Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Harness the Power of OhioLINK

OhioLINK will be celebrating 15 years of service to the college and university students, staff, and faculty of Ohio's academic institutions this November. Explore the wonder of statewide resource sharing among Ohio's libraries: print materials, electronic resources, and multimedia so unusual in our nation. Aren't you glad you work in Ohio? Students: 15 ways to put OhioLINK to work! Faculty/Staff: 15 ideas to utilize OhioLINK!

YouTube Move Over

Looking for terrrific digital videos? Like to learn? Then check out OhioLINK's Top 15 Digital Videos in celebrations of 15 years of service to the academic community of Ohio this November 2007. Students, Staff, and Faculty, did I mention these digital videos are free and can be accessed 24/7 from campus or home?

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

How believable, how helpful is the Internet?

In response to a question by American Libraries' interviewer: "You don't believe that everything is on the internet?" Garrison Keillor, noted storyteller, musician, author, and creator of public radio broadcast A Prairie Home Companion replied:

"The internet is just an enormous, interesting swamp. It's full of self-promotion, it's full of bad information, it's full of everything. And you can sort of maneuver your way around it, from island to island, and you can find things of interest, but I think there still is room for paper between covers. People have a limited amount of time, and if you take a hard look at the amount of time you spend drifting, trying to get your bearings on the internet, you are grateful for people who can save you time and that's what librarians do--they save you enormous amounts of time."