Friday, December 15, 2006
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon’s Mines
(CinemaBlend.com, 7 December 2006)
http://www.cinemablend.com/dvdnews/The-Librarian-Books-a-DVD-Appearance-1933.html
What Is "Truthiness?"
According to Merriam-Webster, it's the word of the year. As defined by Stephen Colbert, it is “truth that comes from the gut, not books.”
“We’re at a point where what constitutes truth is a question on a lot of people’s minds, and truth has become up for grabs,” said the president of Merriam-Webster. “’Truthiness’ is a playful way for us to think about a very important issue.”
(ABC News, 8 December 2006)
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2711832
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Iraq Study Group (ISG) Report Available
The landmark final report of the Iraq Study Group (ISG) by James A. Baker and Lee H. Hamilton (co-chairs) is now available online.
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Google offers PDF files for out-of-copyright classics
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/08/download-classics.html
Friday, November 17, 2006
Zoho: Free word processing, spreadsheets & lots more!
"If you’ve never checked out the many web-based tools that Zoho provides (all free) they are MORE than worth a look. From word processing (now with several new features) to spreadsheets to web-based presentation tools (Zoho Show) and that’s just the tip of the iceberg." (From ResourceShelf).
The have something like powerpoint, to do lists, website tracking and all kinds of good stuff for free.
The Information Literacy Game
From the University of North Carolina, Greensboro....check out the game and play!
http://library.uncg.edu/de/infolitgame.asp#
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
PureVideo & Blinkx: Video Search
PureVideo searches the internet for videos from YouTube, AOL Music Videos, Stupid Videos, CollegeHumor, CNN, ESPN and hundreds more all at once.
Pretty much the same thing from Blinkx Video at http://www.blinkx.com/
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Zotero: Managing Citations
Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work — in the web browser itself. (beta version)
- Automatic capture of citation information from web pages
- Storage of PDFs, files, images, links, and whole web pages
- Flexible notetaking with autosave
- Fast, as-you-type search through your materials
- Playlist-like library organization, including saved searches (smart collections) and tags
- Platform for new forms of digital research that can be extended with other web tools and services
- Runs right in your web browser
- Formatted citation export (style list to grow rapidly)
- Free and open source
Monday, November 06, 2006
Google Your Library's Mission & Google's Ten Things
Also Google.com's view on how to maximize and simplify usability: http://www.google.com/corporate/tenthings.html
Friday, November 03, 2006
Happy 100,000,000!
Read the complete article here:
(CNN, 1 November 2006)
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/11/01/100millionwebsites/index.html
Monday, October 23, 2006
In the Beginning Was the Word: 100 Best First Lines From Novels
99. They say that when trouble comes, close ranks, and so the white people did. -- Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea (1966)
98. High, high above the North Pole, on the first day of 1969, two professors of English Literature approached each other at a combined velocity of 1200 miles per hour. -- David Lodge, Changing Places (1975)
Intrigued? Read the complete list in the Jan-Feb 2006 issue of American Book Reivew (available in Academic Search Premier) or visit LitLine at http://www.litline.org/ABR/100bestfirstlines.html
Librarian Liaisons List
Who ya gonna call?
Find your librarian liaison below!
Angela Ieli x3866
Art (2-Dimensional and 3-Dimensional)
Piano Pedagogy
Psychology
Vocal Studies
Becky Rathgeber x3852
Accounting
Computer Science
Hospitality and Tourism Management
Information Systems
International Business Management
Mathematics
Riley Moffat x3884
Biochemistry
Biology
Chemistry
Exercise and Sports Science
Physical Education
Political Science
Matt Kester x3869
History
Valerie Buck x3880
English
Marynelle Chew x3863
Social Work
Rose Ram x3882
Elementary Education
Hawaiian Studies
Interdisciplinary Studies**
International Cultural Studies (Anthropology, Communications, Humanities)
Pacific Island Studies
Secondary Education
Special Education
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
TESOL Education
**All librarians assist with Interdisciplinary Studies
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Grove Art Online Updated
This month, we are also celebrating The Dictionary of Art's 10th anniversary. The Dictionary of Art (34 volumes, 1996), created with the participation of over 6,700 scholars, is the foundation of this remarkable online resource. Today nearly 1,000 art historians contribute to Grove Art Online's editorial program. We hope you will continue to find the growing diversity and depth of this resource valuable and enjoyable.
