Author Archives: Kristin Fontichiaro
Timeline: Google Books Litigation
Confused about the when and what of the Google Books lawsuit? This Scribd document by the Library Copyright Alliance may help. (hat tip: InfoDocket) Kamagra oral jelly 100mg contains 100mg of sildenafil citrate, which became popular as the first generic … Continue reading
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New to Badging? Check Out This Site
You may have heard about badging at one of my recent presentations, at OELMA, or elsewhere. Wondering what it’s all about? My one-page overview is here, and UMSI students Shauna Masura and Victoria Lungu have a clear, easy-to-digest overview on their … Continue reading
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ALA Write-Up on Fall Forum
Jen Habley has a lovely write-up of the recent Fall Forum weekend. From the press release: CHICAGO — Transliteracy and participatory culture were the topics of conversation for school librarian professionals across the country as they met face-to-face and virtually for … Continue reading
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OELMA 2012: Three Sets of Presentation Slides
Good morning, OELMA folks! The slides for this morning’s OELMA presentation on the Common Core State Standards and librarians are available here: One slide per page, color (about 8 MB) 9 slides per page, black-and-white (about 3 MB) In disorders … Continue reading
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1918 Influenza Encyclopedia
Congratulations to the University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine and MPublishing at the University of Michigan Library for their launch of the Influenza Encyclopedia, a digital encyclopedia capturing primary sources and information related to the 1918-1919 flu … Continue reading
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Visual Thinking Strategies & New York Times
The New York Times‘ “Learning Network” blog is kicking off a new series of image analysis tools in partnership with the Visual Thinking Strategies folks with the video above. This is great news for educators. Visual image analysis can quickly … Continue reading
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Fall Forum Slides – Saturday
Hi, Fall Forum folks! Here are the updated slides for Saturday. Color slides, 1 slide per page (23 MB) Grayscale handout, 3 slides per page (5 MB) People who endure coming from such a dysfunction will set eyes on the … Continue reading
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Fall Forum Slides – Friday
Hi, y’all — Looking for Fall Forum slides? Here are the updated ones! HIGH-RESOLUTION: Color, one slide per page (12MB) LOW-RESOLUTION: Grayscale, 3 slides per handout page (7MB) People prefer buy cialis from india as it is available in cheap … Continue reading
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Our New Makerspace Project
This is a year full of new projects, including a new makerspace initiative with a local middle school. We ask the students to keep science journals that combine sketches, reflections, pasted-in reference sheets, and more. Our host librarian has been … Continue reading
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Ohio, Here We Come!
Are you going to the OELMA conference October 17-19? So are the Michigan Makers, our band of experimenters here at the UM School of Information. At the request of Susan Yutzey, we’re going to try an experiment: badging your … Continue reading
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