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Funny Librarian Video: ‘Librarians Do Gaga’

Posted on June 4th, 2010 in Audio & Video, Audio & Video Online, Books - Loving & Sharing Them, Games & Fun, Higher Education, Humor, Internet, Librarians or Media Specialists, Libraries or Media Centers, Research, University or Academic Libraries, Videos, Weblogs, Weblogs on Books

Got to see it to believe it!   This video even features Big 6’s Michael Eisenberg and Nancy Pearl (author of ‘Book Lust’)
Bib 2.0: Mental Health Break…

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‘100 Time-Saving Search Engines for Serious Scholars’

Posted on April 2nd, 2010 in Book Reviews, Books, Databases, Education, English & Literature, General, Google, Higher Education, Internet, Mathematics, Medical, News & Current Affairs, Research, Saving Time, Science, Search Strategies, Technology, Textbooks, University or Academic Libraries, Utilities - Software & Online

OnlineUniversities.com offered a useful list of Search Engines.   The site says that:
‘ Undergraduates and grad students alike will appreciate the usefulness of these search engines that allow them to find books, journal articles and even primary source material for whatever kind of research they’re working on and that return only [...]

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About.com Offers 47 Alternatives to Wikipedia.com

Posted on February 22nd, 2010 in Audio & Video Online, Google, Government, Health & Medical, Internet, Museums, News & Current Affairs, Research, Saving Time, Search Strategies, U.S.A., University or Academic Libraries, Utilities - Software & Online, Wikis

The About.com article, ‘47 Alternatives to Wikipedia: 47 Websites You Can Use Instead of Wikipedia‘, indeed offers some great research Websites.  The article says:
‘Wikipedia is perhaps the most popular reference site online, with millions of high quality articles available on virtually any topic. However, there are limits to what Wikipedia can offer. Here are 47 [...]

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Texting and Communicating with Students

Posted on January 9th, 2010 in Blogging, Book Reviews, Books, Books & Their Authors, Books for Young Adults, Booktalks, Cell Phones & Smart Phones, Character Education, Communication, Education, English & Literature, Google, Higher Education, Interactive Whiteboards, Librarians or Media Specialists, Libraries or Media Centers, Reading, Research, Social Networking, Teachers & Training, Technology, Twitter, University or Academic Libraries

An article on InsideHigherEd.com entitled, ‘Text Generation‘,  got me started thinking about texting and communicating with students.   Personally, I don’t think in most cases the students should have a teacher’s cell phone number.  However, I think it would be interesting to provide texting options with the ‘library and specificially the ‘reference librarian’ as in the [...]

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University Libraries of the Future

Posted on September 27th, 2009 in Archival, Audio & Video Online, Computers, Education, Google, Government, Health & Medical, Higher Education, Internet, Librarians or Media Specialists, Libraries or Media Centers, News & Current Affairs, Research, Saving Money, Saving Time, Teachers & Training, U.S.A., University or Academic Libraries, Weblogs, eBooks

InsideHigherEd.com posted an interesting article about ‘the university library of the future’.  The article simply entitled, ‘Libraries of the Future’, begins:
‘The university library of the future will be sparsely staffed, highly decentralized, and have a physical plant consisting of little more than special collections and study areas.’
Read on…http://www.insidehighered.com

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