Library Hi Tech News: Volume 32 Issue 10

On the horizon: maker and makerspace events in New York City – MakerCon2015, make education forum, and the NY annual maker faire

Martin Kesselman, Douglass Baldwin

– Conference report

Getting acquainted with social networks and apps: Snapchat and the rise of ephemeral communication

Katie Elson Anderson

The traditional library image that comes to mind upon hearing this word is of vertical files filled with newspaper clippings, photos, brochures, flyers on a popular topic or…

Being where the people are: the challenges and benefits of search engine visibility for public libraries

Zoe Dickinson, Mike Smit

The purpose of this paper is to examine the challenges and benefits presented by search engine visibility for public libraries. This paper outlines the preliminary results of a…

Greenstone Digital Library Management System – a functional review based on selected criteria

Ramesh Parichi, Faizul Nisha

This paper aims to provide a functional review of Greenstone based on selected criteria, viz., user friendliness, administration, customization, international metadata standards…

What’s trending in cloud computing from the internet cybersphere

Adetoun A Oyelude

– The purpose of this paper is to examine the following question: What is cloud computing?

New & Noteworthy

Heidi Hanson, Zoe Stewart-Marshall

Calendar

Heidi Hanson, Zoe Stewart-Marshall