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forked from: http://friendfeed.com/lsw... -- Translate unhelpful library terminology to something more useful/usable/understandable?
Lillian Chow, Mr. Gunn, Kendra K and 6 other people liked this
"institutional repository" --> "digital archive" (this hacks off all the archivists I know, but it WORKS as a name; faculty get it immediately)
- D0r0th34
OPAC ---> catalog/catalogue
- joshua "magic" neff
Festschrift --> Happy Goodbye Letters
- Pete
Heh, our "repository" is/will be called The Digital Archives of Colorado College.
- Steve is older than ever
I'm trying to push "Wisconsin Idea Online" as the brand for the combined IR/digital-collections, but nobody's as enthusiastic about it as I am. I think it would work like whoa because the Wisconsin Idea is a very strong brand already, but...
- D0r0th34
Serials/Periodicals --> Magazines and Journals (bonus: links the concept of "journals" with "magazines" in the user's mind, establishes that in this context, "journal" /= "diary")
- Catherine Pellegrino
Circulation desk --> checkout desk
- joshua "magic" neff
special collections --> rare books and manuscripts
- D0r0th34
Except that "manuscripts" is also confusing, Dorothea. Maybe "special collections --> archives and rare books"?
- Laura B home
If you don't know what a manuscript is, you don't need it.
- Steve is older than ever
Really, if in a university environment 'manuscript' is confusing, library terminology change isn't the cure for what ails you.
- Pete
I can live with "archives and rare books."
- D0r0th34
Or you don't know you need it. I would venture to guess our students don't know "manuscript." They seem to comprehend "archives," though. I've gotten calls from people who thought "special collections" had to do with paying fines.
- Laura B home
Library instruction --> Information skills --> ??
- Pete
("Information" is the most jargon-y word we've got, really, because it SEEMS perfectly obvious but actually means something pretty specific.)
- lris
We went for 'Books 'n' Shit' Well, we should have ;) But we felt management wouldn't got for it.
- Pete
There are several flavors of "Library Instruction" - I call my "BI/LI/IL sessions" by several different names: "Course Guides" "Library Orienteering" "Tips, Tricks & Sekrets" "Research Tools to Save You Time" "Things You'll Wish You Knew If You Skip" etc.
- Aaron the Librarian
Reference --> look it up; article databases ---> big lists of articles that sometimes actually include the articles
- marthalib
Martha, I love that one for "article databases." Bwahaha!
- Laura B home
See, as far as I can tell from faculty response, "Library Instruction" works on our campus. I'm instructing students on how to use the library. They get that. (Sadly, that's basically what I do: we have yet to crack the bigger-picture IL skills here.)
- Catherine Pellegrino
That's my problem too Catherine. I have a form for faculty that gives more explanation for things like database searching, evaluating resources, etc. They can pick and choose how much they want. This seems to work. As far as Bibliographic Instruction goes, I've always tried to stay away from that.
- Sarah June
I like your ideas Aaron. That would mean more for the students. If I ever start offering drop-ins, I may use things like that.
- Sarah June
more on the library instruction focus -- whenever I'm asked to do a BI/LI/IL session I always *immedeately* reply with the following boilerplate: "I am happy to do this for you. I need the following to best serve you and your students: 1. an overview of assignments due in the next two weeks and, 2. a copy of the major term assignment. I will tailor the session to resources which will...
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- Aaron the Librarian
1) databases => search tools 2) library instruction => research (skills) instruction (or research @ the library) 3) subject guides => resources by subject
- Dana Longley
"subject portal" -> "subject guide". Backed by usability testing at MPOW.
- Deborah Fitchett
when I worked in the law firm library, we stopped calling it "training" and called it something like "skills sessions". Lawyers don't tend to sign up for training, since they already know everything. ;-)
- Connie Crosby
I love my job. collection development f'in rocks.
John Dupuis, Alex Scoble, Laura B home and 4 other people liked this
that is all. :)
- holly
collection as in 'collection agency'?
- Morgan Haley
eek, no. as in library collection (y'know, books and stuff) :)
- holly
As in "library collection".
- cecily
JINX!
- cecily
hehehe
- holly
funnest part of my job
- Black Lantern Satan
aka spending other people's money to get cool things! Agree..it's awesome
- Abigail
exactly, Abigail! :)
- holly
cool. :)
- Connie Crosby
I'm always getting people emailing and calling and asking us to put their websites on our reference pages. Does this happen to everyone else too?
Yeah - not as much anymore for me (since we're no longer listed on the subject/course guides) but it used to happen all the time.
- ÉllbeeÇee
every so often, yes. The funny ones are the ones that offer to add _our_ site to _their_ directory if we will link to them.
- DJF
Yes. It's spam, usually.
- cecily
I don't care so much if they just email me links and say heylookit! but I've been getting phone calls now...bleh - but those, so far, are the actual legit sites that are useful...
