New UR Libraries Beta Website
This week we announced the public preview of our new website. We also posted a link to the current site alerting visitors to visit the new site and give it a test drive. This project has been a collaboration between staff from the library, the UR communications office and web development group. It officially began with our first planning meeting in October 2008, and we're very happy to be at this point. The key features we're implementing include a persistent search box which is in the site header allowing users to search our resources (catalog, journal subscriptions, databases, research and ...
Weekly Poll: Do You Ever Turn Your Phone Off?
I realized over the weekend the only time I turn my cell phone (iPhone) off is when there's a problem and it needs to reboot. My last phone was a BlackBerry Curve and I used the auto on/off feature to shut it down over night. Both phones (especially the BlackBerry) require up to 1 minute to fully power up. This can be really inconvenient if I quickly need to get to some data, and yes I'm aware of how impatient this sounds! I am interested in how other people deal with this issue, so here is my question for you ...
Moo Minicards For Your Library
During the fall semester I created a Flickr account for our library to host photos of the library as well as pictures taken at our various events throughout the year. When I received approval to purchase a Flickr Pro account, we were offered 10 free MiniCards from Moo.com, a Flickr partner located in the UK. Moo is an online printing service and will put your photos on about anything you desire. One of their more popular products are their MiniCards. They are smaller than a business card, but large enough to display a photo on one side, and custom text ...
New SelfCheck Machine for Boatwright
We recently "recycled" our 3M Model 6210 SelfCheck unit (old and busted) in order to prepare for the arrival of the new V Series unit (new hotness). Our Circulation Supervisor worked hard with 3M support and other staff to get the new one up and running as there was a snafu with our ILS vendor, but that has been resolved and we're up and running. The old one was running Win95. The new one is on Vista. The old one required a keyboard and mouse to be connected anytime you wanted to update settings, etc. The new one has a ...
Something about Andy
Welcome! I launched my site in 1996 while working at Wake Forest Univ. by learning how to code html in Notepad.
I converted my site to a blog in 2006 with an early version of Wordpress. My site's purpose is to share my thoughts and ideas about utilizing IT within libraries and higher education, with a dash of personal content. That's what the web is for, right? Thanks for visiting and feel free to make contact.
I also blog at Friday TechTips, where I alert co-workers about new tools and technologies.
