Anna Creech is a university librarian with two cats, glasses, comfortable shoes, and a fear of turning into a stereotype.
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Speakers: Karen Kohn and Eric McCloy
Preparing for moving from a traditional ILS to Koha.
They were frustrated with not being able to get at the data in their system, and it was cost-prohibitive to gain access. The user interface was locked into a particular design that was difficult to modify or make ADA-compliant. Staff [...]
Presenters: Steve Lawson, Stephen Francoeur, John Blyberg, and Kathryn Greenhill
KG began by asking the audience to share what questions they have about unconferences while SL took notes on a flip chart. Lots of good questions covering a variety of aspects, including all the questions I have.
Keep in mind: who ever comes are the [...]
Speaker: Greg Schwartz
Who are you online? Identity is what you say about you and what others say about you. However, it’s more than just that. It includes the things you buy, the tools you use, the places you spend your time, etc.
You do not own your online identity. You can’t control what [...]
Speaker: Helene Blowers
Begins with a video of a 1yo. unlocking and starting up a Preschool Adventure game on an iPhone, and then paging through images in the photo gallery. Joey is a digital native and the future of library users.
Digital natives are those born after 1980. When they were 1, IBM distributed the [...]
Speakers: Daniel Wendling & Neal K. Kaske, University of Maryland
How should we describe information-seeking behavior?
A little over a third of the students interviewed reported that they use Google in their last course-related search, and it’s about the same across all classes and academic areas. A little over half of the same students surveyed [...]
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