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Author Archives: Michael Sauers
Who says you can’t learn from history?
Three great topics were recently presented at the Breezing Along with the Regional Medical Library session on July 16. Judi Bergjord, Creighton Health Science Library, along with Chris Carmichael and Madonna Knutson presented their event featuring the NLM Traveling Exhibit – Shakespeare and the Four Humors. They collaborated with other Creighton faculty/services to provide a lecture on the four humors, a Maypole dance, fortune telling, a soliloquy performance and Renaissance food. Most inventive and a great way to give some attention to both the Health Science Library and the Reinert undergraduate library.
Further, John Schleicher, Head of Special Collections from UNMC, presented a humor/cartoon collection covering more than 50 years of medical humor. The times have changed and so have cartoons!
And as another tie-in to History of Medicine, Trenton Boyd presented a fascinating look back on Veterinary History of Medicine, and the collection at the University of Missouri – Columbia.
The session is viewable at: http://goo.gl/b4kBYj
Marty Magee
National Network/Libraries of Medicine
Education and Nebraska Coordinator
McGoogan Library of Medicine
Univ. of Nebraska Medical Center
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Recently on the NCompass Podcast
Have you listened to the NCompass Podcast lately? Here are the episodes from June 2014. To get all of the episodes delivered to you automatically be sure to subscribe via RSS or iTunes.
Episode 287: 20 Cool Tools for You and Your Library
Episode 288: Broadband + Libraries = Community Growth
Episode 289: EDGE: Connecting Technology and Community
Episode 290: Tech Talk with Michael Sauers: Enter the Mozillarian: Weaving the Mozilla and Library Communities
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Nebraska Learns 2.0: Summer Reading & Revolution 2.0
The Nebraska Learns 2.0 Thing for June is NetGalley.
“Do you love to discover new books? Do you review and recommend books online, in print, for your bookstore, library patrons, blog readers, or classroom? Then you are what we call a “professional reader,” and NetGalley is for you. Registration is free, and allows you to request or be invited to read titles, often advance reading copies, on your favorite device.”
Another facet of Nebraska Learns 2.0 is BookThing. Each month we pick a single title that we feel has relevance to librarianship and/or information theory. Some of the titles will be very obviously related; while others may not seem so on the surface but there is a connection. Your assignment will be to read the book and create a blog post answering some questions about the title.
The BookThing for December is Revolution 2.0: The Power of the People is Greater Than the People in Power by Wael Ghonim.
Nebraska Learns 2.0 (http://nlcblogs.nebraska.gov/nelearns/ ) is the Nebraska Library Commission’s ongoing online learning program. It is a self-discovery program which encourages participants to take control of their own learning and to utilize their lifelong learning skills through exploration and PLAY.
Each month, we offer you an opportunity to learn a new Thing (or lesson). You have all month to complete that Thing and receive one CE credit. You may choose which Things to do based on personal interest and time availability If the Thing of the month doesn’t interest you or if you are particularly busy that month, you can skip it.
If you are new to Nebraska Learns 2.0, your first assignment is to sign up to participate at: http://nlcblogs.nebraska.gov/nelearns/sign-up-2/ This program is open to ALL Nebraska librarians, library staff, library friends, library board members and school media specialists.
We hope you’ll join your library colleagues in the fun as you learn about new and exciting technologies!
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Recently on the NCompass Podcast
Have you listened to the NCompass Podcast lately? Here are the episodes from May 2014. To get all of the episodes delivered to you automatically be sure to subscribe via RSS or iTunes.
Episode 282: Smart Investing: Reference Strategies and Resources
Episode 283: The Internship: A Win-Win Situation
Episode 284: A Conversation with Nebraska’s New State Poet, Twyla Hansen
Episode 285: Doing Smart “Social” Media
Episode 286: Tech Talk with Michael Sauers: Adventures in Google Apps for Education (GAFE)
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Participate in a survey on small and rural academic libraries
Are you an academic librarian at a small or rural library? Do you work (or want to work) with cloud computing technologies? If so, we invite you to participate in a research study about the impact of cloud computing on librarians at small or rural academic libraries.
The purpose of this study is to understand:
- Impact of cloud computing on librarians at small and rural academic libraries;
- The nature and use of cloud computing technologies by small and rural academic librarians; and
- Concerns about cloud computing by librarians at small and rural academic libraries.
Please visit http://bit.ly/R7NMF3 to take the online survey. The survey will be open until May 30, 2014.
If you’ve already participated in this survey, thank you. Please consider forwarding it to colleagues who may be interested.
Thank you for your interest in and support of this research.
Sincerely,
Deborah Tritt, M.L.I.S., M.S.I.T. (PI)
University of South Carolina AIken
deboraht@usca.edu
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Spotlight! on National Library of Medicine Resources – Mobile Resources
Wednesday, May 28 – 1:00 MT/2:00 CT
John Bramble will be presenting on many of the free mobile apps available in National Library of Medicine Gallery of Mobile Apps (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mobile/). If you’d like to follow along with John as he demos apps, be sure and download the apps before the session. If you have any questions or need help with this prior to the session, please do not hesitate to contact John , john.bramble@utah.edu, 800-338-7657 toll free in region, 801-585-5743 office).
