Tag Archives: MLIS

Mashable: 5 User-Friendly Tools for Building Your Online Portfolio

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5 User-Friendly Tools for Building Your Online Portfolio.

“An online portfolio allows you to compile what makes you employable — it should include things like your resume, cover letter, references, certifications, transcripts and any examples of your work (including writing samples, press clips, artwork or lesson plans). Plus, you should include basic contact information, such as a phone number and email, and more modern information, like a Twitter handle, LinkedIn profile, or Facebook URL. Put all of this into one online package that’s easy to browse and voilà — you have an online portfolio!”

The Search Principle: Why I leave a paper trail & author a wiki

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Twitter recommendations to all Canadian LIS students wanting to build a social network.

via Why I leave a paper trail & author a wiki | The Search Principle blog.

Information Space: Advice and Tips for Library School from a First Year MLIS Student

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Information Space: Advice and Tips for Library School from a First Year MLIS Student.

Information Space: Is a Master’s Degree in Library Science a Poor Investment? A Counter Perspective to Forbes Magazine

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Is a Master’s Degree in Library Science a Poor Investment? A Counter Perspective to Forbes Magazine.

New Librarianship: Librarians « Hack Library School

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A good post from Hack Library School questioning exactly what is “New Librarianship” anyways? Quotes the mission of New Librarianship from  The Atlas of New Librarianship website (a companion website to the book).

Coincidentally, The Atlas of New Librarianship is the 2012 ABC-CLIO/Greenwood Award winner for Best Book in Library Literature.

New Librarianship: Librarians « Hack Library School.

FLIF Freedom to Read Week at University of Alberta!

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The Future Librarians for Intellectual Freedom are an amazing student group of volunteers at the University of Alberta. They hold events throughout the year in Edmonton promoting intellectual freedom within library and information services. They also arrange community events to help raise awareness about intellectual freedom and social responsibility.

Future Librarians for Intellectual Freedom: Welcome to Freedom to Read Week!.

Dr. Toni Samek teaches courses on special populations and intellectual freedom & social responsibility at The University of Alberta’s School of Library and Information Studies. She just won a National Teaching Fellowship from 3M and the courses she teaches are well regarded and transformative. I would encourage students interested in these topics within an MLIS program to consider the University of Alberta.

Mentoring 2.0

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HLWIKI Canada provides a Mentoring 2.0 summary (mentoring in web 2.0 context) and references for Library and Information Studies students.

LISNing – An international information student support network of daring proportions

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LISNing – An international information student support network of daring proportions.

The Atlas of New Librarianship

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When I first started the Masters of Library and Information Studies program at the University of Alberta, I quickly realized I was the only student in my program interested in working with Information Technology in areas such as Technical Services, Digital Initiatives, Web Resources or Database Development.  Of course there is the MLIS combined HUCO (Humanities Computing) program but these students only take one or two MLIS courses per year and the program has a more conceptual and sociological approach, which is “not my thing.”

In the information I am exposed to every day through following innumerable blogs in Google Reader, I have come across some good resources for MLIS candidates interested in alternative librarianship careers. Here is an informative resource defining a mission statement for new librarianship and the fields of study in the space.

The Atlas of New Librarianship
http://www.newlibrarianship.org/wordpress/

GTA Technology Tips & Tricks: Inserting Images into Gmail Messages

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GTA Technology Tips & Tricks are an email series sent to the Masters of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) students at the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta.

Here is a simple procedure to follow to be able to insert inline images into your gmail messages. I found this information at About.com (http://email.about.com/od/gmailtips/qt/et_inline_image.htm)

Enable Image Insertion in Gmail
To turn on Gmail’s Insert Image button Follow the Mail Settings link in Gmail. Click on the “gear” icon top-right corner of the screen. Go to the Labs tab. Scroll down to the Inserting Images lab and choose Enable. Click Save Changes.

When you create an email now there will be a picture icon (Insert Image) in the menu above the text edit box if you are using Rich Text for the text editor rather than plain text.

You can drag and drop from a saved image file on your computer (e.g. jpg, png, gif), or you can upload a file by clicking on the icon. You cannot drag and drop from a website – instead you would need to enter the image’s URL after clicking on the Insert Image icon and choosing the “Web address (URL)” option.