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Today's accomplishment may turn out to be these practice reference questions I'm making up for our incoming MLIS interns. One part evil. One part pragmatic. They're all questions lifted from emails I got this year from Economics students.
Marianne, aarontay, Betsy #TeamMonique and 5 other people liked this
I'd love to see your questions!! I just made up 4 questions for my SILS student. 2 about general mass comm research; 2 about citation searching. Happy to share those.
- $tephanie•Cog$ciLibrarian
Here's a typical question--most the the students I deal with are not native English speakers and that's reflected in the questions I get. Would this type of question be useful to you? "Because it's my first time get in touch with databases, I'm totally unfamiliar with it. I searched all Key Economics Databases linked in the web but still had trouble finding important data I need: Spot(nominal) exchange rate of Canada dollars and US dollars/ Chinese yuan/ Euro"
- Heather
thanks! as a former (adjunct) prof of reference, collecting ref Qs is one of my hobbies. Here's one of mine, for said SILS student to prepare to teach entering grad students to do research: "Find some scholarly articles for a science journalism class on the coverage of science topics in newspapers. Try to conduct this as a student would and work your way towards best suggested search terms. Draft a Venn diagram to explain how to create a good search for a class of graduate students."
- $tephanie•Cog$ciLibrarian
The problem with automated recommendation systems: Because more people buy porn than annotated editions of children's literature or feminist critiques of fitness, my amazon recommendations are currently full of porn. The recommendations should at least weight the thing I'M ACTUALLY LOOKING AT far higher than something I looked at briefly months ago
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- DJF
what did you look at briefly months ago?
- $tephanie•Cog$ciLibrarian
The Future of the Library (and how to stop it) - http://librarian.newjackalmanac.ca/2013...
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aarontay, Cameron Neylon, weelibrarian and 2 other people liked this
"pass into the lands of JSTOR" lol -- I hope you said that suitably apocalyptically!
- RepoRat
First question from my presentation: "Can you tell me what happened to ______ [journal name] I can't find it anymore at the library" o__O
- copystar
ugh. I'm sorry. the self-obsessed we shall have always with us.
- RepoRat
Yes - it is best to laugh at it
- copystar
The Digital Public Library of America launches today at noon eastern time: http://dp.la/
Kathy, Laura Norvig, aarontay and 3 other people liked this
Amandadon't, Mark Kille, MoTO #TeamMonique and 22 other people liked this
thanks, Marge :)
- RepoRat
Excellent news; hearty congratulations to you RepoRat!
- Galadriel C.
That's so cool! Congratulations!
- Running Slow
Not that any of us are surprised, but continued congrats anyhow, RR!
- Lily
Congrats, RR!!
- Katie
Woo!
- lris
Hoo!
- Yo. Shark Dog.
Well deserved recognition for an underappreciated Rat!
- Bill Hooker
Awesome!
- kaijsa
The Mendeley/Google Reader/Delicious/eventually FriendFeed situations make me think that we need an unglue.it for social media sites. Not like what the archive team does, but a way to buy sites before they get sold to an unsavory buyer or shut down for ill-defined reasons.
aarontay, Catherine Pellegrino, marlene and 5 other people liked this
Confirmed: Elsevier Has Bought Mendeley For $69M-$100M To Expand Its Open, Social Education Data Efforts | TechCrunch - http://techcrunch.com/2013...
Yo. Shark Dog., John Dupuis and aarontay liked this
Surprise! Not actually a surprise.
- DJF
from Bookmarklet
*chuckles quietly to herself*
- Meg V. Meg
OH MY LORD
- kendrak
yeah, well.
- DJF
Oh sheesh
- maʀtha
I bet the folks at Swets are shitting bricks too, since they partnered with Mendeley to provide the "Institutional Edition" Mendeley. And that's what Elsevier wants as much as anything else
- DJF
Interesting - as a Mendeley Advisor I was sent a reassuring letter about the merger. They are giving the advisors more group space and larger private groups.
