Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Why Be Social? The Whole Megillah
Our "Why Be Social?" series was posted in four parts. Here, for your convenience, are all four episodes together in a single player.
Why Be Social? Part 4, Create-Consume-Contribute
Why be social? To add a Jewish point of view to the social media landscape!
At the Association of Jewish Libraries 2009 convention in Chicago this summer, podcaster Mark Blevis led a session on Social Media that opened the floodgates of people's curiosity. Convention attendees wanted to learn more about social media: what it is, what it means to participate, and how to get started. As a continuation of that conversation, The Book of Life is offering a series of podcast episodes called "Why Be Social?" Here are the earlier segments: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.
This is Why Be Social, Part 4. In this episode, blogger and podcaster Mark Blevis, the one who started this entire conversation, joins Heidi to talk about what it means to participate in life online. Scroll down for links to Mark's many online projects and for links to some non-Jewish social media sources I want you to know about (you'll hear why on the show).
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RELATED LINKS:
Mark Blevis's online projects:
Non-Jewish social media sites worth your participation:
At the Association of Jewish Libraries 2009 convention in Chicago this summer, podcaster Mark Blevis led a session on Social Media that opened the floodgates of people's curiosity. Convention attendees wanted to learn more about social media: what it is, what it means to participate, and how to get started. As a continuation of that conversation, The Book of Life is offering a series of podcast episodes called "Why Be Social?" Here are the earlier segments: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.
This is Why Be Social, Part 4. In this episode, blogger and podcaster Mark Blevis, the one who started this entire conversation, joins Heidi to talk about what it means to participate in life online. Scroll down for links to Mark's many online projects and for links to some non-Jewish social media sources I want you to know about (you'll hear why on the show).
AUDIO:
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RELATED LINKS:
Mark Blevis's online projects:
Non-Jewish social media sites worth your participation:
- How to write a review on Amazon.com
- The New York Times' book blog, Papercuts at http://papercuts.blogs.nytimes.com
- The National Book Critics Circle blog at http://bookcritics.org/blog
- Kidlitosphere Central, a guide to children's literature blogs at http://www.kidlitosphere.org/KidLitosphere_Central/Sampler_Set.html
- Book Blogger Appreciation Week Directory at http://bookbloggerappreciationweek.com
- Social networks for readers like Goodreads, Librarything, or Shelfari
Produced by: Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel
Supported in part by: Association of Jewish Libraries
Theme music: The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band
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Why Be Social? Part 3, Suggestions
SHOW NOTES:
Why Be Social? To add a Jewish point of view to the social media landscape!
At the Association of Jewish Libraries 2009 convention in Chicago this summer, podcaster Mark Blevis led a session on Social Media that opened the floodgates of people's curiosity. Convention attendees wanted to learn more about social media: what it is, what it means to participate, and how to get started. As a continuation of that conversation, The Book of Life is offering a series of podcast episodes called "Why Be Social?" Here's Part 1 and Part 2.
This is Why Be Social, Part 3. I hope the earlier episodes in this series have gotten you interested checking out some real live blogs and podcasts. There are zillions of blog and podcast websites online, so where do you get started? Here with some suggestions of blogs and podcasts relating to Jewish literature is Alx Block, Online Sales and Marketing Manager for the Jewish Publication Society. Scroll down for links to those suggestions, and to a list of blogs and other social media sites that are read by, and sometimes created by, individual members of the Association of Jewish Libraries. Have fun checking them out!
AUDIO:
Click the play button on our traditional flash player to listen to the podcast now:
Or click MP3 File to start your computer's media player.
EMBED:
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Why Be Social? To add a Jewish point of view to the social media landscape!
At the Association of Jewish Libraries 2009 convention in Chicago this summer, podcaster Mark Blevis led a session on Social Media that opened the floodgates of people's curiosity. Convention attendees wanted to learn more about social media: what it is, what it means to participate, and how to get started. As a continuation of that conversation, The Book of Life is offering a series of podcast episodes called "Why Be Social?" Here's Part 1 and Part 2.
This is Why Be Social, Part 3. I hope the earlier episodes in this series have gotten you interested checking out some real live blogs and podcasts. There are zillions of blog and podcast websites online, so where do you get started? Here with some suggestions of blogs and podcasts relating to Jewish literature is Alx Block, Online Sales and Marketing Manager for the Jewish Publication Society. Scroll down for links to those suggestions, and to a list of blogs and other social media sites that are read by, and sometimes created by, individual members of the Association of Jewish Libraries. Have fun checking them out!
