Work links (weekly)

• Social Media in Learning examples

  Nice quotes from educators about how they find social media/Web 2.0 stuff useful.

  Sections: blogging; collaborative calendaring (!); podcasting; RSS readers; collaborative mind mapping; micro-blogging; photo sharing; screencast sharing; presentation sharing; social bookmarking; collaborative editing; collaborative working; collaborative presentations; social networking; personalised start pages; integrated social/collaboration environment.

  tags: work, web2.0, learning, library2.0, testimonials, quotes, marketing, usered

• 100 Incredible Open Courses for the Ultimate Tech Geek – Online Courses

  Links to 100 free courses to develop geek skills. Categories: computer science and engineering; computer security; programming; the web; software; IT; communication technology; tech in education; tech math(s); tech and society.

  tags: courses, free, geekery, programming, e-learning, work

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Work links (weekly)

• Google Wave 101 – Wave – Lifehacker

  Introductory steps for Google Wave – something that I still haven’t had a chance to play with properly, so I’m bookmarking resources ready for when I have the time!

  tags: googlewave, tutorials, web2.0, work

• Mashedlibrary wiki

  Wiki to home Mashed Library project ideas, techniques, resources etc.

  tags: work, mashups, mashlib, systems

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Work links (weekly)

• 10 websites to help you keep up-to-date with scholarly journal contents « spineless?

  Various sources of RSS/email alerts for journals. Useful for teaching staff/students how to keep up-to-date.

  tags: usered, work, current_awareness, journals, rss

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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.

  tags: work, information, literacy, skills, usered

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Work links (weekly)

• 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!

  tags: work, usered, screenshots, graphics

• Super Screenshot!

  Quick tool for taking a screenshot of a whole webpage (not just one screen’s worth. Some options e.g. size, filetype.

  tags: work, usered, screenshots, graphics

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• Subversive Handouts: One Librarian’s Secret Weapon

  Interesting ideas about preparing handouts for one-off info literacy/research sessions.

  tags: work, usered, handouts, information, literacy

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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.

  tags: work, usered, web2.0, tutorials

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Work links (weekly)

• 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.

  tags: work, facebook, integration, marketing

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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…

  tags: green, printing, apps, work

• aRKive: Free stock photographs

  Blog post listing places to find free stock photos for use in educational materials etc.

  tags: free, photos, stock, work

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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!

  tags: work, opac, rss, sirsidynix, systems

• 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.

  tags: library2.0, cilip2.0, videos, presentations, work

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