Tag: blogs
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This Blog Has Moved
I finally moved this blog off of the teachinglibrarian.org domain, where I’ve had it since 2003, and have put it at stephenfrancoeur.com. The new official URL for this blog is: http://www.stephenfrancoeur.com/digitalreference/ If you’re reading this message in your RSS reader, then I’ve successfully tinkered with Feedburner’s settings.
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Did you know you can…
Did you know you can send blog posts to Blogger by using Jott? listen Powered by Jott
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Reference services and Twitter
A few weeks ago, a friend put the idea into my head about whether there might be a use for Twitter for reference. If you’re not familiar with Twitter, here’s the basics: sign up for a free account send mini blog posts (140 characters max) to your account via a web form, your IM client…
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RSS feeds for College and Research Libraries
Does anyone know of a way to get a feed of the contents of College and Research Libraries? I realize that there are tools for converting HTML pages to RSS feeds, but I have a feeling that won’t work too well for the “current issue” page of College and Research Libraries, which has a unique…
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Grazr + OPMLmanager = Friday fun
At the tail end of a Friday, I decided to see if I could make an OPML file using the free service from OPMLmanager so that I could build a Grazr. Or to put it in terms that make more sense to me, I used a free service (OMPLmanager) to bundle together some blog feeds,…
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QuestionPoint’s blog is now public
For nearly a year, QuestionPoint offered their subscribers a password-protected blog that, for those of us who use web-based aggregators like Bloglines, left us frustrated by our inability to safely add the feed to our reader. This week, QuestionPoint has dropped the password and opened up the blog to all who care to read it.…
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Techie blogs I “read”
Although I couldn’t write code or install a server if my life depended on it, I do like to read blogs by librarians who can. Although a lot of what gets posted on these blogs goes right over my head, there is a residue of learning that takes place too. I aspire some day to…