- Miriella
Yes, but not in a while.
- John Dupuis
I have an ancient links page on my own site and I get emails with that request.
- Betsy (bentley) Vera
I probably get a couple emails like that a month. I write back and say that we only link to "library resources," which is really just saying OMG I DO NOT HAVE TIME TO EVALUATE EVERY SITE ON THE INTERNET, including yours, no matter how great it is.
- laura x
I've only had one guy call. His high pressure sales dude preso did not match the mesothilioma org he said he represented. A little research uncovered that behind the non-profit was a massive law firm specializing in...mesothilioma cases. I don't respond to emails and I've urged my staff to focus on local resources.
- Rochelle Rochelle
I get a ton of those requests for my blog, not by phone yet thank goodness. I usually delete without responding.
- Connie Crosby
Lazyweb: your favorite examples of propaganda online, preferably okay for 5th graders.
This site looks great: http://www.calvin.edu/academi...
- Steve is older than ever
This site is irritating, but might be worth it? http://www.pbs.org/redfiles/
- Steve is older than ever
What kind of propaganda? Big national stuff or just examples of misleading ads?
- Laura B home
I haven't been able to talk to the teacher at length yet, but I don't think it matters too much--sounds like she just wants to introduce them to the concept.
- laura x
When we learned about propaganda in elementary school, it was more about how advertisers tried to persuade you to buy things. Here's a page with a basic list: http://www.foothilltech.org/rgeib....
- Laura B home
wait, you are saying propaganda is bad? ;)
- marthalib
Martha, until WW II, propaganda was just the term used for persuasive speech. So all political and advertising speech was considered to be "propaganda." It's amusing looking at old print volumes of Library Literature and seeing the subject heading "library propaganda".
- DJF
Nice, Laura! I am also thinking of showing her one of the Star Wars/Triumph of the Will mashups, because those usually blow people's minds the first time they see them: http://www.youtube.com/watch....
- laura x
Wow. I hadn't seen the mashups before.
- Laura B home
My long-time favorite "teach the kids about ads" thing is the one about the North American House Hippo: http://www.youtube.com/watch... . It won the 1999 Golden Marble Award (outstanding achievement in kids advertising).
- Betsy (bentley) Vera
(btw, if anyone's thinking Christmas presents: I wouldn't mind a north american house hippo of my own.)
- Betsy (bentley) Vera
"I want a hippopotamus for Christmas..."
- Katy S
"Only a hippopotamus will do..."
- Betsy (bentley) Vera
Too bad the Captain Copyright site is dead (see write-up http://arstechnica.com/old... ) it was a one-sided tool teaching kids how to comply with copyright law in Canada.
- Connie Crosby
Every once in a while I hear about a library having a profile on LinkedIn and I keep wondering...why? Does you library have a profile on LinkedIn and how are you using it to connect with people?
We don't have one as far as I know. I can see an organization having a profile on LinkedIn as part of general awareness, but I'm not sure how useful it would be beyond that.
- cecily
A number of libraries have company profiles on LinkedIn. It allows people to see some demographic information about the library, and pulls together employee and alumni profiles. For example, Toronto Public Library: http://www.linkedin.com/compani... . It will also show jobs available at the library if there are any posted, so good for letting candidates find contacts and see more about the library during recruitment campaigns.
- Connie Crosby
Since y'all were so helpful here: http://friendfeed.com/lsw..., I'm back with another query: we're now considering a USB microphone for recording voiceovers on screencasts. Any suggestions or recommendations?
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TSOR suggest that the two most likely candidates are the Logitech desktop mic and the Snowflake USB mic. We're looking in the less-than-$100 (preferably less-than-$75) range.
- Catherine Pellegrino
The Snowflake is awesome, but if you're going to be doing this desk-bound, the Snowball is warmer, and generally does a better job, i think.
- Jason Griffey
Thanks, Jason. I'm a bit concerned by the comments that the Snowflake tends to pick up background noise. My office has less than 4 walls, so that could be a problem.
- Catherine Pellegrino
Oh. I wouldn't recommend doing voice capture anywhere that didn't have 4 walls and a ceiling. Honestly. But if you must, the Snowball is definitely a better option. If you're really worried about background, and are doing single-voice stuff, take a look at getting a headset instead of a desk-mic. MUCH better at filtering ambient out.
- Jason Griffey
Not to mention headsets can be re-purposed for web conferencing or just used as headphones when needed.
- Dana Longley
Snowball is the best computer microphone EVAR
- ♫Geek in the 410♫
My office does have four walls, but I've still had the best luck recording sound in a closet. Coat/clothing closets seem to work especially well. Hiding in a dark room save the glow of my laptop screen is a bonus.
- Galadriel C.
I've discovered anything recorded directly through a computer (including with my Snowball mic) sounds crappy. How do people resolve this?
