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Some testing notes on Google’s power searching course platform

Posted on December 28, 2012 by mitcheet

In the summer of 2012 Google held an online instruction course called Google power searching. The course was developed using an interactive platform that featured text, video and skill-check questions. It also featured cumulative tests and time released activities. Google … Continue reading →

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ASIS&T in hurricane sandy

Posted on November 1, 2012 by mitcheet

This past week I spent a few days in Baltimore during Hurricane Sandy the ASIS&T 2012 conference. Other than some driving rain, a curfew during the second day of the conference and a few sandbags here and there the conference … Continue reading →

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Google powersearching!

Posted on July 11, 2012 by mitcheet

As the summer has gotten well underway I have been working on getting ready for the fall and spending time exploring some new teaching ideas. I ran across the Google power searching class the other day and the librarian in … Continue reading →

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More on HathiTrust overlap

Posted on May 7, 2011 by mitcheet

For those who are interested, here are some more data that focus on the location and date distribution of matched titles. Distribution of publication dates Distribution of location of matched books location_name count(location_name) Cambria Press 1 Director’s Office 1 Docs … Continue reading →

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How much overlap do we have with the HathiTrust?

Posted on May 6, 2011 by mitcheet

Since ZSR library started looking at the HathiTrust as a potential source of out-of-copyright electronic texts people have been asking ‘how does our collection compare to HT?’ The short answer is (based on comparison of valid OCLC numbers) 366,800 out … Continue reading →

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