I think I tend to ride the fence between unrelenting enthusiasm for technology and healthy cynicism. But at the same time, I’m really pragmatic about technology implementation in libraries. Meredith Says: May 11th, 2006 at 6:30 am Interesting. DerikB Says: May 11th, 2006 at 8:14 am Great post, Meredith. Rock on! MORE >>

Poorly implemented and/or designed learning technologies are an embarrassment to the field (think shovelware e-learning courses or boring PowerPoint lectures transformed to boring online courses). Updates recent studies show additional reasons: Blogging and Social Networking Boosts Your Social Life. Blogging -- It's Good for You. Sheesh. MORE >>

in 2007 December 20th, 2006 Jevon MacDonald has some interesting predictions about Enterprise 2.0 technology guts the need to have consultants document ad hoc work flows and the associated controls. link] Rod Boothby @ December 21st, 2006 Hi Ed, Thanks for the comment. Axel Schultze @ December 28th, 2006 I like your perspective. MORE >>

Using the survey I was quickly able to determine interest areas, when people would be able to participate, level of understanding of different technologies ( Survey Results ). introducing 3 new technologies (blogs, BlogLines , wikis) at the same time is a bit much" "Specific introductory directions would have been helpful.” MORE >>

» Random and cold medicine-induced thoughts on screencasting By Meredith Farkas | November 30, 2006 Last summer, I was talking with someone from the planning committee of the Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries’ Fall Conference. The technology allows me to drop into Captivate video of the participants in the project I describe. MORE >>