KCPL made it on the list. Now we can start thinking about a MOBIUS Pinterest Board. At the very least we need it for the board dinner.

We'll need this for when we purchase our 3D printer!

As we get more and more databases/ebooks/whatnot this is an interesting read. Esp. since the person complaining about too many clicks is a historian! Its their job to research and they hate clicking too much-what do our average users think? I had an interesting conversation with a faculty member last week that went something like this: "Brian, I want you to know that it's getting harder for me to get students to use the library- especially the databases- anything beyond three clicks is just too many."

A A Here's a sign that e-readers are struggling in the U.S.: E Ink Holdings, the Taiwan-based company that makes e-reader screens for companies such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Sony, just had its worst quarter in four years. This article had some interesting points and the comments brought up some good questions as well. As a former B&N employee it will be interesting to see what they do in the next coming years with the e-reader/e-books.

The memes are great! I think we need some MOBIUS memes for next year's conference--so start brainstorming!

FREE Virtual Conference! October 18-19, 2013 One of the speakers is our teacher from the MOOC (David Lankes). I'll be attending! The dates are set for the Library 2.013 Worldwide Virtual Conference. The third annual global conversation about the future of libraries is scheduled for To be kept informed of the latest conference news and updates, please Altogether, there will be eight conference strands covering a wide variety of timely topics, such as, MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, and more!

New stories inspired by books, shows, movies, comics, music, and games people love. Welcome to Kindle Worlds, a place for you to publish fan fiction inspired by popular books, shows, movies, comics, music, and games. With Kindle Worlds, you can write new stories based on featured Worlds, engage an audience of readers, and earn royalties.

Here is more info. about Kindle Worlds. I'm surprised authors are ok with this- it seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen.

Though this could turn into a cool library program. . . or at the very least a lively copyright conversation.

In the final books of The Wheel Of Time series, a few of the characters seemed to behave a bit differently than they had in the previous entries. Some fans responded that they were happy to see emotional complexity added and flowery descriptions give way to salient plot.

I'm not sure how I feel about Kindle Worlds. I some how seems wrong to capitalize on fan fiction. I blame 50 Shades of Grey.

Vodafone Romania, in collaboration with a publishing house Humanitas, launched an ambient advertising campaign, which is simply fantastic. A Victoria Square metro station was turned into... a digital library. The walls are being covered with large format posters, from top to bottom. Bucharest commuters who enter the station suddenly discover that they're in an impressive library.

@Sharla can we use this to promote the new Ebsco ebook purchase. . . we just need a big wall!

How cool is? Instead of a book about something you can checkout an expert!

"Here are 10 that should be at the top of anyone's list who is striving to become a great library leader."

"What is social justice? John Vincent cites a definition of social justice as 'every one of us having the chances and opportunities to make the most of our lives and use our talents to the full.'"

The study habits of these students are crazy-one legged stools to keep you awake and tables with speakers that whisper lectures- for the person who likes to study during other classes.

Pretty interesting read. *esp if you just watched a "Dark Matter" episode about Theremin and the Cold War espionage.

Speaks for itself.

Kind of like a Facebook poke for education-except nudging sounds useful and not annoying.