- Connie Crosby
Connie, define "crappy"? I've done dozens and dozens of hours on my Snowball w/ Audacity. Sounds awesome.
- Jason Griffey
from iPhone
Well, I'm glad I finally ordered Library Bomb...and opened it up. Thanks, Laura: I'm honored. (Takes me back to 1994 Midwinter and a surprise party, after I finished nine years as LITA Newsletter editor and my term as VP/Pres-Past-Pres. One friend did a brief oration from my much-less-prolific writings...)
Steve is older than ever, Rev. Dr. W!cKeD Rock, Jàson Puçkett and 5 other people liked this
Glad you liked it!
- laura x
Before I shipped it I asked Laura "did you ever tell Walt about the poetry?" She said "I guess I didn't. I'll tell him now." I said, "nah, let it be a surprise."
- Steve is older than ever
Good call. It was a pleasant surprise.
- Walt Crawford
Tomorrow I'm interviewing a good communication/speech instructor about "public speaking for library teachers" for the ALI podcast. Anything you'd like to hear me ask him?
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- Jàson Puçkett
Does he teach people to project? (People who use mikes in small rooms are a pet peeve of mine. I am shallow. I know.)
- laura x
What are two or three basic things any of us can do to improve our speaking? Project, enunciate, slow down? I'd be interested in what he suggests.
- Laura B home
Would he be able to address the issue of how long to wait after you ask a question of the class? (Hint: the answer is "a lot longer than you're probably comfortable with") And, like, demonstrate it somehow? This is something that is really, really, REALLY hard for any teacher, but especially a librarian trying to cover lots of material in a limited time and also not look stupid to the faculty member.
- Catherine Pellegrino
*taking notes*
- Jàson Puçkett
I like the Lauras' questions better than mine.
- Catherine Pellegrino
No, Catherine, that one's good, too! It is hard to know how long to wait before we start answering our own questions.
- Laura B home
This is great. I will ask them. I have a story about that topic, Catherine.
- Jàson Puçkett
Another question: do handouts have value? Or are we better off putting information online and telling them where to find it?
- Laura B home
we would be lost without the Lauras
- marthalib
Since approximately 30% of librarians are named Laura I think we're unlikely to run out of them.
- Jàson Puçkett
Oh, do tell that story, Jason! I've been working on waiting longer and longer...sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Partly I'm doing it to educate the faculty member, frankly. ;)
- Catherine Pellegrino
Well, I'll mention it on the podcast if I can, but basically -- TA brought the class in without faculty member. I kept pausing for a response to questions, and the TA heard the silence and kept jumping in to answer them. I finally had to politely tell her to shut up and let the students answer me.
- Jàson Puçkett
Any tricks for dealing with an audience of less-than-attentive teachers? Students are easy by comparison.
- vickie mackenzie
Guess how many meetings I have this afternoon! Come on, guess!
pi
- Pete
10?
- Sir Shuping
too many?
- Rochelle Rochelle
five
- marthalib
I only have one this afternoon (is it telling that I can say "I only have one" with a straight face?). But it's from 3-5 PM on a FRIDAY. That is just cruel.
- ÉllbeeÇee
Eeek!
- Galadriel C.
5????? *forwards hallucinogens and soothing eye pillows*
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
I'm still kicking! I'm frantically eating soup before meeting #5.
- marthalib
Wow. I only had one, but it did morph from 2 to 2.5 hours.
- Rachel Walden
any meeting that's 2 hrs long is too long
- Sir Shuping
Anybody made video guides? We are thinking of making some basic video tours and the like.
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Well, I am starting one for multimodal communication, but it is pretty (very?) lame at the moment. I will add lots and lots more to it in December/January as 9 instructors from the Writing Program gets ready to teach multimodal writing classes in January. http://libguides.du.edu/multimo...
- joe is not going rogue...
the key is to storyboard it and make it available with screenshots in a webpage or other circulatable document and get feedback on that -- then improve based on suggetsions - then assign nice voiced people to record a run-throiugh or two - then video it - the post-process - etc
- Aaron the Librarian
Fwd: Make Me Mighty - http://makememighty.ca/ (via http://friendfeed.com/conniec...)
It has named me: Contessa Connietor, The Monumental - Gaseous Cloud Ghost Guardian of Killer Angels and Some Dangerous Flying Insects.
- Connie Crosby
Empress Kirstenulus the Ruthless, Glacial Ice Force Made from the Tears of Shivering Children.
- Kirsten
Princess Lauralax the Conquerer. Ancestor of the Iridian, Trident of Atlantis.
- ÉllbeeÇee
Baronness Merrylax the Master of Illusion, Rapturous Eaglepalm, Extant Spirit of Santorus Underglore. Or, um, Empress Miriellagon the Dragon Whisperer, the Stink Ogre from the Land of Flatulence (oh my!).
- Miriella
FAIL it could not handle my full name (17 letters, 2 spaces)
- Aaron the Librarian
FAIL again it won't let me copy/paste the text?!