We'd also like to announce the landmark agreement with The Metropolitan Museum of Art for 2,000 images to be included in the Grove Art Online by Summer 2007.
Monday, October 09, 2006
RedLightGreen service ending
RLG, RedLightGreen's parent not-for-profit company has combined forces with another organization that supports a similar service, WorldCat.org. We have decided to invest all of our efforts into developing and supporting a single product rather than continuing to support two.
We'd like to encourage you to update your RedLightGreen bookmarks to point to WorldCat.org, and to try out this new service that will help you find books and other research resources provided by nearly 12,000 libraries worldwide. Like RedLightGreen, WorldCat.org will help you get access to research materials at your local library. WorldCat.org is easy to use, and supports many of the same features as RedLightGreen; the one service that WorldCat.org does not currently support is citation formatting, but we are working on implementing this feature in WorldCat.org in the near future.
If you saved citations in RedLightGreen, you can retrieve your citation list from RedLightGreen until November 4th by following these steps:
- Connect to RedLightGreen Use the Sign In link (if you aren't automatically signed in)
- Click the Your List link in the upper right
- You can then select the E-Mail link to send your citations to your e-mail account, or get a printer-friendly view to print or download
If you have questions or comments, use the Feedback link on any page in RedLightGreen to let us know. We want to take this opportunity to thank you for using RedLightGreen. We wish you the best of luck in locating useful books and other research resources.
The RedLightGreen Team
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Share the Love... Of Books!
http://bookmooch.com/
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Search the Collections of the Worlds Libraries
Monday, August 07, 2006
The Secret to Academic Success
“Anne didn’t know how their essays were rated, what A-level grades they had under their belts, or how they scored on IQ tests. . . . All she knew was how often she had seen students in the department library: reading course notes, photocopying journals, borrowing books. And the handful of students who Anne saw a lot — conspicuously more often than the other students in the same year — were going to get a first.
“Anne was working on the principle that in academic achievement it is self-discipline, not talent, that counts. Ten years on, a study published recently in Psychological Science has come to exactly the same conclusion.”
So don’t waste your willpower on trifling things. Get those petty annoyances out of the way so you can concentrate on the important stuff. “If you are about to embark on a big project you court disaster if at the same time your life is cluttered and demanding, or you also commit to draining attempts at self-enhancement. . . . Where are the students whose self-discipline is constantly worn away by other concerns? Not in the library reading course-notes, photocopying articles or borrowing books. And if they are relying on their smarts to get them to the top of the class then there will be disappointment ahead.
“But don’t just take my word for it. Ask a librarian.”
(The Australian, 14 June 2006)
For complete article, please click below.
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19460829-12332,00.html
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Students and Information Literacy
Read the Whole Thing
Thursday, July 13, 2006
A web Search Engine for Multimedia
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
A Student's Assessment of Blackboard
Friday, July 07, 2006
I Love Books!
Friday, June 30, 2006
Wicked. Evil. Foul. Bad.
Complete text of article: http://byunews.byu.edu/archive06-Jun-davies.aspx
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Explore Shakespeare with Google!
"Search within Hamlet for "to be or not to be" to read the rest of his famous soliloquy. Find out who called the world his "oyster" and why. Browse through a familiar play – or follow your curiosity to discover a new one. And if you decide you want to buy a copy, "All editions" will show you every version in Google Book Search, many of which are available for purchase."
Note that some print editions of the plays may not have entered the public domain everywhere in the world. Where the copyright status is in question, the publication will not appear in "Full View."
