This is a very popular blog post from Jeremiah Owyang, a web strategist and analyst in SF CA.  He spends most of his time traveling from tech conference to tech summit and hobnobs with the industry leaders. 

I have been following his posts through a variety of platforms and get lots of great info from him.  Anyway, this link is about the various software apps and platforms that are termed "white label", or easily integrated into, or used as the basis of, an existing brand and website.  They include lots of social networking platforms as well as the CMS standards like Drupal, Joomla, Movable Type, Sharepoint, etc. The current PALNI website runs on a pre-packaged version of Drupal called CivicSpace.

Anyway, this is mainly just a "best of" list and a nice introduction to Jeremiah's blog.  I know several librarians who follow his work and see more and more systems and web services librarians using web strategies like he describes to improve library integration and "market penetration".

This is an official update to the original "Shift Happens" video from Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod. This June 2007 update includes new and updated statistics, thought-provoking questions and a fresh design.

I think that there is a great deal of valuable information that should be considered by academic institutions and librarians here. There are several great videos in this genre that I would like to share & discuss, but I think there might be a better way to conduct those discussions such as through a forum.

If you would consider participating in Library 2.0 discussion group, please let me know because I am very interested in delving into these topics with you. I am curious to hear your thoughts on this.

Chadwick

I have blogging in some form or another since 2003, but a couple of years ago I started blogging at InfoSciPhi about library related issues. There is so much required of us in our offline lives that finding time to blog about work might not be the first thing on the agenda. I know I often go through periods when I write very little because of time constraints. Luckily I have a job that allows me to write about what I do - BONUS!

Like anything else, we have to actually MAKE time for the aspects of our lives, both personal and professional, that we give value to. So, since I do enjoy sharing information and opinions about our field, I plan to begin writing here to share some of that with you and hopefully begin a dialog on issues of importance to us in our everyday roles.

I have so many ideas and plan to do my best to contribute to PALNI in the most positive ways I can. While I am still easing into my new role, I am using some of this time to make notes on the things I would like to focus on. I also took careful notes during the sessions I attended at the PALNI "All Staff meeting" knowing that I might have a chance to address the suggestions and ideas that you brought up in those discussions. I am looking forward to applying my experiences as a Systems Librarian to my new role here and using that to our advantage. I've been on the front line and I know the struggles you face.