Author Archives: KelliB

Look, touch and feel: How your mobile interface will morph in 2012

From Network World: Look, touch and feel: How your mobile interface will morph in 2012. Touch, waving, voice all to become more prevalent mobile user interfaces: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/122111-outlook-mobile-interface-254225.html I’m excited by some of these features in this article; I current use the … Continue reading

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“W3C Library Linked Data Incubator” discussion = why I love LinkedIn Groups!!!

Online collaboration is an amazing thing: with this one discussion title on the Digital Libraries LinkedIn Group, I learned not only what is currently happening in European libraries, I learned a lot more about the semantic web! The original  post queried: “What … Continue reading

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Touch Graphics Inc. & Intrepid Museum: Multi-Sensory Museum Guide (from Library & Museum Accessiblity LinkedIn Group)

Manhattan’s Intrepid Museum Complex, which houses a tour-able aircraft carrier, submarine, and supersonic airliner, have used emerging technology, created by Touch Graphics Inc., to help people with sight disabilities have a more-immersive experience with the artifacts. On each floor, their “Talking Tactile Pen”, used in conjunction … Continue reading

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Infocamp Seattle

This past weekend I attended Infocamp Seattle, an “unconference” presented by ASIS&T and the UW’s ischool.  An “unconference” simply means that there are no planned events throughout the day – the participants are the presenters. Topics ranged from UX to … Continue reading

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Reverse Image Searching

You know how cool it is to be able to look up that person who called you just by putting in their phone number? Well here’s a website that gives you the same reverse lookup, but for images! Find all the … Continue reading

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NFB and the Maryland Technology Assistance Program present the Web Accessibility Training Day

from the National Federation of the Blind website: National Federation of the Blind, Jernigan Institute, and Maryland Technology Assistance Program are delighted to present the second Web Accessibility training day. On September 19th, they will offer a day-long, in-depth look at … Continue reading

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Copyright Law Best Practices (or, “What can I do/not do with library property?”

Disclaimer: this is not legal advice, just legal information gleaned from my learning experience. This post originally appeared in the July 2011 issue of the WLA eNewsletter, Connect. After having an interaction with a patron last week who wanted to check … Continue reading

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What IS a print disability? An answer + resources

As of today, according to http://www.ifla.org/en/lpd, it’s stated that only 5% of the world’s published information is fully accessible to persons with a print disability; it’s my career goal to help increase that percentage as much as I can. Some people … Continue reading

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Amazing Teen Read: Moira Young’s “Blood Red Road”

 Dystopic future SF Story with strong female lead character deals with family issues, friendship, betrayal, with a little bit of romance thrown in. Highly recommended, especially for teen girls who aren’t big readers yet – I think they’ll identify nicely … Continue reading

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