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Podcasts from Alden Library

Archive for November, 2007

Spanish language audio tour of Alden

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Fernando Carrasco, O.U. grad student, translates our walking tour into Spanish. It’s better than the MOMA! Walk, explore, learn the library — for native speakers, language learners, and the merely curious.
Notes 8/8/08 to update the audio tour you are about to listen to:
-The Faculty Commons, on the east end of the 3rd [...]

 
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Winter Intersesssion 2007: “Getting to know the Learning Commons”

Monday, November 26th, 2007

Topics covered include: Winter Intersession hours, Alden Library on Facebook, Making a picture DVD, IMS movies, and Cafe briefing.

 
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Meet Your Librarian #5: Steve Steward

Friday, November 16th, 2007

Steve is an opera buff: going to performances, listening to recordings, and yes, even performing opera. Steve’s passion for music began early and ranges far and wide.

 
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Meet Your Librarian #4: Kate Mason

Friday, November 16th, 2007

Kate is a woman of many interests. In this podcast, she tells us about her love of clothing design and her own haute-couture line of hats and scarves.
See photos of Kate and her hats.

 
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Meet Your librarian #3: Andrew Stuart

Friday, November 9th, 2007

Andrew, Assistant Head of the Reference Department, likes to tell travel stories. He has accompanied his partner, Professor Harvey Ballard, to many corners of the globe searching for violets (specifically, Violaceae). But the scariest story is about stranding themselves in the desert…
Here is Andrew’s Flickr file of travel photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewstravels/

 
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Meet Your Librarian #2: Chris Guder

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Chris Guder is a member of the Reference Staff at Alden and a specialist in Education resources. He’s an avid motorcyclist; here he rhapsodizes about the open road.

 
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Meet Your Librarian #1: Sherri Saines

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Sherri Saines, Reference Librarian, talks about her interest in Revolutionary Era Re-enacting, and her special passion for hand sewing ladies’ caps.
Flickr page of Sherri reenacting: Flickr album

 
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