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Library and Information Science

Boise State University

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2014

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Catching Their Attention: Slide Shows As Outreach, Elizabeth Ramsey Aug 2014

Catching Their Attention: Slide Shows As Outreach, Elizabeth Ramsey

Elizabeth Ramsey

Albertsons Library at Boise State University has found slide shows to be an essential and easy to manage component in its outreach efforts and branding strategy. The slide shows run continually on a TV monitor in the library lobby as well as on all the computers in the library labs. This presentation focuses on the strategies used in the selection of topics, images and text, presenting examples of some of the most popular slides used at Albertsons Libraries categorized under recommended best practices.


How To Pack A Room: 3d Printing At Albertsons Library, Deana Brown, Amy Vecchione Jan 2014

How To Pack A Room: 3d Printing At Albertsons Library, Deana Brown, Amy Vecchione

Amy E. Vecchione

Libraries have a history of helping their communities create, whether it’s writing a paper or acquiring new information on a topic. Libraries have always helped communities learn new skills, and sometimes those skills are best acquired through creating. As technology has advanced, libraries too have evolved to boost individual’s digital fluency skills by providing tools and resources to help understand and experience new technology. Albertsons Library strives to helps students, staff, and faculty innovate by encouraging collaborative opportunities that promote information access and digital fluency skills. Providing campus-wide access to a 3D printer fits perfectly with this aim by bringing …