URL : https://webmeeting.nih.gov/mcr2
Equipment: connection to the Internet and a phone
Login: as a guest with your first and last name. Instructions to connect to the audio will show up once you’ve logged in.
No registration required. Captioning will be provided and the sessions will be recorded. Questions to mmagee@unmc.edu (mm)
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Recently on the NCompass Podcast
Have you listened the NCompass Podcast lately? Here are the episodes from April 2014. To get all of the episodes delivered to you automatically be sure to subscribe via RSS or iTunes.
Episode 278: Fizz, Boom, Read! : Summer Reading Program 2014
Episode 279: Paws to Read at Kearney Public Library
Episode 280: Killing Dewey
Episode 281: Tech Talk with Michael Sauers: Playful Pedagogy: Using Game Components to Change the Student Experience
Episode 282: Smart Investing: Reference Strategies and Resources
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Looking for free refugee health information in multiple languages?
Healthy Roads Media has reformatted a DVD, (Safe , Smart, and Healthy) from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services into short videos, now viewable on their website. There are 28 segments, produced in 33 languages, with two new personal hygiene topics in 16 languages. All are available as streaming web videos.
Check them out at the Healthy Roads Media Refugee Health Orientation page.
Marty Magee
mmagee@unmc.edu
Recently on the NCompass Podcast
Have you listened the NCompass Podcast lately? Here are the episodes from March 2014. To get all of the episodes delivered to you automatically be sure to subscribe via RSS or iTunes.
Episode 274: Migrating To A New ILS
Episode 275: Password Management & Security
Episode 276: Book Club Kit Reviews
Episode 277: Tech Talk with Michael Sauers: How Big is Your Digital Footprint? How to Manage Your Online Presence
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Register for LIS classes at Central Community College
Registration opens on April 11, 2014 for classes in Library and Information Services at Central Community College.
Classes include:
- Foundations of Library and Information Services
- Reference Services
- The Library and Information Services Capstone Practicum
For more information see: http://www.cccneb.edu/degreesonline or contact Dee Johnson at CCC, djohnson@cccneb.edu or 402-562-1418 or 877-222-0780, extension 1418.
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You can now follow us on Google+ and Tumblr
If you’re a user of either Google+ or Tumblr, you can now follow the commission on those services. As a reminder, you can check out all of the Social services where you can find us on our Social Networking Links page.
Huyen-Yen Hoang, La Vista Library Board President At 16 Years Old
Teen librarian Lindsey Tomsu has some amazing kids involved with her teen advisory board. One young lady stepped up to the challenge when a spot opened up on the La Vista Public Library board in Nebraska. Huyen-Yen Hoang put in her application, and before she knew it, the board was naming her as the president.
How did you first become involved with La Vista (NE) Public Library?
I first got involved with the La Vista Public Library in the summer of 2005. My first grade teacher had given all her students calendars of things we should do so that we wouldn’t get bored. One day, it said, “Register for the Summer Reading Program,” and so upon doing so, I was so intrigued, I came back every year. Although, I didn’t actively help out until the summer of 2010 when I discovered the newly developed teen program and joined the TAB (teen advisory board).
Read the full article @ School Library Journal.
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What about “Beer, Yeast and Louis Pasteur?”
There is an answer…Aren’t you curious about the why? Learn about historical topics, such as the Garfield assassination or “Beer, Yeast, and Louis Pasteur” , or Super Heroes with a Serious Message (produced in cooperation with Marvel Comics) through a new National Library of Medicine website called “Circulating Now.” It’s available at: http://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov. This interesting new website seeks to choose those gems from the library and focus some attention on them by presenting an applicable picture and short commentary. You can subscribe to receive updates via e-mail, or through RSS. Sign up today!
This is a guest post by Marty Magee of the National Network/Libraries of Medicine.
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A follow-up on The Quantified Self
On the last Tech Talk episode of NCompass Live I spoke with Gary Wolf one of the co-founders of The Quantified Self. For those interested in hearing a little more, and a bit of a counter-argument to the concept, take a listen to this episode of the CBC Spark podcast. The whole episode is very interesting but the QS stories don’t start until 25:30.
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Nebraska Librarians @ SXSW
AUSTIN (February 5, 2014) – Representatives from the library industry’s leading organizations and associations are attending SXSW Interactive to raise awareness of the ways librarians are already supporting emerging entrepreneurs and tech businesses across the country. The goal is to get more entrepreneurs to recognize how librarians can help them scale their businesses. Through the support of Innovative, the leading provider of technology solutions and services to libraries, these organizations will be represented at the Innovative booth for libraries (#1036) during the SXSW Trade Show.
