[CODE4LIB] Call for Participation: Survey on Financing of the MLS Education

2015-03-17 Thread Ellen Wilson
Dear code4libbers, Apologies for cross posting - I'm trying to get as wide a swath of librarians as possible. If you have it in your heart to help me out I'd greatly appreciate it. Ellen -- Dear Colleagues, You are invited to voluntarily participate in a research project investigating how

Re: [CODE4LIB] College Question!

2014-05-30 Thread Ellen Wilson
Hi Riley, My absolute favorite thing about librarianship is that almost everything I have learned has the potential to be useful and I never know what little titbit of knowledge is going to be necessary on any given day. Also, the things I learned in school aren't necessarily the things I need to

Re: [CODE4LIB] Academic Library Website Question

2013-12-17 Thread Ellen Wilson
At my institution, the library's web presence predates the university as a whole's presence. We currently share a server with the main university site but have control over all our content and can make updates without having to go through public relations (thank goodness). Our site is linked from

Re: [CODE4LIB] A newbie seeking input/suggestions

2013-02-21 Thread Ellen Wilson
There was an article on this topic in issue 2 of the code4lib journal - I tried to get it done here but got shot down by systems, but it seems simple and might be what you need: http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/45 -- Ellen Knowlton Wilson Instructional Services Librarian Room 250, University

Re: [CODE4LIB] Lib or Libe

2013-02-13 Thread Ellen Wilson
The same debate rages about LibGuides. At one conference, Springshare had badge ribbons that said something like Team Lib and Team Libe so you could show your allegiance. That was cute. On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Fleming, Declan dflem...@ucsd.edu wrote: Hi - at the conference, there has

Re: [CODE4LIB] Your Choice URL for Study Room Reservations

2012-11-30 Thread Ellen Wilson
I'd be inclined to go with study, since that's the function the users care about. That said, if your students are like ours, they are not going to pay one bit of attention to the name of the link. I'm amazed how many clicks students will go through to get to their university email, for example.

Re: [CODE4LIB] Studying the email list (Charcuterie Spectrum)

2012-06-05 Thread Ellen Wilson
I'd have to disagree. Clearly, IMHO, seitan is the vegan Seal of No Approval Needed. On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 3:02 PM, Kevin S. Clarke kscla...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 3:55 PM, BWS Johnson abesottedphoe...@yahoo.com wrote: Bacon == Seal of Approval Bologna == Seal of