- Elizabeth Brown
Anyone with Artstor access - are you able to double-click to open an image then click on the 'save' icon to download it? Or does it at that point tell you you have to register?
aarontay liked this
Same.
- Meg V. Meg
ditto "Please log in to download"
- ~Courtney F
Yup, login to download. Printing is available without logging in, however.
- Rebecca Hedreen
how about print to file or print to pdf printer? (yeah, I know pdf is not image...)
- awd
Thanks all - their FAQs weren't in accordance with the behaviour, good to know it's not just us.
- Deborah Fitchett
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And the follow up question is: is there a magic secret formula of LMS + citation management system module that makes sharing library resources straightforward for instructors?
- copystar
Moodle doesn't help with this (we made a bookmarklet, but you still have to get people to use the bookmarklet). So I'll be really interested to hear solutions.
- lris
LibGuides is *awesome* with this. But it's not an LMS.
- Catherine Pellegrino
I suspect that the answer is no. We've got a magic hack for Sakai that talks to EZProxy, so if a student is logged into Sakai, then the proxy server believes them and they don't need to log in again. But instructors still need to create proxy links.
- DJF
Near the end of the meeting, one of the people blurted out 'I can't believe no one has fixed this problem yet!!!' Wasn't this the problem that Shibboleth was supposed to fix for us? I was thinking that maybe a magic hack that asks for a doi and resolves it with a proxy could work?
- copystar
Shibboleth will eliminate the need for our magic sakai/proxy hack, and we're moving towards that. But no, vendors don't support shibboleth, so we can't link to them reliably via shibboleth.
- DJF
the fact that we haven't solved this makes me crazy. Within or without a LMS. It's sooooo complicated to 'splain to patrons, and we lose credibility in the process.
- $tephanie•Cog$ciLibrarian
I forget this isn't easy, because I have access to the LMS with our distance courses (but not the hybrid or on-campus course shells) and can embed links for people. We have a guide to help people create their own proxy links, but I don't know that it's getting a ton of use. We use eCollege right now, but are in the process of deciding on a new platform. Now you have me wondering if the new one will be as easy for me...
- kaijsa
I did a guide, but keeping it updated didn't seem worth it given the traffic. I get more use from my offer to get links for any reading list sent to me. One useful tip is to have the faculty link to the link resolver page for the article, which saves the problem of databases changing their linking format and such. However, the link resolver page isn't as user friendly as I'd like, so students often have trouble. On the other, other hand, it's really, really easy to do a DOI hack that way.
- Rebecca Hedreen
(Another reason why OA will make the world a better place.)
- barbara fister
Thanks all. Will report back if I find the holy grail
- copystar
Happy Birthday to our own Rudibrarian!!
maʀtha, t-ra: not givin up, Kirsten and 8 other people liked this
Congrats Joe! http://rockymountain.sla.org/people-...
♫410 I Coach 'em Up♫, aarontay, Derrick and 26 other people liked this
niiiiiiiiiice!
- RepoRat
way to go joe! well deserved.
- kendrak
congrats
- Walt Crawford
Well done, Joe!
- Catherine Pellegrino
That is excellent.
- Steele Lawman
Yay Joe! Well deserved indeed!
- Heather Piwowar
#fuckyeahbuttercup right?
- LibrarianOnTheLoose
congrats!
- Sir Shuping is just sir
awwright! go Joe!
- barbara fister
Congratulations!
- Mary Carmen
from iPhone
Aw shucks.
- Yo. Shark Dog.
Sweet!
- Yvonne
Congrats! W00t
- John Dupuis
Friday night mind drippings: So lots of flashmob things happen in academic libraries. (How many library Harlem Shake videos out there? https://www.youtube.com/watch...) Any research about why this is the case? It says something about the role of the library in campus culture I suppose.
Kirsten, aarontay and Jimminy IS Everybody liked this
I think that in many cases, the largest indoor public area on a campus may be a library atrium or lobby or grand reading room. There's also the frisson of having a bunch of people mobbing an area that is associated with being quiet and studious.
