Submitted by gossmand on January 18, 2013 - 2:17pm
Present: Matt H, Matt B, Bob E, Larry, Matt H, Todd, Eddy, Diane
- GusDay – GusDay, the Minnesota Private College Consortium’s annual technology conference which Luther staff regularly attend, is Friday, January 18, at the University of St. Thomas. Those attending this year include: Matt H, Matt H, Matt B, Dylan, Adam, Chris, and Paul.
- Norse Docs Workshops & New Katie Faculty Working Sessions – The first sessions were held last week and additional sessions are scheduled for the next two weeks. See lis.luther.edu/learn/schedule.
Submitted by gossmand on January 17, 2013 - 6:24pm
Google’s Appointment Slots feature has been used extensively on Luther’s campus, particularly for scheduling office hours with students and Norse Writing Center appointments.
We were informed in December that Appointment Slots would be going away this January.
Submitted by gossmand on January 11, 2013 - 11:39pm
Headline of the Week: Value of Walking the Stacks
I am glad that in Preus Library at Luther College the stacks are open to the community. I like it for many reasons. One that I was reminded of this week was the value of walking through them to just see and be inspired by what’s on the spines and covers of the books on the shelves. A newer member from the Decorah community had come to the library to “check it out” and reported being drawn into the stacks as she passed by an aisle and for a time enjoyed being lost in the discovery and exploration. I also enjoy this.
Submitted by gossmand on January 11, 2013 - 1:45pm
Hi Everyone,
You may have heard about Power Searching with Google, an online course we ran last year with over 275,000 registrants from around the world.
We are excited to announce our follow-up course, Advanced Power Searching with Google. Advanced Power Searching with Google is a free online course aimed at deepening your understanding on solving complex research questions using Google’s advanced search techniques.
Submitted by gossmand on January 4, 2013 - 4:16pm
Headline of the Week: Exploring e-Reading
I want to encourage you to explore e-reading during J-Term. Our Innovative Services Librarian, Jennifer Rian, with help from other LIS collegues has put together a variety of activities “…to explore the boundaries and freedom of e-reading…” (see http://lis.luther.edu/reading for details and http://lis.luther.edu/learn/schedule to register).
Just as e-reading is not just one thing there are a number of activities planned to explore some of the various dimensions of e-books and e-reading.
Submitted by gossmand on December 21, 2012 - 4:14pm
Headline of the Week: Watson for Libraries
This week I came across another interesting piece on IBM’s Watson (Jeopardy playing fame). It was written by a colleague I’ve I had the pleasure of working with in a couple of assignments, Rob High.
It describes in a non-technical way how Watson works.
Submitted by gossmand on December 21, 2012 - 9:55am
Present: Matt H, Bob E, Larry, Todd, Ryan, Jennifer R, Eddy, Diane
- Join.me – Matt H has been researching Join.me as a replacement for the current tool we use for remote (i.e off-campus) support. The LIS Technology Help Desk has been using this tool since this summer.
Submitted by gossmand on December 20, 2012 - 12:12pm
If you are interested in attending GusDay, please register for the event and let me (Diane) know that you are attending. I need to reserve vehicle(s) and will be scheduling a conversation in early January to discuss travel arrangements for those who are attending.
Here’s the note we received from this year’s committee:
__Please remember to register for GusDay hosted at St. Thomas on January 18.
Submitted by gossmand on December 14, 2012 - 5:48pm
Headline of the Week: Introductory Textbooks Nearly Free?
The Management Information Systems text available through Flat World Knowledge (FWK) is great in my opinion. When I used it in my classes the online version was free and for a modest fee (relative to the cost of new traditional textbook) one could download and print a copy and FWK would print a black and white copy and send it to you for a bit more and for a bit more than that they’d print and send you a full color copy. Recently they removed the free online text option.
Submitted by gossmand on December 7, 2012 - 5:37pm
Headline of the Week: Business Model for MOOCs
Udacity and Coursera are startup firms that provide means/services to deliver MOOCs – Massive Open Online Courses. Udacity works with individual professors and Coursera works with colleges and universities.
In an interesting article this week Coursera has announced it will provide an employment “matching” service for a fee. The service will aim to connect students who have demonstrated skills through completion of Coursera MOOC courses and employers. It will work like a “head-hunter” service in that employers will pay.
