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The seven [info literacy] headline skills expanded
I regularly refer to this; it’s a good way to explain what library skills training is all about to academics.
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The seven [info literacy] headline skills expanded
I regularly refer to this; it’s a good way to explain what library skills training is all about to academics.
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Aviary – graphics editors online
Lots of online graphic-editing tools, including taking website screenshots. Unfortunately don’t seem to work in IE6, so I need to wait for work to upgrade before I try them out!
Quick tool for taking a screenshot of a whole webpage (not just one screen’s worth. Some options e.g. size, filetype.
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Subversive Handouts: One Librarian’s Secret Weapon
Interesting ideas about preparing handouts for one-off info literacy/research sessions.
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Web2practice – Guides to emergent tech and innovative practice
New animations and guides to using Web 2.0 tools for research, admin or teaching – likely to come in very handy for developing in-house training. CC-licensed. Topics include RSS, Social Media and Microblogging with more to come.
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Fan Box – Facebook Developer Wiki
New feature allows a widget (‘fan box’) to be added to any webpage to promote a Facebook Page. Requires javascript or iframe. Can show badge + optionally stream and selection of fans.
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Save paper & ink printing only what you want « PrintWhatYouLike.com
Allows you to reformat any web page to make it more suitable for printing. Of course every site should have its own print stylesheet instead…
aRKive: Free stock photographs
Blog post listing places to find free stock photos for use in educational materials etc.
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Kirkendall Public Library catalogue
Good example of an online catalogue using the next version of my library’s catalogue software (e-library vs iLink for those interested). One to refer to when setting ours up!
UKOLN | Cultural Heritage Events: CILIP Council Meeting: April 2009
A really interesting presentation on the risks and opportunities of Library 2.0 developments with examples of evaluative frameworks. Written for a meeting where CILIP is considering use of web 2.0 resources.
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YouTube – Spotify: Review – Free Legal Music
Short intro to Spotify. May use this in user training as work PCs don’t have Spotify installed.
Lists resources for learning Perl, including free e-books, recommended published books, mailing lists etc.
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meetona – the free online meeting maker
Another free web app for trying to organise a meeting. Seems pretty flexible as it allows free-text time entry.
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Computers in Libraries journal readable online. Not very well laid out and ads aplenty, but free!
BBC – Radio Labs – Designing for your least able user
Great (and very long) blog post on web design and SEO. Points out you should treat search bots as your ‘least able user’, i.e. if you’re doing accessibility right, search bots should like your site too.
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