Good News For People Who Love News
I got word today that we’ve been given a green light to go ahead and obtain the new web server for work. With the progress I’ve made on the Drupal website, I’m hoping we can go into Beta by this...
View ArticleInfo Skills Needed By Digital Librarians
I’ve been holding this article open in my tab browsers for awhile. The author references Tony Hirst’s workshop where I found the following question interesting and not discussed about in my classes so...
View ArticleNew Library Related Links
Everything you wanted to know about library blogs and blogging. This is jam packed with great links, features, and other tips on what you need to know to get involved with social librarianship. LIS New...
View ArticleProve your love to literature by branding a cow in the face!
While working at the digitalization internship today, I was describing the contents of an 1893 literary society group at the State Normal and Industrial School (what would later become UNCG). These...
View ArticleLIS 505 Class Notes
Sorry for being late posting these. There isn’t much content since we only had half an hour to talk after the site visit. The visit to the Hodges Special Collection and University Archives kept us busy...
View ArticlePlaces to Watch for a Library Job
While searching for a library job, I subscribed to a number of RSS feeds, mailing lists, and followed accounts on Twitter. This list is geared towards academic/digital libraries since that was the job...
View ArticleVideo for The Library Website Panel
I was very fortunate to be on today’s American Libraries Live panel on “The Library Website.” My original plan was to do the panel in the Digital Media Lab at work, but today’s snowfall (8 inches at...
View ArticleSummer Reading 2015 Website: WIP
The above is a work in progress. This is our third year of using Evanced’s Summer Reading software. What I’ve done so far is clone last year’s site and then made adjustments for this one. You can view...
View ArticleHow to tech out your library without spending dough
This great list of free and/or open source software from the Librarian in Black can help you outfit your library without spending a dime on software. I’d like to add Pezi for more interactive and...
View ArticleLibrary On-Boarding Plan
There was a post in a library group for advice on what to include in staff on-boarding documentation. Since I got carried away, I thought I’d share it here as well. My five years as a UX librarian...
View ArticleGoogle Sharing Aggregated Library Events From Third Parties
Last week I discovered today that Google’s right side panel is displaying a list of events for my library (search “library name”). When clicked upon, it takes you to a new page listing more events....
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