To use: http://books.google.com/googlebooks/shakespeare/
New Tool For Genealogical Research from Google
Complete text of article may be accessed here: http://www.google.com/librariancenter/articles/0606_02.html
Monday, June 19, 2006
The Fair Use Network
"The Fair Use Network was created because of the many questions that artists, writers, and others have about "IP" issues. Whether you are trying to understand your own copyright or trademark rights, or are a "user" of materials created by others, the information here will help you understand the system — and especially its free-expression safeguards."
http://fairusenetwork.org/
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
JFK Presidential Library to Launch Digital Initiative
On June 9, 2006, Senator Edward M. Kennedy announced that the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is to build a new library – a digital one - consisting of the entire collection of papers, documents, photographs and audio recordings of President John F. Kennedy, eventually making them accessible to citizens throughout the world via the Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum’s website. Some content is already available for your use. http://www.jfklibrary.org/
What if they gagged Gutenberg?
Five-hundred years ago, we had Johann Gutenberg, a German metalworker and inventor who pioneered the precursor to the Internet. His printing press became the first practical mass communications medium utilizing what was then an advanced memory technology -- paper....
Read the entire article from the San Francisco Chronical at:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/06/11/INGT6J4PVB25.DTL
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
From Business Week Online
The Library: Next Best Thing to an MBA: Across the country, public libraries are giving would-be entrepreneurs a helping hand with resources and expert guidance.
Monday, May 22, 2006
Market Research Library
Friday, May 19, 2006
Enhancing the Use of Library Group Study Rooms.
Enhancing the Use of Library Group Study Rooms.
The Library has purchased projectors, laptops, and interactive whiteboard software for use in library group study rooms. The software allows users to digitally capture information written on the white boards and manipulate the data. After patrons have signed up for a group study room they can check out an equipment cart at the circulation desk for use in the group study room. For information contact Reference at 3878 or Circulation at 3876Monday, May 08, 2006
Academic Use of Digital Resources
"Darlene Fichter has a good post summarizing some of the results in "An Indepth Look at the Actual Academic Use of Digital Resources in the Social Sciences and Humanities"
The final report of the University of California at Berkeley's study on the Use and Users of Digital Resources: A Focus on Undergraduate Education in the Humanities and Social Science by Diane Harley et all was released April 5, 2006."
HT Stephen Abram
Best Places For Business And Careers
Friday, May 05, 2006
New Archives Collection
Archives hours
Friday, April 28, 2006
What Some Students Have Said About Library Research
HT Stephen Abram at Stephens Lighthouse
How to Handle All of Your Money
Heading Out Into the Sun?
Ever Wonder About the Accuracy of Health News?
- improving the accuracy of news stories about medical treatments, tests and procedures
- helping consumers evaluate the evidence for and against new ideas in health care.
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Persuasive Presentations
The top five persuasive strategies:
- Sharing facts: 73.5%
- Offering a solution: 62.1%
- Sharing a new idea: 52.8%
- Telling a story: 51.6%
- Changing a perception: 50.9%
The remaining practices include humor, creating excitement, audience involvement, building trust, inspiration, building a financial case, creating an emotional appeal, getting competitive, and overcoming hostility.
Changing Nature of the Library Catalog
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Website to Rate News Coverage of Health Issues
Access to the site and its findings, HealthNewsReview, http://www.healthnewsreview.org/ is free and open to consumers.
It was created by University of Minnesota journalism professor Gary Schwitzer, who said the hope is the site will help consumers "improve their critical thinking about claims in health care."
A team of 20 reviewers from universities and clinics across the country will rate articles on a scale of one to five stars and post comments.
While Schwitzer said he thinks the quality of health care journalism is improving, it still sometimes falls short. He said stories sometimes fail to spell out such things as the availability of a new treatment or the strength of the evidence behind a new study.
Monday, April 17, 2006
Web Based Applications
Friday, April 14, 2006
US Food Consumption Trends
Thursday, March 30, 2006
Information on Illegal Immigrants
HT Librarians Internet Index
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
International Economic Statistics
Newspaper Archives Available Online
+ FBI Newspaper Archive
More than 50,000 full text articles about the FBI, criminals, etc.
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+ September 11th Archive
More than 15,000 articles. Advanced interfaces are available for both databases.
