David Lee King is the Digital Branch Manager at the library, where he plans, implements, and experiments with emerging technology trends. He speaks internationally about emerging trends, website management, digital experience, and social media, and has been published in many library-related journals.
Quick Fact of Day 7 – Finding Community Resources Q. I use the catalog to find information about organizations in Topeka. Will I still be able to do this? Yes! The library’s list of community groups and organizations will be part of the new catalog. The new features and options for books will also apply [...]
Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, YouTube … do you use social media? Nationally, over 50% of people age 13+ use Facebook, and over 7% use Twitter. People friend, fan, check-in, and share short updates with their friends daily. The library does this too – we have quite a few social media sites to choose from. Want [...]
The new iPad is out! What can you do with your shiny new iPad at the library? Read books, of course – download the Overdrive app and start reading. Take our iPad for Beginners class. Browse our website. Search our library catalog. Use our free wifi to check your email. Tweet us, Facebook us, etc. [...]
Like our stories, articles, blog posts, and book reviews? Want us to send them to you automatically, so you don’t have to constantly revisit our website, hunting for new articles (not that there’s anything wrong with that – we love digital visitors!)? Well – you can, and it’s very easy to do! There are two [...]
Pinterest is a new social media tool that’s been getting a lot of attention lately, and I’m wondering who in Topeka is using it. What is Pinterest? From their About page – “Pinterest is a virtual pinboard. Pinterest allows you to organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. You can [...]
Photos – we love taking photos! Last post, I told you how to subscribe to our Youtube videos. This time, let’s learn how to subscribe to our photographs! We frequently use Flickr when we teks library-related photos. Flickr is a great photo sharing website. Just like Youtube, there are many ways to follow our photos: [...]
If you have followed our library blogs or digital branch for any length of time, you have probably noticed our videos. We really like making videos for you, and plan to make more in 2012! If you really like our videos, did you know there are a couple of ways to watch our videos? Here’s [...]
Update: the dispenser is working again! Yippie! Our technicians finished repair work yesterday, we’ve been re-loading it with movies and games, and we just turned it back on. Please use it! Some of you have been asking “what’s the deal with the DVD Dispenser? When will it be working again?” This video is our first [...]
Ever wanted to make a video, but you’re not fond of standing in front of a camera? Never fear – the fine people at Xtranormal.com can help you out! With Xtranormal, the only thing you need to do is type. Well, and choose your animated character. Xtranormal does all the rest – they turn that text [...]
If you watched last week’s video, you saw how our DVD dispenser works (thanks John for the video!). A couple people have asked to see the inside of the machine … so I thought I’d show that in this week’s video! Have a question about our DVD Dispenser, our library’s technology, or something else techie-related on your [...]
