Friday Link Round Up November 23, 2009

Fair Use

• The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education

Assessment

• Measuring and Assessing Reference Services and Resources: A Guide

Cool things other libraries are doing

• What is your favorite thing about the Lester Public Library?
• RSS Starter Packs
• Overheard at the desk
  • from the comments: My middle schoolers ask this question “where are the good books?” so often that I finally made a permanent “good books bin” display. I put books there that I love but don’t know how to booktalk, along with new books and old favorites. It also has a tagline asking students to find a book in the library that they loved and add it to the bin. They surprise me with the classics that end up there. I love participatory displays! Now I can answer, “The good books? Oh, they’re in the Good Books Bin over there!”

Friday Link Round Up October 30, 2009

Teaching

• Lessons from ECAR – “Real Books and People”

Cool things other librarians are doing

• We’re Team INFLUX, two librarians passionate about improving libraries. Read more about who we are and what we do.
• Are We Marketing Well?
• Why I love new librarians
• Learning 1-2-3

Do you ALA? October 20, 2009

Some fantastic people are asking young librarians, “Do you ALA? Why or why not?“

You can see my reply in their YouTube Group.

Friday Link Round Up October 16, 2009

Cool things other libraries are doing

• Teaching Students, Teaching Faculty
• Why can’t I just search Google or Google Scholar for articles? What does Peer Review or Refereed or Scholarly Article mean? Also: Open Access? (blog aimed at students)
• BiblioMashups – Reading Radar

Teaching

• Learning to teach through video

Technology

• Easily find changes in text and code with Quick Diff

Friday Link Round Up October 2, 2009

Search

• Behold | Search High Quality Flickr Images
• Refine your search results with new Search Options

Teaching

• National Information Literacy Awareness Month
• Teaching less is teaching more
• ENGLISH Lesson Plans
  • http://libguides.usu.edu/english1010lesson
  • http://libguides.usu.edu/engl2010lessons

Cool things other libraries are doing

• Living Library Concept Spreading Worldwide
• Libraries and Librarians Get Creative on YouTube – Watch Our Top 5 Favorites

Friday Link Round Up September 18, 2009

Tech How Tos

• CustomGuide Provides Quick-Reference Sheets for Microsoft, Apple, and Adobe Products
• Myna Is an Awesome Multi-Track Audio Editor for Anyone

Teaching & Learning

• Explainer Tip: Remember the Curse of Knowledge
• Libraries and Innovation Journalists

Life Skills

• How To Find Time For… Everything!

Friday Link Round Up September 14, 2009

Food for Thought

• 50 things that are being killed by the internet

Just for Fun

• New Online Dictionary For Word Mavens

Teaching

• Doing What Works
• 10 Tips for Teaching Technology to Teachers

Technology

• Seven Easy Ways to Integrate Your Google Apps
• Back to School: 15 Essential Web Tools for Students
• Inline Validation in Web Forms

Friday Link Round Up September 4, 2009

Banned Books Week

• Book Bans and Challenges, 2007-2009

Cool things other libraries are doing

• Customized Flip Mino Cameras for the San Jose Public Library

Food for thought

• manners v. hospitality, revisited (or, posi v. judgy).
• It’s not about us (or more ramblings on possessiveness)

Teaching

• Information Literacy Resources and tools

Technology

• Google Book Downloader
• 12 words you can never say in the office

Friday Link Round Up August 28, 2009

Cool things other libraries are doing

• Linking to full text Google books in the catalog
• Library Finder Brings eBooks For Your Sony Reader

Customer Service

• Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign

Teaching

• Sense of self: Embracing your teacher identity

Tech

• 16 Apps That Make Sharing Large Files A Snap

Friday Link Round Up August 7, 2009

Teaching

• Cephalonian method – uses planted questions, follow the references for more info
• All the young dudes – summary of a lit review on generational differences

Reference

• Google Quietly Quadruples Its Newspaper Archives
• Free Tutorial For – tutorial search engine

Demographics

• Librarian Demographics