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Copyright Continues: Event Evaluations

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CMLE is happy to report the wonderfully positive response to our copyright event! It seems that many people were able to get good information at the presentation, get some resources to take home, and even have a little fun!

When looking at the evaluations, with 1 being a “Weak Understanding” and 5 being a “Strong Understanding,” it was nice to see such increases in knowledge:

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We also asked about Fair Use, a subject that can be tricky to understand. It seems that again we saw a better understanding after the event from attendees:

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It’s hard to pick just one quote from the evaluations but a few of the great responses to our question “What is the one thing you plan to do within the next few weeks as a result of having attended this event?” were:

“I really liked the “Stuff You Can Use!” handout.”

“Rethink how I use materials & how I instruct users to use materials.”

“…this helps answer the many questions I had in regard to the materials I use to develop my programs – I know what resources I can use and how to use them.”

We look forward to sharing more about copyright over the upcoming months with our “Copyright Continues” themed posts. So stay tuned for even more copyright information!

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We’ve Learned: Public Library job openings

LightbulbCurrently there are several jobs available at ECRL and GRRL.

East Central Regional Library (ECRL)

  • Branch Library Page (Cambridge Branch)
  • Computer Technician
  • Branch Library Aide (Chisago)

Read job descriptions and requirements.

Great River Regional Library (GRRL)

  • Circulation Aide – (12/10/2014 deadline)
  • Library Assistant (Little Falls/Swanville) – (12/8/2014 deadline)
  • Driver – (12/4/2014 deadline)
  • Library Aide (Melrose) – (12/3/2014 deadline)
  • Library Aide (Royalton) – (12/2/2014 deadline)

Read job descriptions and requirements.

Image credit: http://tinyurl.com/nwbfuhq, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

900 vintage video games for fun

Tecnologia - Technology (2)As if you need another thing to distract you from doing your work! Recently the Internet Archive announced that they made 900 vintage video games available to play in your browser. They call it the Internet Arcade and have plans to even make it bigger! At least with these arcade games it won’t cost you a quarter for each time you play!

Tip: Browse to the bottom of the images/marquee to find subjects/keywords!

Image credit: http://tinyurl.com/pkdbtf9, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Using Tags and Categories on the CMLE blog

Every year CMLE publishes 100’s of blog posts ranging from Shoes to eBooks. Its no wonder you might miss a post from time to time. We’re here to tell you that there’s no reason to stress because all posts can be found… and its easier than you think.

TAGS

Every blog post CMLE does has associated tags. These tags can be used to find more CMLE blog posts about those topics. At the end of every post, you can find tag links that you can click on. For example, if you look at this screen shot, clicking on “legislative update” would take you to a page with all the CMLE blog posts about that topic.

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CATEGORIES

Another way to find more specific content, is to use categories. You can find them at the bottom of every CMLE blog post and on the right hand side of the CMLE blog. For example, by clicking on the “Academic” link, you’ll see all the CMLE blog posts about that topic.

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SEARCH

Finally, you can always search the CMLE blog using the native search box on the right hand side of the CMLE blog. Or try out a Google custom search of the CMLE Blog

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