learning something new and sharing as I go
Do you ever try to remember something and you can't quite remember the date or details? This happened to me yesterday when I got an email from a colleague asking about our library podcast tour project. We stopped doing the podcasts some time ago due to the low return on investment, and I had a... Continue Reading →
YouTube has a very cool featured whereby the big fancy YouTube computer will try to automagically perform closed captioning for your videos. In my experiences in watching my own videos, and from viewing other videos, the closed captioning results from YouTube can be hit or miss. In a pinch, most results are serviceable, allowing non-native... Continue Reading →
The video below is a follow-up to my previous post about how I make library instructional videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENyxbkXm1eY This video shows the basics of making library instructional (or other educational) videos and screencasts. The video discusses the inexpensive equipment and software needed, and shows how to make a video from start to finish. Discusses camera... Continue Reading →
Making videos for my library patrons have saved me time, allowed me to better serve my them, and enabled them to quickly find answers to their questions. I first started using web video for library instruction over 6 years ago and have learned a lot along the way. My hope is that the information... Continue Reading →
On Friday, August 12, I attended the Ohio Private Academic Libraries (OPAL) 2011 Annual Conference. The theme was "Uncommon Learning in the Information Commons." This was my second time I've been invited to the OPAL conference, and I had a great time. I found the sessions useful, and I enjoy learning from others about how... Continue Reading →
http://ottopress.com/2011/photo-gallery-primer/ I've been thinking of moving my family pics from Flickr to my self-hosted WordPress blog. This post shows how to customize the WordPress gallery without the need for plugins.
Long story short, my old host has been down a week with not notice or communication to its customers, so I've moved. Some things are a little whacky with the text and a few other things, but I hope to get back in business before too long. My last database dump was from March (bad... Continue Reading →
I just finished reading the Project Information Literacy Report called "T R U T H B E T O L D: How College Students Evaluate and Use Information in the Digital Age" (pdf link). In reading reports such as this, I try to reflect upon the information presented and how we might use the... Continue Reading →
Libraries are often accused of using terms that the general public does not understand (catalog, OPAC, stacks, reserves, reference, periodicals, etc). As this video demonstrates, misunderstanding jargon goes way beyond the walls of the library. In this video, an employee from Google asks random New Yorkers, "What is a browser?". The... Continue Reading →
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