- Steele Lawman
Yes, it's both a handy space (that students OWN at night) and transgressive in a funny and safe way. Maybe students are getting in touch with both their fear of academia and the spirits of their reading list by having a party in the graveyard - a dia de los muertos picnic transposed to finals.
- barbara fister
Can someone explain to me better than the EBSCO support rep the difference between EconLit and EconLit with Full Text? Is one entirely a subset of the other?
aarontay liked this
Yeah, I think EconLit is just an index. EBSCO doesn't have the usual coverage list for it on their website, just a link to this: http://www.aeaweb.org/econlit...
- Kirsten
Kirsten and David, I agree. Some colleagues believe otherwise. I've been unable to find any documentation from EBSCO that makes it clear. The product page for EconLit with full text says this: "As the most reliable full-text source for economic research, this database contains all of the indexing available in EconLit in addition to full text for hundreds of journals including the...
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- Stephen le Francoeur
And then further down the page it says: "In addition to extensive full-text coverage, EconLit with Full Text is a reliable source of citations and abstracts to economic research dating back to 1969." But EconLit itself goes back to 1889. What's with that 1969 date?
- Stephen le Francoeur
I'd also be curious to know if ALL of EconLit is full-text as is implied in the name EconLit Full-text. good luck getting an answer to that question, tho.
- $tephanie•Cog$ciLibrarian
Oh, I'm sure it's not, Stephanie. At least, CINAHL Full-Text isn't all full-text, not by a long shot. My guess is that "full text" is an indicator that the database includes SOME full text (i.e., is not just indexing and abstracts).
- Catherine Pellegrino
should be called EconLit Some Full-text then.
- $tephanie•Cog$ciLibrarian
I thought they were all "with Full Text" which I think is EBSCO-speak for 'some'
- Rebecca Hedreen
you guys. our new library website went live this week. along with it is a public Minecraft server. the guys in the IT dept got a hold of the plans for our main library AND BUILT IT. they are still working on getting the inside done. geekery at its finest, folks.
Chelle Chelle Ro Ro, Kol Tregaskes, aarontay and 45 other people liked this
your IT dept is full of win.
- RepoRat
they most certainly are (note: i am biased because i live with one of them. :)) Info if you are a player and want to check it out: http://fvrl.ent.sirsi.net/client...
- holly #ravingfangirl
Just like real life, I'm sure it has Creepers. http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki...
- Andy
it's a public library - of course it has creepers!
- holly #ravingfangirl
I'm sure they just want to get near you and, uh, explode.
- Andy
Even though I have root, I wish I could do stuff like this (and have it count). I miss those days. Awesome work, FVRL.
- Julian
That's freakin' awesome!!
- WebGoddess
Mr. 12 might want to blow it up.
- Yo. Shark Dog.
heh. there may be measures in place to prevent that. ;)
- holly #ravingfangirl
never doubt what interested people with a little time on their hands can do (or undo)
- awd
never doubt an admin who has been a minecrafter server admin for years. ;)
- holly #ravingfangirl
Awesome!
- Betsy #TeamMonique
that is cool.
- Rochelle's favorite Royce
I just emailed the admin to request access for my kid to the server. Gee, I really hope they whitelist his name for it.
- Yo. Shark Dog.
Kid stopped for a visit. We did snap some pics to prove he was there. Will upload them later. He wondered what is the deal with he door at the top....
- Yo. Shark Dog.
Here are some pics from our vacation to visit the library. http://ff.im/1cOjHq
- Yo. Shark Dog.
Anyone looked at the Primo Central institutional repository registration http://dc02vg0047nr.hosted.exl... ?
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On the surface it sounds like a good thing to increase visibility of the IR, but then it says "Content must be published with a CC0 (no rights reserved) license". Who the heck has an IR with CC0-licensed content, when we barely get permission from journals to include any version at all? I wondered if they meant "metadata", but they use that word in the previous sentence so I can only conclude they're a little bit off their rocker. Or am I missing something?
- Deborah Fitchett
... yeah, they cray-cray all up in there.
