As part of Thing 15, I searched through Tumblr for library specific accounts. Two (active) accounts that stood out to me were the Bodleian Libraries and Turning the Book Wheel by the Smithsonian Libraries. The Bodleian Libraries Tumblr provides an insight into the work at the library from interesting collections finds to conservation work. … Continue reading Thing 15: Digital Curation →
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Thing 13: Video
To complete Thing 13, I chose to explore Vimeo. I am very accustomed to YouTube and I have even been required to upload projects while at school as part of my university course. I have also used Media Hopper before for work. However, I have only used Vimeo once, to watch one of my favourite … Continue reading Thing 13: Video →
Thing 12: Open Educational Resources
Using OER Commons, I was able to find a brief course on how to use library resources at a university. Made up of videos and explanatory PDFs, it instructs the user on how to use the catalogue, databases and common citations. Although it is not the most up-to-date example of an OER, I chose it … Continue reading Thing 12: Open Educational Resources →
Creative Commons
My most popular video on YouTube (by far) is one where I recite the Martin Niemöller poem First They Came for The Communists. It’s been on the site over 10 years and has received to date about 54,000 views. Interestingly the views spiked when Donald Trump came into power – make of that what you … Continue reading Creative Commons →
Thing 8: Facebook
Intro: no More I last logged into my Facebook profile in December 2015. If not for that, I would probably be writing for the ‘intermediate’ strand of Thing 8. I was a member of Facebook groups, some personal and some professional, and had found the latter a useful way to find out about conferences,… Read more Thing 8: Facebook
Thing 7: Twitter
Chirp chirp, chirp chirp! Oh wait, not that kind of twittering. Other than the six months where I worked for the Leeds Humanities Research Institute as an administrative intern, I have never used twitter, though I occasionally gawk at the feeds of others. I will be following the strand of this post for those who… Read more Thing 7: Twitter
Thing 6: Accessibility
How to make online content accessible is not something I know a lot about but increasingly comes up in my interactions with library users. Services to support our students and staff with disabilities are split across a few different areas of the university, so knowing more about web accessibility can help me anticipate and avoid… Read more Thing 6: Accessibility
Diversity and Self-Representation
The question of how people represent themselves online has been fraught with complexity since the earliest days of social media. I have been intrigued by this for a long time, especially after living in parts of the world which use modified versions o…
How accessible is it really?
As someone who can read, write, spell, see, hear and feel to a high level – I didn’t really think much about the challenges faced by people who struggle with any of these, until I came to teach my young cousin how to play the fiddle. J is dyslexic, in fact dyslexia is quite common … Continue reading How accessible is it really? →
Online Security
Online security is not something to take lightly. Fortunately, I have been aware of the risks for a long time. The one foremost in my mind is the risk of identity theft: someone uses my name, picture, and a few details to impersonate me. I can be used …
wiki’d
For most of us Wikipedia is the first stop on any research journey, but I have been finding out there is so much more to the wonderful world of Wikimedia. From bucket loads of quotes for when your inspiration takes a dip on Wikiquote, to free to use music on Wikimedia Commons, if I had … Continue reading wiki’d →
Thing 5: Diversity
In this post, I will reflect on diversity and representation in online communication. The prompt for this post asks us to focus on this through the lens of emojis/emotions and the release of diverse emoji choices in 2015 by Apple and 2016 by Facebook. EMOJIS The initial controversy over the release of diverse emojis almost… Read more Thing 5: Diversity