March 2011
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library... →
Have we made our online resources so successful that we are now closing physical libraries :( This is just sad!
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, the world’s premier oceanographic institution, has been a leader and innovator in oceanography and marine technology since its inception more than 100 years ago. Throughout the twentieth century and continuing today, Scripps has...
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What are some possible barriers to internal...
I feel collaboration technologies, shared files, wiki’s and blogs would help with communication and collaboration within the units of any library. Sometimes barriers like time or work overload due to layoffs or frozen positions may cause barriers in collaboration within an organization.
My organization just did a staff survey about what the organization is doing right and what where they thought...
Assignment 5: Socialbookmarking fun~
Assignment Detatis:
1) For this assignment I bookmarked three sites
YouTube - Social Bookmarking: Making the Web Work for You 114 people bookmarked
Social Bookmarking Tools (I): A General Review 3565 people bookmarked
What is Social Bookmarking? 2 people bookmarked
2) Social Bookmarking Tools (I): A General Review had the most people 3565 people bookmarked. The three...
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Social bookmarking
Social bookmarking has way more functionality then you think! Not only are they a way for you to save sites you like you can tag keywords, share your bookmarks with your friends and family, you can see and you can make connections with other users interested in the same topics. Social bookmarking makes distribution of references lists easy, creates bibliographies, papers, and other resources. You...
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Marketing Critique: Yale Medical Library
Video Tour of the Yale Medical Library (Supplement to Marketing Critique): http://www.screencast.com/t/Gmmu0gLrym
Deciding what library to critique was very challenging to me. I finally decided to pick a library that was the same caliber and related to where I currently work. I chose Cushing/Whitney Medical library because it has similar clientele, subject area and focus as the Lane Medical...
WatchMarketing Critique: Video tour of the Yale Medical Libary Website
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Should Libraries Facebook?
Libraries should and absolutely have to build a presence and provide services in Facebook. If libraries want to be competitive, promote their programs and services and build themselves as a vital and valuable part of a community they must use online social networking to maximize their worth. Facebook brings users into your physical and digital space introducing them to the value of their...
