Friday, October 27, 2006

Fall Break hours

Bracken Library will remain open as usual over fall break, except for closing at midnight on Sunday, Oct. 29, and Monday, Oct. 30. Stop by and see us if you're in town!

You can view the University Libraries' hours and calendar here.

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Wednesday, October 18, 2006

October 2006 newsletter online

The University Libraries' October 2006 issue of the Library Insider is now available online at http://www.bsu.edu/library/virtualpress/libinsider/. Articles in this month's issue include:
  • Improving Customer Service: Saying "Yes" when "No" has been the Answer, p. 1
  • Automated Card-Swipe Locks are Key to Bracken Library's Convenience and Security, p. 1
  • Sights and Sounds of Learning in the University Libraries, p. 2
  • University Libraries' Instructional Services Program, p. 3
  • Information Fair Connects Students with Campus Organizations, p. 3
  • Computers and Library Information Systems for Access to Global Information, p. 4
  • Roy S. Simmonds Papers Added to the John Steinbeck Collection, p. 5
  • Personal Tribute to Roy S. Simmonds by Prof. Tetsumaro Hayashi, p. 5
  • Two Outstanding Steinbeck Scholars Receive Pruis and Burkhardt Awards, p. 6
  • University Libraries' Regularly Reported on by The Ball State Daily News, p. 6
  • Architecture Images Collection Strengthened by Donations, p. 6
  • Instructional Technology for Student Engagement, p. 7
  • Deyang City Delegates from the People's Republic of China Tour Bracken, p. 7
  • Libraries' Digital Media Repository Mentioned in Microform and Imaging Review, p. 7
  • ISI's Web of Science Interdisciplinary Citation Database Now Available, p. 8
  • Murry M. and Edith C. Wise Library Fund Established, p. 8
  • Supporting the University Libraries - Tribute with Books, p. 10

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Monday, October 02, 2006

Blogs for professional development

Blogs, (or web-logs) like this one, allow you to easily keep up with developments related to your field and profession. Many types of professional blogs exist, and they cover a variety of topics. Basically, anything you can think of writing about, you can find a blog discussing it!

A good example of a professional blog, Teaching Online Journalism discusses the use of multimedia and technology in teaching and journalism. Written by a professor in Florida, you can read Teaching Online Journalism at http://tojou.blogspot.com/.

The Editors Weblog is published by the World Editors Forum and looks at "editorial solutions for the newspaper renaissance." You can read the blog at http://www.editorsweblog.org/.

You can find lots of blogs by using a search engine. One of my favorite blog search tools, Technorati, will also allow you to rank your search results by levels of authority.

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