InfoLitEd

Wow, I amaze myself sometimes. So I see a meeboguest on my blog and decide to send him/her a message asking for thoughts/input on The Long-Haired Librarian. I sent an IM but got no response for a while. I can see this person’s been on my blog for 8 minutes and I’m wondering, “Hmmm, is what I’m blogging this interesting?!”

Now I notice the Firefox tab pointed at my blog. DER! I was IM’ing myself!

This is now old news, but a couple of weeks ago an article was published in the L.A. Times and was discussed on NPR. Boy Scouts receive an anti-piracy activity patch after learning the basics of copyright law. They can tour a movie studio so that they appreciate the effort that goes into the creation of a film.

I think making the visit to the studio is a great idea. It makes the interaction between the viewer (and potential pirate) and the film more personal. It would be applicable for the boy scouts to also meet a struggling musical artist, too.

Post to follow soon!

Post to follow soon!

Well, I’ve given up on Trillian. It’s not that I didn’t love Trillian, it’s just that I Meebo is just so danged much better! It’s totally web-based and runs in a browser. Meebo also has these cool widgets to embed in html. Check out my widget in the sidebar under my blogger profile. If I’m online, send me a message (or reference question)!

I’ve been ridiculously busy lately, and my posts have been few and far between. Here’s what I’ve been thinking about lately:

• Using Meebo as a replacement for Trillian. Now I can take my I.M. contacts with me wherever I go. Sweet. This may make selling it to librarians easier since there’s no software to install etc.

• Why are we using online assessments of information literacy (ETS and SAILS) when the instruction provided is in the classroom? I’m beginning to believe that, although it’s convenient to assess student learning electronically, there are many advantages to assessing in the classroom. I will elaborate soon!

• The perfect library Facebook group. Since Facebook has begun shutting down library profiles my institution has begun a group with the librarians as adminsistrators. While this is not as ideal as an “open” group, it seems to be the only way to control who posts what on our wall, discussion board, pictures etc.

I’ve been ridiculously busy lately, and my posts have been few and far between. Here’s what I’ve been thinking about lately:

• Using Meebo as a replacement for Trillian. Now I can take my I.M. contacts with me wherever I go. Sweet. This may make selling it to librarians easier since there’s no software to install etc.

• Why are we using online assessments of information literacy (ETS and SAILS) when the instruction provided is in the classroom? I’m beginning to believe that, although it’s convenient to assess student learning electronically, there are many advantages to assessing in the classroom. I will elaborate soon!

• The perfect library Facebook group. Since Facebook has begun shutting down library profiles my institution has begun a group with the librarians as adminsistrators. While this is not as ideal as an “open” group, it seems to be the only way to control who posts what on our wall, discussion board, pictures etc.

I’d been thinking of an application like this since I heard about Library Thing. Though this will only work with new books, what a great prelude/appetizer for the new RSS-ready OPAC’s like III.

I’d been thinking of an application like this since I heard about Library Thing. Though this will only work with new books, what a great prelude/appetizer for the new RSS-ready OPAC’s like III.

Dang, it’s been a while since my last post. I’m still kickin’, and not to sound like a broken record…I missed teaching so much!

Taught my first group of students this week at the new job (Statistics Graduate students). I hadn’t realized how much I missed it!