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Learning 2.0: lessons learned

Our Learning 2.0 programme wrapped up ages ago and I’ve finally gotten around to compiling a list of “lessons learned”. I learned so much from Helene’s collection of best practices that I knew, early on, that it would be important to jot down these notes along the way and compile them into something others could [...]


pretty new OPAC

A few weeks ago, we quietly launched our new & improved Endeca-powered catalogue. So quietly, in fact, that I haven’t even blogged about it yet. If you haven’t had a look yet, go now. I’ll wait. Nice, isn’t it? It’s an interface that we’re pretty proud of (I’m on the UI group) and there’s quite [...]


delicious, indeed

My call for libraries that use del.icio.us netted a few interesting examples. I thought it might be a good idea to post the list of libraries here rather than have you fish around in the comments to find these: La Grange Park Library Lansing Public Library – syndicates their del.icio.us feed right on their home [...]


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4 May 2006

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IM: where we’ve been, where we’re going

I gave a talk on IM to a great bunch of librarians at Wilfred Laurier University this morning. Most of it was about our experience with IM over the past year, it was a great excuse to spend some time pouring over our logs and crunching the numbers. Brief recap of our first year: good, [...]


new

It’s official: we have a new University Librarian at my institution. During the interview process, the candidates had the opportunity to address the staff on the future of the academic library. Jeff’s angle: Library 2.0. So, how excited am I? Very.




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