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Ken on
September 8, 2009
In this day and age of blogs, tweets, chats, and wall postings it is nice to see that pen and paper still have value.
Attending a presentation on the (library) user experience at a conference in April I jotted down in my notes the following: “Look at what is broken (assumptions/perceptions?) and fix it. Leave up an [...]
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| Tagged library hours, reference, user experience
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By
kathy on
May 29, 2009
In an effort to more closely knit the services of the Career Center and the Library, we’ve begun adding links to the Career Center and, specifically, to related Career Connections booklets to a number of our LibGuides. So, for instance, if you’re an Education major, you can visit the Education LibGuide for all things [...]
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| Tagged digital resources, LibGuides
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By
heather on
May 8, 2009
Thanks to a terrific open-source tool developed and provided to libraries by Virginia Tech, Duggan Library users now have a convenient option for looking up citations and doing simple keyword searches on the fly.
Introducing the LibX Toolbar!
Imagine reading through any web document, and searching a citation you wish to find, or doing a quick keyword search to [...]
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By
Ken on
March 19, 2009
OK, here is my last video log (at least for a while and/or until I can figure out the audio/video synching issue that seems to be inherent in my laptop webcam). Anyway, this under two minute video proposes the formation of a User Experience Group at Duggan Library based on a session I attended at [...]
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| Tagged communication
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By
heather on
March 18, 2009
So this is the blog post in which I out myself as being a faithful reader of Stephen Abram’s blog. (Mr. Abram is the VP of Innovation at SirsiDynix, a competitor to the ExLibris Aleph software that we use here at Duggan.)
A recent post of his turned me on to another blog, the Professor’s Guide blog [...]
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By
Ken on
March 10, 2009
Information Literacy is a term thrown around a lot by campus administrators, faculty, librarians, etc., but what exactly what is information literacy? You can visit the ACRL (Association of College & Research Libraries) site to get a detailed description of Information Literacy standards and competencies.
In a nutshell, it involves five overarching concepts: First is determining what [...]
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| Tagged faculty, information literacy, library instruction
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By
Ken on
March 6, 2009
Or, for that matter, your older sibling’s library. In the midst of doing this, that, and the other I had this epiphany (I think it is a residual effect from discussion at a recent librarians’ meeting) of just how much the Duggan Library’s resources have changed and how these are provided. Now, let there be [...]
Posted in Humor, Misc., Resources, Services, Technology
| Tagged Duggan Library, Technology
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By
kathy on
November 24, 2008
We all know it’s end-of-semester crunch time at Hanover, and unfortunately that means extra work right when you want to be eating turkey (or tofurkey, for any of my vegetarian comrades reading this) and watching football. If you anticipate needing to do schoolwork while you’re away from campus, come by the library to set [...]
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| Tagged access, databases
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By
Kelly on
October 2, 2008
Please take just a few minutes to view our latest podcast to learn about DirectRequest, a method for placing your own interlibrary loan book requests. Did you know that while you’re doing your research in WorldCAT, you can place ILLs at the same time? These requests go directly into the system, without requiring staff to [...]
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By
heather on
September 10, 2008
The latest addition to our Instructional Screencast series is “Using the Reference Collection.” Learn about the Duggan Library’s Reference Collection - what materials are available, how to find them, how to use them, and why they are important for your research.
You can link directly to the Flash video here.
(posted by Heather Loehr)
Posted in Reference Resources, Services
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