AUDIO:
Click the play button on our traditional flash player to listen to the podcast now:
Or click MP3 File to start your computer's media player.
EMBED:
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Here are links to the blogs and podcasts we talk about in this episode (in order discussed):
- The Jewish Publication Society Blog at http://jpsblog.org/blog/
- The Book of Life podcast at http://bookoflifepodcast.com
- The Association of Jewish Libraries blog, "People of the Books," at http://jewishlibraries.org/blog
- The Association of Jewish Libraries Podcast at http://jewishlibraries.org/podcast
- The Jewish Book Council Blog at http://jewishbooks.wordpress.com
- Jewish Books for Children with Author Barbara Bietz’ blog at http://barbarabbookblog.blogspot.com
- Jewish Comics with Steven Bergson at http://jewishcomics.blogspot.com
- Comix Friday at Jweekly at http://www.jweekly.com/blog/the-art-scene
- A Big Jewish Blog (poetry) at http://abigjewishblog.blogspot.com
- The Jewish Literary Review at http://www.jewishliteraryreview.com
- Hagahot at http://manuscriptboy.blogspot.com
- Tablet (the new Nextbook) at http://www.tabletmag.com
- Vox Tablet podcast at http://www.tabletmag.com/category/podcasts
Social media recommendations by Association of Jewish Libraries members:
Barbara Bibel says: I like Karen Schneider's blog, "Free Range Librarian." I also like the blogs that Booklist Online has. I contribute to one of them, "Points of Reference."
Ezra Chwat suggests: Giluy Milta B’'alma
In this blog, we present primary publications, or announcements of new and interesting findings, in Hebrew manuscripts. Often, significant discoveries are not on the scale of a full-size periodical article, but are nonetheless worthy of knowing about. This department is also a good place to announce preliminary findings, in order to arouse discussion and input of fellow scholars, before the final and complete publication. Your short article, or announcement (subject to the discretion of the editors) will be posted on our blog and will be stored in the blogs retrievable archive, as well as in a hardcopy archive. The archive which will be stored in the stacks of the National Library of Israel, and each accepted post will be allotted a serial number for bibliographic citation (this post is numbered GMB0001). Post your discoveries, findings, and previews in a short article (3 printed pages or less), at giluy.milta@gmail.com.
Marie Cloutier says: I blog about books (Jewish and non-) at www.bostonbibliophile.com. I also blog about crafts at crafthour.blogspot.com, for Temple Israel at tisraelbostonsummerinthecity.blogspot.com (say that 3x fast) and Hello Kitty collecting at hellokittyboston.blogspot.com. I'm active on Twitter (@bostonbibliophl), LibraryThing, Delicious and other applications. I used to listen to a lot of podcasts but have tapered that off substantially and now listen to Book of Life and Books on the Nightstand.
Heidi Estrin (me): I host The Book of Life podcast and blog, and I helped AJL establish its blog and podcast. I also blog for AJL's South Florida chapter at www.sfajl.org, and occassionally for the Sydney Taylor Book Award at sydneytaylorbookaward.blogspot.com.
I love to listen to these great podcasts:
- Just One More Book, a podcast about children's books
- The Canadian Podcast Buffet (by and for podcasters)
- Books on the Nightstand
- Nancy Pearl's Book Lust
- Authors on Tour
- Grownups Read Things They Wrote As Kids
- Sounds Jewish (from The Guardian in the UK)
And a few of the blogs that I read are:Val Morehouse says: My personal blog called HoopDance [poetry, books, podcasts, etc.] is at www.valmorehouse.com.
- Teruah - Jewish Music
- Follow the Reader
- Chasing Ray
- I'm Here, I'm Queer, What the Hell Do I Read?
- Jewish Books for Children with Author Barbara Bietz
- A Fuse #8 Production
- And I like to explore blogs on the list at Kidlitosphere Central
Linda Silver is the force behind the Jewish Values Finder database at www.ajljewishvalues.org. She says: I read many political blogs, esp. those having to do with Israel. I read some book-related stuff, such as the (mostly trivial) newsletters from SLJ, Kirkus, and PW that appear among my email messages.
