Here is an interesting resource for students interested in resources that help provide people with the tools to teach others about how to utilize information and communication technology.  The modules were prepared by Loudres T. David and Deepali Talagala with the support of UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional
Office with funding from the Japanese Fund in Trust for Communication and
Information.

Here is a funny, yet profound video that talks about user experience

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRjVeRbhtRU

From First Monday v11n9. CIC seminar participants should be prepared to discuss this on Friday.

This article presents findings from the 2006 Public Libraries and the Internet study and other research that demonstrate the impact of public Internet access in public libraries on the communities and individuals that the libraries serve.

Hey CICers, I wanted to post a job opening at my extremely nifty
workplace. We're currently looking for a Java/J2EE developer to work on our web
catalog, and a variety of web software development projects. Our website
is macaulaylibrary.org, and our beta catalog can be viewed at:
animalbehaviorarchive.org.

The Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a definitive
resource for high quality materials on animal behavior. Our rapidly
growing video collection contains clips of thousands of species of birds
and other animals. The Library is also home to the world’s largest
collection of animal sounds. We provide media to clients for
conservation, education, research, and commercial productions.

BiblioCommons is a Toronto-based initiative that is developing hosted web services to integrate with libraries’ OPAC and circulation systems. It will enable library patrons to easily annotate the libraries’ bibliographic records with evaluative, associative and synoptic “tags”.

BiblioCommons is premised on a conviction that libraries not only can, but should play a leading role in the emerging field of “social knowledge discovery”.

The presentation for the Library Technology Division of the MLA went really well. The audience was great--they had good questions and comments and no one fell asleep. ;)

It is also a great networking opportunity, of course--I made some connections that could lead to great DFEs. I've been invited to work with the MLA on their Drupal install, and some other people from the session mentioned other internship opportunities.

I spent a good chunk of my evening (after reading all about using alignment for good visual interface design) putting together a Powerpoint about developing the CIC site. The Library Technology Division of the Michigan Library Association asked us to present about our site at the annual state conference in Grand Rapids later this month. I'm moderately petrified about presenting to Michigan's librarians, but becoming a little less intimidated by presenting overall since I have to keep doing it for classes.

The conference runs from October 25 - 28, 2005. The CICweb development team will be presenting at the morning session on October 28; we hope to see some friendly faces there!

Library Program Officer

Organization Profile:

Room to Read’s mission is to provide under-privileged children with an opportunity to gain the lifelong gift of education. The organization was founded on the belief that education is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty and taking control of one’s own life. We currently work in Cambodia, India, Laos, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Vietnam, countries with a desperate lack of resources to educate their children.