When someone mentions pivot tables, do you cringe? I used to — until I learned how simple they were to set up! Example: The newly designed reports I run from EBSCO have multiple rows for each library. Worse yet, if
The Simplicity of Pivot Tables
Comparing Scanned Images with Photographs of Images
How many times do we whip out our mobile phones to take photos of family photo albums and think, “well, that was easy” or “better than nothing.” I am guilty of doing this myself… But what about cheating a bit
Metadata Tutorial
In this short tutorial, you are going to learn how to assign metadata to a digital object. Information used to describe an object is called metadata. As librarians, we use metadata everyday to help patrons find library books. Can you
Determining Mid-20th Century Copyright
As any good librarian can recite in their sleep, books originally published prior to 1923 are in the public domain and anything published after that date are not. Simple, right? We have been stuck in the 1923 mindset for so
Hosting a Grow with Google Program
This is part 2 in the Grow with Google posts. Read through part 1 for general information. Before I could register a workshop, I had to apply to become a partner. This can be started at https://grow.google/partners/. In the partner
Grow with Google
For those of you trying to find new ways to educate your community about tech-related topics, consider the ready-made workshops you can access by becoming a Grow with Google partner. The Grow with Google partner program is free for librarians
Scanning Slides
Why Slides? One question I get from time to time is how to digitize slides. Anyone of a certain age (ah-hem) will remember family slide show evenings. In my case, most of my childhood was archived to slides with very
Ancestry DNA Results Are In!
Well, the first thing to know is that the results do not always make perfect sense… Ancestry DNA shows that I am 75% Finnish. Odd, considering that I am only Finnish on my mom’s side. Ancestry.com explains this in an
Advocacy: Thinking Big
I will preface these thoughts by saying that I am a HUGE fan of podcasts. I recently listened to a podcast by a tech entrepreneur about solving big problems. One of his statements got to me. Read on… For the
3D Design & Printing Resources
At this point, I’m just compiling 3D design and printing resources to read and share with others who are interested. The list is bound to grow! Blog with news and resources for 3D printing: https://all3dp.com Sites offering free STL files: