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Friday links – June 14, 2013

June 14, 2013 by
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From Cave Paintings to the Internet: Chronological and Thematic Studies on the History of Information and Media
This interesting website from Jeremy Norman “is designed to help you follow the development of information and media, and attitudes about them, from the beginning of records to the present. Containing annotated references to discoveries, developments of a social, scientific, theoretical or technological nature, as well as references to physical books, documents, artifacts, art works, and to websites and other digital media, it arranges, both chronologically and thematically, selected historical examples and recent developments of the methods used to record, distribute, exchange, organize, store, and search information.” (from About the Database).  Images and text (with links to wikipedia) are combined with geographical information to allow mapping of the information.

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Tis the season: tornadoes and hurricanes

June 6, 2013 by
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Hurricane season has officially started and the tornado season isn’t over.  To stay informed about severe weather conditions the following government websites are worth checking:

Storm Prediction Center

National Hurricane Center

National Weather Service — Type in your ZIP code to get local weather forecasts.

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May 2013 Social Media Stats

June 3, 2013 by
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The following stats refer to activity on the Middlebury College Facebook page, the Middlebury College Twitter account, and share buttons on the main Middlebury College website. For trend comparison, the previous month’s statistics are included in parentheses, where appropriate.

Facebook Insights

  • 171 (232) new people liked our Page, while 61 (54) people unliked our Page.
  • 802 (1032) unique people shared stories about our page. These stories include liking our Page, posting to our Page’s Wall, liking, commenting on or sharing one of our Page posts, answering a Question we posted, RSVPing to one of our events, mentioning our Page, phototagging our Page or checking in at our Place. [Daily People Talking About This]
  • 30180 (33979) unique people saw one of the items shared in that way. [Daily Viral Reach]
  • 80169 (74593) unique people saw content associated with our Page. [Daily Total Reach]

Top Five Facebook Posts

“Reach” is the number of people who saw the post. “Engagement” is the number of people who clicked on the post.

  1. Do you know a Midd alum in the food business? Tell us about farmers, chefs, bakers, brewers, vintners, and entrepreneurs for our upcoming food issue of Middlebury Magazine.. Reach: 9804, Engagement: 395
  2. Midd alum Andrew Forsthoefel ’11 walked across the U.S. from Philadelphia to California. His story was just featured on NPR’s “This American Life.”. Reach: 9152, Engagement: 473
  3. Midd’s Pranksters win D-III national title for Ultimate Frisbee!. Reach: 8804, Engagement: 597
  4. Congratulations to the Middlebury class of 2013. Welcome to the alumni family! http://www.middlebury.edu/studentlife/events/commencement/congrats2013 Reach: 6996, Engagement: 383
  5. MIDDLEBURY, VT – Middlebury College’s 2010 Commencement ceremony on the main quad of campus. (Photo © 2010 Brett Simison) Brett Simison www.brettsimison.com. Reach: 6444, Engagement: 280

ShareThis

ShareThis is a service that tracks the clicks on the sharing buttons on our website. These buttons are shown on news postings, which are primarily found in the News Room, Arts, Sustainability, and Athleticssections of the site.

Shares By Channel

  • Facebook: 62 (42) Shares, 4463 (3461) Clicks
  • Twitter: 42 (29) Shares, 614 (366) Clicks
  • Email: 36 (48) Shares, 370 (326) Clicks
  • LinkedIn: 9 (5) Shares, 4 (0) Clicks

Top Five Shared Pages

  1. Student Panelists Offer Diverse Perspectives on Divestment. Shares: 11, Clicks 174
  2. Middlebury College Statement on Natural Gas Pipeline. Shares: 10, Clicks 54
  3. Jonathan Safran Foer to deliver Middlebury College commencement address. Shares: 7, Clicks 14
  4. Class of 2013 Celebrates Commencement. Shares: 6, Clicks 130
  5. Men’s Lacrosse Knocked Off In NESCAC Tourney. Shares: 6, Clicks 9

Data Sets

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May 2013 Web Stats

June 3, 2013 by
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For trend comparison, the previous month’s statistics are included in parentheses.

Traffic

  1. www.middlebury.edu: 419,244 (477,603) visits from 224,678 (262,735) people
  2. sites.middlebury.edu: 49,502 (61,992) visits from 40,886 (50,683) people
  3. menus.middlebury.edu: 31,735 (44,602) visits from 16,354 (23,930) people
  4. mediawiki.middlebury.edu: 19,997 (19,982) visits from 18,693 (18,849) people
  5. portal.middlebury.edu: 13,620 (18,434) visits from 10,243 (13,886) people
  6. courses.middlebury.edu: 12,217 (22,032) visits from 8,727 (16,569) people
  7. web.middlebury.edu: 10,247 (12,910) visits from 9,530 (11,965) people
  8. biblio.middlebury.edu: 10,421 (12,485) visits from 8,640 (10,676) people
  9. eres.middlebury.edu: 6,842 (11,465) visits from 5,261 (9,944) people
  10. catalog.middlebury.edu 5,375 (23,923) visits from 5,145 (21,025) people

