Tech Brief
Given that Wikipedia is the world’s most used medical resource, the authors argue doctors should be more frequent contributors: https://www.statnews.com/2017/10/10/updating-wikipedia-part-doctors-jobs/
As a savvy librarian you might know a fair number of tricks to tell a real tweeter from a fake one. But do you know all 10 of these? Compiled by digital sleuther Henk van Ess for Poynter.
The New Literacies Alliance has created information literacy tutorials mapped to the ACRL Framework. Tutorials include knowledge practices and dispositions. Learn more at http://newliteraciesalliance.org/available-lessons/.
On September 13 David Lee King gave a webinar on using Instagram for libraries. Here are the slides: https://goo.gl/LuFvdm
Tips and Trends, Winter 2017
The ACRL Instruction Section, Instructional Technologies Committee, has published their latest Tips and Trends article, “Accessibility and Universal Design,” written by Bonnie L. Fong, Elizabeth M. Johns, and Becka Rich. Tips and Trends introduces and discusses new, emerging or even familiar technologies that can be used in library instruction.“Accessibility and Universal Design” is freely available at : bit.ly/tipsandtrendswi17
The Internet of Things Connectivity Binge: What are the Implications
June 2017 -- Despite wide concern about cyberattacks, outages and privacy violations, most experts believe the Internet of Things will continue to expand successfully the next few years, tying machines to machines and linking people to valuable resources, services and opportunities
Get your mobile site up to speed. When website visitors lose patience, you lose business. One out of two visitors expect your mobile site to load within a couple of seconds. You can check your speed and get simple suggestions for fixes to keep more visitors at: