Improving Cultural Literacy at the Glenwood Library
Situated in the piedmont region of North Carolina, the Greensboro Public Library (GPL) system hosts a central library and six satellite libraries to serve Guildford County. These seven libraries...
View ArticleXML Class One Notes
I’m taking a free online class to learn XML. I had a rare phone call come in while I was in “class” so I missed a chunk of it. What I’m pretty excited about is that he’s going to teach…Read more ›
View ArticleIn praise of an offline life
From a post I left in response to a classmate on our class’ Blackboard discussion board: I realized that I’m suffering musical ADHD from having such easy access to music online (thanks, Pandora and...
View ArticleLIS Website Graphics
This banner is on the front of the LIS website. The three images were suggested by my boss. I do think they spruced the accreditation page up quite a bit! I have an agreement with the UNCG Library that...
View ArticleUsing WordPress to Build Library Websites eCourse
The class that I have been hinting about is finally available! I will be working with Polly-Alida Farrington to teach a practical, hands-on version of her book that she wrote with Kyle Jones. It’s a...
View ArticlePlanning a Class via Google Docs
The ALA Techsource class that I am teaching with Polly-Alida Farrington starts next month. Polly and I are using Google Docs to write the class content. An overview of the process so far: Polly created...
View ArticleGoing Out Strong
I thought this past week was going to be a complete loss as far as productivity went but the end of the week was more successful than the beginning. Thursday I taught the first Web Writing class to...
View ArticleEvent Registration Using Wufoo and Drupal and Google Docs
Used only one content type (called Class). Added information about the individual class in multiple CCK fields (stuff like title, date, instructor, description). Made an additional CCK field called...
View ArticleGenealogy for Kids Program
Today my colleague Krishna and I hosted “Discover Your Family Story” program for children grades 3 to 6. Participants will begin a family tree, learn how to conduct an oral history interview and learn...
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