- Aaron the Librarian
Matriarch Lauracon, The Nomad, Python-Handed, Cobra-Faced Macabre Sub-Creature.
- Laura B home
But I am stubborn and re-typed it for your edification: Viscount Aaron Dobbrix, The Savage: Exo-planetary Puppetmaster, Weaver of Cosmic Strings
- Aaron the Librarian
Hmmm. I like this one better except for "Laurarix": Queen Laurarix the Omniscient, Exo-Planetary Puppetmaster, the Weaver of Cosmic Strings. EDIT: D'oh! And then I read Aaron's!
- Laura B home
This is friggin awesome! Doctor Eric W. Sizemorelax, The Conqueror, Godfather of the Gods, The Father of God
- Eric Sizemore
<heh>
- Connie Crosby
Library Jeopardy skit from Staff Development Day - http://vimeo.com/7716013
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Am I a nerd for seriously loving Library Jeopardy?
- cecily
Any recommendations for basic video cameras? I've heard good things about the Flip of course but wondering if there's something else out there in the same fine-for-amateurs kind of genre.
Our Canon Powershot SD750 digital camera takes surprisingly clear and audible video - we have a Flip as well and the staff seems to like the Canon much more than the Flip. You might want to just give your digital camera a whirl, if you already have one with video capabilities.
- Miriella
Zoom Q3 came out a couple of weeks ago. Studio quality audio that is broadcast worthy for podcasts plus added bonus of video camera the same quality as a Flip. I bought a Zoom H2 at FPOW and husband has Zoom H4 for music - great brand and very easy to use devices. Bought Q3 for new POW last week for digital stories.
- Kathryn says love n peace
I was listening to a Leo Laporte show not too long ago where he said there is really no reason to get a video camera separate from your camera unless you are pro or semi-pro. I also have a Canon Powershot, I believe it is an SD1100 (used to have one of the 700 series but lost it), and I *love* it.
- Laura Norvig
It's Friday all. For your viewing pleasure, here come the M.I.Vs.
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I would follow those guys anywhere. Or to the nearest comic book shop, anyway.
- Steve is older than ever
Ha! I love it!
- Laura H.
Librarianish Christmas gift present help needed. My dad has been spending a good deal of time the last few years digitizing his record collection. He is very into making sure each one has the right metadata and such. Last May I showed him allmusic.com, and usually he's able to find stuff there, but not always...
Does anyone know if there's a decent print or online source that I could either buy or give him a subscription to? Online is the preferred option, especially if they'd let him directly transfer the information over once he finds it. I looked at Naxos.com, but can't tell if it has older album information or just recordings.
- ÉllbeeÇee
I think ultimately, what I'd like to find is something that's a catalog of albums across musical genres, and I'm hoping there's something better than allmusic, but if there's not, then that's ok.
- ÉllbeeÇee
I'm pretty sure Naxos only has classical music - but I don't know exactly what the content entails either.
- Miriella
Try Rateyourmusic.com. It's a pretty active online community where the members upload album information. The hubster has spent many a night contributing album/song data to the site.
- cecily
Cool, thanks, Cecily.
- ÉllbeeÇee
Any academic libraries have public org charts that I could snag for nefarious purposes of my own?
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thanks! more?
- D0r0th34
Ours was once called "the crude pie chart on drugs" - http://gustavus.edu/academi...
- barbara fister
It's linked as a .doc at the bottom of this http://intranet.library.arizona.edu/teams... - you should have access.
- ÉllbeeÇee
I want to know what the nefarious purpose is!
- Cameron Neylon
Me too!
- Mr. Gunn
One of the things I want to demonstrate to my coll-dev class is the variety of organizational structures under which collection development happens. One of the things I want to *ask* them (possibly as a group project?) is whether they think current org structures do justice to the current parlous and changing state of coll-dev, and if not, how they'd change them.
- D0r0th34
Ooh, ours totally won't demonstrate where that even occurs, by the way. (ours is absolutely odd - I can attempt to describe it if you want - email me. ellbeecee at gmail.)
- ÉllbeeÇee
not a library, but i just stumbled on an org chart from The Wire: http://www.hbo.com/thewire...
- tara
I love that Wire org chart. I totally need that to keep the players straight.
- Jàson Puçkett
Hi folks. There's a job opportunity on our project. http://www.etr.org/jobs... This relates to two collections: http://servicelearning.org/library... and http://nationalserviceresources.org/library
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Please share with anyone who might be interested and feel free to ask me questions about the position.
- Laura Norvig
This is posted on LisJobs, SLA, and craigslist now. It's a great position for someone who has worked as a solo librarian or in a nontraditional special library. We'll also consider new grads as long as they have at least some supervisory experience.
- Laura Norvig
Bump. Please share this at your places of work. Any friend of an LSW-er is a friend of ours!
