I'll be blogging and presenting at the Coalition for Networked Information Fall 2007 Task Force Meeting tomorrow - I've wanted to attend one of these conferences for some time due to their innovative and collaborative focus, and I'm also interested to see how my reference-centric "project briefing" is received amid the other sessions, many of... Continue Reading →
growth in online education
From a two-part NPR series on online education, thanks to the Distant Librarian: The source document for this table is a Sloan Consortium study, Online Nation: Five Years of Growth in Online Learning.
meebo in the catalog.
In Mashing on the Library, Part 1 Jenny over at the Shifted Librarian profiles examples of libraries who have integrated Meebo widgets into their OPAC. Sarah at Librarian in Black has a similar post. Judging from our incredibly positive experience with Meebo reference the in-catalog widget approach couldn't help but be a success, and Sarah... Continue Reading →
learning spaces
EDUCAUSE has an ongoing project worth highlighting - "Photojournalism of Your Learning Spaces" asks students and staff at universities and colleges to photograph positive and negative aspects of their learning environments and and upload them to Flickr, tagged publicly with "learningspaces" or "learning_spaces." Although many of the photos don't have explanatory notes that would help... Continue Reading →
more uses for skype at the university of canterbury libraries
I posted on a Skype pilot at the University of Canterbury Libraries in New Zealand a while back - it looks like they're now using Skype instead of traditional AV equipment as an aspect of usability testing for a website redesign... great idea, and one that can save a lot of money and trouble in... Continue Reading →
two rad firefox extensions
It's been a long while since I posted - it's been snowy in these parts, which is sure to put any Texan off her game for a spell. First off, I've lately been impressed with a Firefox extension that lets you edit web images in-browser - snipshot. You can right-click on any web image (or... Continue Reading →
info-mational 