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Welcome to my more polished writings and conference presentations! Here you will find various documents, reports, essays, and treatises that required a bigger platform than a blog. In addition, you will find presentations that I have given at various conferences. If you are looking for the journals I peer-review for, please refer to the About webpage.
You are welcome to use them, I just ask that you please cite them properly.
Conference Presentations
- Prange, L. (2007). Creating a Custom Search Engine… Or, how I made my own database with Google Co-op and how you can too! April 27, 2007. Capilano College, North Vancouver, B.C.: Media Exchange Cooperative Annual General Meeting.
- Prange, L. (2007). Creating Online Animated Tutorials (OATs) the Electrified Librarian Way. April 19-21, 2007. Burnaby, BC: British Columbia Library Conference.
- Prange, L., Golbeck, R., Taylor, S., Ure, L. (2007). The Social Library: A Showcase of Web 2.0 Tools in BC and Yukon Libraries. April 19-21, 2007. Burnaby, BC: British Columbia Library Conference. Wiki: http://sociallibrarybc.pbwiki.com/
- Prange, L. (2005). Pathfinders: A navigational tool through the Library. April 21-23, 2005. Burnaby, BC: British Columbia Library Conference.
- Prange, L. (2005). Finding gold in the Yukon College Library. Sitka, AK: Pacific Northwest Library Association (PNLA) Conference.
- Prange, L., Reibling, S., and Smith, R. (2002). Effective and systematic integration of new media resources into online catalogues. Paper presented at the Association of Media and Technology in Education in Canada (AMTEC) Conference in Regina, Saskatchewan.
How-to’s, Instructions, Manuals, etc.
- How to Write Mass Emails at Work That People Actually Like : What Yummy Spam Looks Like. (PDF) — This handout lists 11 (eleven) recommended steps to take when writing mass emails for work. Writing and sending out spam emails is a regular requirement of library work but not everyone knows how to do this while still looking professional. This short handout succinctly outlines the recommended steps from someone who regularly sends out mass emails for work.
- How To Make Decisions Regarding Database Subscriptions (PDF) — A two page summary of the questions you should ask yourself when evaluating whether or not to subscribe to a library database. Released 2006.
- Why I’m a Big Fan of Personal Information Pages (PIPs)…
Or How I Can Go from Computer to Computer and Keep it All Customized (PDF) — A PowerPoint presentation I gave on why I love my Google Personalized Homepage so much in my job as a Reference Librarian and needing to often work at different computers. Released January 26, 2006.
Publications
- Macdonald, D., Buckway, P., Eamer, C., Graham, A., Prange, L., Rutherford, D. (2004). EkoNorth Forum Proceedings. May 27-28, 2004. Whitehorse, YT: Yukon College.
- Prange, L. (2001). Computers behind bars: Computer use in prison Libraries in Canada. Independent Study, Faculty of Information and Media Studies. London, ON: The University of Western Ontario.
Not My Own But I Recommend Them
- From Susie Andretta with permission, author of Information Literacy: A Practitioner’s Guide
Summary of the three Information Literacy models (PDF)
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