Top Pages

  1. www.middlebury.edu: 234,755 (255,909) pageviews
  2. menus.middlebury.edu: 32,427 (45,486) pageviews
  3. www.middlebury.edu/athletics: 23,533 (31,097) pageviews
  4. www.middlebury.edu/academics: 18,381 (25,502) pageviews
  5. portal.middlebury.edu/home: 15,766 (21,443) pageviews
  6. web.middlebury.edu/database/directory/Default.aspx: 14,103 (17,156) pageviews
  7. www.middlebury.edu/admissions: 12,482 (16,541) pageviews
  8. courses.middlebury.edu: 11,569 (18,973) pageviews
  9. www.middlebury.edu/academics/lib: 10,802 (13,458) pageviews
  10. www.middlebury.edu/studentlife/events/commencement: 10,225 (1,422) pageviews

Search Terms

  1. Search Midd: 577 (576)
  2. academic calendar: 166 (255)
  3. graduation: 106 (42)
  4. course hub: 91 (143)
  5. menu: 87 (137)
  6. banner web: 80 (50)
  7. sites.middlebury.edu: 74 (71)
  8. mojo: 68 (106)
  9. moodle: 56 (123)
  10. phi beta kappa: 53 (12)

Browsers

  • Safari: 36.71% (37.25%)
  • Chrome: 23.00% (24.30%)
  • Internet Explorer: 18.91% (16.83%)
    • IE8: 9.99% (9.12%)
    • IE9: 4.03% (4.18%)
    • IE10: 2.72% (1.53%)
    • IE7: 2.07% (1.92%)
    • IE6: 0.11% (0.09%)
  • Firefox: 17.67% (17.12%)
  • Android Browser: 1.19% (1.13%)

Platforms

  • Macintosh: 42.49% (45.28%)
  • Windows: 42.35% (39.14%)
  • iOS: 11.83% (11.15%)
  • Android: 1.69% (1.51%)
  • Linux: 0.38% (0.37%)
  • BlackBerry: 0.12% (0.10%)
  • Windows Phone: 0.07% (0.07%)
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Research Data Managment Implemenation Workshop, March 2013

May 22, 2013 by
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A Research Data Management Implementation Workshop was held on March 13-14, 2013, with Alison Darrow (SRO) and Wendy Shook (LIS) attending selected webcasts.

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Take away points:

  • There is a lot of energy behind data management, and many good standards and tools being developed, but the field is in a constant state of flux.
  • Despite that energy, there is significant frustration. Funding agencies are providing objective outcomes, but not implementation guidance. They are waiting to see what consensus comes from the field, while users and providers are looking for some kind of direction or expectation from funding agencies to get them started. (I’d like to point out that this is a tremendous opportunity for the data management community to contribute to standards and best practices!)
  • There is emphasis on big data, in part due to volumes produced and dollars consumed, but that emphasis leaves smaller implementations feeling isolated, even though small data are valuable assets that require as much attention as big data do.
  • A variety of data management models were discussed, each with staunch proponents, but I expect the reality to be custom approaches taking the most useful element of each model.

An excellent collection of position papers are available at https://rdmi.uchicago.edu/page/submitted-experience-and-position-papers

 

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Last Chance — LIS Open Workshops Wind Down for the Summer

May 21, 2013 by
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It’s not too late to join us for a workshop (in English!) before Language Schools begin. Visit go/lisworkshops to view the last of our advertised open sessions. Youll find a Drupal introduction that covers basic web site maintenance skills, as well as another opportunity to learn how to access and use lynda.com Middlebury’s fabulous online learning resource that uses short videos to help you acquire new business and technology skills, including photography finesse.

Lynda’s recently added courses include such varied topics as “Managing Teams,” “Designing a Book,” and “Up and Running with Windows 8.” Watch a single video or work through an entire course, but be warned its addictive.

Please note that we do continue to offer “by request” group training during the summer months, staff and classroom space permitting; kindly send your request with details to helpdesk@middlebury.edu.

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ACRL Digital Curation Webinar: Creation of an In-House DMP Tool

May 21, 2013 by
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ACRL Digital Curation Interest Group Webinar: Creation of an In-House DMP Tool at the University of Houston Libraries, April 18, 2013

Michele Reilly and Anita Dryden from the University of Houston discussed their approach to providing data management planning assistance to their research faculty. Data management is not part of their mission; they focus on providing both general and UH resource specific information via their library web pages and by the creation of a data management planning (DMP) Tool. This tool, created using drupal webforms, is similar to the California Digital Library’s DMPTool and the Digital Curation Centre’s DMPOnline. Although offering fewer features, the UH tool pre-dates the online tools mentioned, has been easy to maintain and customize, and has been sufficient to fulfill the needs of their researchers.

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