Office of Science and Technology Policy Seeks Input

Do you work with scholarly publishing? Have you been following the Obama administration’s Open Government plan? Do you know much about the NIH Public Access Policy? Do you work with faculty members at your institution who receive federal funding? Read on to learn more about something exciting that’s happening right now. As a bit of […]

ACRL National E-learning Scholarships

ACRL e-Learning Scholarships ACRL is pleased to announce our new e-Learning scholarship program.  ACRL is funding twenty e-Learning webcast scholarships in order to help librarians, library school students, and staff maximize their professional development dollars during these challenging economic times. Purpose To provide opportunities for librarians, library school students or support staff to update their […]

Designing Usable and Accessible Web Pages – ACRL E-learning Seminar

Designing Usable and Accessible Web Pages:  Needs Analysis, Design Planning, XHTML and CSS Standards, Accessibility Validation, and Usability Testing (beginners) http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/elearning/courses/webdesign.cfm An ACRL Online Seminar January 25 – February 10, 2010 Course Description: This hands-on course focuses on the basics of Web site planning, design and content development. The course will also examine Web standards, usability, […]

Does your library do anything special for students during finals week?

Does your library do anything special for students when they are in final exam week mode? Do you provide refreshments (Seattle U provided coffee and cookies)? Activites? If yes, what has worked best or been most appreciated? This semester we put out two library study break puzzles (puzzle 1, puzzle 2) as a mental break […]

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