- Laura Norvig
Question: can you share with me examples of what you believe to be "good" LibGuides? I'm giving a presentation next week and I'd love to share a few guides.
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I like Erika's for H1N1, http://researchguides.library....
- Nikki D.
I like Liz' for Education http://guides.library.jhu.edu/educati...
- Christina Pikas
Jason Puckett's Zotero guide: http://research.library.gsu.edu/zotero
- cecily
Views: Reviving the Academic Library - Inside Higher Ed - http://www.insidehighered.com/views...
joe is not going rogue..., Jenica, Sarah June and 2 other people liked this
"No matter how much rhetoric librarians offer, if they abandon their core mission, they not only insult the dignity of the history of libraries but offer no reason for the library's continued existence. After all, the other services can be provided cheaper and better by student unions, residential halls, athletic centers, computer labs and coffee shops."
- Sir Shuping
from Bookmarklet
wow...this is of course written by a non-librarian and someone that's way off the mark in some respects I think. "The rise of library science" has led to our downfall? Students aren't supposed to connect and collaborate in our building, only in the classroom? I wonder what's led him to feel like the library has abandoned him, because that's def. what this rant feels like to me. He...
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- Sir Shuping
An interesting article because it shows how easy it is for what we are doing to be construed wrongly by faculty (and this happens all the time). I do agree that we need to focus on our core mission more at times, but I disagree that the library is not a place for connecting and collaborating.
- Fiona Bradley
Nice response in the comments at IHE, Andrew.
- Steve is older than ever
thanks steve. Fiona I absolutely agree with you about the library as a place.
- Sir Shuping
I guess if I were going to follow this up, the first two questions I'd look into are (1) what do students think about the role of the library today--the library as they know it and the library as they would like it to be? And (2) If students could just as easily collaborate in student unions, computer labs, coffee shops, and so on, ARE they doing that? Why do the students who go to the library still choose the library instead of the coffee shop?
- Steve is older than ever
wow...librarians are fighting back in the comments, including the University Librarian Emeritus at Yale. Steve I like those questions! I want to ask our students those too, but not sure if/how they would respond to it
- Sir Shuping
Steve: I was just looking at the comments on our recent Libqual survey, and our students seem to think that the library should be a quiet study space with lots of parking nearby. Oh, and that while ILL is great and all, e-resources should be all full text, all the time and never, ever, ever not work. (Our student body is made up of lots of older students and lots of commuters, so these things make a lot of sense.)
- Kirsten
just thinking back on my student days... the library would be about the last place I would go to for group discussion and collaboration, and that was only a decade ago. It would be easy for most academics to still think this way. The renewal of library as place really has only happened in the past few years, too easy for many academics to have missed that and think, "what happened to the quiet study space I remember?"
- Fiona Bradley
Fiona, same here (class of '00 for undergrad). I always specifically avoided the "loud" floor of the library in favor of quiet corners in which to study/work. If I needed to work on a group project, we did that in someone's room/apt or some other non-library space.
- Rachel Walden
Oh, great point Fiona. And profs usually come to the library in the afternoon, while the students don't really move in until after dinner.
- Steve is older than ever
Western is a pretty small public university in WA with a new president. We (public academia) have been and will continue to be hammered by severe state budget cuts, I think Western had ~400 layoffs. I have to wonder if the fallout might be behind his perspective. http://crosscut.com/2009...
- Nikki D.
Just thinking I should balance my own comment with one that students do make a lot of use of the group study rooms in MPOW, and a vocal contingent always expresses a wish that there were more of these rooms.
- Rachel Walden
Oddly enough, I read the post twice and still couldn't understand the point he was making -- every library I've ever been to (and it was the first place I was allowed to walk to on my own as a rather young child) has been more than an "archive" of material. It was the comments that helped me understand the post!
- Mickey Schafer
I'm thinking about getting a small graphics tablet to use with Photoshop for marking up screenshots (see here: http://www3.saintmarys.edu/library...) because using the mouse for this is way clumsy and frustrating. I'm looking at the Wacom Bamboo; any thoughts or recommendations?
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Also, if you do similar markups on screenshots, and DON'T use a tablet, how do you do it?
- Catherine Pellegrino
Wacom, generally speaking, makes good stuff. Make sure that it works with Mac/PC, depending on your preferred flavor. If you've never used a tablet for input, it'll take some getting used to, but it's a cool idea.
- Jason Griffey
I tend to paste my screenshots into Word or Publisher and then use drawing tools and text boxes and such.
- laura x
I have the Bamboo, and while it's OK (merely OK), if you can spend a little more, buy one of their small professional tablets.
- cecily
Laura: earlier, I was doing a crazy workflow involving taking the screenshot, cropping it in Photoshop, importing it and marking it up in PowerPoint, taking ANOTHER screenshot of the marked-up slide, taking that back into Photoshop to crop (again) and save as a .gif. I gave up. Cecily: all I'm doing is drawing arrows and circling things: for that, would the next-better line really be worth it? I iz NOT an artiste.
