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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Tech Sharecase, 22 July 2010
Attendees
Janey Chao, Stephen Francoeur, Ellen Kaufman, Jim Livornese, Ryan Phillips, Linda Rath, Mike Waldman, Kevin wolff
LibGuides
We discussed Steven Bell’s study of LibGuides (pdf), which he presented at 16th Annual Reference Research Forum at the ALA Annual Meeting this year. Bell asked whether LibGuides help students do better research? The results of the student were inconclusive.
Gartner Research
On the CUNY Portal, we have limited subscription to Gartner Research (we do have access to the magic quadrant charts).
IT Needs for the Library
Jim Livornese asked us to talk about what IT needs the library has. Suggestions we discussed included:
- better, faster, more stable PCs at the ref desk (the best we can offer) that have dual monitors (one angled for the patron, another for the librarian) and speakers (so we can play videos to patrons as needed)
- digital signage
- longer period for guest logins (2 days? 3 days? 1 week?)
- better sense of who to contact in BCTC for what
- software that makes image on instructor’s classroom PC display on the student PCs
- multiple projection screens in the classrooms (and more whiteboards)
BCTC Projects
Jim Livornese ran through a list of projects that BCTC will be looking into or developing further: podcast producers, Boxee, iTunes U, media development, etc.
Videos
We watched the BYU video that was just released and parodies a recent ad campaign from Old Spice. Here is the BYU library video:
[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/2ArIj236UHs” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]
Here is the original Old Spice commercial:
[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/uLTIowBF0kE" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]
It was noted that Yale and Middlebury have similarly well-produced videos for aimed at attracting applicants.
RSS Reader in Microsoft Office 2010
The new version of Outlook in Microsoft Office, which we are all getting in our desk PCs soon, has a RSS reader built in.
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Tagged ALA Annual, Assessment, BCTC, Gartner Research, Information technology, LibGuides, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, PCs, Reference services, RSS, Tech Sharecase, Videos
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Tech Sharecase, 9 July 2010
Attendees: Arthur Downing, Stephen Francoeur, Ryan Phillips, Jim Livornese, Michael Waldman.
We began the sharecase by welcoming Jim Livornese, the new Director of Instructional Technology & Client Services at Baruch College. We spent some of our time talking to him about the library’s technology needs.
We also entertained a brief discussion of Drupal and METRO’s offer of two July courses on Drupal. Courses are full and registration is closed. NYPL is also hosting a NYPL Drupal Camp at the end of August which is also full. The interest in Drupal may have to do with NYPL’s recent move to Drupal.
We then discussed a lead from AL Direct referring to a WebJunction survey on librarians’ use of technology tools entitled “Library Staff Report Their Use of Online Tools” The methodology for the survey is not given, so we were somewhat wary of the results; however, it showed librarians are lagging behind in the use of newer online tools such as RSS feeds and Blogs (see image below).
We then discussed finding a way for the library to place books in the public domain on the Kindle, or similar device–Nook or Sony e-Reader, et cetera. Books to be targeted will be English classics that are required reading for literature courses on campus.
The conversation then moved to the iPhone QR code reading application iCandy from Ricoh Innovations. Richoh is also working on integrating visual search into the application. This will allow users to point their device at text on a newspaper, for example, and the app will retrieve results based on the text that is read. It’s similar to the Shazzam application that listens to music and then recognizes the song that was played.
We then discussed the library’s purchase of Kik Scanner Bookeye 2 and how to make it available for use in the library and to the Baruch community.
Lastly, we discussed the state and challenges of student printing.
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Tagged AL Direct, Amazon Kindle, bookeye, Drupal, iCandy, nook, NYPL, QR codes, shazzam, Sony e-reader, Tech Sharecase, visual search, WebJunction
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Student Experience Survey 2010
The 2010 CUNY Student Experience Survey is available now available from the Office of Institutional Research & Assessment. In addition to providing satisfaction scores for campus services, the survey reports on students’ IT preferences and use. Here are some highlights for Baruch students:
- Preferred means for communication with faculty – Email (67%), Text Messages (1%), Social Networking (1%), Blackboard (2%), In-person (25%), Phone (3%)
- Preferred means for communication with other students – Email (36%), Text Messages (23%), Social Networking (10%), Blackboard (1%), In-person (25%), Phone (6%)
- Preferred means for communication with administrators – Email (50%), Text Messages (0%), Social Networking (1%), Blackboard (1%), In-person (42%), Phone (6%)
- Satisfaction with online access to faculty (virtual office hours, video conference, etc.) – Very Satisfied (11%), Satisfied (34%), Neutral (36%), Dissatisfied (12%), Very Dissatisfied (25)
- Use library’s online services – Never (29%), Once/twice per year (25%), Once/twice per month (26%), Once/twice per week (15%), Every day (4%)
- I would like my college to offer more fully online courses – Strongly Agree (20%), Agree (22%), Neutral (35%), Disagree (16%), Strongly Disagree (8%)
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New Feed for Posts AND Comments
I did the same thing with Yahoo! Pipes here that I did today for the Reference at Newman Library blog so you can subscribe to a feed that gives you all new posts and comments. If you’d like to see how I did it, I created a screencast and wrote step-by-step instructions on this post from my other personal blog, Stephen Francoeur’s Stuff.
Here’s the URL you can add to your feed reader for the new combined feed:
http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=19704accb2e2d2d8f97de2ac204b75c6&_render=rss
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Tagged Blogging, Library blogs, RSS, Screencasts, Videos, Yahoo! Pipes
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NYT article on cheating at colleges
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Tagged Academic Integrity, Plagiarism
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Image of How Google Works
The PPC Blog recently offered up this informative image, Learn How Google Works: In Gory Detail.For some quick commentary on the infographic, check out Roy Tennant’s blog post over at Library Journal.
While investigating who was behind this blog (a company that offers training in search engine marketing), I learned that PPC stands for “pay per click” (the phrase is not new to me but the acronym was).
Finland makes broadband a legal right
- BBC News article: Finland makes broadband a legal right
- FICORA: Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (English site)
- Press release from Finnish government
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Tagged Broadband Access, Broadband Divide, Digital Divide
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