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- Answer: What's THAT? I often find myself asking"What's THAT?" A Regular SRS Reader pointed out that this is the 3rd or 4th time we've had an SRS Challenge asking "What's that?" It's a fair point--we do get these kinds of posts a lot, but mostly because even the task of just figuring out what something is... well, it's still fairly […]
- SearchResearch Challenge (6/9/21): What's THAT? I often find myself asking"What's THAT?" Perhaps you do too. Most of the time, a Google search tells us what the object of our interest is. But sometimes it doesn't quite work the way you expect. Here are three things that I had to recently identify. Can you figure out "What's that?" for each of these pictures? 1. T […]
- Answer: What's your story of SearchResearch? We had lots of comments this week... ... which made me happy. Lots of people checked in to write something (including a few folks who haven't stopped by the blog in a while)! As you remember, the Challenge was: 1. What's YOUR SRS story? Have you had to do a search for something recently where there was a bit of a Challenge along the way? W […]
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Category Archives: Information Science
That All May Read: What IS a print disability? An answer + resources
Libraries are commonly understood to be the repositories of the human experience, storehouses which take that human experience and, from it, create opportunities for library consumers to “learn, grow, and know”. But what if someone you know has a print … Continue reading
Book suggestions from TechRepublic — 7 Leadership titles to read in 2015
I enjoy opening my Daily Digests from Tech Republic — there’s always something that’s useful or interesting to read, even though I’m not a programmer or high-level IT guru, I just like working with technology and learning about what’s out … Continue reading
Coursera – high-quality online CE courses…and they’re FREE!
While serving on the Washington Library Association’s Marketing & Communication Committee, my task — because the subject is something I’m very passionate about — was writing articles in the WLA’s eConnections newsletter about continuing education opportunities for library staff and for library customers. I informed readers about very library-staff-specific resources … Continue reading
What is Connected Learning?
What is Connected Learning | Connected Learning. I was fortunate enough to attend a CAYAS training (CAYAS is WA state’s youth services special interest group) on “Connected Training on Nov 1st. Although Connected Learning is applicable to all ages, the … Continue reading
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Tagged CAYAS, learning methods, library services, teens
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October = Teen Read Month
I love that YALSA devotes an entire month to Teen Reading – it offers a great opportunity for going to schools and discussing book titles as well as some great homework help services offered by libraries (like Brainfuse’s daily one-on-one … Continue reading
Youth-run Design and Research at the Free Library of Philadelphia, Summer 2012 | YOUmedia
Two great ideas: ask teens what resources are available in their community and have them help map them (so you know what’s out there) have teens help decide library space and programming. Who better to know what their interests are? … Continue reading
New Interactive eBooks w/Crowdsourcing – readers can add permanent content to authors’ works…plus impending launch of the Digital Public Library
New Cloud-Based Social Reading Platform for Web and Mobile From Sumbola And example of what’s not just around the corner, but here now: readers crowdsourcing content to enhance an author’s work… “Readers can opt-in to share their page notes and … Continue reading
Phone Interviews: Best Practices (please comment if you have other tips!)
After reading an article about phone interviews posted in a LinkedIn discussion, I realized that the only tip that you really need to know about a virtual (as opposed to face-to-face) interview is this: prepare for the phone interview exactly the … Continue reading
Social Learning Summit: Free & Online, Saturday, April 21st
For those lucky enough to have off on April 21st, please note this great learning opportunity : a one-day free virtual conference that is being held as a partnership of Classroom 2.0 and the Discovery Educator Network, Saturday, April 21st, 2012, from … Continue reading
Rise of Digital Influence
On Twitter, I follow digitalassetman, who posted this link to an article by DAMFoundation (DAM = digital asset management)…it’s an examination of the three pillars – Reach, Resonance, Relevance – that make up an organziation’s digital influence. It then explores how to digitally engage your customers through … Continue reading
