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Aur Things: Welcome to Aur Things Learning 2.0
http://aurthings.blogspot.com/2009/04/welcome-to-aur-things-learning-20.html
Welcome to Aur Things Learning 2.0. We all know that there a lot of emerging technologies out there, but where to start and which ones are the most relevant to libraries and to Auraria in particular? This program was designed with these questions in mind. AurThings is set up to encourage exploration of the internet and web technologies in the hope that not only will employees have fun, but also find new tools to enable them to better support their goals and inspire creativity. Didn't finish in Round 1?
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Aur Things: Tips
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Many Web 2.0 tools are in beta- not the final version of a product or Web site, but close enough to show in public and work the bugs out. But the bugs may still pop up when you are using a site. Here are some hints if you encounter a bug:. Flash and Adobe Reader are required for many of the applications. Chances are these are already installed on your computer, but if they are not and you are in the Library, please contact Systems via Bugzilla. Of Flash and here click here for a free download. Ask a coll...
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Linda's Blog: WEEK 7 -- TAGGING (Del.icio.us & LibraryThing)
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Monday, December 20, 2010. WEEK 7 - TAGGING (Del.icio.us and LibraryThing). WEEK 7 - TAGGING (Del.icio.us* and LibraryThing). Or in my case, instead of LibraryThing, I will probably use Shelfari since I already have my personal books listed in my Shelfari account. So what is the Twitterverse saying about this situation, which actually trended for a day or two last week? And what are my opinionated FB saying they will do? More as I learn more. Developed for book lovers. This online tool not only allows yo...
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Aur Things: Here are Aur Things
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Here are Aur Things. 1 Read the FAQ. 2 Create your own blog. And add your first post. 3 Register your blog. Week 2: Photos and Images. 4 Create an avatar. And add it to your blog. And learn about this popular image hosting site. 6 Have some more Flickr fun and discover some services and mash-ups. From Flickr and others. 8 Learn abouts RSS feeds. And subscribe to feeds in a newsreader. 9 Locate a few useful library related blogs and/or newsfeeds. Week 5: Social Networking. Week 6: Podcasts and Video.
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Linda's Blog: WEEK 5 -- SOCIAL NETWORKS: FB, IM Chat, Twitter
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Monday, December 13, 2010. WEEK 5 - SOCIAL NETWORKS: FB, IM Chat, Twitter. I have been on Facebook ("FB") for over two years and currently have 273 FB friends. I have used the LIKE icon on 117 sites. Thus, I am a very active FB user. I just read Joe Murphy's excellent article that references ACRL Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education, and think I have a good handle on the various competencies, some skills better than others, of course! Maybe I'm missing something, but I guess I'm...
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Linda's Blog: November 2010
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Friday, November 26, 2010. WEEK 4 - RSS Feeds. Week 4 is for RSS feeds; finding feeds and signing up for them. I printed out information to take home and read, then will continue with RSS things on Mon., Nov. 29th. I already subscribe to some RSS feeds that come to my Outlook account. My favorite to date is Ellyssa Kroski ("iLibrarian"). She really rocks my library world! I have also purchased a book she wrote about Web 2.0 for librarians. New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, c2008. WEEK 3 - WIKIS. I look...
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Linda's Blog: WEEK 6 -- PODCASTS & VIDEO
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010. WEEK 6 - PODCASTS and VIDEO. I am quite familiar with YouTube, as are most librarians and other faculty and students and . what a wonderful site. I really loved the embedded YouTube video on the AurThings site: Introducing the Book. Really made me smile and realize that new technology isn't often as "obvious" or "turnkey" as many creators of the technology would have us believe! I watched the Librarian podcast as well and spotted at least one Auraria, Ellen Greenblatt. Shelfar...
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Linda's Blog: WEEK 8 -- CUSTOM DESKTOP
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Monday, December 20, 2010. WEEK 8 - CUSTOM DESKTOP. Week 8 - Custom Desktop:. I opened an IE browser and pulled up iGoogle, then set myself up a page. I changed some of the gadgets an. When I installed the gadget, I accidentally got two copies of it on my iGoogle screen, so had to use a dropdown toolbar to delete one copy. I also did a drag and drop of several gadgets to reposition them on my screen. Also watched two video clips about use of iGoogle. Search plugins for IE and Firefox:. My IE is version 8...
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Linda's Blog: WEEK 9 -- ELECTRONIC ACCESS
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Monday, December 20, 2010. WEEK 9 - ELECTRONIC ACCESS. WEEK 9 - Electronic Access. I followed the directions to find an ebook (keyword search to find books, then modify the search to ebooks). I found this title:. Video Collection Development in Multi-type Libraries: A Handbook. Greenwood Library Management Collection, 0894-2986. Or ISO standard 23950? Where is a better standard or set of standards than Z30.50 when you need it/them? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Online Coll...