Karen Ulric gave us two whole lists:
Library Blogs
• AssortedStuff
• Gargoyles loose in the library
• Google Librarian Central
• Google Librarian Newsletter Google Group
• Killin' time being lazy
• Librarians' Internet Index: New This Week
• Library Garden
• Library of Congress Blog
• Library of Congress: News
• NPR Blogs: As A Matter Of Fact
• People of the Books
• The Shifted Librarian
Literature Blogs
• A Fuse #8 Production
• Brooklyn Arden
• educating alice
• Hennepin County Library - Bookspace Blog
• Judge a Book by its Cover
• Muller In the Middle
• NPR Topics: Books
• Saints and Spinners
• The Longstockings
• Ypulse: Media for the Next Generation
Jane Zande says: Besides The Book of Life and the AJL blog, I regularly read Marie Cloutier's blog, The Boston Bibliophile. A part of her blog is just for Jewish books:
http://www.bostonbibliophile.com/search/label/jewish%20interest.
CREDITS:
Produced by: Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel
Supported in part by: Association of Jewish Libraries
Theme music: The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band
Facebook fan page: facebook.com/bookoflifepodcast
Twitter: @bookoflifepod
Your feedback is appreciated! Please write to bookoflifepodcast@gmail.com!
Why Be Social? Part 2, Definitions
SHOW NOTES:
Why Be Social? To add a Jewish point of view to the social media landscape!
At the Association of Jewish Libraries 2009 convention in Chicago this summer, podcaster Mark Blevis led a session on Social Media that opened the floodgates of people's curiosity. Convention attendees wanted to learn more about social media: what it is, what it means to participate, and how to get started. As a continuation of that conversation, The Book of Life is offering a series of podcast episodes called "Why Be Social?" Click here for Part 1.
This is Why Be Social, Part 2. The morning after the social media session at the convention, I conducted some quick "man on the street" interviews, asking people for their own definitions of blogging and podcasting. Every single person had a good answer!
AUDIO:
Click the play button on our traditional flash player to listen to the podcast now:
Or click MP3 File to start your computer's media player.
EMBED:
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VIDEO:
Here are two videos from Common Craft that give additional definitions of blogging and podcasting: "Blogs in Plain English" and "Podcasting in Plain English."
Why Be Social? To add a Jewish point of view to the social media landscape!
At the Association of Jewish Libraries 2009 convention in Chicago this summer, podcaster Mark Blevis led a session on Social Media that opened the floodgates of people's curiosity. Convention attendees wanted to learn more about social media: what it is, what it means to participate, and how to get started. As a continuation of that conversation, The Book of Life is offering a series of podcast episodes called "Why Be Social?" Click here for Part 1.
This is Why Be Social, Part 2. The morning after the social media session at the convention, I conducted some quick "man on the street" interviews, asking people for their own definitions of blogging and podcasting. Every single person had a good answer!
AUDIO:
Click the play button on our traditional flash player to listen to the podcast now:
Or click MP3 File to start your computer's media player.
EMBED:
If you'd like to place this audio on your own web site, please use this stand-alone player from Entertonement. Click the embed button and copy the code!
VIDEO:
Here are two videos from Common Craft that give additional definitions of blogging and podcasting: "Blogs in Plain English" and "Podcasting in Plain English."
CREDITS:
Produced by: Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel
Supported in part by: Association of Jewish Libraries
Theme music: The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band
Facebook fan page: facebook.com/bookoflifepodcast
Twitter: @bookoflifepod
Your feedback is appreciated! Please write to bookoflifepodcast@gmail.com!
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Why Be Social? Part 1, Philosophy
SHOW NOTES:
Why Be Social? To add a Jewish point of view to the social media landscape!
At the Association of Jewish Libraries 2009 convention in Chicago this summer, podcaster Mark Blevis led a session on Social Media that opened the floodgates of people's curiosity. Convention attendees wanted to learn more about social media: what it is, what it means to participate, and how to get started. As a continuation of that conversation, The Book of Life is offering a series of podcast episodes called "Why Be Social?"
Part 1 in the Why Be Social series considers the philosophical aspects of technology in our lives. The wide-ranging conversation was held during breakfast at the Association of Jewish Libraries 2009 convention, the morning after the social media convention session.
AUDIO:
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EMBED:
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VIDEO:
This very funny video (in Norwegian! but with English subtitles) reminds us of how difficult an unfamiliar technology can seem at first, and how simple it can turn out to be. Thanks to Mark Blevis for the link - he showed this video as an ice-breaker during his social media session at the AJL convention.
Why Be Social? To add a Jewish point of view to the social media landscape!
At the Association of Jewish Libraries 2009 convention in Chicago this summer, podcaster Mark Blevis led a session on Social Media that opened the floodgates of people's curiosity. Convention attendees wanted to learn more about social media: what it is, what it means to participate, and how to get started. As a continuation of that conversation, The Book of Life is offering a series of podcast episodes called "Why Be Social?"
