tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72532155306471948012011-07-30T23:34:47.252-04:00<i>A place on the web to store and share interesting and maybe helpful ideas, software, technologies for librarians at Iona College and beyond. Suggestions are welcome. </i>Calliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04952928295159761088noreply@blogger.comBlogger311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7253215530647194801.post-51074672380354521322009-09-24T12:24:00.006-04:002009-09-24T12:32:35.675-04:00

Listen up!Cell phone radiation from EWGhttp://www.ewg.org/cellphoneradiation/Get-a-Safer-Phone?allavailable=1

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Posted: 15 Sep 2009 04:38 AM by the spectacular Researchbuzz. Thank you!...I used to use SmartDraw, and more recently have been trying an open source program called Dia.The first tool, which I’ve been watching for a while, is called Lovely Charts, and it is. Available at http://www.lovelycharts.com/, it not only lets you create regular flow charts but also site maps, network diagrams, people

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from ResearchBuzz Thank you!Check them out at http://www.researchbuzz.org/wp/_______________________________________Flickr Launches New Search Offerings Flickr announced last week some new offerings to the search engine. And while you can get a lot more information out of the search results page, I found I had to be pretty careful with the mouse! You can do a Flickr search off any page, and of

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Microsoft recently launched a new picture tool called Seadragon. Available at http://seadragon.com/http://seadragon.com/, you can point Seadragon to any image on the Web, and get a zoomable viewer. It works very simply: give Seadragon the URL to an image file, and it’ll be fetched. It’ll then process the file and give you a nice page containing your image along with tools to zoom in on it to get

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Wow, first Yahoo Images and now this! Google Images recently announced that searches will now be able to filter their searches by a variety of use licenses, including Creative Commons and GNU Free Documentation. Searchers will also be able to find items that are in the public domain. For this one you’ll want to skip the Google Images front page and go directly to the advanced search at http://

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Learn how Twitter can work for you. Take the plunge! Check these two resources out:Ultimate Guide Twitter in Plain English video

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The Latest from ResearchBuzzNews about search engines, databases, and other information collections.http://www.researchbuzz.org/wp/_________________________________________________June 30th, 2009 It’s amazing to see all the search engine development that’s been taking place in the last couple of months. It’s like 1999 all over again, in a good way. Google Labs is humming with all kinds of neat

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Cool Search Engines That Are Not GoogleBy Ryan Singel How do you find a new search engine if all you know is Google? Typing “search engine” into the usual box might lead you to Microsoft’s newly launched Bing, the combined search at Dogpile, or the former king of search, Altavista.But for those willing to dig around, searching for search engines can reveal a treasure trove: The net is rich with

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The Free Library has been offering free, full-text versions of classic literary works from hundreds of famous authors, whose biographies, images, and famous quotations can also be found on the site. Recently, it has been expanded to include a massive collection of periodicals from hundreds of leading publications covering Business and Industry, Communications, Health, Humanities, Law, Government,

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Free anti-spam advice from Bob RankinFight spam for free

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1.Failing to Apply Security Patches - New computer security threats crop up almost daily, as hackers, crackers and other cyber villians attempt to find and exploit holes in the operating system and application software we use every day. Unpatched vulnerabilities can lead to virus infestations, enslavement in a botnet, or even identity theft. And no software is immune, whether you run Windows, Mac

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NYT 11/22/08 Anne Eisenberg“Now tools are being developed by Microsoft and other companies that let people at different computers search as a team, dividing responsibilities and pooling results and recommendations in a shared Web space on the browser display as they plan a family vacation, for instance, or research a medical problem.”“Meredith Ringel Morris, a computer scientist at Microsoft

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LOEX Quarterly Volume 35TechMatters: Piecing Together a Free Online Instructional ToolkitKrista Graham, Central Michigan UniversityIf you work at a large academic institution, chances arefairly good that your organization provides access to a"course management" or "virtual learning" system suchas Blackboard (http://www.blackboard.com/), ANGEL(http://www.angellearning.com/), or eCollege (http://

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Library-related conferences locally, nationally, and globally. Very good for advance conference planning, as A. Franco pointed out. Compiled by Marian Dworaczekhttp://homepage.usask.ca/~mad204/CONF.HTM

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Thank you, Bob Rankin.CallieTOURBUS Volume 14, Number 4 -- 20 Oct 2008Tourbus Home -- http://www.internettourbus.com/TODAY'S TOURBUS TOPICS: Free Faxing / Free Security / Free WifiIn today's TOURBUS, I've got some tips to soften the impact of the current financial crisis. Send a fax, for free. Dump your expensive anti-virus and anti-spyware software and replace them with free alternatives that

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I am a PC, no use hiding it (I have a new iMac at home)If you want to take a screenshot, here's what I found out:On a total Mac machine: Command +Shift 3 > Hear picture sound (it numbers pictures)On a Mac dual boot with apple keyboard but in Windows program: F14 then Ctrl V in doc.Of course, best is PC keyboard and PC (:-)) : Just hit PrintScrn tab and paste.

