.  Sorry we didn’t have more time to share ideas and questions, but feel free to share your ideas and questions here is you like.

The slides from the presentation are available on my wiki. There’s also a link to the class resource page that we use in the full day workshop on this topic.

A big thank you to Zahra Baird of the Chappaqua Library for inviting me to speak. It was great to see you. And an extra bonus, I got to have lunch with Janie Hermann who was also speaking today.  A great day all around!

Upcoming Schedule

Apr 21st, 2009
by pollyalida.
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I just realized what a busy couple of weeks I have coming up. Not that the last few weeks haven’t been busy too….

Here’s where I’ll be teaching and speaking:

  • April 21 – Google Docs After School Workshop,  Questar III School Library System, Castleton, NY
  • April 23 – Flip Out Video Editing Workshop for MidHudson Library System, Poughkeepsie, NY
  • April 24 – Career Paths as Information Professionals Panel Discussion at Upstate NY SLA Conference, Albany, NY
  • April 27 – Screencasting Workshop, WNYRLC, Buffalo NY
  • April 28 – Online Marketing & Outreach, WNYRLC, Buffalo NY
  • May 2 – Using Web 2.0 Tools to Boost Your Program, NYLA SLMS Spring Conference, Saratoga, NY
  • May 2 – Google Tools for Collaboration & Productivity, NYLA SLMS Spring Conference, Saratoga, NY
  • May 5 – Delicious After School Workshop, Questar III School Library System, Castleton, NY
  • May 8 – Online Outreach and Marketing: Taking Advantage of Web Services to Promote Your Library, Westchester Library Association Annual Conference,  Tarrytown, NY
  • May 12 – Google Docs, Capital Region BOCES School Library System Liaison Meeting, Albany, NY

Really looking forward to meeting lots of friends – new and old – at these meetings and workshops!

NYLA SLMS & Some New Google Services

Apr 20th, 2009
by pollyalida.
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I’m looking forward to presenting two workshops at the NYLA SLMS 2009 Conference next week. One of the sessions is on Google tools for schools. In the conference program I suggested people stop by my blog and tell me about their favorite Google tools. A bit late, but the invitation is still open and open to anyone! Please share your favorite Google tools.

And with that in mind, Google released some new features today.

  • Similar Images is a new service being tested in Google Labs. Search for a photo and look for the “Similar Images” link in the results to see more images like the one you selected. It finds images that have similar objects, colors & layout.
  • News Timeline – Also new in Google Labs. Select from many sources: news, blogs, photos, Time, Wikipedia, quotes and more. Select time frame (1800, 1500, 1952, etc.) And frequency: day, week, decade, etc. Great display of articles, quotes, news stories and more. Sampel searches: