Category Archives: Tutorials

Libraries as Business Incubators

Public Libraries as Business Incubators is an article in PC World suggesting that libraries could provide a service to their communities by serving as a connection to resources that small businesses might need and/or provide to other small businesses.  This … Continue reading

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DIY Book Scanner for less than $20

If you have reading material that you would like to digitize, but not enough budget to make it happen, this might be your recipe for a Saturday afternoon do-it-yourself (DIY) project: New & Improved Portable, Paperless, Digital Copy Machine The … Continue reading

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Taking Library Photographs

Taking Pictures and Telling Stories at our Libraries is a post on the ALA TechSource blog by Cindi Trainor.  It is a good overview for how someone can take decent photographs in a library setting. The only suggestion I would … Continue reading

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Mash-Up the OPAC

ILS user groups can be one of the greatest sources of tips, tricks and inspiration for tech-oriented library staff. There was a recent discussion on the Innovative User’s Group that has led to an interesting way to embed various media … Continue reading

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Ohio on iTunes U

The State of Ohio has launched an iTunes site that is designed “to share educational resources, professional development materials, and student videos which have been produced by members of higher education, the K-12 community, and community partners free of charge … Continue reading

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Open Source Documentation

One of the more frustrating things about open source software is the fact that many projects have little-to-no documentation.  William Shields, a software developer from Australia, posts about his experiences and concludes that he isn’t going to patronize projects that … Continue reading

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Talon

Talon is a Firefox add-on that enhances the way you can grab images from your web browser.  The neatest aspect of this is the ability to create an image that contains the entire web page you are viewing.  The benefits … Continue reading

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DIY Book Scanner

I enjoy building things, especially if there is a “let’s see what we can find to make this work” factor involved. With that in mind, it should be obvious why Building a High Speed Scanner from Trash and Cheap Cameras … Continue reading

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Understanding Library Bar Code Structure

Understanding the Bar Code Structure is a description of the structure of the standardized bar code used by many libraries for both their patrons and their materials.  It resides on the website of JerseyCat, New Jersey’s nicely named “statewide virtual … Continue reading

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MathTV

MathTV is a collection of video tutorials, ranging from basic mathematical concepts to complex calculus applications, meant to assist students by providing a demonstration of how to work a type of problem. This is a great resource for anyone needing … Continue reading

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Middlespot Search Interface

Think of Middlespot as a Zotero-like organization tool for web searches.  Perform a search, and you have several ways to explore the search results, as well as saving collections of results in what they call a “Workpad”. The fastest way … Continue reading

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Free Open Courseware Open Source Classes

100 Free Open Courseware Classes About Open Source Everything is a post on the BSchool.com Blog.  Their list is quite comprehensive, with something for just about anyone. In addition, the blog has a thing for “100 Free…” lists, from resource … Continue reading

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Three Great Book Repair Guides

A Simple Book Repair Manual is a web-based guide created and hosted by the Dartmouth College Library.  It covers what a library needs to set up a toolkit and make straightforward repairs. Conservation Book Repair : A training manual by … Continue reading

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Library 2.0 Webinar

10 Ways to Make Your Library Great in 2008—via Web 2.0 is a webinar being held next week that promises to be very informative.  The focus is on social networking and how libraries and library staff can approach new technologies … Continue reading

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WebWISER

WebWISER is an online access point for WISER, which stands for Wireless Information Sytem for Emergency Responders.  This database of information on hazardous materials is maintained by the National Library of Medicine, and can be used to both find information … Continue reading

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Google Code for Educators

Interested in quick and straightforward tutorials for making dynamic websites and such?  Check out Google Code for Educators to get a few ideas and examples that you can use to enhance your projects. found on the Official Google Blog

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American Sign Language Video Dictionary

The ASL Video Dictionary is exactly that:  a dictionary of sign language that covers words, common phrases, and even religious signs. found on MetaFilter

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Advice to a slightly less experienced geek librarian

Advice to a slightly less experienced geek librarian is written by Daniel Chudnov at One Big Library, and is an excellent essay with good advice for anyone exploring new ways to do things in libraries.  I can vouch for a … Continue reading

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Copyright Resources on the Web

Copyright Resources on the Web is an excellent and very comprehensive collection of links to, whaddayaknow, copyright resources on the web. from ResourceShelf

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Intute: Virtual Training Suite

It is British, it is online, and it is free.  It is Intute: Virtual Training Suite. What Intute is is a collection of web tutorials on a wide, wide range of subjects.  Their aim is to give you an overview … Continue reading

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