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Librarians For Open Data and Civic Hacking
Rebecca Stavick, staff development specialist at Omaha Public Library, is one of the four founders of Open Nebraska, a citizen-led organization dedicated to pushing the open data movement in Nebraska. Open Nebraska’s mission is to solve community problems through civic application development, open data advocacy and tech education. The group organized Hack Omaha, a weekend hackathon they hosted in November 2013, which attracted around 30 participants. Stavick contends there are so many elements of civic hacking that are a direct reflection of librarianship. The library, she says, is one of the few places with the space and the Internet access that makes these types of events possible.
“Lack of access to local data is of direct concern to libraries. If libraries are supposed to provide open access to information, then any kind of public data would fall within that realm,” says Stavick. “Curating local information so that it’s more accessible to the public is a common goal of both librarians and civic hackers, with the intended result of informing citizens so they can make their own decisions.”
Open Nebraska is launching Hack Lincoln, the first-ever civic hackathon in Lincoln, Neb., this March and is aiming to plan another hackathon around National Civic Hacking Day in June.
Read the full article @ sxswLAM.
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The Digital Comic Museum
Like old comics? How about free digital versions of old comics? Check out the Digital Comics Museum!
Welcome to DCM! Our mission with this site is providing as close to a free resource as possible where users can easily download public domain golden age comics without the need to ask or worry about searching the net for them.
For now there will be no download limit on registered users but this might have to change. Depending on donations and bandwidth usage we might have to return to download limits on non VIP members. Donators to DCM and Scanners who upload will never have limits placed on them.
If you wish to help out with DCM then please contact us or use the Donate link on the site. We are looking for uploaders, researchers, donators and moderators. If you contact us we will be able to provide details about each job position.
Thanks, digitalcomicmuseum.com
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Recently on the NCompass Podcast
Have you listened the NCompass Podcast lately? Here are the episodes from February 2014. To get all of the episodes delivered to you automatically be sure to subscribe via RSS or iTunes.
Episode 270: Where in the world…? Nebraska’s Polley Music Library and the World of Music Librarianship
Episode 271: Succession Planning with Jamie LaRue: A Board and Staff Responsibility
Episode 272: Hastings Public Library Kicking Technology in the #glass
Episode 273: Tech Talk with Michael Sauers: The Quantified Self
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Nebraska Learns 2.0: Photosynths and The Writing on the Wall
The Nebraska Learns 2.0 Thing for February is Photosynths.
This month we’re going to take another look at photography but with a bit of a twist: Photosynths.
Photosynths are a technology from Microsoft that takes a collection of photos and combines them into a pseudo-3D experience. There are four types you can create: Spin, Walk, Wall & Panorama.
Another facet of Nebraska Learns 2.0 is BookThing. Each month we pick a single title that we feel has relevance to librarianship and/or information theory. Some of the titles will be very obviously related, while others may not seem so on the surface but there is a connection. Your assignment will be to read the book and create a blog post answering some questions about the title.
The BookThing for February is Writing on the Wall: Social Media, the First 2,000 Years by Tom Stangage.
Papyrus rolls and Twitter have much in common, as each was their generation’s signature means of “instant” communication. Indeed, as Tom Standage reveals in his scintillating new book, social media is anything but a new phenomenon.
Nebraska Learns 2.0 is the Nebraska Library Commission’s ongoing online learning 
program. It is a self-discovery program which encourages participants to take control of their own learning and to utilize their lifelong learning skills through exploration and PLAY.
Each month, we offer you an opportunity to learn a new Thing (or lesson). You have all month to complete that Thing and receive one CE credit. You may choose which Things to do based on personal interest and time availability If the Thing of the month doesn’t interest you or if you are particularly busy that month, you can skip it.
If you are new to Nebraska Learns 2.0, your first assignment is to sign up to participate. This program is open to ALL Nebraska librarians, library staff, library friends, library board members and school media specialists.
We hope you’ll join your library colleagues in the fun as you learn about new and exciting technologies!
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Recently on the NCompass Podcast
Have you listened the NCompass Podcast lately? Here are the episodes from January 2014. To get all of the episodes delivered to you automatically be sure to subscribe via RSS or iTunes.
Episode 265: Beyond MARC: BIBFRAME and the Future of Bibliographic Data
Episode 266: Internships: Cultivating Nebraska’s Future Librarians
Episode 267: Hot Titles for a Cold Month
Episode 268: Passive Programming for Tweens and Teens
Episode 269: Tech Talk with Michael Sauers: CES & Libraries
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Friday Video: American Libraries Live – The Future of Libraries
Streamed live on Jan 9, 2014
The Future of Libraries: What’s Your Vision? We’re thrilled to have Innovative Interfaces as a sponsor for this episode. David Lee King will lead our expert panel in an open discussion on the challenges and changes we’ll see in our libraries in the near and distant future.
Panelists:
David Lee King, Digital Services Director at Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library
Bohyun Kim, Digital Access Librarian at Florida International University Medical Library
Marshall Breeding, Library Technology Consultant, Speaker and Author
Joe Murphy, Director of Library Futures at Innovative Interfaces
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