CSB/SJU marketing

This is a creative way to advertise library services...

In case you were wondering:

About the 7 sexiest librarians of all time:

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/1761

Favorite Library Websites

Good Morning!

What are your favorite library websites? Post 1 or 2 of them here, along with (if you have time) the reasons that you like them. Please post by Monday so that I can take your list with me to share during my meetings in Maitland.

Thanks - Emily

For those of you up for review, a job description is below:

Thing #145 I love about NoodleTools

If you are logged into NoodleBib as an instructor/librarian, you have the ability to create "Class Lists". You can enable lists for any class you teach... or you can simply call them "Your Campus Library".

When students are logged in, they can choose to share their references lists & notes. When they click on "share", all they have to do is provide their own name (so that the instructor/librarian knows whose list they are reviewing) and the name that you gave your class list.

Once students have submitted the lists, you can login to NoodleBib and review the lists. You can analyze the References pages, look at the notes, and more. Is that nifty or what?

Oh, the Things I can do!

I just figured out how to add our very own blog to my very own personal Google page. I've been customizing Google for several weeks now, adding my favorite library blogs (some of which are extremely informative), and others which are simply quirky and amusing (Unshelved, anyone?)

Still, you have to admit that it is awesome that we - our team - is out there for the world. If you are interested in learning how to create your own Google customized page with our blog on it, just let me know. -E

Green Bay - Push to the Finish

Alright runners, you are at the 25-mile mark... grab a drink of water and let's push to the finish line!

Ok, so perhaps we are not runners - but we are librarians and the list for Green Bay needs to be finished! Several areas are looking great - especially digital design and criminal justice - but a few areas are also still very weak (especially Allied Health).

Please take some time in the next few days and add a minimum of 10 books in any of the folders. Your contributions will go a long way in getting materials ready for this new campus in our system.

Thanks!
Emily

Pop Culture Book

I just read a book called Using Pop Culture to Teach Information Literacy (ISBN: 1591583012). After reading this book, it makes me want to formulate my workshops to include pop culture ideas that might be successful for the students to remember information literacy concepts. This book is written for high school librarians, but 90% of the content could be applied for the content that we cover in the Success Strategies workshops.

For example, the book talks about how many students know how to download music, program their TIVO, etc. So, if they can accomplish these things, using the library databases should be a breeze, but we all know that some students have very little experience with any technology.. Due to the "digital divide" and Rasmussen students entering college from many different generations, you'd have to be creative when using pop culture because otherwise someone may be confused when your information literacy workshop is based solely on Napoleon Dynamite. I use this example because they wrote a lot about Napoleon Dynamite in this book. The book also includes ways to use pop culture for explaining Boolean Searching and for evaluating resources. Check it out. I feel like I am on Reading Rainbow..