RSS Feed

I chose a feed from The Association of College and Research Libraries or ACR Log. The current feed is from September 2007.

Podcast on Medieval History

This Podcast is a series that began in October 2006. The speaker is Frederic Lardinos who is a PhD candidate at the University of Connecticut in the Medieval Studies Program. I listened to the first podcast and it was just discussing the what the all the different episodes will contain in regards to Medieval history. Mentioning the misconceptions people have over when the Middles Ages began and ended. It was really fascinating and I look forward to listening to all of them. Also I e-mailed Mr. Lardinois and he said it was on Hiatus for the summer and new casts will be up in a few weeks. I chose this podcast because I like history and I find the Middle Ages a extremely interesting time. Also I like the fact that it was set up like a series and you can hear a new one each week. (6min46sec)

http://www.learnoutloud.com/Podcast-Directory/History/Ancient-and-Medieval+History#play6769

I found this through Google.com.

Blog Link

This blog is written by an ESL teacher who has surveyed his students on how they do research for papers.


Based on a recent poll, most students use the Internet first, verses the library, to begin start their research for writing assignments. However, is this because of convenience or because students feel they can find better information online? If students' first move is to use Google, then they perhaps don't really know how to use the Internet effectively because Google shows results based on link popularity without performing a content analysis on the actual information (i.e., is the information reliable, authoritative, and bias-free). So, what are your opinions on this topic? Can the library provide better information, or is just a matter of helping students really search the Internet with better skills to evaluate the information?

Blog URL: http://esl-lab.blogspot.com/2007/09/writing-research-papers-library-or.html

I found this by using Google Blogs.

Blog Purpose

This blog is for my ISAR class. My area of interest is research libraries. Especially those focusing in Literature, History and Anthropology.