ALPS LINK Newsletter - Fall 2008

Laud a Librarian contest

Let us know when you discover great guides and learning objects created by librarians at your or other academic libraries. Maybe you're answering a question on AskAway and discover the amazing resource that another librarian has put together. Well, don't keep it a secret! Let us know! We'll ask that librarian for permission to include their learning object in LINK. This will help other librarians discover that learning object too.

Laud a Librarian builds on some of our profession's greatest strengths - providing access to great collections and collaborating with our talented colleagues. With Laud a Librarian, we continue the tradition by providing more access to the great librarian learning objects created by our colleagues and at the same time bring to the librarian community more great work to develop and use in our instructions. Win Win. Speaking of winning, there will be lots of great prizes again this year for the nominators and the nominees awarding the fantastic contributions to the ALPS LINK. I guess that makes it Win Win Win!

To enter the contest, send an email to: Gordon Coleman or Heather Morrison at office@eln.bc.ca with the following information:

Name of nominator

Name of nominee (i.e. the creator/s - librarian/s)

The title of the learning object

URL or digitized copy

The winners of Laud a Librarian will be announced at the ALPS meeting in December. The final date for nominations is Friday, November 14, 2008.

Recent Uploads into ALPS LINK to check out (just to name a few):

Online Library Assignment by Colleen Bell, UFV This tutorial is written using several software including PHP. For those of you interested in working with this model of tutorial, you may be interested in an upcoming BCLA workshop, Introduction to Web Scripting October 18 & 19th

Chart: Scholarly Publications. Colleen van de Voort, Kwantlen University

Academic Resource Tool Box: The Art of Planning, Joyce Leung, Amanda Goldrick-Jones, Elaine Fairey, SFU

Invitation to the Next Meeting:

Join us at the next ALPS LINK meeting Friday October 10 at 9:00-11:00, Langara College, Room L216 in the Library Building, If you are not in the Lower Mainland, please contact Liza Hutchison 604- 323-5527 or lhutchison@langara.bc.ca to arrange to join us via conference call.

Please circulate to your colleagues who are not on the ALPS listserv. Thanks!