Daily Archives: September 21, 2006

BookMooch

Posted on September 21, 2006 by Michael Pate| Comments Off

I have reached the point in life where I am spend more time divesting myself of material possessions rather than adding new ones. In the past few years, I have donated more than a few books either here to our library or to our local friends. In some cases, when it got to be too much, I donated them to the friends group for one of our local libraries just so I didn’t have to watch them go. I know some people have used BookCrossing but it never really interested me. A new alternative is BookMooch. To learn more, you can listen to Inside the Net 33. If you don’t have a robust Friends group in your area, it is definitely something to consider. But do read this counter-argument first.

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Technology Training to Go

Posted on September 21, 2006 by Michael Pate| Comments Off

Recently, here in Florida, we had a conference entitled “Technology Training to Go.” It was kind of the latest iteration of the old Florida Public Library Technology Workshop which later became the Florida Electronic Library Conference. Anyway, the highlight of the conferences was a keynote by Stephen Abram. I just found out that the slides are available. It isn’t the same as being there, but it is better than nothing.

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