CFLC Chronicles: Sad News, Donna Cohen

The Central Florida library community has just lost a very valued member of same. Donna Cohen, former Rollins Library director, CFLC Board Member, and valued friend and colleague, passed away yesterday. Sad start to a new year. RIP, Donna; you will be sorely missed.

Read Jonathan Miller's blog post The Director's Blog: Donna Cohen for more information and details.

SUBJECTS: CFLC CHRONICLES

Web Search Stuff: Google Search Updates

For those of you who love searching and/or Google, here's a treat; a four-part series from BusinessWeek peeking behind the curtain on Google Search. Enjoy!

Part 1: Google's Udi Manber: Search Is About People, Not Just Data
Part 2: Google Search Guru Singhal: We Will Try Outlandish Ideas
Part 3: Google's Scott Huffman: Many More Search Features Coming
Part 4: Matt Cutts: How Google Deals With Web Spam

SUBJECTS: WEB SEARCH STUFF

Tuesday’s Tools: Twitter

It's not Tuesday, but it's a great time to talk about a particular conversation on Twitter. If you're still not using Twitter (or even if you are), now's a good time to check out what's going on in the #libtwit discussion (http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23libtwit). Pretty interesting conversation about Twitter usage and libraries. Join the fun! (And by the way, follow us @CFLC_FL.)

Samples:

libraryfuture: "Basics of making Twitter useful" http://j.mp/e9QY9 RT @TrendTracker @Twitter_Tips #libtwit Tips & The Why and How of Twitter

garvinfo Twitter is - 24/7 global, self-organizing, real-time news and conversation #libtwit

spcouta: And Archivists! @libraryfuture Being fluent w/ Twitter is a core skill for all librarians #libtwit (Not all librarians would agree however!)

montserratlj Twitter=e-conferences, e-prof dvlpmnt all year round-webinars, seminars, lectures, wrkshps via desktop; addictive! #libtwit

SUBJECTS: TUESDAY'S TOOLS