We’ve gotten rid of our 4-year-old computers in the Reference and Periodicals Rooms, replacing 17 Dells and 12 Apples all with new iMacs like the ones pictured above. These computers have been specially configured to run Windows XP in addition to Mac OS X. At startup, you can choose which operating system you would like … Continue reading New Computers
Have you heard of the Horizon Report? It comes out every year and highlights 6 areas of emerging technology relating to higher education. Pretty interesting project. I just learned about it at CARL North IT’s workshop called Mashup the Library. Continue reading 2008 Horizon Report
A new search engine launched yesterday has been causing quite a buzz. Cuil (pronounced “cool”), was founded by a couple of ex-Google employees and does a few things differently than other search engines such as Google, Yahoo and Microsoft (the big-three have about 90% of the search market). As you can see below, successful searches … Continue reading Taking on Google – Cuil
Finding the fulltext of government funded research and news just got a lot easier! That’s because Gleeson Library|Geschke Center just added 438 U.S. government periodicals to Journal Finder. Just go to Journal Finder on the library’s homepage, type in the name of the government periodical (e.g., “Peace Watch”), and you’ll get a link to the … Continue reading Government Periodicals – Online!
Need to send a fax? Students and staff can send faxes at the University Center. Go to the Event Services and Information Desk Room 301, on the 3rd floor of the UC. (The office is right in front of you when you walk in the entrance from Harney Plaza.) It costs 50 cents per page. Continue reading Got Fax?
The deadline to register for the AJCU 2008 Joint Conference on Information Technology Management, Libraries and Educational Technology has been extended to March 14. Continue reading IT Conference Deadline Extended
Gleeson Library installed a new LCD in the library a few weeks back and a number of questions have come up about how we got it (thanks Dean Cannon!), how it works and how we decide what content is displayed. Dean Cannon charged the Gleeson Public Services Council with the project in 2007. After much … Continue reading Library Installs LCD Information Screen
The Bookseller magazine has announced the shortlist for the Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year, and invited the public to vote. Unfortunately my choice Cheese Problems Solved is currently lagging in third place behind If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs and I Was Tortured By the Pygmy … Continue reading Vote for the oddest book title
Register for the AJCU 2008 Joint Conference on Information Technology Management, Libraries and Educational Technology, a joint conference including librarians and leaders in technology management and educational technologies, hosted by USF. Continue reading USF Hosts Conference on IT, Library & Educational Techology
The Gleeson Library/ Geschke Learning Resource Center is now lending laptops to students. Laptops are available to check out from the Circulation desk. The laptops circulate for a four hour period and are for use inside the library only. There are only ten laptops currently in circulation so students may want to book them in … Continue reading Gleeson Lending Laptops!