- RepoRat
The line in question has now mysteriously disappeared.
- Deborah Fitchett
heh. WE'RE BEING WATCHED.
- RepoRat
Or it could be Twitter (https://twitter.com/ExLibri...), or perhaps one of the libraries who've already signed up said "Um yeah but". :-)
- Deborah Fitchett
happy birthday to the all powerful and kickass jenica rogers! i hope it's a great one!
Kirsten, Deborah Fitchett, Laura Norvig and 22 other people liked this
happy birthday, Jenica!
- RepoRat
Super Happy Happy Birthday!!!!
- Katy S
Happy birthday!
- Jim #TeamMonique
Many happy returns of the day!
- Lily
Happy birthday, mighty one!
- LB: #TeamMonique
from Android
Have a happy!
- Jen
Thank you! We won Pandemic but lost Lord of the Rings. Also, our friends' 3 month son is adorable.
- Jenica
Happy Birthday Jenica!!
- Hedgehog
Happy happy b-day!
- Megan loves summer
Happy birthday!
- Kelli H.
Happy Birthday, Jenica!
- Anne Bouey
And there is Oreo ice cream cake. :)
- Jenica
Oooh. Enjoy!
- maʀtha
will you share the cake?
- Sir Shuping is just sir
I shared he cake with Will, whose birthday is tomorrow. :)
- Jenica
Belated, but very happy birthday wishes to Jenica!
- Galadriel C.
I'm sorry I missed this, but I wish you a belated happy birthday! I hope you had a great day.
- Anne Graham
Aw, you guys, remember the LibSuccess Wiki?
Stephen le Francoeur, aarontay, Marianne and 2 other people liked this
come work with me! http://jobs.code4lib.org/job...
Library turns to pole dancing to entice new readers | Books | guardian.co.uk - http://www.guardian.co.uk/books...
"Council bosses are staging a free pole-dancing class in a library in an attempt to persuade more people to borrow books. Midlothian council believes it is the first local authority in Scotland to hold such an event. It will run the session at Mayfield library in Dalkeith on 2 February, which is Love Your Library Day. Other activities in the council's libraries include "booky table tennis" in which players use books instead of bats. Bob Constable, Midlothian council's cabinet member for public services and leisure, said: "Love Your Library Day is a marvellous opportunity for us all to celebrate the hugely important role libraries play in the heart of our local community."
- Katy S
from Bookmarklet
Naturally, I'm imagining what Gorman's response would be.
- Katy S
Well, I'm not getting my hopes up. Our floors can't even support compact shelving.
- Meg V. Meg
*dead @ Meg*
- Soup in a TARDIS
The pole-dancing people.
- aarontay
I'd do this but we have drop ceilings. I don't know if the poles need a support from above or if the poles would be too big for our program room.
- Andy
True, it would be bad if the poles were to big...
- awd
Things I didn't learn in library school: how to persuade students and staff to wear the mascot costume to help promote our LibQual survey.
John (bird whisperer), Galadriel C., John: Thread Killer and 12 other people liked this
Alcohol.
- RepoRat
"Hahaha what we get paid for this?!?! Icing on the cake." said the student who has volunteered to go in suit.
- Heather
Pay them in icing.
- Meg V. Meg
I want to like this all over again for that student's comment. :-D
- Catherine Pellegrino
No kidding. I'm impressed. She's working at our med library, is keen, and will graduate with her MLIS this spring. The other student who will be accompanying her is also graduating with her MLIS in the spring and is equally keen for a very small amount of cash.
- Heather
Need pics. What the heck does the libqual costume look like?
- Yo. Shark Dog.
from iPod
*gigglesnort*
- maʀtha
Pics are part of my devious plan for February but, alas, it's only the school mascot costume. We're hoping to have a little fun with it while we nudge our participation rate a bit.
- Heather
And now I have talked one librarian into acting as mascot. And another is seriously tempted.
- Heather
Wow. The idea of any of our librarians agreeing to dress as our Pistol Pete kills me (with disbelieving laughter).
