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Backstage Librarians: Books by Rachel Singer Gordon, guru of new wave librarian jobs
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009. Books by Rachel Singer Gordon, guru of new wave librarian jobs. Many are beginning to realize the importance of having a librarian with IT training on staff. They didn't tell us about this in library school! So, if you're like me and you want to some good books to jumpstart your professional development, look to Rachel Singer Gordon. Rachel Singer Gordon: amazon's author page. Posted by Sabrina Nespeca. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). A Visit to the Huntington. Palomar Coll...
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Backstage Librarians: Learning Web 2.0 lesson 4: Your answers for Activity 3
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Friday, November 6, 2009. Learning Web 2.0 lesson 4: Your answers for Activity 3. Lesson 4's reflections were submitted via a Google Form for Activity 3 instead of our respective blogs. If you'd like to see what your classmates thought about using Google Docs, explore the spreadsheet below to see everybody's answers to the survey questions. You could get some great ideas about how you can use Google Docs with each other! Posted by Sabrina Nespeca. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). San Marcos owl cam.
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Learning Web 2.0 - Palomar College Library: Lesson 5: Wikipedia (& wikis)
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Learning Web 2.0 - Palomar College Library. Monday, November 16, 2009. Lesson 5: Wikipedia (& wikis). Combining the words 'wiki' and 'encyclopedia'. 'Wiki' is a Hawaiian word for fast or speedy blended with the word encyclopedia . a quick encyclopedia. In addition to the Hawai'ian meaning, the word 'wiki' now has another meaning in the Web 2.0 world. A wiki is a website "whose content can be edited by anyone with access to it." (Full definition of wiki. Wikipedia is an example of a wiki. The short answer...
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Backstage Librarians: Hands-on introduction to local special collection
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Thursday, December 17, 2009. Hands-on introduction to local special collection. In mid-November, I joined San Diego librarians in an archiving adventure and special collections tour led by Richard Crawford of the SDPL. Check out Daria's description:. SLA blog post on the volunteer archiving work party. Even with my electronic serials background, I'm still amazed at how little electronic indexing is done for old newspapers. This essentially means access is dead. I'm sure the librarians would welcome a ris...
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Backstage Librarians: Library 101: Resources to Know
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Thursday, October 29, 2009. Library 101: Resources to Know. From a project quickly gaining momentum, the founders, Michael Porter and David Lee King, spelled out the basics of what skills have been needed, are needed, and will be needed for the next 20 years. This is a great primer to bookmark, since it's full of hyperlinks. Don't be fooled by the silly, silly song on the project's home page. Posted by Sabrina Nespeca. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Emerging Technologies and Libraries- Read More!
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Learning Web 2.0 - Palomar College Library: Lesson 3: Microblogging ... Twitter!
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Learning Web 2.0 - Palomar College Library. Friday, October 9, 2009. Lesson 3: Microblogging . Twitter! Before starting the Twitter lesson, let's practice what we learned in Lesson 2 and do the following. Use RSS to follow two (2) other participants in this blog. You can use either Google Reader or Outlook. The list of participants is on the right hand side of this page. Do this before starting the Twitter lesson below. Welcome back. Let's start with Twitter. Brevity is the soul of wit.". How do I know w...
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Learning Web 2.0 - Palomar College Library: Lesson 2: RSS - Follow blogs and websites automatically with Google Reader or Outlook
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Learning Web 2.0 - Palomar College Library. Tuesday, September 22, 2009. Lesson 2: RSS - Follow blogs and websites automatically with Google Reader or Outlook. Tip: open all links from this page in new windows or new tabs so that you don't lose track of the instructions. To get a menu which allows you to do this, right-click on the links (Windows) or hold down the Control key while clicking (Mac). In this workshop, you will:. Learn to recognize when a website offers an RSS feed. What are RSS feeds? Commo...
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Learning Web 2.0 - Palomar College Library: Welcome to the Learning Web 2.0 Project!
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Learning Web 2.0 - Palomar College Library. Monday, August 31, 2009. Welcome to the Learning Web 2.0 Project! What is this project? If you follow along with the lessons, you'll be able to tweet "@nsdlibrarian #textbooks LOL", get a Facebook account, make a blog, follow a blog, Twitter and hopefully we'll have some fun and get to know each other better. If you'd like to work on these lessons on your own, that's great! What is Web 2.0? In the world of "Web 2.0", many lines are blurred, most especially ...
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Backstage Librarians: Learning 2.0--Wikipedia: Ms. Grammarian has a field day
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Saturday, December 19, 2009. Learning 2.0- Wikipedia: Ms. Grammarian has a field day. Wikipedia editing can also be great practice for online searching for a librarian. We often teach students about the importance of citations, but we can practice it ourselves in Wikipedia articles actual people may read. On what to tell students about Wikipedia:. I usually tell students that Wikipedia is a great place to start researching a topic they are unfamiliar with, but by no means should they cite. It as a source.