Reading Time: 5 minutes Just like many of our readers, the contributing authors of Digital Dialogs have been working remotely for the last few months from our homes. Like many, this transition presented a few challenges. Some challenges were to be expected—like internet connectivity issues, computer problems, and software glitches—while others were less so. When we return to our desks each morning, we find mysterious coded messages on our computer screens, pens missing, our papers pushed to the floor, flash drives gone, and our mice hanging from the edge of our desks. Is this the work of a ghost? A trickster? A burglar? A fluffy head pops out of a drawer to give us a clue. So, who is the pen thief, the flash drive bandit, the commandeerer of vacated seats… (Continue Reading)
Month: June 2020
Help Us Celebrate the Public Domain in 2021
Reading Time: < 1 minute Every year in January, since 2019, a new group of material will have their copyright protection expire and will become part of the public domain. We need your help in deciding what 21 items USF Libraries will digitize to celebrate the public domain in 2021. Tell us which ones you want scanned!
Media and Copyright in the Classroom
Reading Time: < 1 minute Incorporating media into online classes should be simple, right? Barbara Lewis and LeEtta Schmidt, USF Libraries’ Digital Learning Librarian and Copyright and Intellectual Property Librarian, made an open presentation to address these questions and help USF faculty move their courses and instructional activities online.
USF Digital Collections for Environmental and Natural Sciences Research: Research & Data Collections
Reading Time: 4 minutes Post written by Lesley Brooks, Carla Fotherby, and LeEtta Schmidt This is the first in a four part series introducing USF digital collections for environmental and natural sciences. USF Libraries’ vision is to be at the center of a highly engaged university …Continue Reading
Emaze for presentations
Reading Time: 3 minutes In this Digital Dialogs Tools of the Trade post, we’re going to talk about a different kind of online tool: eMaze (https://emaze.com). Emaze is an online tool for creating presentations, websites, blogs, photo albums, and e-cards. This post will concentrate on presentations …Continue Reading