Outreach and Social Media – A library is many things

Personal Digital Archiving for Clergy

Andy Meyer — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 19:33:22 +0000

Managing digital assets is now a critical part of our society. I wanted to put together some notes for a presentation on personal digital archiving that I’ve proposed for the Covenant’ MidWinter gathering of pastors. If this proposal is accepted, this post will be a first, rough draft of the content I hope to cover there. …

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Working with Chicago Data (part 1)

Andy Meyer — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 15:58:41 +0000

We are still talking a lot of data at North Park – in particular Chicago data. So I’m going to start getting my hands dirty working with this data to build capacity for future partnerships with faculty and students. So here is the first in what I hope to be many installments of the “Working …

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Google Scholar Tutorial

Andy Meyer — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 14:45:02 +0000

As a way to document and share my work, I wanted to post this short online tutorial I made about using Google Scholar and the Brandel Library. I manage the data feeds (from SFX and now from EBSCO) that make these library links possible but I also feel like I needed to do more to …

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Chicago Data for Undergraduate Research

Andy Meyer — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 17:07:09 +0000

We are talking a lot about data, data literacy, and how North Park University can use Chicago data in the classroom. There are already a lot of courses using data in instruction and research so part of my work is figuring out what is already happening. But I think the library can have a unique …

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Roadmap to Library Publishing

Andy Meyer — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 14:57:38 +0000

First, I’ve determined that there is no one “roadmap” that will lead my library into digital publishing. So, instead of creating a map, I’m going to do the best I can to sketch out the terrain ahead and think about questions that can guide our path. Broader Context This section tries to address two main …

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Northfield Historical Society (behind the scenes) updates!

Andy Meyer — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 20:40:07 +0000

I just finished some “behind the scenes” updated to the Northfield Historical Society site and wanted to document that process here. It was definitely a bit messy at times and quite labor intensive, but I think it was the best way to deal with the situation I faced. Background Starting last year, I got about …

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Copyright and Faculty Guidance

Andy Meyer — Thu, 26 May 2016 16:15:27 +0000

My library just fielded a question from the Nursing department who, after reading this article from the Chronicle of Higher Education, wanted to know our policy for posting articles and chapters into our Learning Management System (LMS). While I was drafting a response in private, I thought it would be good to summarize that article …

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Data Curation Project Progress Report

Andy Meyer — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 19:39:27 +0000

I’m taking the Foundations of Data Curation class at GSLIS and just finished a progress report for the MODIS Snow Frequency data set. Here is a link to the report. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO_AeAX1v5Q

Information Habits of Religious Leaders

Andy Meyer — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 17:05:48 +0000

I want to jot down a quick research question so that I can pick it up at a later date. Essentially, I’d like to research how religious leaders gather and use information. By religious leaders, I mean pastors and clergy (though I’d be interested in other religious traditions as well) and I think I’m defining …

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Good Looking Websites

Andy Meyer — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 14:55:07 +0000

I have been thinking a lot about web design and usability recently and thought it would be helpful to catalog websites that I think look really good and that I look at for ideas/inspiration as I tweak existing Omeka themes for the Northfield Historical Society. I’m not really employing any set criteria, per se, about what …

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