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Author Archives: Bohyun (Library Hat)
The simplest AJAX: writing your own code (1)
*** This blog post has been originally published in ACRL TechConnect 0n September 12, 2012. *** It has been 8 months since the Code Year project started. Back in January, I have provided some tips. Now I want to check in … Continue reading
Posted in Coding, Web
Tagged ajax, code year, codeyear, coding, javascript, jquery, js, libcodeyear, programing, scripting
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How Not To Kill Your Own Creativity
Yesterday, I ran into this news about Darien Library. They were doing a campaign about “Donate Blood and Your Library Fines Waived.” Immediately I thought ‘What a wonderful idea!’ Library fines can be a hassle. Lots of times people accumulate … Continue reading
Why Gamify and What to Avoid in Library Gamification
*** This blog post has been originally published in ACRL TechConnect 0n August 7, 2012. *** In my last post, “Applying Game Dynamics to Library Services,†I presented several ideas for applying game dynamics to library services. After the post, I … Continue reading
Applying Game Dynamics to Library Services
*** This blog post has been originally published in ACRL TechConnect 0n July 9, 2012. *** There is a lot of talk about games at libraries. Public libraries in particular have been active in incorporating games in their programs and collections. Even for … Continue reading
Posted in Library, Technology
Tagged game, game dynamics, game layer, Jane McGonigal, library services, seth priebatsch, TED
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The Mobile Web and the Mobile Websites of Libraries
I have given a talk at the 2012 Amigos Online Conference – Access by Touch: Delivering Library Services Through Mobile Technologies last Friday. Thanks to all who attended my session! I won’t be really write any post on my blog … Continue reading
Posted in Library, Technology, Web
Tagged discoverability, mobile websites, the desktop web, the mobile web
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Big Type and Readability
** This blog post has been originally published in ACRL TechConnect 0n May 30, 2012. ** The Big Type Jeffrey Zeldman published a post that explains his choice of big type in his website/blog last week. If you are curious … Continue reading
Posted in Usability, Web
Tagged readability, text, usability, web, web design, website
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What Do Libraries Call Users, and What Do Library Users Think of Themselves in relation to Libraries?
Do library users think of themselves as library “patrons?” In American Libraries Magazine, Anthony Molaro wrote a piece titled “Just Who Do We Serve?” There, Molaro mentioned an interesting fact that caught my eyes. Did you know that library … Continue reading
Making Library e-Books on the e-Book Reader Visible
***  This post has been originally posted to the ACRL TechConnect blog. *** Browsing Experience in the Virtual vs. the Physical Space However entangled our lives are in virtual spaces, it is in the physical space that we exist. For this … Continue reading
Posted in Library, Technology, Usability
Tagged book, dummy, dummy bookmark, e-book, e-book reader, Kindle, stacks
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