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+ MartinLutherKingJrArchive
+ Pro Baseball Archive
+ College Basketball Archive
+ Abraham Lincoln Archive
+ AsbestosArchive.com (Asbestos and Asbestos Related Lawsuits)
+ HMS Titanic Archive
+ Winter Games Archive
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Interesting Products from 37 Signals
HT Libary Journal netconnect
Monday, March 13, 2006
Interesting Information on How Things are Made
Thursday, March 02, 2006
Reading a Key to College Success
Information Literacy Classroom
Blackboard Unveils Blackboard Beyond Initiative
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Library Offering Video Down Loads
Housing Prices In Different Cities
Monday, February 13, 2006
New Development in Electronic Books
Source: InfoToday
Friday, February 10, 2006
What's Shaking?
Tables of Contents in Library Catalogs
Digital Library Projects in the News
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
State Transportation Statistics (STS) 2005
Homeschooling in the United States
RSS Feeds from the Government
Friday, February 03, 2006
Educational Lectures on the Web
"ResearchChannel is a completely unique viewing experience, similar in nature to C-SPAN, but with a very different focus: research. Some of the world’s premier academic and research institutions invite viewers inside the lab to learn about the current, ongoing research that will impact their lives and shape
the future. And unlike other education-based channels, ResearchChannel is broadcast 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week, with no commercial nterruptions. In addition to conventional television broadcasts, on-line audiences worldwide have access to ResearchChannel’s continuous webcast and searchable on-demand video library of over 1700 fulllength
programs. These resources are available at Internet2, cable, DSL and modem speeds."
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Library Branding
Rethinking Bibliographic Services
"On the Library front, our bibliographic systems have not kept pace with this changing environment. The continuing proliferation of formats, tools, services, and technologies has upended how we arrange, retrieve, and present our holdings. Our users expect simplicity and immediate reward and Amazon, Google, and iTunes are the standards against which we are judged. Our current systems pale beside them."
Monday, January 30, 2006
A New Service to help Open Access to Research Information
"OpenDOAR – the Directory of Open Access Repositories – is please to
announces the release of its primary listing of open access archives, available from www.opendoar.org.
This classifies archives holding research papers, conference papers,
theses and other academic materials that are available as “open access”. This means that anyone with an internet connection has access to this information without paying any charges."
Friday, January 27, 2006
State of the Union Addresses
State of the Union Addresses of the American Presidents: Free Searchable Version
Search and analyze the the full-text of all State of the Union Addresses from 1790-2005. The State of the Union Address is an annual event in which the President of the United States reports on the status of the country. The address is also used to outline the President's legislative proposals for the upcoming year. The text is extremely useful in a searchable eBook.Two database trials
Routledge Religion Resource
Routledge Politics and International Relations Resource
These indexes provide access to the full text of reference works under the subjects of Religion and Politics and International relations. A wide breadth of subject matter that benefits students in a range of disciplines including philosophy, history, Asian studies, and sociology. Searches can be performed across articles and references at one time.
Trial links may be accessed from the library's home page or you may click here: http://www.reference.routledge.com/subscriber/uid=12405/?authstatuscode=202
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Global Health Statistics
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
No Surprise. Digital Music is Big Business
Sales of music via the internet and mobile phones proliferated and spread across the world in 2005, generating sales of US$1.1 billion for record companies - up from US$380 million the previous year - and promising further significant growth in the coming year.
The findings are released today in IFPI's Digital Music Report 2006, a comprehensive review of the development of the digital music market internationally.
Study: College students lack literacy for complex tasks
The results cut across three types of literacy: analyzing news stories and other prose, understanding documents and having math skills needed for checkbooks or restaurant tips.
Without "proficient" skills, or those needed to perform more complex tasks, students fall behind. They cannot interpret a table about exercise and blood pressure, understand the arguments of newspaper editorials, compare credit card offers with different interest rates and annual fees or summarize results of a survey about parental involvement in school.
Music Information on the Web
A column at the ACRL ( Association of College and Research Libraries) website surveys many quality websites related to music.
Will 2006 Be the Year of the E-book?
Sony is coming out with a new e-book reader in early 2006. Other companies are set to follow later in the year and in early 2007. Key issues are rights management and usability.