- Catherine Pellegrino
i've used fullshot (about $50), and i think it was worth the money. dunno if that's cheaper than a tablet, or if you would use a tablet for something else too.
- tara
Catherine, the Bamboo should be great for something like that.
- cecily
Thanks, Cecily, that really helps!
- Catherine Pellegrino
I just learned to use jing (http://www.jingproject.com/) for such screenshots. The arrows and text options are pretty nice. One can also make little movies, but this is just a screenshot. http://www.screencast.com/users... and it is free, too.
- joe is not going rogue...
i use Skitch (Mac only i believe) or Jing.
- jambina
Oooh, hey, that Jing screenshot looks good - thank you, Joe! I knew about Jing but was under the impression it only did screencasts, not screenshots. Will look into that further...
- Catherine Pellegrino
Considering I learned about Jing just 11 days ago, I really have to thank William Breitbach, CSU-Fullerton, for a demo...
- joe is not going rogue...
Jing's pretty fantastic and free, if you don't mind having ads tacked on to your content. You can also use Fireshot or Aviary, both of which are Firefox plugins.
- cecily
I guess one could also purchase Jing Pro. I would guess that the ads go away for the paid users, but I am not positive of that.
- joe is not going rogue...
I use Snagit. Not free but worth it via the productivity savings.
- suelibrarian
from iPhone
On Mac I use Skitch; on Windows I use "Paint" - no idea whether that comes with the OS or costs a fortune or what, it's just on our PCs here at work.
- Deborah Fitchett
Seconding Snagit. Use it probably 5-6 times a day. Not just for the callout functions, although they are absolutely brilliant. There is also Fireshot in the Firefox.
- Kathryn says love n peace
Thanks so much, folks - you've given me a lot to think about. I'll definitely check out Jing and Snagit; I'm not sure that Jing will do precisely what I need it to, but Snagit might. I may still buy a tablet, just for the "new toy" factor, but we'll see.
- Catherine Pellegrino
Catherine: if you don't want to pay for or download any software, Aviary has a handy little image markup tool: http://aviary.com/home
- Dana Longley
Y'all are awesome. I think Jing will do most or all of what I need it to, and if it doesn't, SnagIt certainly will. Thank you bunches.
- Catherine Pellegrino
Brainstorm: Title for a readers' advisory blog for library staff. GO!
Sarah June and Holly Rae, FFer liked this
The Quick and the Read.
- Kirsten
Psst, Read This: Pass It On
- Aaron the Librarian
How to Talk About Books You Have Not Read
- Steve is older than ever
What the Hell is Mitford?
- joshua "magic" neff
On Beyond Zebra
- joshua "magic" neff
Don't Judge
- joshua "magic" neff
Better Off Read
- Laura B home
Better Read Than Dead
- joshua "magic" neff
Books not Crooks
- tab thinks you're awesome
Jorge.
- Chris Z.
Pride and Prejudice and RA
- Kirsten
What You Always Wanted to Know About Genre Fiction But Were Afraid to Ask
- Kirsten
Shelf Reading
- joshua "magic" neff
wait? this blog is for staff to read?
- DJF
Caveat Lecteur has already been taken -)
- Mr. Gunn
"Twilight is Not the Only Book in Existence"
- Miriella
PUT THAT BOOK *DOWN* !NOW! (how does one shout above ALL CAPS when one is ALL CAPPING?)
- Aaron the Librarian
awesome shit i think you would enjoy reading.
- tara
yeah, but I'm not using it any more -- you're welcome to it if you want it
- D0r0th34
oh tara, if ONLY. :)
- holly
yeah, i didn't think it would fly...
- tara
"Oh No You Di'in't": books I saw you reading in the staff lounge that you should feel totally ashamed about.
- cecily
right person, right book
- Katie
Every Book Its Reader
- Steve is older than ever
"Hey You! Don't Read That, Read This!"
- cecily
Cecily wins.
- Chris Z.
Book Sex
- Aaron the Librarian
Anybody here at University of Toronto? Or know someone there? Kudos here from a new grad student: http://twitter.com/llucci0...
The Great Upper Midwest Library Society of the World Meetup: Are you joining us in La Crosse, WI on December 12-13? You should! There will be library hopping, a home cooked meal from Rochelle, brunch on Sunday, and any other activities you dream up. Please sign up to assist us with planning and communication:...
Come meet your Friends in the Computer in person!
- marthalib
Thus far, nine people have signed up.
- marthalib
Here's the link for the sign up form: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewfor...
- marthalib
Even if you live in La Crosse, please sign up anyway, just so that we have some sense of numbers. Thanks!
- marthalib
How do I read the spreadsheet without filling out the form again?
- Betsy (bentley) Vera
J E A L O U S.
