Augmented reality is one of the technologies that education and libraries industry is looking at, that might be the next big thing by complementing mobile. If you are unfamiliar with the idea, you point your device (smartphone or tablet) camera at an object and when you look at your device it not only shows the object but additional information overlaying it, typically some text, image or movie.

As we struggle with our day to day struggles at work, it is easy to get caught up in our own individual library projects (social media!

I recently attended and spoke at a library conference/seminar, Libraries for Tomorrow 2011 conducted by the Library Association of Singapore*. It was clear that like everywhere else, institution repositories was a hot topic with 5 presentations, followed by mobile with 4 presentations (5 if you include a presentation on a Facebook app). Not really a surprise since the last few times I have written on mobile

In a earlier post, I wrote about some thoughts about having a real one-search box that includes content not just from articles &books but also guides, faqs, library webpages.

I'm really in awe with the way the New York Public Library (NYPL) uses social media. Their "flagship" twitter account @nypl must be one of the most followed library twitter accounts in the world with over 100k followers.

Last year, my institution launched both LibAnswers (a Faq system) and LibGuides (a content management system that is wildly popular for libraries). One interesting thing I noticed is that a number of queries (about 5-10%) were treating the search for LibAnswers or LibGuides like a library catalogue search box. People were searching for keywords of very narrow subjects.

I suppose by now many of you have heard, I was named as a Library Journal Mover & Shaker 2011! I woke up to my phone beeping like crazy from congratulatory messages on Twitter and Facebook, went to the link and it was almost surreal to see my profile alongside names such as Bobbi Newman, Buffy Hamilton and Ned Potter etc.

I've being recently thinking of how disparate in general typical library systems are.

In 2009, I wrote a series of Twitter posts studying library accounts on Twitter (here, here and here) , since then Twitter accounts have become a norm rather then a novelty for organizations including universities and companies. How does one measure success of such accounts beyond crude follower accounts?

As I have remarked many times before, librarians are on pretty much every internet medium/channel you can think of. From old school mailing lists to newer social media tools like Ning, Wikis, Twitter, Facebook etc.

Libraries are some of the most active users of social media and it is no surprise that many have taken to using new media to spread their message and in serious cases promote their cause. Some of these campaigns are started by librarians others have purely grassroot orgins. Some are targeted only/mainly to their fellow librarians, while others are meant for everyone.