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Outsourcing student email to Google or Microsoft: Some thoughts

Posted on February 21, 2008 by karin

The campus where I work is thinking of outsourcing student email. This in itself could be a good thing- the student email, as it it exists, sucks. Most students that we work with in the Center don’t use it. The … Continue reading →

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Walking the walk: Using open source software in everyday life

Posted on February 15, 2008 by karin

Most of my presentation slides were made with open source software. Ubuntu, OpenOffice Impress, Gimp, and Inkscape allow me to put together a pretty nice looking set of slides. It has become more and more common lately for me to … Continue reading →

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One Laptop Per Child Presentation

Posted on February 1, 2008 by karin

I gave my presentation on the XO laptop today at the Nebraska Library Commission. Slides are up on karin.dalziel.org, and my notes will be up tomorrow. It’s really fun presenting about something I care a lot about- I hope I … Continue reading →

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OLPC is good for learning

Posted on January 25, 2008 by karin

Journal, Sugar’s file management system We have been using the same tired old metaphors for computers for a long time. I look at my computer with its desktop metaphor (clean at work, cluttered at home, as in real life) and … Continue reading →

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Upcoming presentations

Posted on January 22, 2008 by karin

Zotero and RefWorks: It doesn’t have to be either/or Tomorrow (January 23) I am giving a brown bag at my work about Zotero and RefWorks. I’m comparing the two citation management systems, and trying to make a case for supporting … Continue reading →

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Album cover meme

Posted on January 14, 2008 by karin

I didn’t actually get tagged for this, but I saw it on the blog humachine, and it looks like fun. I added a step 4 to go with step three, so that I could use use a Creative Commons licensed … Continue reading →

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Initial thoughts about the OLPC

Posted on December 16, 2007 by karin

I’ve had my OLPC for about 24 hours now, so I’m going to post some initial thoughts. I’m sure I’ll have plenty more to say later. First, I am so very happy with the purchase. It is, indeed, a machine … Continue reading →

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Design for Librarians – video

Posted on December 12, 2007 by karin

I meant to post this before, but, well, I didn’t. This is the video I created for my Library Use Instruction class. I wish I could link to my classmate’s tutorials, because they were very good. Design video from karindalziel … Continue reading →

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I did it.

Posted on November 16, 2007 by karin

I couldn’t help it. ccgd. (2007). OLPC – Mesh Network testing. Retrieved November 17, 2007, from http://flickr.com/photos/ccgd/491123493/ (citation generated with Zotero, using the new ability to capture citation information from Flickr.)

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