C&RL News Column

Article links from the monthly C&RL News TechConnect column, along with selected older articles.

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• Courtney Greene and Elizabeth Ruane. “Collaboration in the cloud: Untethered technologies for scholarly pursuits.” C&RL News. Vol. 72, No. 8 (September 2011).
• Remi Castonguay. “Say it loud: Spreading the word with Facebook and Twitter.” C&RL News. Vol. 72, No. 7 (July/ August 2011).
• Susan Mikkelsen, Kristine Ferry, Rachael Hu, Brian Mathews,and Deborah A. Murphy. “Come together: A common vocabulary for University of California library homepages.” C&RL News. Vol. 72, No. 6 (June 2011).
• Anali Maughan Perry. “Lights, camera, action!: How to produce a library minute.” C&RL News. Vol. 72, No. 5 (May 2011).
• Lori Barile. “Mobile technologies for libraries: A list of mobile applications and resources for development.” C&RL News. Vol. 72, No. 4 (April 2011).
• Megan Lotts and Stephanie Graves. “Using the iPad for reference services: Librarians go mobile.” C&RL News. Vol. 72, No. 4 (April 2011).
• Sara Q. Thompson. “Setting up a library iPad program: Guidelines for success.” C&RL News. Vol. 72, No. 4 (April 2011).
• Angela Fullington Ballard and Susan Teague-Rector. “Building a library Web site: Strategies for success.” C&RL News. Vol. 72, No. 3 (March 2011).
• Robin Ashford. “QR codes and academic libraries: Reaching mobile users.” C&RL News. Vol. 71, No. 10 (November 2010).
• Lynne Bisko and Rebecca Pope-Ruark. “Making the video: Tips for successful library-class collaborations.” C&RL News. Vol. 71, No. 9 (October 2010).
• Steven Carrico, Jason Fleming,and Betsy Simpson. “Virtual bookplates: Enhancing donor recognition and library development.” C&RL News. Vol. 71, No. 8 (September 2010).
• Yelinek, Kathryn et al. “Using LibGuides for an information literacy tutorial: Tutorial 2.0.” C&RL News. Vol. 71, No. 7 (July/ August 2010).
• Barclay, Donald A., Thomas Bustos and Teal Smith. “Signs of success: Digital signage in the library.”C&RL News. Vol. 71, No. 6 (June 2010).
• Bynog, David. M and Jane Zhao. “Telling our own story: Fondren Library’s oral history project.“C&RL News. Vol. 71, No. 5 (May 2010).
• Daly, Emily. “Embedding library resources into learning management systems: A way to reach Duke undergrads at their points of need.”C&RL News. Vol. 71, No. 4 (April 2010).
• McHale, Nina. “Steal this code! Please! Creating HTML widget generators for libraries. C&RL News. Vol. 71, No. 3 (March 2010).
• Puckett, Jason. “Superpower your browser with LibX and Zotero: Open source tools for research.” C&RL News. Vol. 71, No. 2 (February 2010).
• Burkhardt, Andy. “Social media: A guide for college and university libraries.” C&RL News. Vol. 71, No. 1 (January 2010).
• McGill, Tami Morse. “Gmail as institutional memory.” C&RL News. Vol. 70, No. 11 (December 2009).
• Anderson, Craig. “How to be a person: Tips and tricks for virtual reference.” C&RL News. Vol. 70, No. 10 (November 2009).
• Alexander, Laurie, Laurie A. Sutch, and Harold Tuckett. “The Tech Deck: Your place for project support.”C&RL News. Vol. 70, No. 9 (October 2009).
• Dorney, Erin. “Job of a Lifetime – Emerging technologies at Towson University: The hat trick.”C&RL News. Vol. 70, No. 9 (October 2009).
• Harris, Laura, Julie Garrison, and Emily Frigo. “At the crossroads: Bringing the tenure and promotion process into the Digital Age.” C&RL News. Vol. 70, No. 8 (September 2009).
• Murphy, Sarah Ann. “Vocera: Enhancing communication across a library system.”C&RL News. Vol. 70, No. 7 (July/ August 2009).
• Nichols, Jane. “Library à la Carte: Research and course guides made to order.”C&RL News. Vol. 70, No. 5 (May 2009).
• Gilmour, Ron and Jennifer Strickland. “Social bookmarking for library services: Bibliographic access through Delicious.”C&RL News. Vol. 70, No. 4 (April 2009).
• Allman, Nancy. “Audiobooks on iPods: Building a program for a research library.” C&RL News. Vol. 70, No. 3 (March 2009).
• Kohl, Laura and Maura Keating. “A phone of one’s own: Texting at the Bryant University reference desk.” C&RL News.Vol. 70, No. 2 (February 2009).
• Glazer, Harry. “Clever outreach or costly diversion? An academic library evaluates its Facebook experience.” C&RL News.Vol. 70, No. 1 (January 2009).
• Badman, Derik A. and Lianne Hartman. “Developing current awareness services: Virtual reading rooms and online routing.”C&RL News.Vol. 69, No. 11 (December 2008).
• Swanson, Troy. “Google Maps and Second Life: Virtual platforms meet information literacy.”C&RL News.Vol. 69, No. 10 (November 2008).
• Kattelman, Beth. “It’s time for a Second Life: Resources dedicated to the virtual world (Internet Resources).”C&RL News.Vol. 69, No. 10 (November 2008).
• Monroe, Amalia. “Organizing the 2008 presidential election: The creation of a custom search engine.” C&RL News.Vol. 69, No. 9 (October 2008).
• Cohen, Sarah Faye. “Taking 2.0 to the faculty: Why, who, and how.”C&RL News.Vol. 69, No. 8 (September 2008).
• Julian, Suzanne and Kimball Benson. “Clicking your way to library instruction assessment: Using a Personal Response System at Brigham Young University.” C&RL News.Vol. 69, No. 5 (May 2008).
• Alexander, Laurie, Dave Carter, Suzanne Chapman, Susan Hollar, and Julie Weatherbee. “MLibrary 2.0: Create, share, and network.” C&RL News.Vol. 69, No. 4 (April 2008).
• Landis, Cliff. “Social networking sites: Getting friendly with our users (Internet Resources).” C&RL News.Vol. 68, No. 11 (December 2007).
• Webb, Paula L. “YouTube and libraries: It could be a beautiful relationship.” C&RL News.Vol. 68, No. 6 (June 2007).
• Allan, Charles. “Using a wiki to manage a library instruction program: Sharing knowledge to better serve patrons.” C&RL News.Vol. 68, No. 4 (April 2007).
• Eden, Bradford Lee. “2D and 3D information visualization: The next big Internet revolution (Internet Resources) .” C&RL News.Vol. 68, No. 4 (April 2007).
• Arch, Xan. “Creating the academic library folksonomy: Put social tagging to work at your institution.” C&RL News.Vol. 68, No. 2 (February 2007).
• Alexander, Bryan. “Using technology in teaching and learning: Resources to help you navigate a digital world.” C&RL News.Vol. 68, No. 2 (February 2007).
• Mathews, Brian S. “Do you Facebook? Networking with students online.” C&RL News.Vol. 67, No. 5 (May 2006).