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The Effectiveness of a Web-based Board Game for Teaching Undergraduate Students Information Literacy Concepts and Skills - Karen Markey, et al; D-LibTo teach incoming undergraduate students information literacy skills, a research team at the University of Michigan School of Information developed the Defense of Hidgeon, a web-based board game. We opted for a game in lieu of other approaches

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from TOURBUS Volume 14, Number 3 -- 09 Sep 2008 found at http://www.internettourbus.com/EYEJOT - I didn't have to take a survey to see that Eyejot was cool.This nifty (and free) video email service is completely web based.If you have a browser and a webcam, that's all you need. With Eyejot you don't have to install any software, master complicated video editing tools or struggle with email

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I have used it a couple of times since the last post and I am starting to like it. It's easy to capture a screen and share what you've seen (rhymes) or record a 5 min. video with or without voice. Not bad at all.www.jingproject.com

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Crabby, yes, but helpful, too.Check out the page to see if your Office question(s) is answeredhttp://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/FX101679371033.aspx?ION_CL=009~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~and to find out about the real woman behind the crab, go tohttp://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA011264381033.aspx . You will also learn howthe column got started.

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Scavenger Hunt Enhances Students' Utilization of BlackboardDianne C. Jones, PofessorDepartment of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and CoachingUniversity of Wisconsin-Whitewaterhttp://jolt.merlot.org/Vol2_No2_Jones.htmPrensky, M. (2001). Digital natives, digital immigrants, Part II: Do they really think differently? [On-line]. Available:http://www.twitchspeed.com/site/Prensky%20-%20Digital%

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A one page article from Mark Herring in which he shares the basics of what blended librarianship is about and its relationship to the rapid change in our profession, calling librarians to seek new models that better fit the times.--Go to "Against the Grain" athttp://www.against-the-grain.com/d/fulltextarticles--Select vol.20 3p. 75 June 2008Mark HerringLittle Red HerringspdfAny comments?

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I found these in August's issue of Good Housekeeping magazine. They look good. Now, do we have the time to follow through? :-)http://www.obviously.com/junkmail/http://www.ecocycle.org/junkmail/index.cfm

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Thanks to Gerry McKiernan, Associate ProfessorScience and Technology Librarian atIowa State University Library[ http://tinyurl.com/6ngdaz ]Fostering Learning in the Networked World: The Cyberlearning Opportunity and Challenge / A 21st Century Agenda for the National Science FoundationReport of the NSF Task Force on Cyberlearning [Christine L. Borgman (Chair), Hal Abelson, Lee Dirks, Roberta

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WebJunction launches new online social & learning Aug. 13, 2008From the news release:WebJunction, the online learning community for librarians and library staff, has launched a new social and learning experience in close collaboration with partners in 15 state libraries. The new site builds on the deep repository of helpful content, relevant courses, and active discussions that have been the

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I wasted enought time famliarizing myself with Jing and came to a decision. Although you can make a 5 min. video, I had no success and figure that I 'd better commit to learning and using Adobe Captivate since we, Iona College librarians, have access to it. It's the real thing.

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I really like this newsletter. Variety of e-topics: security, software, devices, the latest news and ratings. Here's an issue.---------------------------------------------------------------------Tourbus Home -- http://www.internettourbus.com/----------------------------------------------------------------------TODAY'S TOURBUS TOPICS: Free Anti-Virus / Botnets /Future Input Devices / Health

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or so they say. It's like a Captivate or Camtasia "lite" supposedly. I will find out soon and let you know. It's for quick video or screenshot (with voice) capture and sharing, up to 5 minutes.See short and sweet Video Tour explanation in upper right-hand corner of page.http://www.jingproject.com/faq.aspThis short video shows you how Jing works.http://blog.jingproject.com/2007/07/

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New search engine "Cuil" (pronounced "cool" and Irish for knowledge) claims to search 3 times as many web pages as Google. I liked the results from my initial search--"information literacy" tutorials.Read more at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7528503.stm

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http://www.learner.org/resources/series128.htmlHow does one write a great essay? Is it possible to come up with an original voice? These two questions and many more are discussed in this 26-part series on English composition. Offered as part of the Annenberg Media website, this video series "introduces basic principles and strategies for communicating in writing to a variety of audiences and

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The purpose of this blog is to eliminate extra e-mails sent to my illustrious colleagues at Iona College and to centrally locate library information I think may interest some of my fellow librarians. Everyone is welcome to visit and comment, though.Only time will reveal the longevity and usefulness (or lack of) of this trial endeavor.Thanks for stopping by.Callie

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