Author Archives: Elin Waagen

Staff Development on a Shoestring Conference

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Bryan Carson and I recently presented our Fall ’08 Tasty Tech Tidbits series at the Dartmouth College 2009 October Conference
We used a new web presentation tool called Prezi (thanks Joe A!) to deliver our talk. Our presentation was one of several for the 1-day conference – and it was nice to see the friendly faces of Brenda, Terry, Joy and Karen (spouse of Mike) Lynch in the audience.  All presentations are now posted on the Dartmouth Conference site.  Check it out – there are some interesting ideas – including using Jing to develop tutorials and a learning 2.0 program using the 23 Things concept.

Web Team Meeting Agenda 10/14 & 10/15

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Web Team Meeting Agenda Wed 10/14 and Thurs 10/15
Review progress of LIS in web analysis/design – considering essential site features and IA; content considered “essential” by LIS primary contact/s; ideas for where else on the LIS site links to the content should appear. Based on this info, the team will create an IA modeled after what White Whale has created for other sections of the College site.

End of paging service for on-campus borrowers

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As of October 1, you’ll notice that the “place request” button in MidCat no longer displays for materials with an “available” status. Due to decreased staffing resources, Circulation Services will no longer be able to retrieve requested materials from library shelves for on-campus borrowers.
While it was a valued service for our on-campus borrowers, a large amount of staff time was used to fill the many requests, time that must now be redirected towards core borrowing services. Please continue to alert the Circulation desks to materials that you are unable to locate – we are still here to help!

Presenting the new LIS Blog

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The LIS Web Team is pleased to announce the unified LIS blog, a new and effective way to communicate with both our colleagues in LIS and with our community of users.
As part of the LIS web site make-over, the Web Team – with the support of our AD’s and our team sponsor – recommended that our many LIS blogs be combined into one. LIS website feedback this summer indicated that staff wanted it to be easier to find relevant work updates, and we think that having a unified LIS blog will help meet this need. Continue reading →

Welcome to a Screening of Mrs. Perkins’s Ball

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Mrs.Perkins'sBall
On Tuesday evening, September 29, there will be a screening of Mrs. Perkins’s Ball, a dramatization of William Makepeace Thackeray’s 1847 Christmas Book, written, staged and produced by Andy Wentink for WCET-TV in Cincinnati “a few years back.” The screening is for Andy’s class From George Washington to John Travolta: Social Dance in American History and Culture (AMST0283), but other viewers are welcome. The screening will be in AXINN229 from 7:30-8:30 p.m on Tuesday 9/29.