Amanda Izenstark

OLIS Presentation: Social Media for Small and Mid-Sized Libraries, Hands On

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:14:02 -0400

OLIS Presentation: Social Media for Small and Mid-Sized Libraries, Hands On:

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

New NELIG Blog post: ITIG DigiCamp discussion of Citation Tools

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:54:02 -0400

New NELIG Blog post: ITIG DigiCamp discussion of Citation Tools

Essential Reading for LIS Students

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 10:53:08 -0500

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!

From ResourceShelf: Yahoo Adds New Search Features

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 09:24:49 -0400

From ResourceShelf: Yahoo Adds New Search Features:

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.

Great resource for visuals of data: Worldmapper

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:30:00 -0400

Great resource for visuals of data: Worldmapper:

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?

Excerpt from Siva Vaidhyanathan's upcoming book The Googlization of Everything (And Why We Should Worry)

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 09:24:53 -0400

Excerpt from Siva Vaidhyanathan's upcoming book The Googlization of Everything (And Why We Should Worry):

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!

From Library Journal: Tools at Work: Facebook’s March on Privacy

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:52:56 -0400

From Library Journal: Tools at Work: Facebook’s March on Privacy :

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

NELIG Blog post: Xtranormal and Instruction

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:37:51 -0400

NELIG Blog post: Xtranormal and Instruction

Post on the NELIG blog: Summer: Quiet but busy for many of us!

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:23:34 -0400

Post on the NELIG blog: Summer: Quiet but busy for many of us!

"Redefining Instruction for the Future" @ Brandeis

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:58:01 -0400

"Redefining Instruction for the Future" @ Brandeis:

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

Closing Session at NELIG 2010

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:48:00 -0400

Closing Session at NELIG 2010:

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

NELIG Blog post: Instruction Tidbits from the New Hampshire Library Association's Spring 2010 Conference

Mon, 24 May 2010 13:45:00 -0400

NELIG Blog post: Instruction Tidbits from the New Hampshire Library Association's Spring 2010 Conference

Updates to my NHLA presentation

Tue, 18 May 2010 15:10:00 -0400

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

Outline for New Hampshire Library Association 2010 Spring Conference Presentation

Thu, 13 May 2010 10:00:00 -0400

Outline for New Hampshire Library Association 2010 Spring Conference Presentation