Friday, 21 September 2007
Libraries and Librarians in the Blogosphere
Here are some of the most representative library blogs I've found. Some librarian blogs are among the best blogs I've read. Must be something about librarians and information... From the UK, USA and Australia.
Peter Scott’s Library Blog http://xrefer.blogspot.com/ Links
Cambridge University Medical Library http://cambridgemedicallibrary.blogspot.com/ Facts
Spineless (Heriot Watt) http://hwlibrary.wordpress.com/ Facts and Opinions
ILS Blog, University of Worcester http://www2.worc.ac.uk/wordpress/ Opinions
Library Suggestion Blog (Virginia Commonwealth) http://blog.vcu.edu/libsuggest/
Theoretical Librarian http://theoretical-librarian.blogspot.com/ Occasional
Eclectic Librarian opinions http://www.eclecticlibrarian.net/blog/archives/000851.html
Hey Jude (Winner of Best Library Blog in the EduBlog awards 2006) http://heyjude.wordpress.com/
The L Files http://bulibrary.blogspot.com/ Facts and Opinions
Plus some examples of types of blog
•Academic blog – the Adelie blog
•Group blog – Leeds University e-learning
•Personal blog – Stephen Downes
•Business blog – iQubed blog
•Conference blog – Women Business & BloggingLabels: academic blogs, blogging, blogosphere, blogs, librarian, librarian blogs, librarians, libraries, library, library blogs
posted by Helen Whitehead 8:40 AM
Wednesday, 19 September 2007
Learning from Greece...
A librarian colleague told me today about her success in using a new presentation technique.
The Introduction to the library and how to use it probably isn't one of the most exciting things that happen to new students in Fresher's Week ... so no doubt librarians in Universities up and down the country are trying to make their sessions more interesting and engaging.
The Kefalonian Technique worked well for my colleague. It was adapted by a librarian from a presentation by holiday reps in Greece. It sounds like it's adaptable to a wide variety of presentations where facts have to be got across.
Firstly, lively music is played as the attendees come into the room (to wake them up), and something more soothing is played at the end as they leave.
Instead of just going through a series of slides, printed questions are handed out as the attendees enter, and the presenter then asks for the questions which may come in any order. To make sure that certain questions ARE asked in the right order, colours are used, for example, the presenter first asks for a yellow question.
The audience don't know there's only one yellow question: "Who are you?" which obviously has to be first.
Sounds like a good idea to me! Thanks Heather!Labels: librarian, library, library skills, managing sessions, presenter skills, presenting
posted by Helen Whitehead 8:10 PM
