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Author Archives: Bohyun (Library Hat)
Good Design: Pleasing to the Eyes “and” Functional
*** This post has been originally published in ACRL TechConnect on Mar. 13, 2013. *** Many librarians work with technology even if their job titles are not directly related to technology. Design is somewhat similar to technology in that aspect. … Continue reading
What to Do with a Professional Association (with LITA as an example)
Many of us – librarians – are members of some professional organizations. We tend to join one and pay dues every year but don’t do much about or with those organizations beyond that. But that would be probably not the … Continue reading
Aaron Swartz and Too-Comfortable Research Libraries
*** This post has been originally published in ACRL TechConnect on Feb. 11, 2013. *** *** Update: Several references and a video added (thanks to Brett Bonfield) on Feb. 21, 2013. *** Who was Aaron Swartz? If you are a … Continue reading
Posted in Library, Research, Technology, Web
Tagged aaron swartz, academic libraries, information, Internet, knowledge, open access, research librareis, web
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Making Your Work Hours Less Stressful and More Productive by Sitting Less
I recently read this article “Sitting Is the Smoking of Our Generation” from Harvard Business Review Blog recently. And I couldn’t agree more. Like many, I spend long hours at the desk ‘sitting’. I sometimes sit all my eight hours … Continue reading
Common Misconceptions about Library Job Search: What I have learned from the other side of the table
I have been invited to speak as a panelist for the American Libraries Live Episode 2 on Thursday, January 10th at 2pm EST. Since this program will feature David Connolly, who manages the ALA JobList site (which every budding librarian … Continue reading
Effectively Learning How To Code: Tips and Resources
*** This post has been originally published in ACRL TechConnect on Dec. 10, 2012. *** Librarians’ strong interest in programming is not surprising considering that programming skills are crucial and often essential to making today’s library systems and services more … Continue reading
Posted in Coding, Continuing Education, Librarianship, presentation
Tagged codeyear, coding, libcodeyear, programming
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Enabling the Research ‘Flow’ and Serendipity in Today’s Digital Library Environment
*** This post has been also published on ACRLog on Oct. 29, 2012. *** Today’s library users do not carry pencils and notebooks to a library. They do no longer want to be isolated to concentrate on deep study or … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Library, Research, Technology, Usability
Tagged bookstacks, browsing, digital collection, digital library, discovery, physical colleciton, serendipity, stacks
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More APIs: writing your own code (2)
*** This blog post has been originally published in ACRL TechConnect 0n October 9, 2012. *** My previous post “The simpest AJAX: writing your own code (1)” discussed a few Javascript and JQuery examples that make the use of the Flickr … Continue reading
Posted in Coding, Web
Tagged ajax, api, code year, codeyear, coding, jquery, libcodeyear, pinboard, programming, pubmed, reddit, yahoo pipes
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A bad business model or a savvy market strategy? Thinking like a vendor
I want to talk about an e-book platform called Inkling whose web version is not cross-browser compatible. But what I am really interested to talk about is neither an ebook platform nor its cross-browser support. I am interested in thinking … Continue reading
Posted in e-Book, Library, Technology, Web
Tagged cross-browser support, ebook platform, inking, product, resource, vendor
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