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From a few weeks back
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Search History
One of the core competencies that a librarian must possess is an understanding of how people search. For me this is difficult since I have often played the role of placer versus seeker. While I have not logged many hours at the reference desk, I have helped faculty, staff, and students navigate sophisticated, complex computer…
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Boston University
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Ice Storm
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A Reader in Taiwan
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Context, Culture & the Classroom
I was introduced to several new constructs this semester including Blooms Taxonomy, Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Assessment, and Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions. The latter I discovered doing a deep dive on Chapter 13 of Grassian and Kaplowitz, (2009, p. 251-6). I thought that the authors’ discussion of high context cultures vs. low context ones was very…
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Technology Adoption Proposal: Google Scholar in the Law Library
The University of New Hampshire School of Law Library has materials in print and in digital format on a wide variety of legal topics that reflect the academic offerings of the school. These include numerous specialized databases, electronic journal subscriptions both individually and through Serials Solution and scholarship created by the law school community…
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More about this later…
Video games that require “visual analysis” such as Tetris could be instrumental in alleviating the symptoms of PTSD, a study has found. http://www.piercepioneer.com/playing-tetris-can-prevent-the-brain-from-recalling-traumatic-memories-study/42985 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3152299/Could-playing-TETRIS-banish-bad-memories-Retro-Nintendo-game-reduces-risk-post-traumatic-stress-disorder.html
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Health Information Literacy- Web Site Evaluation