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Well, I started to experiment with the neon sign generator. There weren't any that seemed really appropriate for what I wanted. I want a neon arrow sign, to hang over my office door that would say: Question?? Ask here!!. But none of them seemed to work.
This made me chuckle though.....
I also used FD Toys to make this:
This picture was taken 2.5 years ago when I was interning at the library. I was still in library school at UCLA, and this was my last day at the reference desk before I returned to California for my last quarter as a graduate student.
Funny thing is that I can not find the brown leather skirt I am wearing anywhere in the house. Where did it go? I miss that skirt.
Well, I've discovered del.icio.us. I think it's a pretty nifty tool to keep track of websites you like.
One thing I found useful was importing my bookmarks I already keep on Firefox. This not only made me feel very productive, but showed me who was linking to sites I visit frequently.
I am using del.icio.us for a project I am involved with for the Commission on Women. We are each charged with looking through the web pages of other institutions who have obtained an ADVANCE grant from NSF. It allows for notes and direct links to documents and pdf's. Here is a link to the pages I've tagged with 'Advance':
http://del.icio.us/sjcarter/Advance
I think that YouTube would be a great way to inform our users about the resources available at UMD.
We could go the humorous route.......
Or we could go the studious route.....
Or develop something in the middle.
I like using Topix for my news feeds because I can stay in touch with the local news of particular geographical areas. I have three different feeds coming from Topix. One is for Redondo Beach, CA, another for Ames, IA and a third for Duluth, MN.
Topix newsfeeds could be useful for a research guide on a particular topic.
