Harold B. Lee Library

Archive for the “General” Category

  • 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 [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • More info on U3 Flash Drives
    Posted January 29, 2008 by Rachel Wadham

    For those that don’t have a U3, but do have a different flash drive with 30MB free, you might direct them to Portable Apps’ version of Firefox (http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable). Any of the applications on the site can be installed to any flash drive and then run from their folder on the flash drive. I tested an [...]

  • Tidbit from Cyndee Frazier
    Posted June 27, 2007 by Rachel Wadham

    Take a look at this link to EDUCAUSE Learing Initiative:  http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?Section_ID=86  Cyndee Frazier sent this link that provides lots of great information.  Take a look at the Learning Technologies section and post any comments or thoughts you have. 

  • Tidbit from Gerrit Van Dyk
    Posted by Rachel Wadham

    Thought everyone might be interested in this tidbit from Gerrit Van Dyk in the Serials Dept. Take a look at this link and the ideas there and post your comments to let us know what you think!
    Here is a link from Mike Stephens’ Tame the Web blog: http://www.tametheweb.com/talks07/HyperlinkedRUSA.pdf
    This blog has lots of posts [...]

  • Welcome to the Technology Learning Community
    Posted June 12, 2007 by Rachel Wadham

    Have you ever felt overwhelmed by new technologies? Have you ever wanted to try a new technology but don’t know how to go about it? In an effort to find answers to these and other questions we are establishing an adhoc group where we can learn, share, try, and fail in the use of [...]