- Steve is older than ever
If you loved us enough, you would come. *pouts*
- Rochelle Rochelle
yeah! what Rochelle said.
- marthalib
@marthalib: Thanks!
- Betsy (bentley) Vera
Anyone here done webinars with the built-in mic on a mac? Couldn't find a USB headset in time so trying to work out if it will do.
I haven't done webinars on the Mac but I have used it for talking to people one-on-one with Skype etc and the built-in mic was okay for that. The only thing I'd suggest would be earphones rather than speakers to prevent annoying feedback loops.
- Deborah Fitchett
Is anyone's Admissions, HR, or other non-library offices using embedded meebo chat widgets to offer online help/support? If so, could you point me to an example?
Dana, it's not embedded meebo, but they have put a lot of chat links on our Admissions site: http://www.potsdam.edu/admissi...
- Jenica
Thanks Jenica!
- Dana Longley
I know our admissions folks are very very pleased with using IM, also -- they've gotten great student response. If you ever want to talk to anyone, let me know, and I'll get you names.
- Jenica
Agreed to write an article for my friend who's on the editorial board of local publication. Now hassling her about online open access reprints before I give her my draft.
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Hi all. I've had the pleasure of crossing paths with a lot of you all in the main feed, but I wanted to join this room, as I'm thinking seriously about going back to school for my MLIS.
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I was an English major in college before earning an MFA in film at an art school and these remain major interests to me. I love photography, slave narratives, comic books and in a perfect world would like to find a way to include these in a professional sense, hopefully in an academic setting. Currently looking at online programs and if I could find GRE-free programs, I’ll send everyone here cookies. Thanks for listening and looking forward to participating here.
- Derrick
ONE OF US! ONE OF US!
- Sarah G.
dude, you're already one of us! and you'd be an awesome librarian i think
- Sir Shuping
o haaaiiiiiiii Derrick! welcome! we would be lucky to have you as one of us :)
- holly
welcome to the Light Side of the Force
- D0r0th34
Can we just make Derrick a librarian on a voice vote?
- Steve is older than ever
GRE-Free program - SJSU, no?
- Kendra K
Oh thanks everyone! Yes, Kendra SJSU is GRE-free as well as UW-Madison and I think Madison is beginning a new online program as well.
- Derrick
MAT works at UNT, my (mostly) online alma mater :) http://www.lis.unt.edu/main...
- Nikki D.
Steve I think we can...I mean what will he learn in library school we can't teach him? I vote aye!
- Sir Shuping
Gee, could we get the LSW accredited by the ALA? :P
- joshua "magic" neff
as an alum and sometime teacher at UW-Madison -- I wouldn't trust the online program juuuuuuust yet. as for GRE, if you've ever taken it you can probably just use your old scores. I know I did, and mine were about seven years old at the time.
- D0r0th34
D0r0th34, thanks for the advice. I've only heard good things about UW-Madison and not just the online program. I'd consider relocating, if it came to that. Also, my poor GRE scores are dust in the wind. I took it on paper back in...'95? This is a lot of info and a great resource and I look forward to investigating and finding out what works best for me. I think I might have to tackle the GRE to maximize the list of schools available.
- Derrick
I would say go for the GRE. I don't think many schools care about your score, they just want you to take it. That was my sense from Drexel. (I did their online program.)
- Kendra K
Noted, and thanks Kendra. I looked at their program too. I should also point out that I went to a reaaaaaaaly expensive art school and would like to minimize what I can in terms of expense. I assume that there some sorts of federal and institutional funding? *fingers crossed* From what I've seen so far, SJSU is probably my best bet in terms of tuition and costs.
- Derrick
if you're going to move, come here a year early and get in-state rates. NEVER EVER EVER spend more on your MLS than you absolutely must.
- D0r0th34
Sound advice, D0r0th34. I'll take that under consideration.
- Derrick
do it! oh and for the GRE, dont sweat it.
- Black Lantern Satan
Watch out about SJSU - they are doing some crazy stuff with their in-state tuition so it's not that cheap anymore. I also think the program is suffering growing pains.
- Kendra K
got an idea where you'd like to specialize, Derrick? not that you have to at this point; it will just help us point you in good directions. Madison is good for public librarians, brilliant for youth and K-12 librarians, average to poor for academic librarians, average to poor but improving for techie librarians. Its sole faculty archivist is about to light out for greener pastures, so I'd say go elsewhere for archives if you're desperate to start right away.
- D0r0th34
Ok, well that helps. I'm looking at primarily academic stuff. Not very techy. Not sure if I could handle public, but love college and university campuses. I studied all sorts of literature as an undergrad, but was an afro-am minor and did a lot of my work in afro-am literature and slave narratives. But I also went to an art school and love, love, love art. I don't know if that makes it...