- kaijsa
I would totally do that! But I am a Large Ham.
- RepoRat
So far I'm learning that some of the people who start laughing as they say no are pretty easy to nudge over the cliff of saying yes.
- Heather
You are a credit to the profession, Heather. :-D
- Catherine Pellegrino
No one could pay me enough to dress like a spider.
- Royce's favorite Anna
Richmond?
- Yo. Shark Dog.
In day 2 of my new life as a academic law librarian in Western Australia. Happy to have tips from any law librarians out there...
Steele Lawman, weelibrarian, aarontay and 5 other people liked this
Welcome to WA. Hope you are keeping cool
- suelibrarian
I am! Thanks! :-)
- Megan loves summer
Have you kissed your favorite librarian yet? http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WzR64U...
LB: #TeamMonique, Lisa | #TeamMonique, aarontay and Joe "Funkasaurus" Pierce liked this
Yep!
- Heleninstitches
I can't decide who my favorite librarian is. I HAVE TO KISS THEM ALL
- Joe "Funkasaurus" Pierce
So many to choose from.....
- Mary Carmen
Maaaaa-waaaaahhh!
- Marge LW
Yes. After 35 years, it would be odd not to.
- Walt Crawford
Translation, please, Ali :-)
- Mary Carmen
:-)
- Mary Carmen
from iPhone
I've kissed a bunch of librarians. Are we talking "friend" kisses or "makeout" kisses here?
- DJF
All of the above.
- Mary Carmen
from iPhone
So everyone knows: the ungluing campaign for So You Want To Be A Librarian has been successful! I put in a pledge to thank everyone for their help in writing an LJ column, so you *all* unglued this book. Thank you. https://unglue.it/work/76348/
Galadriel C., Kathryn is Blake in Hindi, Marge LW and 9 other people liked this
Deborah Fitchett, Lily, Caitlin and 18 other people liked this
best shoes? (boy & girl categories). Best earrings / tie (either gender).
- $tephanie•Cog$ciLibrarian
Smelliest office?
- Stephen le Francoeur
I should have said "awards and their winners." Please, award somebody something.
- Marie
I'd like to award Aaron Tay and Deborah Fitchett the Special Time Traveler Award for Overcoming Time Zone Differentials.
- Stephen le Francoeur
I'd like to award RepoRat the Most Improved Work LIfe trophy, which takes the form of a small statuette giving the finger to the fPOW.
- Jenica
In the Documentary category, Andrew Shuping will be receiving the award for Feline Life Documentation.
- Stephen le Francoeur
I'd like to give Jenica rogers the fiscally responsible award.
- Hedgehog
I am? *sniffle*
- maʀtha
Laura X receives the Mightiest Mama award
- maʀtha
Derrick receives the Hawt Haberdashery award
- maʀtha
*verklempt*
- RepoRat
I award second runner up to Aaron Dobbs in the "I Am Aaron Dobbs" contest.
- Andy
Andy is awarded the Leverage "Seriously, people? SERIOUSLY?" Award of 2013.
- RepoRat
My award goes to Steve can't abide woo-woo for best name: "Steele Lawman." Which I still miss.
- John Dupuis
Both Jenica and Catherine and anyone else who cancelled ACS stuff should get the Tilting at Windmills award.
- maʀtha
For you, John.
- Steele Lawman
I'd like to give Josh Neff the Ghostly Presence award.
- Steele Lawman
@FakeElsevier gets the Outstanding Unwitting LSW Member award
- Steele Lawman
How about an award to Barbara Fister for her gooder and bestest writing ability.
- Yo. Shark Dog.
Yay! I get the Getting Steele to Go Back to Steele Award!
- John Dupuis
Congratulations on your award, John!
- Marie
I'd like to thank all the little people who made this award possible...
- John Dupuis
Warmaiden for the Best Brand New Sweetie award
- maʀtha
Hear hear!
- Betsy #TeamMonique
Steve Lawson gets the Makerspace Award (aka: "The GPD"), and you know what that looks like...
