Back to the future
These illustrations are by French artist Villemard in 1910 of how he imagined the future to be in the year 2000. He’s pretty close . . . More pictures here. HC
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Amazon unveils $200 Kindle Fire tablet
29 September 2011 Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has shown off the Kindle Fire, a $US199 ($201) tablet computer, challenging Apple’s iPad by extending its Kindle brand into the world of full-colour, multipurpose devices. Read more in thisSMH article. There’s a video there explaining things. It’s only available in the US just now and I couldn’t [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Who’s in the Queue? A Demographic Analysis of Public Access Computer Users and Uses in U.S. Public Libraries
Over the past decade policy discussions about public access computing in libraries have focused on the role that public libraries play in bridging the digital divide. In these discussions, public access computing services are generally targeted at individuals who either cannot afford a computer and Internet access, or have never received formal computer instruction and lack [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )ebooks : learning 2.0 update
This has been copied holus bolus from the State Library’s Public Library Services blog – if you don’t already subscribe to it, consider doing so, it’s a great way to keep up to date with Library news for NSW and beyond. This article fits nicely with the eReader training that permanent staff are undertaking this [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Next Generation eBooks
Take a look at this : http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_matas.html The bit at 02:43 is just WOW!
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Wireless technology
Here’s Brendan making his contribution to the BM Library Staff Connection blog. He wrote to Vicki : Since we’ve been discussing wireless at Blaxland, I thought this maybe an interesting piece of background information on the history of wireless in Australia. After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year British Scientists found [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Local Books, new LibraryThing app
Another iPhone app – this time from LibraryThing. Called Local Books this new app can be used to locate book shops, libraries and bookish events wherever you are or plan to be. The app is available from the iTunes store as a free download. All NSW public libraries are included. You can read more about [...]
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