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Self-care resources compiled by librarians for the Collaborative Guide to Pandemic Pedagogy
Published: March 30, 2020Activities Backyard birding and wildlife watching Bob Ross Cook or bake If you have the ingredients, try Lace cookies. Cross stitch! Digital jigsaw puzzling https://www.jigsawplanet.com/ Free grown up (and some kid friendly) coloring pages at https://library.nyam.org/colorourcollections/ Free watercolor, lettering, and journaling resources Let’s Make Art If you have a Nintendo Switch, Just Dance 2020…
Read MoreZoom Best Practices
Published: March 30, 2020There are a few simple Zoom practices that may help to ensure effective video conferences and to simplify as much as possible the process of scheduling, hosting, and attending meetings. These recommendations are based on UCLA’s instance of Zoom and the way that Zoom experts and webinar account holders use Zoom dozens of times a…
Read MoreIS Lab’s Online Journals
Published: March 20, 2020Several journals available in the IS Lab may be accessed online, either by open access or using the UCLA VPN. Even when you are sheltered in place, these online journals are a great resource you can use to stay connected to the Information Studies community and remain apprised of recent scholarly work. Open access journals…
Read MorePerspectives on professional labor & library services to incarcerated people in Library Quarterly & Library Trends
Published: March 10, 2020In this new series of blog posts, we highlight physical resources available for research and experimentation in the IS Lab . For our first blog post, we introduce The Library Quarterly and Library Trends, two longstanding journals of library and information research. Both journals and their editorial teams are composed of scholars with interdisciplinary backgrounds…
Read MoreFilm Handling and Inspection Workshop
Published: March 10, 2020Have you ever wanted to know how to handle film? In this workshop, participants will be introduced to the basics of film handling. Participants will first learn the properties of film, proper film storage techniques, and signs of film decay and damage before gaining hands-on experience handling and inspecting films of various formats held in…
Read MoreMaker Monday 02-03-2020: Introduction to R
Published: January 31, 2020On the first Monday of every month, community members meet in the IS Lab to experiment with new technology and techniques that not only look great on the resume, but also enable LIS graduates to hit the ground running in their new professional positions. Our next Maker Monday session is Monday, February 3, 12:30 – 1:30…
Read MoreIS Lab Forum Friday: Special Collections
Published: January 21, 2020On the fourth Friday of every month, community members meet in the IS Lab for input on work in progress in an informal session with peers and invited experts. Join us as MLIS student Kathryn Brunet workshops her presentation on the Clark Library’s collection of illustrated fencing manuals. Distinguished Librarian Emerita, Curator of the UCLA…
Read MoreMaker Monday 01-06-20
Published: January 2, 2020Join your peers to explore & expand your skills set On the first Monday of every month, community members meet in the IS Lab to experiment with new technlogy and techniques that not only look great on the resume, but also enable LIS graduates to hit the ground running in their new professional positions. Join…
Read MoreUsing Creative Commons Licensing in Libraries & Archives
Published: December 18, 2019Presenters Heather I. Briston, University Archivist and Head of Curators and Collections, UCLA Maureen Callahan, Sophia Smith Collection Archivist, Smith College Description Many archivists and users of archives experience intellectual property restrictions as a serious impediment for promoting, disseminating, using, and re-using archival materials. This webinar discusses the important opportunity that creators of archival materials…
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