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Author Archives: Bohyun (Library Hat)
Usability in Action (2) – The Role of a Homepage
What to place and where to place the many elements of a website’s homepage is often the result of a delicate negotiation and compromise between what users want and what the site owner wants. While the most ideal case is … Continue reading
Management is Not the Decision-Making Team
While reading the post below, this caught my eye. What do you think? Would this apply to libraries as in software development industry? “The “management team†isn’t the “decision making†team. It’s a support function. You may want to call … Continue reading
How to Make Your Writing Less Terrible
We all write whether it is a Facebook update, a short e-mail at work, a blog post for a professional or personal blog, or a research paper for publication. We write everyday for all kinds of purposes. For being such … Continue reading
Usability in Action (1) – Don’t Offer Irrelevant Options in the First Place
Many assume that adding more information would automatically increase the usability of a website. While there are cases in which this would be true, often a better option is to make that needed information not necessary at all for a … Continue reading
Tips for Everyone Doing the #codeyear
*** Â This post has been originally posted to the ACRL TechConnect blog. Â *** Learn to Code in 2012! If you are a librarian interested in learning how to code, 2012 is a perfect year for you to start the … Continue reading
Posted in Coding, Librarianship, Library, Technology, Web
Tagged catcode, codeacademy, codeyear, coding, Continuing Education, javascript, libcodeyear, programming, Technology, tips, web
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Making Years of Service Meaningful – My thought on #hlth
By now, I believe almost everyone in the library-land would have heard about the Harvard Libraries Town Hall meeting debacle. (If not, see this post by Tom Bruno.) Like everyone else, I don’t have an inkling about whether the reorganization … Continue reading
Posted in Continuing Education, Librarianship, Library, management
Tagged harvard, Library, reorganizaion, years of service
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About the Merit of an e-Reader as a Single-Purpose Device
Despite the popularity of an e-book reader, I was never really tempted to purchase a Nook or a Kindle. I figured since I have an iPad, it would be completely pointless to own and use a e-book reader, which I … Continue reading
Posted in Books, e-Book, Library, Technology, Usability
Tagged device, e-book, e-reader, electronics, Kindle, single-purpose, usabiliy
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Protest against SOPA and PIPA to protect the open Internet
***Protest against SOPA and PIPA to protect the open Internet.*** For more information, see here or click the image below: http://sopablackout.org/learnmore/ Sign the petition here: http://sopastrike.com/strike
Posted in Web
Tagged blackout, freedom, information, open internet, pipa, protest, sopa, strike, web
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Published! Chapter 8. Mobile Use in Medicine: Taking a Cue from Specialized Resources and Devices
The presentation that I gave with my colleague, Marissa Ball, at Handheld Librarian Online Conference II (February 17, 2010.) is now out as a book chapter in the new book published by Routledge, Mobile Devices and the Library: Handheld Tech, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Librarianship, Library, LIS, presentation, Research, Technology
Tagged book, Library, medicine, mobile devices, mobile use in medicine, Publication
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Two Simple Ways to Upgrade the User Experience of Your Library
If you ever had the feeling that your library space might look somewhat dull and unexciting, there might be some relatively simpler ways to change that. Â The university I work at has two separate campuses and I work at one … Continue reading
Posted in Library, Usability
Tagged chairs, color, design, Library, power outlets, space, usability, user experience
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