Monthly Archives: August 2009

Tips and Methods for Effective Screencasting

I have spent last week making a four-minute video tutorial on how to use a medical database called AccessMedicine.   It has been a while since I have worked on screencasting.  And of course, I lost all my documentation I have … Continue reading

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If the Help Desk thinks your question is stupid,

This is so totally hilarious, it deserves to get its own blog post I think.  Enjoy!!! Source: http://digg.com/d310et4 ; http://imgur.com/E9ppQ.jpg

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Academic Librarians and Library Scholarship

What would be the difference between librarians classified as faculty and librarians classified as staff?  The first thing that comes to many people’s mind would be that faculty librarians are promoted based upon their scholarship/research outcome and are often given … Continue reading

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Library Day in the Life – Day 3, 4, 5

This week has been so busy that I didn’t have time to write up  my posts for the Library Day in the Life project since Wednesday this week. So here is the summary of what happened on my day 3, … Continue reading

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