Shake It Up, Baby! The Future of Academic Libraries

Shake It Up, Baby! The Future of Academic Libraries Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 4:30 p.m., Neilson Library Browsing Room, Smith College

Lecture by Sarah Thomas ’70, Bodley’s Librarian & Director of the Oxford University Library Services. Thomas is the first woman and the first non-Briton to serve is this position. She has received accolades for her work on both sides of the Atlantic, including the Melvin Dewey Award in 2007. For more information, see http://www.smith.edu/libraries/fyi/666.htm.

Mary Irwin, Library Gifts and Development Officer, Friends of the Smith College Libraries,  Neilson Library, Smith College, Northampton, Tel: 413-585-2903, Fax: 413-585-2904

Libraries Centennial Happenings:  http://www.smith.edu/libraries/fyi/centennial.htm

Web 2.0 Week at WMRLS ~ Today: LibGuides

“LibGuides is the amazingly popular, easy to use, web 2.0 content management and library knowledge sharing system. Libraries use it to create attractive multimedia content, share knowledge and information, and promote library resources to the community.” (LibGuides website)

The Smith College Libraries started using LibGuides as a replacement for our linear, HTML based class guides. We soon discovered that LibGuides was not only great for class guides, but also research guides. We’ve begun replacing many of our old HTML research guides with LibGuides as well.

•  http://libguides.smith.edu/
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  http://springshare.com/libguides/
  
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  http://community.libguides.com/
  
  
  

 ~ David Podboy, Information Commons Librarian, Smith College Libraries

Web 2.0 Week at WMRLS ~ Today: Blogs

According to Wikipedia "A blog (a contraction of the term 'web log) is a type of website,usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other materials such as graphics or video".

The Smith College Libraries are using blogs in two ways: to share ideas among staff and communicate with users. Both the College Archives and Mortimer Rare Book Room are using blogs to highlight items in their collections.

Check out the Smith College Library Blogs at:

• http://smitharchives.wordpress.com/
• http://mortimerrarebookroom.blogspot.com/

~ David Podboy, Information Commons Librarian, Smith College Libraries