learning something new and sharing as I go
Many libraries now offer text-a-librarian services to extend reference service to patrons on their mobile phones. If your library has pondered the idea of implementing a text messaging reference service, but couldn't quite figure out a way to pay for the service, I hope you find this useful. Our library has been running... Continue Reading →
Our Reference Librarians love to celebrate birthdays. Today was Jessica's turn to get serenaded by the department, and Jason brought a lovely cupcake cake to celebrate the occasion.Formats available: Windows Media (.wmv), Flash Video (.flv)
I was honored to present at the ALA MAR/RUSA program on Tech Tools for Tough Times. For my part of the talk, I discussed using web video to reach out to patrons, while also putting our knowledge on the web. Here are my slides. Give Your Work VoiceView more presentations from cfboeninger.
The screenshot below was taken from this article about Floyd Landis on 5/20/10. In the article, Landis admits to illegal use of steroids and blood doping, after denying it for the past 4 years. In the article, Landis also states that Lance Armstrong and other teammates were guilty of cheating as well. ... Continue Reading →
I've been doing an evaluation exercise with many of my English 151 classes for the last couple of years. It works pretty well, and I've had several instructors request that I repeat it again for their future classes. Many of my colleagues have been asked about this exercise, so I thought I would... Continue Reading →
I work every Monday night. The business students all know that I work every Monday night, as my hours are posted on my Contact Page, and I tell them in every class I teach when I work. So here is what one Monday night looked like a few weeks ago, between 6:00 and 7:30. Yep,... Continue Reading →
Web Worker Daily has a post where they ask "Are Blog Comments Worth It?" I often ask the same question, particularly with the comments I get on my Business Blog. The Business Blog is primarily aimed at the faculty and students that I work with, although I do believe most of the hits to... Continue Reading →
Because it's growing by leaps and bounds, that's why! "The number of unique viewers of online video increased 5.2% year-over-year according to The Nielsen Company, from 137.4 million unique viewers in January 2009 to 142.7 million in January 2010." I'd like to think that a few of my videos that I created in the... Continue Reading →
This is a video that I put together last week to address a complaint that a faculty member had with her students' research. The students were finding one particular resource and overusing and over-citing it in their projects. To address her concern, I put together this video and posted it all over my Business Blog,... Continue Reading →
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