New Library Newsletter

It happened again. You'd think I would learn. I sent out a mass mailing announcing the latest library newsletter in which the links to it didn't work. I don't know if the issue is Mac/PC related. I do know that it is stupid to do an email to the whole university if you haven't checked the links on another computer.

Anyway here is a link to the newsletter. I hope it works online better than in email.
Fall 2008 University Library Newsletter
or
http://www.usouthal.edu/univlib/news/news33/index.html

Mindset for the class of 2012

Beloit College has just come out with their annual list purporting to offer insight into the mindset of the entering college freshman. Always interesting; often surprising; perhaps not so relevant as suggested. But I do wish that I knew what some of the items referred to.

Netlingo--Yesterday's Word of the Day

Boolean and Boolean Logic Note: this is not just a library concept. Boolean is a powerful way to give your web searching more focus. More time strategizing mean less time evaluating.Always go to the "Advanced Search" option to make use of a form that employs Boolean.
See Wikipedia graphic.

http://www.netlingo.com/lookup.cfm?term=Boolean%20or%20Boolean%20logic

The Coolest Computer Peripheral Ever

http://technorati.com/videos/youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DCRL1SeTJ1rk

Top Ten Things to Know about Your Library

From Ellen Wilson, Information Technology Librarian and Freshman Seminar liaison, comes this webpage
http://www.usouthal.edu/univlib/ewilson/fs/ULtopten.html

BBC Sport's Olympics Monkey

BBC's version of a Olympics promo. Great animation. You just have to put up with a short commercial first.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/monkey/7521287.stm

Typographic Fun

Wordle http://wordle.net
Friday's activity: Create your own extraordinary typographic graphic--whatever. Find a piece of text you like or create a set of related words and paste them into the window. Wordle creates a graphic design using your words. There is some control over font, color and design. Then do a screen capture to use it in your own webpage.

A Little Flash Animation Fun

This is for anyone who has ever tried to create a Flash animation. It's called Animator vs Animation.