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In this blog post, I describe 3 different ways to zoom in and out of presentations to increase visibility, and to create a bit of action. The three tools are Zoomit, Prezi and pptPlex. I describe my experiences with them in detail and their pros a...
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October 9
Thanks for information. It's very useful for me. Do you know another medical libraries that use gadgets for offer information their users?
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October 3
I would add that yet another method would be to set up a quick keyword search see http://alkalineearth.com/link.ae/4068 . I think A similar method works for Opera, Chrome
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Technical services in libraries which encompasses back-room work like acquisitions, document delivery and cataloging are often deemed as the less 'sexy' part of librarianship. Yet, satisfying and even delighting library patrons depends critically...
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Zooming into presentations - Zoomit, Prezi & pptPlex

In this blog post, I describe 3 different ways to zoom in and out of presentations to increase visibility, and to create a bit of action. The three tools are Zoomit, Prezi and… Continue

Posted on November 27, 2009 at 10:37am —

Aaron Tay

Sharing links with users - 8 different ways

How do you share links, resources with your library patrons? In the past, the default option would certainly be through email. There is nothing wrong with sharing links through emails, though it seems to me a more structured and organized way would be better.

But today with the rise of social networks, collaborative tools and general web 2.0 love, there are a bewildering number of online sharing options, I thought it would be useful in this post to briefly consider each class of tools and asses… Continue

Posted on November 4, 2009 at 6:52am —

Aaron Tay

Creating custom search boxes for library use- a second look

A couple of months back , I wrote a post entitled Creating custom search boxes for library use. This is one of my top 10 most popular blog posts and also one of the posts which I'm most proud of because it is one of my few posts that I feel is pretty original.

In that post, I figured out a way to create search widgets/boxes for practically any database, which can be embedded in many places… Continue

Posted on November 4, 2009 at 6:50am —

Aaron Tay

Viewing research alerts - full text within Google reader

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Google reader has introduced two interesting features, "share" which allows uers to share interesting feed items to users who follow you on Google reader (or to the shared item page) and the newer… Continue

Posted on November 4, 2009 at 6:49am —

Aaron Tay

Some email ideas for library use - LibX and Xobni

Haven't had much time to blog this weekend, as I was busy running a pilot survey for my Phd (more about that in the future), but I will just share 2 wild/random ideas I have about email.

Gmail and LibX


In my last post, I talked about how LibX is very useful, for acquisitions work, in particular how it c… Continue

Posted on November 4, 2009 at 6:47am —

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At 12:16pm on August 19, 2009, Marky said…
I have been to NUS' Island in Second Life. It's interesting.

I was also fascinated by the catalog using Google earth to locate the books on the shelves.
At 9:35am on May 25, 2009, Mike McQueen said…
Hi Aaron,
I'm a teacher librarian & recently started a community based blog for getting boys to read - http://GettingBoysToRead.com. Please send me a friend request if you'd like to network, share ideas, and learn more about getting boys to read.

Sincerely,
Mike McQueen

LET'S NETWORK HERE TOO (request me as a friend):
My FACEBOOK Profile
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At 9:23am on April 29, 2009, Linus Wang said…
Yes, What Motivates Singaporean Wikipedians?
At 5:08am on April 27, 2009, Linus Wang said…
Hi Aaron,

I believe you did a critical inquiry/dissertation under Dr Brendan Luyt at NTU? So did I recently (2007-08).

Cheers,

Linus
 
 

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I never got around to thanking you Leslie. I'm still working on my report for that week, and it was very valuable input I got. I got to see Impireal and lse. Some of the things I can use for our own library, but also some don'ts. It didn't seem li...
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