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Yearly Archives: 2009
My MLIS program experience
Thanks to a blog post, “MLIS Programs Need To Be Revamped,” I had a chance to reflect on my MLIS program experience. I am a relatively new graduate. Like many other LIS students, I have attended the program part-time while … Continue reading
Tips and Methods for Effective Screencasting
I have spent last week making a four-minute video tutorial on how to use a medical database called AccessMedicine.  It has been a while since I have worked on screencasting. And of course, I lost all my documentation I have … Continue reading
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Tagged Audacity, Camtasia, Screencasting
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If the Help Desk thinks your question is stupid,
This is so totally hilarious, it deserves to get its own blog post I think. Enjoy!!! Source: http://digg.com/d310et4 ; http://imgur.com/E9ppQ.jpg
Academic Librarians and Library Scholarship
What would be the difference between librarians classified as faculty and librarians classified as staff? The first thing that comes to many people’s mind would be that faculty librarians are promoted based upon their scholarship/research outcome and are often given … Continue reading
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Tagged librarians as faculty, librarians as staff, Library scholarship, LIS
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Library Day in the Life – Day 3, 4, 5
This week has been so busy that I didn’t have time to write up my posts for the Library Day in the Life project since Wednesday this week. So here is the summary of what happened on my day 3, … Continue reading
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Library Day in the Life – Day 2
8:30 I am ready to go to the university web group meeting for the three CMS vendor presentation today that begins at 9. But boy oh boy, I just hear from the colleague that Aleph 19-the new version we are … Continue reading
Library Now vs. Library of the Future
Have you ever heard remarks like these? * “Why do we need books? Everything is online.” * “Why do we need computers at a library? All our students have computers.” * “Why do we need a library? You can find … Continue reading
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Library Day in the Life – Day 1
Below is my post for Library Day in the Life Project I am writing down my everyday tasks here in the most mundane manner. But that is what it is like to work as a librarian every day. You do … Continue reading
Why a Library needs Comfy Chairs and Bright Colors
Have you ever thought about bringing in comfy chairs and painting library walls in bright upbeat colors? Would that make a difference to a library in any substantial way? Here is a library that said YES to this question. It … Continue reading
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ERM Systems: The Promise and Disappointment
Some conference sessions are just irresistible because of their titles. For example, “Ultimate Debate: Has Library 2.0 fulfilled its promise?” Right? I know that “Electronic Resource Management Systems: The Promise and Disappointment” would have been just as irresistible to some … Continue reading
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