Thursday, March 13, 2008

Blogging for DUSLA: A Quick and Dirty Guide

All members of DUSLA are actively encouraged to post to this blog. You can blog about local library events; conferences you've attended; your reactions to recent events in library world; ongoing topics in library world; tips and tricks related to library science you've learned in your classes; or any other DUSLA or library related topic that is relevant to you.

If you've never blogged with DUSLA before, here are some quick instructions for how to get set up:

1. Open a 'Google' account.

  • If you have a gmail account, you already have a 'Google' account.
  • If you're new to Google, you can start a Google account at www.google.com/accounts.

2. Email Christopher Curry at curry@drexel.edu and ask to be added as a 'contributor' to the blog

  • Give him your Google Account name and email address so he can add you to the list of people who have access to the blog.
  • Christopher will contact you when he has added you.

3. Log into Blogger.com

4. Start a 'New Post' in The DUSLA blog

  • Once you log in, blogger will take you to the 'Dashboard', where you have easy access to all of your blogs.
  • One of the blogs listed should be 'Drexel University student chapter of the Special Libraries Association (DUSLA).
  • Click the link 'New Post' under the title of the post. It has a green plus sign icon next to it.

5. Create, Edit and Publish the post

  • Write your post just as you would a regular word document.
  • You can add images and videos to your post using the icons on the task bar.
  • Once your post is complete, click the 'Publish Post' button. Make sure you double check for mistakes!
Christopher Curry, DUSLA's webmaster, has put together a quick instructional video (NOTE: requires the latest version of Javascript to be enabled).






Links to the Video on the DUSLA website (files are larger):

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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Exploring Penn's Rare Book and Manuscript Library


DUSLA explored Penn's Rare Book and Manuscript Library on February 23rd, where we viewed a few different collections, the Reading Room, and the staff workroom. We saw the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (for all things Shakespeare), the Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection (for the history of chemistry), and the Henry Charles Lea Library (for medieval and early modern history). In the Lea library we looked at a variety of books and manuscripts from the entire rare book and manuscript collection, including a book of hours, a rare monograph printed by Benjamin Franklin, a medieval royal genealogical scroll starting with Adam and Eve, and a book on alchemy with marginalia from Isaac Newton, to name a few. Everyone had a great time and learned a lot too. Check the blog and the website for more field trips coming up soon.

Thursday, March 06, 2008

Upcoming Events: SLA Philadelphia Chapter hosts a tour of QVC

The Philadelphia Chapter is sponsoring a behind-the-scenes look at QVC studios. QVC is one of the largest multimedia retailers in the world. They broadcast live television shopping programs 24 hours a day, 364 days a year.

The tour will be followed by a sit down dinner and a talk on metadata and taxonomy given by QVC staff members.

This is a great chance to get to know your local SLA librarians better and get a unique perspective on QVC.

This event is scheduled for March 26th at 3:30 PM. For more details, visit the event page: http://units.sla.org/chapter/cphl/index.htm.

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Upcoming event: The Leslie Nicholas Lecture: Health Information Technology in the 21st Century

The College of Physicians is hosting a cocktail hour and guest lecture on the topic of health care information technology. The lecture will cover what technologies currently exist and how they will change in the future.

The event is planned for Thursday, March 27, 2008, 6:15 PM, and it's only $10 for students to attend.

Check out the MLA Philadelphia Chapter website for more information: http://www.mlaphil.org/wp/events/2008/02/28/lnl/.

This is a great event for anyone interested in medical librarianship, or anyone curious about how these technologies may affect your health care in the future.

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