My dear friend and partner-in-crime, Lisa Rabey, commented the other day that I have been hot and heavy with the link-posting of late. Admittedly, I’m in an odd position here at my new job, as our director is on leave, and so I’m kind of on my own, so I’ve been filling in time (between… Read more »
Posts Categorized: academic libraries
The sociology of Sociology 101 (or "Psych 101" 101)
I just had a really great chat with a professor here, and it got me thinking. I’ve been pondering the idea of doing my PhD at some point (I will be finishing my third masters this December, and I’m declaring a moratorium on masters degrees after that.) Having taken many of my classes for this past degree online,… Read more »
Getting our foot in the door to Moodle(Rooms)
My awesome co-worker and frequent co-conspirator Barbara Arnett has whipped up a little library resource search box that can be added to courses in our course management software (we just switched to Moodle.) We’re currently working on convincing them to add it to the school’s course shell template, so it will appear by default in… Read more »
Viewing e-books on an iPad
This month, my library purchased an iPad for the staff to try out. We were contemplating initiating an iPad lending program for students, and wanted to play around with one ourselves before committing to such a large purchase. A large part of the discussion about whether or not to invest in the program was if… Read more »
Back in Business…
Well, I’m finally back from vacation, still freaking out about the upcoming semester and the new website… The new students arrived this week, so we’ve been pretty busy with orientation and outreach efforts. On an entirely different note, did anyone see Andrew Keen on The Colbert Report? Is it just me, or is his entire… Read more »
Panic, Setting In…
Well, it’s already two weeks into August, and I’m officially starting to freak out. I can’t believe the fall semester starts in two weeks! On top of planning our library instruction sessions for the term, as well as our outreach and promotion, we just found out that we are a go on the new website,… Read more »
Desperately Seeking Direction
This summer, only my second as an “official” librarian, has been a tough one for me. As an academic librarian, summers are usually our slow season, and last summer afforded me plenty of time to unwind from the regular school year, and to work on my own little “projects” that got me all ramped up… Read more »
On the Professional Advantages of Being a Slacker and a Librarian
One quick clarification on that title, note that I did not say “slacker librarian”, but slacker AND librarian. I liked the sound of the first one better, but I think when you stay late at work just to finish reading all your library 2.0 feeds, and are kept up late at night envisioning all the… Read more »
Why My Library Should Invest in Overhauling Its Online Presence
How is it that, in today’s technological atmosphere, where users expect to be able to access virtually everything online (no pun intended, but a good one nonetheless, haha…) it is such a struggle to get the administration to realize the importance of our website? Why am I practically begging for them to at least provide… Read more »
Designing for the New Web
Ok, I am officially going crazy. The other night I was up until 3am because I couldn’t stop my brain… With my library’s proposed website redesign (which I am somehow in charge of, simply because I suggested that perhaps an institute of technology should not have a library website that looked like it was done… Read more »
