Both Google and Microsoft have taken mapping and directions to an entirely new level. Watch from your seat in front of a computer as these products zoom from space to your neighborhood. Just type in an address and zoom right in, even tilting and rotating views. Users can search for schools, parks, hotels, and restaurants as well as many other sites.
Using satellite imagery and maps, Google Earth offers detailed aerial images of many locations. The “new kid on the block” Windows Live Local (http://local.live.com) claims to have bested Google Earth by using not only satellite imagery but also low flying planes to provide detail. While Google Earth requires downloading, Live Local runs on a browser. Google Earth gets the nod for covering more world-wide territory; Live Local focuses on urban areas. Google Earth just added 2 more levels of zoom to improve their resolution and now works on MacIntosh computers. User of Live Local even have the ability to blog their “travels.”
For big city maps and images, don’t forget to take a looks at www.a9.com ‘s block views at http://maps.a9.com
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Student Book Reviews
For a collaborative project, students in Professor Vassel’s Comp. II classes will be writing book reviews to give their feedback on the books that are being purchased for the library. The best book reviews from the three classes will be chosen by Mrs. Vassel and published on the blog.
Here is a short video from one of the classes when students came to the Clearwater Library’s Multi-Purpose Room to have refreshments and find books of interest to them for their reports.
In addition, this is a list of the books from which the students are choosing their books. Stay tuned for future updates with the winning book reviews and other podcasts on the blog.
Here is a short video from one of the classes when students came to the Clearwater Library’s Multi-Purpose Room to have refreshments and find books of interest to them for their reports.
In addition, this is a list of the books from which the students are choosing their books. Stay tuned for future updates with the winning book reviews and other podcasts on the blog.
Monday, January 23, 2006
SPC Library Podcast: January 23 - February 3, 2006
Welcome to the biweekly edition of the St. Petersburg College Library Podcast. Click here to listen.
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Become a Master Student!
Becoming a Master Student is the title of a popular textbook for the College Success Skills course at SPC, and the text offers many useful tips on how to become an achiever in the academic arena. SPC’s librarians have been working closely for years with many of the instructors of the College Success Skills course in teaching research strategies, one of the major success skills outlined in the book for becoming a master student.
Students in the College Success Skills classes are frequently introduced to the library’s online resources and given a tour of the library. Much emphasis has been given in the past ten years to online library resources, and the SPC Library Online offers links to many excellent full-text article databases and several electronic book collections.
In attending a Virtual Reference Desk Conference recently, I was impressed by a statement from a UCLA librarian , Gary E. Strong. Gary commented that although UCLA Library’s web site gets millions of visits yearly, the UCLA physical libraries continue to be heavily used by students and faculty, also. Every carrel is full!
So in the new year, continue to “unbury the library’s treasure” at SPC that Becoming a Master Student speaks of in the chapter entitled “The Library: the Buried Treasure.” You can also find a quiet study space at your campus library, locate “the very best book for your research topic,” access course math tapes, or get help from a librarian if you encounter difficulty in finding the exact resources that you need.
Pat Barbier, Librarian
Students in the College Success Skills classes are frequently introduced to the library’s online resources and given a tour of the library. Much emphasis has been given in the past ten years to online library resources, and the SPC Library Online offers links to many excellent full-text article databases and several electronic book collections.
In attending a Virtual Reference Desk Conference recently, I was impressed by a statement from a UCLA librarian , Gary E. Strong. Gary commented that although UCLA Library’s web site gets millions of visits yearly, the UCLA physical libraries continue to be heavily used by students and faculty, also. Every carrel is full!
So in the new year, continue to “unbury the library’s treasure” at SPC that Becoming a Master Student speaks of in the chapter entitled “The Library: the Buried Treasure.” You can also find a quiet study space at your campus library, locate “the very best book for your research topic,” access course math tapes, or get help from a librarian if you encounter difficulty in finding the exact resources that you need.
Pat Barbier, Librarian
Friday, January 13, 2006
The LitBlog Co-op
Without a doubt, librarians spend a large portion of their day reviewing and acquiring books in order to enrich and expand their collections. So, why not add yet another dynamic resource to their growing compilation of trade journals, magazines, and trusted web sites? The mission of the LitBlog Co-op is to unite the “leading literary weblogs for the purpose of drawing attention to the best of contemporary fiction, authors and presses that are struggling to be noticed in a flooded marketplace.” The LitBlog Co-op can be found at http://www.lbc.typepad.com/blog/.
Chad Mairn, Librarian, Clearwater campus.
Chad Mairn, Librarian, Clearwater campus.
Friday, January 06, 2006
PALINET Tutorial: Internet Feeds
Happy New Year!
How does one keep up-to-date with the seemingly infinite number of blogs and podcasts floating around in cyberspace? Feed readers, sometimes called blog or news aggregators, can help retrieve this dynamic content and automatically deliver it to you. PALINET, a library network service, created a tutorial on Internet feeds that can help you manage all of this online content. The tutorial can be found here.
Have a great semester!
Chad Mairn, Librarian, Clearwater campus.
How does one keep up-to-date with the seemingly infinite number of blogs and podcasts floating around in cyberspace? Feed readers, sometimes called blog or news aggregators, can help retrieve this dynamic content and automatically deliver it to you. PALINET, a library network service, created a tutorial on Internet feeds that can help you manage all of this online content. The tutorial can be found here.
Have a great semester!
Chad Mairn, Librarian, Clearwater campus.
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