Harold B. Lee Library

Archive for 2008

  • Gaming Handouts and Information
    Posted December 5, 2008 by Rachel Wadham

    http://informationgoddess.info/formsfliers.html

  • December Meeting
    Posted by Rachel Wadham

    Join us for the Technology Learning Community Friday Dec. 5th at 10:00 am in room 2234.

    For the scholarly among us we will be discussing gaming literacy and how gaming culture meets the needs of adolescents and adults to help them employ information and to express ideas in a compelling way.

    For those who want something less [...]

  • November Meeting Links
    Posted November 7, 2008 by Rachel Wadham

    Many Thanks to Tom DeForest for his presentation on Web 3.0 or the Semantic Web at our meeting.
    Lots to think about.  Here are some links to some of the items he discussed.
    Microformats.org
    Firefox Operator
    Search Monkey
    Post a commnet to let us know of other tools or ideas you may have.

  • Upcomming TLC Meetings
    Posted November 4, 2008 by Rachel Wadham

    Our meetings for the next few months are as follows:
    Friday, November 7th at 1:00 pm in room 2233, presentation by Tom Deforest on Web 3.0
    Friday, December 5th at 10:00 am in room 2234, discussion of online gaming
    Friday, January 9th at 10:00 am in room 2234, presentaiton by Ryan Combs on Google SketchUp, which is a [...]

  • More Conversation
    Posted September 5, 2008 by Rachel Wadham

    I wondered for those who wished to explore setting up a text messaging service if we would want to work together considering a system to use and verbiage for signs.  I called and talked with Roger Layton about posting signs instructing students how to send text messages for our science reference desks. Of course, we [...]

  • Some interesting uses of text/sms messaging
    Posted by Rachel Wadham

    Thanks to Elizabeth Smart for these intersting tidbits on creative uses for text/sms messaging.
    Mobile phone becomes train ticket:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/4348849.stm
     
    Prague public transport ticket paid by SMS:  http://www.czech-transport.com/index.php?id=337
     
    And on a more creative use:
    SMS opens doors to toilets in some rest areas along Highway 1 in Western Finland:
    http://www.hs.fi/english/article/SMS+opens+doors+to+toilets+in+some+rest+areas++along+Highway+1+in+Western+Finland+/1135233727523

  • September Meeting Links
    Posted by Rachel Wadham

    Links for information covered in the September Meeting on text/sms messaging.
    Online Referece Wikki Link
    http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Online_Reference#Software_We_Like_for_Other_Types_of_Online_Reference
     
    SMS Library Technology Guide
    http://www.librarytechnology.org/ltg-displaytext.pl?RC=11902
    E-mail address for carriers:
    http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/939/sms_email_cingular_nextel_sprint_tmobile_verizon_virgin
    Text Message Goole:
    Text message your search query to 466453 (’GOOGLE’ on most devices) and they will text message back results.
    Peekamo (Free worldwide SMS messaging)
    http://peekamo.com/
    Paid company for text messaging:  Upside Wireless
    http://www.upsidewireless.com/

  • Facebook Goes Back to School
    Posted August 25, 2008 by Rachel Wadham

    Facebook Goes Back to ‘Schools’
    A long, long time ago–about two years–students filled Facebook and found and “friended” others who were taking the same courses. They shared information and tips. Then in 2006 Facebook was opened up to nonstudents, and class interests got crowded out. A new Facebook program aims to bring [...]

  • Librarian Networking Site Gets New Abilities
    Posted August 15, 2008 by Rachel Wadham

    WebJunction, an online learning community for librarians and library staff, has launched new social and learning applications for the site. The site, first started with money and backing from the Online Computer Library Center and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, had 30,000 individual members even before the revamp. There are three new items of [...]

  • Tips for Social Networking
    Posted August 6, 2008 by Rachel Wadham

    10 social networking tips for libraries
    Sarah Houghton-Jan writes: “Part of Library 2.0 is social software, and as more and more libraries put themselves out there on social networks it becomes increasingly important that we do so in a way that works well for ourselves and for our users. How can we best take advantage of [...]