Library Student Journal: Welcome! eLearn Magazine: Education and Technology in Perspective Most reliable search tool could be your librarian sizeasy – your size comparison website GrandCentralThis gives you a single phone number that, when dialed, rings all of your phones–cell, home, office–and connects the caller to whichever one you answer first. Fagan Finder > Web [...]
I already have 3 discussion boards to keep up with for my classes, and now I’ve signed up for WebJunction so that I can participate in the LIS Faculty & Student Lounge. Many of my classmates are already signed up – if you’re a student it’s worth signing up to talk to others in the [...]
The first issue of the Library Student Journal is available. Library Student Journal is an international peer-reviewed journal for future information science professionals edited by students at the University at Buffalo. The best part? It’s Open Access!
That’s right, CNet, a technology news site is telling users to visit their local librarian instead of using Google for research. In an article titled Most reliable search tool could be your librarian Elinor Mills tells readers: While the Web is good for offering quick results from a broad range of sources, which may or [...]
New Workers, New WorkplacesYoung workers who have grown up with the internet, cell phones, video games, iPods, and digital cameras are different from their elders. Those who are now hiring the young "digital natives" need to know how their new world has shaped their behavior and at NoteMeshA different way of thinking about your notes. [...]
So week one is done – well sort of (I have until Sunday) – it’s time to share with you my conclusions. First, this is going to be extremely difficult – juggling work and home and school. Second, this is going to be fun! So this week I read 6 chapters, 2 articles, and about [...]
LibrarianInBlack has a great post on the Ten Reasons Librarians Should Use Ask.com Instead of Google. The most handy reason (in my book): 4. For all types of searches, Ask.com offers one-click links to narrow your search, expand your search, and provides links to results for related terms.
I have decided I have way too much school work to keep up with my 150+ blogs – I’m going to be parring down my list. I logged into Bloglines to find that I had over 1500 posts to read today – that’s just too much with hundreds of pages of reading per week for [...]
There is a good thread going on on the PA County Libraries mailing list that I have permission to share with you all. It started with this message: The Dauphin County Library System has noted an increase in some user behavior violations due to myspace dot com and other social networking sites. Teens gather in [...]
That’s right I’ll be speaking at 2 Information Today conferences this fall. First you’ll see me at Internet Librarian (check out the wiki) where I’ll talk about the wiki on our Intranet along with a bunch of other well know wiki experts (10/25). Second you can see me at KMWorld & Intranets (check out the [...]
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