This weekend I have the good fortune to make a short appearance in a library and information science class for Emporia State University. It has been at least two years since I had an LIS class, and the chance to … Continue reading
RSS Apps on iPad
A while ago, when I wrote about organizing your news feeds in Google Reader, I mentioned a couple news reading apps for the iPad. Finally, I’ve made the time to really compare the apps I’ve been using and explain why … Continue reading
Not Your Normal Librarian
It’s been an amazing year at Briar Cliff. I started here in July 2010 as the Reference and Instruction Librarian, and in July 2011 became the Director of Educational Technology. This is due in large part to having a wonderful … Continue reading
Ebooks: something new, something borrowed
Just as live theatre continued after radio, and radio survived TV, and TV goes on despite the internet, so, too, will paper books coexist with digital books for a long, long time. At first, ebook creators tried very hard to … Continue reading
Amazon Please Fix Your Store
You might have heard about Amazon’s announcement that they have created a textbook rental program. I think this is a great step — anything that makes it easier for faculty and students to find cheaper textbook alternatives with an interface … Continue reading
Organizing Google Reader
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Last weekend’s THATCamp LAC had many wonderful sessions full of discussions. One of those sessions was “Is there a tech in this class?” which became a show-and-tell of favorite online tools, in about five minutes each. I gave a quick … Continue reading
iPad Pilot Programs
At the end of March, we started an iPad Pilot for faculty at my university. We had 20 devices to give out, but ended up having 30 people involved because other faculty and staff who had purchased their own iPads … Continue reading
Death to e-classics. Long live e-classics!
By the silly word “e-classics” I mean ebook versions of dearly beloved public domain works by authors such as Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, H.G. Wells, Shakespeare, and so on. The first ebooks I read were in fact e-classics – the … Continue reading
Library Day in the Life: Day 3
Wednesday 1/25/2011 Had just enough time in the morning to send out some belated email responses before the entire library crew (there are 4 of us full-time) packed into a car for a field trip to see the University of … Continue reading
Library Day in the Life: Day 2
01/25/2011 – Tuesday Day in the Life of a Librarian Flipped throug the “bestsellers” catalog for our leased collection of popular fiction and nonfiction … reminded myself not to do such depressing stuff first thing in the morning. Managed to … Continue reading
