May 2009 Blog Posts (12)

Info Literacy slideshow in Slideshare.net contest

In the "Tell Your Story" contest at Slideshare.net, I have posted "Joey's Research Paper: The story of one student's quest to refine his topic." Joey goes to the library to start his paper and gets help from the librarian and a short lesson on the research process. PLEASE VOTE! http://www.slideshare.net/jennafran1/joeys-research-paper

Added by Jenna Kammer on May 29, 2009 at 3:02pm — No Comments

Free Post Cards. "The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society"

The ability to read does not necessarily imply the ability to write. Mastering basic writing subskills is necessary for

students to become proficient readers. Many children experience difficulty when learning to read. Learning to read is

difficult because reading requires the mastery of a code that maps human speech sounds to written symbols.

Mastering this code is not a natural process, like the development of language, and therefore requires… Continue

Added by Pacco J Pompei. on May 29, 2009 at 7:02am — No Comments

Google Profiles of libraries

Introduction

In this post, I will talk about a little known service called Google Profiles, why it is becoming important, and I will describe how libraries have being using it, the web 2.0 accounts they are listing on it, and compare it to the accounts listed by … Continue

Added by Aaron Tay on May 25, 2009 at 10:32am — No Comments

Creating custom search boxes for library use- 3 different methods

In an earlier post, i talked about how libraries are attempting to increase accessibility to their databases and catalogues via the use of opensearch plugins, custom toolbars, bookmarklets and even smart keywords.

Another way to improve accessibility is by embedding web widgets. You can embed all kinds of web widgets but here I will talk about web search widgets.… Continue

Added by Aaron Tay on May 25, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Subject guides on web 2.0 startup pages - 12 widgets

In the past few years, libraries have become increasingly innovative in the different ways they display their subject guide. Practically everything under the sun has being tried.

Libraries have tried wikis (here), paid for Libguides (here), used… Continue

Added by Aaron Tay on May 25, 2009 at 10:28am — 1 Comment

Official Library Twitter accounts- what factors are correlated with number of followers?

After posting about what Library Twitter accounts are doing here and here, I stumbled upon a more efficient way of getting the statistics and this resulted in the following batch of statistics (Number of followers, Number of following, Followers/following ratio, Age of… Continue

Added by Aaron Tay on May 25, 2009 at 10:24am — No Comments

Managing Twitter accounts for libraries - What are libraries doing?

There is considerable literature by now on handling reference and/or communicating with patrons via phone, email and Instant Messaging, but would the same considerations apply for Twitter?

Still certain issues/questions (if not answers) would be similar for all types of channels.

First off, I must… Continue

Added by Aaron Tay on May 25, 2009 at 10:23am — No Comments

Learning in a Virtual Classroom

Learning in Virtual Classroom by Nellie Deutsch

Get your own Virtual…

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Added by Mark Cruthers on May 24, 2009 at 6:25pm — No Comments

Crafts for Children

Hello,

My name is Doris Anne Beaulieu and I’d like to this time to talk to mail order companies and parents.

To parents I have a wonderful craft book for your child to give his or her teacher at the end of the school year. My Easy and Inexpensive Holiday Classroom Crafts for Teachers book is truly a gift that will forever keep giving from year to year, holiday after holiday. It’s a craft book for developing creative minds. This book will tell you what items you will need for each… Continue

Added by Doris Anne Beaulieu on May 18, 2009 at 7:20am — No Comments

Profile Picture

I seriously need a real profile picture.

...but I really like that avatar!

Does it matter? I'll let it slide.

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Added by Victor Santiago on May 15, 2009 at 3:23am — No Comments

Electric Aye Blog on Wordpress

For the both of you who followed this thrice monthy dose of pseudo geekery, I'm afraid between the spam and the fact that all manner of 'strange' posts relating to Metallica kept popping up; I've removed it.

I'm sure Metallica will get by without it.

Added by [ electric aye ] on May 6, 2009 at 2:07pm — No Comments