WILU 2011 begins this Wednesday, June 1. If you are attending the problem-solving session on Friday, June 3, or even if you’re not, feel free to suggest an instructional ‘problem’ for which delegates can brainstorm solutions. Information on how to submit ideas on paper is at http://www2.uregina.ca/wilu2011/archives/454, or go directly to the website for the
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Are you excited about WILU 2011? Recently the closing keynote speaker was announced. David Bouchard is a recipient of the Order of Canada, author of over 50 books, a storyteller, a literacy advocate, and a promoter of Aboriginal culture. Besides the keynote address, Aboriginal Success: A Crack in the Door, Mr. Bouchard will facilitate two
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Jane Hart from the Internet Time Alliance has several great suggestions in 10 Steps for Working Smarter with Social Media. The article is geared towards trainers, but applicable to other situations. As Ms. Hart points out, too often “over-engineered” training is given, although a simpler solution may lead to better learning and productivity. Among her
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Usually I’d skip this type of posting on one of the listservs I subscribe to, but the subject caught my attention. Washington State Library surveyed the libraries in that state on their state-wide licensing project. What struck me were the screenshots of the survey tool, created in Survey Monkey. It could serve as a model
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Screencasting is all the rage these days, but how do you choose which tool to use? If there is no institutional preference and your budget is very low (as in need something free), check out Olivia Sparks’ great review of some of the most popular free options. She’s with Arizona State University Libraries. There are
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Although this video was produced a few years ago, you might have missed it the first time. It is well worth the few minutes to view! It was produced as a contribution to the EDUCAUSE book, The Tower and the Cloud: Higher Education in the Age of Cloud Computing, edited by Richard Katz and available
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It’s hard to ignore. The news is full of information about Wikileaks and leaked documents. So what has been the response by libraries and librarians? Some library blogs merely re-report the news (like Law Librarian), but those librarians who personally comment on the issue are as divided as all other people in society. Some (e.g.
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There are plenty of tips for being productive, and loads of books on the topic. A nice, short list of tips is at Mashable. What makes this list notable is dividing the tips by where you are working. If you’re at home, at the office, or on the road (even in a coffee shop), you’ll
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Two years ago, Northeastern Illinois University, DePaul University, Illinois Wesleyan University, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the University of Illinois at Springfield created the ERIAL (Ethnographic Research in Illinois Academic Libraries) Project. Their first study was to discover what “actually happens between the time a student receives a class assignment and when he
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They’ve been in the news the past year or two, and there’s no way to escape it. E-book readers: a must-have or a no-thanks gadget? Some people remain conflicted (e.g. see What I Learned Today), even those who love gadgets. Others embrace them wholeheartedly. Earlier this year, Campus Technology examined e-book readers for academic reading,
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