- LibrarianOnTheLoose
Liek Whoa... I got second runner up in the "I Am Aaron Dobbs" contest?! I never expected to rank so high
- awd
Another award should go to Iris for reasons.
- Yo. Shark Dog.
from iPod
Andrew gets the Courage Under Fire award for sticking it some unpleasant work situations.
- Andy
Martha gets Most Spirited for her efforts at delurking the lurkers and for her general all around incitements. :)
- laura x
Soup and Derrick get the New Librarians awards
- maʀtha
I hope to be in the running for the Comeback Player of the Year award next year.
- Julian
Don't call it a comeback. You've been here for years. #mommasaidknockyouout
- Andy
Through with the draft of my OA roundup (in January & February C&I). Just over 60,000 words. That should go down, probably about 5% to 10%, in editing, making it the heart of two long issues. Neither of which will emerge before 2013.
Yo. Shark Dog., aarontay and John Dupuis liked this
Whoa. Can't wait!
- John Dupuis
ExLibris has made available the code to add almetrics to Primo results. Anyone tried this yet? Anyone done much with almetrics in general?
Christina Pikas and aarontay liked this
Happy birthday to our dear LauraX!
Galadriel C., Jennifer Dittrich, Nikki D. and 33 other people liked this
Have a wonderful birthday and many happy returns!
- Meg V. Meg
happy day!
- ellbeecee
Happy laura x Day!
- Lisa | #TeamMonique
from Android
happy birthday!
- RepoRat
Happy birthday, Laura! :)
- Kelli H.
Happy Birthday, Laura!
- Ha3rvey #teamMonique
Happy Birthday, Laura! You're pretty freaking awesome, you know? I mean, aside from those zits.
- Chelle Chelle Ro Ro
Have a wonderful birthday!
- LB: #TeamMonique
from Android
Many happy returns of the day!
- Catherine Pellegrino
Happy birthday, Laura!
- Steele Lawman
Happy happy happy birthday, my friend.
- Marianne
Happy birthday!
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
from iPhone
Happy birthday, Laurax!
- Jason P
Happyx Birthdayx, Laurax!
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Happy birthday Laura!
- RudĩϐЯaЯïan
Happy Birthday, Laura!
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
Happy birthday!
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
Happy birthday!
- Jen
Happy Birthday, Laura!
- Anne Bouey
Happy birthday!
- Mary Carmen
from iPhone
happy bday laura with an x!
- Sir Shuping is just sir
Happy Birthday, dearest Laurax
- maʀtha
Happy birthday Laura with an x
- Heleninstitches
Happy birthday :)
- Pete #TeamMonique
Happy Birthday Laura!!!
- VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS
Happy birthday!
- John (bird whisperer)
happy bday!
- imabonehead
Many happy returns, Laura!
- Lily
Happy Birthday!
- Jennifer Dittrich
happy birthday :)
- Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)
Student thesis proposal on the Kama Sutra and the orgasm as religious ecstasy. Me: "the field work will be quite interesting." Professor: "You will certainly need to talk to the IRB about this one."
John Dupuis, aarontay, W!cKeD and 10 other people liked this
Thanks, Textbooks. - http://thankstextbooks.tumblr.com/
aarontay, Royce's favorite Anna, Andy and 7 other people liked this
Great companion site to Awful Library Books.
- RepoRat
from Bookmarklet
Oh God. This has just made my day.
- laura x
Why are we lubricating the hamster? bwahahahahaha
- Hedgehog
This is brilliant. The one about the wheelchair is particularly bent. Aside from everything else, why tell us how much the wheelchair weighs? Because that doesn't matter to anything else at all, unless the man in the chair is a ghost.
- DJF
Thank you. "Good day, perverts."
- kaijsa
I am so upset that this did not exist when J was a baby. We had PLENTY of Chinese pants explosions in those days.
- Catherine Pellegrino
DJF: I remember a lot of my math textbooks adding scads of irrelevant detail to word problems just so you'd have to pick through to the relevant stuff.
- RepoRat
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