Featured e-book: Twitter and Society
This e-book by Katrin Weller reflects an overview of current research about Twitter from a number of disciplines. It is also included in the Choice list of Outstanding Academic Titles of 2014. Chapters...
View ArticleMay Apps for Library Professionals
This month’s installment of “There’s an App for That” comes from Drew Smith, who suggests taking a look at two new apps for productivity and library instruction. 1. Momentum Momentum is a “personal...
View ArticleAcademic Libraries Will Play an Important Role in Data Storage for Researchers
Where Should You Keep Your Data? – The Chronicle of Higher Education via kwout A recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education by Karen Markin, talks about the mandates from federal granting...
View ArticleLibrary of Congress’ Twitter Archive a Huge #FAIL
Library of Congress: Twitter archive project limbo – POLITICO via kwout Politico’s story about the failure of the Library of Congress’ Twitter archive project is a great cautionary tale about poor...
View ArticleWhat is the Internet of Things?
The Internet of Things relates to objects and physical items such as hardware or software that provides functionality to our lives. This recent report by O’Reilley Media (you need to register to...
View ArticleHelping Faculty with Reserve Requests
In working with faculty at USF you may be asked to help them with directions for putting materials on either course reserves in the library or on e-reserve. Other than directing faculty to an excellent...
View ArticleAn Introduction to Brittany Self and the DMC Services
Here is a brief introduction to one of our new employees in Academic Services, Brittany Self, Media Technologist for the Digital Media Commons, along with an overview of the services she offers in the...
View ArticleThe USF Digital Media Commons
Untitled via kwout Many changes are coming in terms of staffing and support for the Digital Media Commons, among them the addition of Media Technologist Brittany Self. The DMC is a fully equipped Mac...
View ArticleThe Wisdom of the Crowd: Digital Collections
Matt Ennis writes in Library Journal (13 July, 2015) about origins of “crowdsourcing” and some of the digitization projects that have benefited from this phenomenon. Image Credit
View ArticleCreating Effective and Engaging Video Tutorials
On September 18, 2014 participants enjoyed a webcast presentation and discussion with Nichole Martin and Ross Martin. Librarians have actively produced tutorials as an extension of reference services,...
View ArticleMakerspaces in Academic Libraries
Makerspaces have made the news this month with an interesting new piece in American Libraries. Featuring the innovative services of the labs at NCSU, UN Reno, and Brandeis University, author Bailey...
View ArticleDIRT: Digital Research Tools for Scholarly Use
Dirt’s Digital Research Tools site is a directory of digital tools for scholarly use. The goal of this site is to make it easy for digital humanists and others conducting digital research to find and...
View ArticleSpring Workshop Series on Digital Media
The USF Tampa Library Digital Media Commons (DMC) is a multimedia production area which provides equipment, instruction, creative space, and assistance to USF students and faculty. To complement the...
View ArticleDivest, Infest, Differentiate–2016 Top 10 IT Issues
The video below summarizes the main points of EDUCAUSE’s new report, the 2016 Top 10 IT Issues. Themes include the divesting of local technologies in favor of cloud-based services elsewhere,...
View ArticleFlorida Webinar: Ditch the Mouse–Assistive Technology is Here
image credit Assistive technology is anything that assists people with disabilities and can be as simple as a walking cane, or as sophisticated as voice recognition software. Did you know that...
View ArticleOptimizing the Web for Reference
At ALA Midwinter STEM Librarian Matt Torrence and Lily Todorinova (Rutgers University) moderated a discussion group for the Reference & User Services Association’s (RUSA) Management of Electronic...
View ArticleLibX at USF
What if you could search the catalog, connect to articles directly from Wikipedia, and find out that the library has your textbook while browsing Amazon…all without having even visited library website?...
View ArticleVitae’s JobTracker
Job Tracker from Vitae via kwout The Vitae’s Jobtracker is a data-driven look at how the job market works. If you are working with graduate students who are planning to enter the academic career...
View ArticleFive Things to Know about Scholar Commons
Scholar Commons University of South Florida (USF) Tampa Library via kwout Scholar Commons is organized by department: Selected Works is for individual researchers. All you need is a CV! If you want to...
View Article23rd Annual New Media Consortium Conference
The NMC conference was, according to Barbara Lewis, a great opportunity to connect with her peers and learn more about the innovative creation and use of media in education. From the “Collaborative...
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