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Poll results
Over the past week, my blog has received 43 views and 13 people participated in the poll. 9 people read the blog via RSS, 2 read it on the web and 2 said it was their first visit to the site. Thanks...
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Shelf labels in the Staff Library
The Staff Library now has shelf labels indicating some of the major Library of Congress divisions in the collection: There is also a cross-reference by the new books to help users identify classmarks...
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Welcoming library visitors
From the Blue Skunk Blog: “I walk into too many libraries with signs like this: What might happen if we replaced our welcome signs with ones like these?”
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New items in the Staff Library – November 2009
Cory Doctorow – Content: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright and the Future of the Future – Z551.DOC Graham P Cornish – Copyright: Interpreting the law for libraries, archives and...
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Velocity of Media Consumption: TV vs. the Web
Via Jakob Nielsen I found this interesting. The user experience of TV has definitely moved on in recent years, but it’s nothing like Web 2.0. Yet…
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Memes on Twitter: #librariantvshows
A meme is a cultural idea or practice which is passed on between individuals, and is becoming an key part of internet culture. For example, when a YouTube video “goes viral”, we mean that it has...
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New year – new learning
Happy new year 2010! Have you made any resolutions this January? Are you planning to learn something new? In 2 weeks’ time, on 18th January 2010, 23 Things Oxford will begin. This is an online...
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Find books for your course in the Staff Library
This image shows all the Staff Library tags that are currently being used in SOLO. Tags with a date, e.g. stfnew-nov09 show new books added to the library in that month. Tags with stfsuggestion show...
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New items in the Staff Library – January 2010
Hazel Woodward and Lorraine Estelle – Digital Information: Order or anarchy? – ZA4065.DIG Barbara Allan – Supporting Research Students – 711.92.G73.ALL Discover more resources using SOLO Search tags...
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Goodbye from Laura
Wednesday 3rd March 2010 is my last day in post in the Staff Development team. This blog will no longer be updated, but the existing content will remain. I’ve had over 1,500 hits in 9 months –...
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