A Fond Farewell

This will be my last post on this blog. As of July 6th, I will become the Director of the Kimberly-Little Chute Public Library and will no longer be working on ‘casting projects for OWLS member libraries. Because this blog won’t be monitored any longer, I am disabling comments and closing up shop.
But before I [...]

More progress

I created and released two surveys, one for the public (open until January 21st) and one for OWLS directors (open until January 16th). So far there aren’t a huge number of responses, but I’ll still be interested to see how people respond. I’ll share the results here once the surveys are closed.
Today I finished up [...]

My Lists in InfoSoup

Another one bites the dust! Just made My Lists live in InfoSoup and created an accompanying screencast for our patrons’ and library staff members’ enjoyment. My Lists is a cool feature I think people will really like, and I think the screencast will go a long way in making it easier for people to start [...]

Forgot your PIN?

I just released a new feature on InfoSoup that will allow patrons to reset their PINs in case they forget them. I created a screencast demoing the “Forgot Your PIN?” feature, so it will be even easier for people to use. I’m loving being able to release something new in the OPAC with a companion [...]

Russell workshops posted on blip

I used the Sony camcorder to record the Jeff Russell workshops that were sponsored by OWLS and NFLS last Tuesday. Finally finished up the editing today and got them posted on the OWLSweb blip.tv channel. Check out Leadership for Your Library and Providing World-Class Service to Your Library Patrons. Because each session was about 3 [...]

Poster Unveiling at Muehl Public Library

Back in July I had the pleasure of attending a poster unveiling at Muehl Public Library in Seymour, Wisconsin (one of the OWLS member libraries). I worked with Elizabeth Timmins, the director, and recorded the unveiling and several interviews with people attending the program. After a bit of tweaking and lots of learning about Camtasia [...]

CCBC videos posted

More success today with posting the afternoon CCBC session from April 23rd. The entire workshop is now available at http://owlsweb.blip.tv/. I wanted to include a tip on something else I learned with the video conversion process, so I don’t lose track of that later.
In WM Converter, the free software I’m using to convert the mpeg-2 [...]

Success at last!

I have finally succeeded to post our CCBC workshop from April online (at least the morning session). Woohoo! The OWLSweb channel is now available on blip.tv at http://owlsweb.blip.tv/.
Here’s what I learned about posting longer program videos on the web with the grant resources at my disposal:

Cut longer videos into smaller bits to make them more [...]

‘Tis the season for converters, fa la la la la la la la la

When I recorded the CCBC workshop we hosted on April 23rd, I had no idea I was going to have such trouble posting it online for people to view. The Sony Handycam I purchased worked great, as did the wireless microphone system that goes with it, so that wasn’t the problem. (Except for my amateurish, [...]

First vodcasting trial set

OWLS has a continuing education workshop scheduled for April 23rd. The Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) will be here in Appleton to present “Outstanding Books for Children and Young Adults.” More info is available on OWLSweb.
Why am I mentioning this on the ‘Casting blog? Well, because wonderful CCBC librarian, Megan Schliesman, has agreed to let [...]