Announcing the Winners! -- ALPS LINK Fall 2010 "Burning Needs" Contest

The winners are listed below, with a quote or two from the judges about why they liked the resource. Congratulations to all the winners!

Honourable Mentions

1. Web Evaluation Game - BCIT Library - "A really engaging/interactive way to teach web evaluation."
   
   
2. Douglas College Copyright Guide - Carolyn Soltau - "A comprehensive and very current guide to the latest in copyright law, with numerous examples and answers to all the questions we all have."
   
   
3. How to Search PubMed - Bernadette Duffy - "A thorough and attractively laid out 'cheat-sheet' style guide to the interface."

Runners Up

1. Integrating Search Widgets into Course Web Sites - Patti Wilson, Diane Cruickshank - "All the widgets you could possibly want, in one place, saving librarians a lot of time in tinkering with our course pages."
   
   
2. Database Search Techniques - Sample of Clicker Questions - Charlotte Beck - "Answering one of our 'burning needs', and including some great ideas for integrating clicker questions into orientations."

Grand Prize

Web Evaluation Exercises Step-by-Step - Diane Cruickshank, Mirela Djokic, Allison Richardson - "Again answering a 'burning need', and including a step-by-step thorough discussion for reviewing a website for its reliability and relevance, with numerous examples from a wide range of subject areas."

The LINK Committee