Amanda Izenstark
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November 2011

1 post

OLIS Presentation: Social Media for Small and Mid-Sized Libraries, Hands On → bit.ly

This is a brief handout that accompanied my presentation on November 1, 2011.

Nov 1, 2011

April 2011

1 post

New NELIG Blog post: ITIG DigiCamp discussion of Citation Tools → acrlnec.org
Apr 29, 2011

December 2010

1 post

Essential Reading for LIS Students

Roy Tennant has an excellent post on Library Journal called “What I Want LIS Students to Know.” http://blog.libraryjournal.com/tennantdigitallibraries/2010/11/30/what-i-want-lis-students-to-know/

Rather than re-invent the wheel, I’m planning on sharing this with my LSC 504 students this summer, along with the original post, and this one:

Ten Things You Won’t Find On Your LIS Class Syllabus from Jill Hurst-Wahl
http://lisnews.org/ten_things_you_won%E2%80%99t_find_your_lis_class_syllabus

Enjoy!

Dec 8, 2010

October 2010

1 post

From ResourceShelf: Yahoo Adds New Search Features → web.resourceshelf.com

Just as Google goes all wishy-washy on whether it’ll honor the quotation marks used for phrase searching (see http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/59401), Yahoo! adds more functionality.

Oct 12, 2010
#search engines

September 2010

2 posts

Great resource for visuals of data: Worldmapper → worldmapper.org

The folks behind this site, which presents a variety of fascinating data about the world by adjusting the size and color of countries based on the numbers, also have a book, The atlas of the real world : mapping the way we live. One of my favorite reference sources, maybe tied with The Statistical Abstract of the United States?

Sep 23, 2010
Excerpt from Siva Vaidhyanathan's upcoming book The Googlization of Everything (And Why We Should Worry) → ucpress.edu

The first chapter provides a fascinating overview of Google’s rise, and how it has affected the search and information worlds. Very much looking forward to the release of this one!

Sep 21, 2010
#search engines

August 2010

1 post

From Library Journal: Tools at Work: Facebook’s March on Privacy  → libraryjournal.com

Includes a lot of useful information, including reasons to re-evaluate Facebook use.

Aug 3, 2010
#social networking

July 2010

2 posts

NELIG Blog post: Xtranormal and Instruction → acrlnec.org
Jul 29, 2010
Post on the NELIG blog: Summer: Quiet but busy for many of us! → acrlnec.org
Jul 9, 2010
#NELIG

June 2010

2 posts

"Redefining Instruction for the Future" @ Brandeis → acrlnec.org

Talk by Sarah Walkowiak on library and research instruction changes at Brandeis.

Jun 10, 2010
#conferences
Closing Session at NELIG 2010 → acrlnec.org

Great talk by two librarians from Colgate University on their collaboration with subject faculty and IT.

Jun 10, 2010
#conferences

May 2010

3 posts

NELIG Blog post: Instruction Tidbits from the New Hampshire Library Association's Spring 2010 Conference → acrlnec.org
May 24, 2010
#conferences
Updates to my NHLA presentation

Things change quickly! Here are two news stories regarding two of the tools I highlighted, courtesy of ResourceShelf:

  • Vivisimo Says So Long To Clusty as Florida’s Yippy Acquires the Technology To Power Their Search Resource
  • U. Washington Study: Google Flu Trends Estimates Off
May 18, 2010
#presentations
Outline for New Hampshire Library Association 2010 Spring Conference Presentation → docs.google.com
May 13, 2010
#presentations
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