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- Derrick
'k, if you haven't subbed to Karin Dalziel here, you prolly should. I can also hook you up with a pal of mine who's now running the library at the Corcoran College of Art and Design; he's awesomesauce. Mario Ascencio, mascencio@corcoran.org, tell him Dorothea told him to teach you everything he knows. ;)
- D0r0th34
Derrick, Illinois, when I applied, was GRE-free depending on your past academic achievement. I still took it as I was on the borderline and figured I could use all the help I could get. It also has a well-considered online program, and, as far as I know, is one of the only LIS schools that offers graduate assistantships through the Library which, at this point in time, comes with a...
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- Katie
If you're in LA, I would totally try for UCLA. It's a good program, they have lots of art stuff. I would have done that instead of Drexel but I didn't want to leave my job.
- Kendra K
This is all really useful and great information. Thanks D0r0th34 and Kendra. I have a friend whom I think went to UCLA. I don't know why I didn't think of approaching her until right now.
- Derrick
hurrah!
- marthalib
I got mine via distance ed at FSU. They did need GRE, but it was a good program, highly ranked, and not terribly expensive.
- Jàson Puçkett
Welcome to the coven! Talk to grads before choosing an online program, and definitely spend as little as possible, regardless of what you do.
- laura x
Man, I told you this months ago, but did you listen to me then? Nooooooooooo. ;-)
- cecily
Cecily - I remember that! Didn't you say he'd make a great teen librarian?
- Katy S
Yes, that's exactly what I said. :)
- cecily
Maryland has a class this semester in information access in the humanities would be of interest! (GRE required, I think).
- Christina Pikas
Derrick - I went to UIUC (on campus but took several online classes) and did an internship at UCLA relatively recently (if 2005 counts as that) and I'd be happy to talk to you about them. There are tons of scholarships and fellowships available - it's possible to come out with very little to no debt.
- Jaclyn
Wow, thanks everyone! This is really great. I'm really happy to have found such a resource. I'll take everything to heart and contact you all if I have questions. And I'm sure I will. And I remember that too, Cecily. I think part of my reluctance to look into LIS is that it's really been so long since I utilized a library and wasn't aware of the breadth of options as a profession. I...
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- Derrick
Derrick, I read through the book Cracking the GRE before I took the test (both times, once written, once on the computer), & it helped immensely! Definitely take a look at it if you're going to retake the test.
- joshua "magic" neff
I did my MLS at Drexel, completely online (the first and last time I showed up on campus in Philly was to for graduation (which they paid the travel expenses for, by the way)), and it's GRE-free, I'm pretty sure, if you already have a Master's and a decent GPA in that. That was also my main reason for choosing Drexel, and I did already have a Master's as well :)
- Miriella
Josh, I just picked up that book as well as some vocabulary flash cards! I'm actually not too worried about it. I won't be able to apply for programs until next year, so I'll take the time to really look at programs, study, help focus on what it is I exactly want to do in terms of librarianship, and then study some more.
- Derrick
I did mine at the U of TN, which has a fully online program (except for an orientation at the start of the program and comps in your final semester) - it was a good program for me. GRE is now required of most applicants (there's supposedly an exception, but there were too many words on the page and I couldn't find it :) ). I'll say this, though: spend as little money on an ALA...
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- ÉllbeeÇee
also, get a job in a library. that is the most important advice I can give you.
- marthalib
Yes to martha! A job, any job - get your toe in a library!
- Miriella
I feel that I got immeasurably more out of library school because I worked in a library than I would have otherwise.
- Jàson Puçkett
Keep your eye on ARL and ALA for scholarships. I personally endorse the ARL as I've been a recipient of one of their scholarships which is paying for the majority of my degree and also provided me with a network and a mentor. Not that you don't already have an incredible network here!
- Jennifer McDaniel
I don't think anyone here has plugged UNC-Chapel Hill yet, so I will. It's a great school. And, several of their assistantships (especially those that are part of the CALA program) cover in-state and out-of-state tuition, plus pay you (a tiny amount of money). So don't discount a program just because of its cost.
- Joan
Also, the Southern Historical Collection at UNC is amazing. Given your interest in slave narratives, you'd probably find the special collections there compelling. They do require the GRE, though.
- Joan
If your background in film and art is very strong you may have luck with a special or public radio library - those with jobs may not realize, but the job market is extremely bad for librarians right now - especially English majors who are dime a dozen. I hate to be negative, but there it is.
- vickie mackenzie
ArtJournal - Downloading Optimism - http://lucylou.livejournal.com/578698...
Mar₭ the Engaged, D0r0th34 and Mr. Gunn liked this
pretty interesting strip discussing the print vs digital debate from the perspective of an online artist. and her perspective on why it works better for her are interesting
- Sir Shuping
from Bookmarklet
loling at "and then she called me the antichrist" BTDT
- D0r0th34
I really liked her comparison between ancient scrolls vs books. I don't know if they really thought that, but def. a valid (to me) comparison
- Sir Shuping
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