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NaNoWriMo Anyone?

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Anyone else going to do NaNoWriMo this year?

For those of you not sure what a NaNoWriMo is, here’s a one sentence explanation:

Challenge yourself to write 50,000 words in November which is National Novel Writers Month.

I did the NaNoWriMo Camp back in July and it was a lot of fun. I didn’t ‘win’ (reach your target word count) but I still wrote a lot.

If anyone else is keen to give it a go let’s chat soon. This month is prep month for the November challenge.

Special thanks to Rā, for putting me onto NaNoWriMo earlier this year! 😀 😀 😀 😀

NaNoWriMo website: http://nanowrimo.org/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaNoWriMo

Chch NaNoWriMo Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ChChWriMos/

And continuing with the meme at the end of my posts today…

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Volunteers Needed for Trial of 15 Minute Online Workshop

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Kathryn, Kim, Jan and I have put together a short 15 minute online class on placing and removing a hold. We need some staff volunteers to help us test it before we offer it to students next month. If you’re free, please register for the workshop with the link below. Kathryn, Kim and I will be presenting the workshop. All feedback on the online format and the actual content of the workshop will be gratefully received! 🙂

The day before the workshop you’ll be sent a reminder email with the link to the online workshop using Adobe Connect. It also has instructions for testing Adobe Connect. Please do this test the day before the workshop so that you are ready for the actual workshop on the day.

http://canterbury.libcal.com/event/2843450

Date: Monday, 10 October

Time: 2:00pm – 2:20pm

And here’s a meme that’s vaguely related to the topic of this post…

 

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Please Promote Library 101 Workshops

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library101_icon_webPlease promote the Library 101 workshops with students and staff whenever the opportunity presents itself.

There are classes running this week and the next two weeks.

AskLive is a great place to promote them by sending students to the Library Workshops page.

In particular please promote the following:

Google Scholar

This workshop will help you to use Google Scholar more effectively to find scholarly articles. You will learn about using advanced search, cited references, setting up alerts, accessing fulltext and creating a…
Date: Thursday, May 19, 2016
Time: 1:00pm – 1:50pm
Location: The Den (Central Library)

APA Referencing – Science

This session is tailored to Science students’ referencing needs but the content is broadly applicable for any students using APA Referencing. We will cover how and when to reference including how to format …
Date:Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Time:1:00pm – 1:50pm
Location:Room 210 (Puaka-James Hight)

APA Referencing – Engineering

This session is tailored to Engineering students’ referencing needs but the content is broadly applicable for any students using APA Referencing. We will cover how and when to reference including how to for…
Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Time: 1:00pm – 1:50pm
Location: Room 210 (Puaka-James Hight)

APA Referencing – Commerce

This session is tailored to Commerce students’ referencing needs but the content is broadly applicable for any students using APA Referencing. We will cover how and when to reference including how to format…
Date: Thursday, May 26, 2016
Time: 1:00pm – 1:50pm
Location: Room 210 (Puaka-James Hight)

APA Referencing – Education

This session is tailored to Education students’ referencing needs but the content is broadly applicable for any students using APA Referencing. We will cover how and when to reference including how to forma…
Date: Friday, May 27, 2016
Time: 1:00pm – 1:50pm
Location: L207 (Education Library)
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Library 101 Workshops Available Now

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library101_icon_webJust a reminder to please promote Library 101 workshops far and wide to students and staff.

The following sessions are on offer in the first term:

  • Finding Course Readings
  • Finding Books and Journal Articles
  • APA Referencing – Commerce/Education/Engineering/Science

More workshops will be offered in the second term.

Library 101 workshops can be booked through the Book a Library Workshop link on the Library website.

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Library 101

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Library 101 will be running again in 2016.library101_icon_web

The programme will be expanded a little this semester with a few new classes and also offering some of the sessions more than once.

I’d like to let everyone know what will be on offer and ask that you promote the sessions to students and academics whenever you get the chance!

Also, before the classes go live, I’m looking to get some more interesting names for the classes. If anyone has any serious suggestions for names for any of the Library 101 classes please email me or leave a comment below.

Any help will be much appreciated!

  • Find and Manage Course Readings (x 2)
  • Independent Research Using the Library (x 2)
  • APA Referencing for Science/Commerce/Engineering/Education Students (4 separate subject specific sessions run twice each)
  • Google Scholar (new class, no name yet)
  • Introduction to Journals for Science Students
  • Introduction to Using Art, Archives and Photos in Assignments
  • Creative Commons (new class, no name yet – the name may need to explain what CC is in some way)

The names of the current classes are informative but maybe we can come up with some more interesting names that still let students know what the class is about. Or perhaps we can just make the names a bit shorter and snappier.

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Ebooks – Research Project for MIS

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Kia ora koutou,

I’d like to share my recently completed MIS INFO580 research report. The study looked at ebook use at UC and may be of use to anyone interested in ebooks.

Some sections of the study did not receive as much editing and proof reading as I would have liked so please ignore typos etc.

It has not yet been added to the Victoria Research Archive (repository) so I have just attached the file to this post.

Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments.

Nick-Scullin-580-Final-Research-Report

Regards,

Nick