Part 1 in the Why Be Social series considers the philosophical aspects of technology in our lives. The wide-ranging conversation was held during breakfast at the Association of Jewish Libraries 2009 convention, the morning after the social media convention session.
AUDIO:
Click the play button on our traditional flash player to listen to the podcast now:
Or click MP3 File to start your computer's media player.
EMBED:
If you'd like to place this audio on your own web site, please use this stand-alone player from Entertonement. Click the embed button and copy the code!
VIDEO:
This very funny video (in Norwegian! but with English subtitles) reminds us of how difficult an unfamiliar technology can seem at first, and how simple it can turn out to be. Thanks to Mark Blevis for the link - he showed this video as an ice-breaker during his social media session at the AJL convention.
CREDITS:
Produced by: Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel
Supported in part by: Association of Jewish Libraries
Theme music: The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band
Facebook fan page: facebook.com/bookoflifepodcast
Twitter: @bookoflifepod
Your feedback is appreciated! Please write to bookoflifepodcast@gmail.com!
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Book Expo: Jewish Books for Kids
SHOW NOTES: The final installment of interviews with publishers and authors from the show floor at Book Expo America 2009. This episode highlights Jewish books for kids and teens.
AUDIO:
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EXCITING NEWS:
I am pleased to announce that content from The Book of Life has been included in the new Jewish Book Search tool created by the Jewish Publication Society!
Here's their description of the tool: "JPS has put together a list of the highest quality websites with Jewish Book content. This search engine queries those sites and those alone. This will allow you to be sure that your search will only be related to Jewish Books. No more sifting through tons of content for what you are looking for. Search for any and all Jewish Books, articles about Jewish Books, blogs about Jewish Books, and anything about the Jewish Book world. Search by title, author, keyword, or area of interest!"
Go ahead and try it out! If you'd like to embed the tool on your own site, visit JPS.
- Guardian Angel House by Kathy Clark from Second Story Press
- The White Space Between by Ami Sands Brodoff from Second Story Press
- Tell Me a Story, Tell Me the Truth by Gina Roitman from Second Story Press
- Shavua Tov by Michelle Abraham, illustrated by Ann Koffsky from URJ Press
- Baxter the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher by Laurel Snyder from Tricycle Press
- Hanukkah Lights by David Martin from Candlewick
- The House on the Roof by David Adler (being reprinted!) from Holiday House
- The Importance of Wings by Robin Friedman from Charlesbridge
- The Mysteries of Beethoven's Hair by Russell Martin from Charlesbridge
- How to Ruin Your Boyfriend's Repution by Simone Elkeles from Flux
- The Tushy Book by Fran Manushkin from Feiwel and Friends
- The Rabbi and the Twenty-Nine Witches by Marilyn Hirsh from Marshall Cavendish
- Clever Rachel by Debby Waldman from Orca Book Publishers
- untitled Passover book by Harriet Ziefert and Karla Gudeon from Blue Apple
- The Story of Lipman Pike: First professional Baseball Player and Jewish Home Run King by Richard Michelson from Sleeping Bear Press
- Hoppy Hanukkah by Linda Glaser from Albert Whitman & Co.
- Benjamin and the Silver Goblet and Miriam in the Desert by Jacqueline Jules from Kar-Ben
- Puppet by Eva Wiseman and Clay Man: The Golem of Prague by Irene Watts from Tundra
- Cures for Heartbreak and the Missing Persons series by Margo Rabb
- ...and just because they got mentioned so often by so many people, The PJ Library
AUDIO:
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EMBED:
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EXCITING NEWS:
I am pleased to announce that content from The Book of Life has been included in the new Jewish Book Search tool created by the Jewish Publication Society!
Here's their description of the tool: "JPS has put together a list of the highest quality websites with Jewish Book content. This search engine queries those sites and those alone. This will allow you to be sure that your search will only be related to Jewish Books. No more sifting through tons of content for what you are looking for. Search for any and all Jewish Books, articles about Jewish Books, blogs about Jewish Books, and anything about the Jewish Book world. Search by title, author, keyword, or area of interest!"
Go ahead and try it out! If you'd like to embed the tool on your own site, visit JPS.
CREDITS:
Produced by: Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel
Supported in part by: Association of Jewish Libraries
Theme music: The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band
Facebook fan page: facebook.com/bookoflifepodcast
Twitter: @bookoflifepod
Your feedback is appreciated! Please write to bookoflifepodcast@gmail.com!
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