On Thursday, February 6, 2014 I participated in the first NYIT Tech Talks, an Ignite styleconference of 5 minute presentations, with a focus on tools for teaching and learning.  I provided an overview of the Reveal.js presentation framework to demonstrate the benefits of working with open formats rather ...

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Below I have made available the full text of an article published in the December 2012 issue of the Computers in Libraries publication.  The issue of computer security is one that will continue to demand more attention.  I hope that the below article will give readers a jumping off ...

I have (somewhat) recently made a big change professionally, transitioning from being an assistant at a public library to a new position at a private academic library.  A big change of scenery has also been a part of this change, moving from a mid-sized somewhat urban city of 50k to ...

The library recently purchased a range of different ereader devices for educating staff to better help patrons access the ebook content made available through the Overdrive service.

We were able to get two Nook Color tablets, a Kindle Fire, a classic Kindle, and two ipads. Being tasked with training staff ...

As someone relatively new to identifying as a career librarian (well, technically, soon to be librarian), people (acquaintances, family members, well meaning loved ones) often make good-natured but snide comments about the libraries being useless, old fashioned, and unnecessary.  As every other librarian, specifically public librarians,  I find these comments ...

Working in a public library there is a constant balancing act between security and access with an overall need to consider the amount of staff resources that can be expended to  provide access.  While I would prefer to be writing this post about access to some new and exciting databases- ...