tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41284999858951659102024-02-20T07:06:54.504-08:00Digital Technologies in LibrariesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128499985895165910.post-76888333832316767972008-08-31T20:54:00.000-07:002008-08-31T20:56:10.143-07:00My Favourite Blog: Librophiliac Love Letter- A Compendium of Beautiful LibrariesUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128499985895165910.post-46060464489854573592008-08-31T20:23:00.000-07:002008-08-31T20:28:31.452-07:00Online TutorialsCheck out these recently produced online tutorials I have worked on using the Camtasia Studio 5 Programme:<br /><br />- <a href="http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/media/learning_services/boolean_operators.htm">Boolean Operators</a> (no, it is not a newly discovered Papua New Guinea tribe, these are database search symbols!)<br />- <a href="http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/media/learning_services/finding_fulltext.htm">Finding Full Text Articles </a><br /><br />Let me know how do you find them and what would YOU change, remove or add to make them even better! Your suggestions and comments are most welcome!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128499985895165910.post-62844427337634962452008-08-31T19:25:00.000-07:002008-09-14T16:25:24.920-07:00Online Tutorials & LibrariesLibrary online tutorials are becoming more and more popular within the e-learning library environment. It has been recognised that the best way to reach library patrons, especially young student population, is providing digital e-learning tools that are appealing to them.<br />The most recent issue of the Academic Newswire Library Journal published online on 14th August features cover article titled <a href="http://www.libraryjournal.com/info/CA6587670.html">Cornell Library Embraces YouTube</a> that highlights the success of library video tutorials at the recent American Library Association annual conference. The tutorials have been created by the Cornell University Librarian and a filmmaker Kaila Bussert who used nothing else but the open source software Audacity to edit sound and Apple’s iMovie to edit video recordings.<br />The videos have been viewed 2000 times since their release on YouTube and have received extremely positive feedback from the academic library staff community, as well as from students.<br />Cornell librarians claim that taking advantage of increasingly popular web applications, like podcasts and videos, are just the ticket to get to the students. They highlight: “All it takes is a little hardware, a committed staff, and a little creativity.”<br />The American Library Association has created <a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/acrlbucket/is/iscommittees/webpages/emergingtech/primo/index.cfm">PRIMO</a> database specialising in recognising and providing access to numerous peer-reviewed instructional library materials online, including online tutorials. The database administrators promote “PRIMO Site of the Month” featuring new e-learning high-quality instructional programme that may be of interest to world-wide library community. The videos accessible through PRIMO are developed by a variety of library staff, ranging from research to public library institutions. Some of the software applications used to create the tutorials are the following:<br /><br />TechSmith Camtasia Studio 5 Programme<br />Apple iMovie<br />MS MovieMaker<br />Adobe Captivate 3 Programme<br />Adobe Flash CS3<br />Adobe Photoshop<br />Adobe Premiere Pro CS3<br />Adobe Flash Cs3 Video Encoder<br />Adobe Soundbooth<br />Windows Media Encoder<br />Wondershire<br />Audacity<br />Replay Converter & Media Catcher<br />Prism Video Converter<br />AND MORE…Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4