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TEDx at TC

This week TC is hosting its own TEDx event in the Cowin Auditorium. The non-profit TED conferences have become well-known for their promotion of innovative ideas which range from technology and design to education, just to name a few. In 2009, the TED folks took their forum to the global streets with TEDx events, …

Posted 27 days ago by veronicarodriguez

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Submitting Support Requests

Following up on Anne and Clare’s How-To Posts, I’m going to cover some basics of support requests A library staff member has just asked you to submit a support request. What does that even mean?! What’s the point? How does it work? The Gottesman Libraries Support Request System is an email form system that we …

Posted 7 months ago by ccuppy

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ResearchBroker Open House

Today from 3pm - 5pm on the second floor we will be having an open house for ResearchBroker! There will be cookies and the opportunity to chat with the team about your research passions and how ResearchBroker can help you. We hope to see you later this afternoon!

Posted 7 months ago by Rebecca Beck

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Getting ready for the Olympics

The Summer Olympic games are approaching. I absolutely loved the Olympics growing up. As a child I fantasized of being a gold medalist ice skater in the winter and a gold medalist gymnast in the summer. I loved the entertainment of the opening ceremony, the excitement of the competition, and the inspiring stories of the …

Posted 10 months ago by Rebecca Beck

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Great finds…

Why Citation is Important: a video from our friends at Kimbel Library

Some lovely people at Coastal Carolina University have created a series of Library Instruction videos for the Kimbel Library. If you click through to the videos page and scroll down, you can find out more information about the 3 creators (John WattsJoshua Vossler, and Tim Hodge) as well as more about their design …

Posted 14 months ago by Julia Martin

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The Information Cycle: a video from our friends at the Kimbel Library

Some lovely people at Coastal Carolina University have created a series of Library Instruction videos for the Kimbel Library. If you click through to the videos page and scroll down, you can find out more information about the 3 creators (John WattsJoshua Vossler, and Tim Hodge) as well as more about their design …

Posted 14 months ago by Julia Martin

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Giving a Presentation: a video from our friends at the Kimbel Library

Some lovely people at Coastal Carolina University have created a series of Library Instruction videos for the Kimbel Library. If you click through to the videos page and scroll down, you can find out more information about the 3 creators (John WattsJoshua Vossler, and Tim Hodge) as well as more about their design …

Posted 14 months ago by Julia Martin

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Scholarly vs. Popular: a video from our friends at the Kimbel Library

Some lovely people at Coastal Carolina University have created a series of Library Instruction videos for the Kimbel Library. If you click through to the videos page and scroll down, you can find out more information about the 3 creators (John WattsJoshua Vossler, and Tim Hodge) as well as more about their design …

Posted 14 months ago by Julia Martin

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Julia, this video is hilarious (as they all have been)…

What is a Scholarly Article and Why Is it Important? a video from our friends at the Kimbel Library

Some lovely people at Coastal Carolina University have created a series of Library Instruction videos for the Kimbel Library. If you click through to the videos page and scroll down, you can find out more information about the 3 creators (John Watts, Joshua Vossler, and Tim Hodge) as well as more about their design …

Posted 14 months ago by Julia Martin

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Social Media, Privacy and the Classroom: TODAY at Noon in 305 Russel

TODAY! at Noon I will be talking about utilizing social media in the classroom, both as a student, and as a teacher. We will talk about Blogging, Twitter, Facebook, the Google Suite, Slideshare, and newer things like Pinterest. Because of the nature of it's use, we will talk about which of these programs allows …

Posted 14 months ago by Julia Martin

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What is Summary? a video from our friends at Kimbel Library

The lovely people at Coastal Carolina University have created a series of Library Instruction videos for the Kimbel Library. If you click through to the videos page and scroll down, you can find out more information about the 3 creators, as well as more about their design and development process. In the meantime, enjoy!

Posted 14 months ago by Julia Martin

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Flashback Fridays: Valentines Day Special

While this is an oddly controversial holiday for a lot of people, love and relationships are an important thing in many people's lives. Here are some posts from our past which you might find particularly appropriate for this upcoming holiday. All of our past posts about love, relationships . . .and maybe even some librarian bo-hunks …

Posted 15 months ago by Julia Martin

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Flashback Fridays: Race

This topic has quite a few postings about it within L@L, but it also allowed us to showcase some of our neighbor Pressible sites' work, and so we are including some posts from The Voice in this week's list as well. You also will see one of our features "Check It Out" heavily represented, which …

Posted 16 months ago by Julia Martin

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Where Did the Internet Go? – StopSOPA Blackout January 18th

Tomorrow a major action against SOPA and PIPA will be happening all over the internet. This continues a long standing fight against internet censorship. Blackout your own site (read this first) Who is participating in the blackout: (click through for official statement) Reddit: They led the charge with the blackout Wikipedia: so dust off your …

Posted 16 months ago by Julia Martin

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Thanks for curating all this info into one place…

Flashback Fridays: Resource Highlights

This friday we're taking the time machine to the beginning of one of our best Topics: Resource Highlights. This particular topic is a treasure chest of research help which you might benefit from, not only that it talks very directly about what exactly you can get from the Gottesman library. Here are some of my …

Posted 16 months ago by Julia Martin

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Meet I-Ching

Are you a Teachers College student, and, if so, what are you studying? I am a doctoral student in Instructional Technology & Media program at Teachers College.   I have a master degree in TESOL and am interested in Second language acquisition, inter-cultural communication, and technology.  My current research interest focuses on using technology as a …

Posted 16 months ago by I-Ching

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Flashback Friday: Research Tips and Library Tricks

Why is it that sometimes when you type in "Reading", you get results about some town in England. Maybe something that worked in one database, doesn't work in another, or some limiter is missing. Here on L@L the library staff has been writing down our collective wisdom and experience about these things Library …

Posted 16 months ago by Julia Martin

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Flashback Friday: First Posts

Flashback Fridays will choose a topic and create a list of all the Learning at the Library posts about that topic. Learning at the Library started in February of 2010 (almost two years ago now).  If you have topic suggestions, feel free to write in. the first installment of Flashback Friday I thought it would …

Posted 17 months ago by Julia Martin

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Meet Julia

Hello! I’m Julia, I work upstairs at the EdLab but am known to sneak downstairs to see what’s going on at the desk. I do some assessment work in the library, and help keep the Pressible Network moving along.  I've been working at the lab for One Year and  25 weeks according to my blog profile. Are …

Posted 17 months ago by Julia Martin

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Learning about Thanksgiving!

Today there was a conversation amongst the first floor services desk workers about Thanksgiving. It seemed that almost everyone was in agreement that Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday. We talked about how Thanksgiving can be a great excuse to relax, spend time with family, eat good food, watch football, and take a moment to recognize …

Posted 18 months ago by Rebecca Beck

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