Posted in Links on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Created by Steven Bell at ACRLog, this wee Academic Librarian Journal Readership Survey only takes a minute – or 2 minutes 47 seconds, like Steven puts it, if you want to add a comment at the end. Go raise your (virtual) voice!
Posted in Solutions, Tech, Web 2.0 on Sunday, February 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Forget PowerPoint: 13 Online Presentation Apps from Mashable. Via Stephen’s Lighthouse.
Forget Excel: 14 Online Spreadsheet Applications and 13 Tools for Tracking Discussion in the Blogosphere from Mashable. Via lo-fi librarian.
The Top 50 Proprietary Programs that Drive You Crazy — and Their Open Source Alternatives. Mostly conventional programs, but includes a few web applictions. Via What [...]
Posted in Tech, Web 2.0 on Sunday, February 24, 2008 | No Comments »
The article 11 Things to Know About the Sematic Web from ReadWriteWeb will not tell you everything you need to know. It will, however, give you some basics.
Via Stephen’s Lighthouse.
Posted in Clever, Signage on Sunday, February 24, 2008 | No Comments »
This cute sign at a law library not only gives you information, it tells you a lot about the library’s service attitude. Very nice.
Via Tame the Web.
Posted in Language, Personal, Reading, Solutions, tagged introverts on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve long known I’m an introvert. Over the years I’ve developed a way of coping that I’m mostly satisfied with, but wish to improve.
It hasn’t occurred to me, however, to go looking for literature on how other introverts deal with the extroverted world. Not until this spring, that is, when I stumbled on Marcy Phelps’s [...]
Posted in Academic, Learning, Tech, Web 2.0 on Monday, February 18, 2008 | No Comments »
Europeana is a portal-in-progress for European cultural heritage, with a planned launch in November 2008. For now, you can see the quick video intro (from the current main page) or the lengthy site demo. More information is available in the press release:
“Van Gogh’s down at heel boots were the first thing to appear on the [...]
Posted in Academic, Clever, Gaming, Libraries on Monday, February 18, 2008 | No Comments »
The Notre Dame libraries have an innovative program to introduce first-year students to the various campus libraries: Caching in @ the Libraries.
“All First Year students are eligible to compete for iPod Shuffles, ND t-shirts, and other prizes. Have fun while getting to know your way around the campus, find out about library services, and meet [...]
Posted in Clever, Humor on Monday, February 18, 2008 | No Comments »
These library-themed wedding invitations are marvellous! I especially like this humorous comment:
“As a fellow librarian I am outraged by your casual use of the Dewey Decimal System. 365.49? Penal and related institutions? Are you saying your marriage is like a jail sentence? How about 306 for culture and institutions, or 021 for library relationships?”
Via librarian.net.
Posted in Learning, Libraries, Solutions on Sunday, February 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Handbook for Information Literacy Teaching (HILT), by subject librarians at Cardiff University. Free under a creative commons license, and available both as Word and pdf.
“This Handbook was written by a group of subject librarians at Cardiff University to support their colleagues in Information Services as they developed their information literacy teaching.”
“We are happy for you [...]
Posted in Design, Learning, Links, Web 2.0 on Saturday, February 16, 2008 | No Comments »
A Quick Guide to Website Design by Ellyssa Kroski includes links to free website templates, site builders, widgets, images, and analytics tools.
The Cheat Sheet Cheat Sheet: Top 100 Lists of Web Development Cheat Sheets includes links to searching tips and improving your Firefox or Google skills. Simple Spark offers a wide collection of web apps. [...]
