Ken Varnum

Libraries. Discovery. Library Analytics. ITAL Editor. Tweets are my opinions. @[email protected]

[Senator Mark Kelly @SenMarkKelly]

Traitor?

Elon, if you don’t understand that defending freedom is a basic tenet of what makes America great and keeps us safe, maybe you should leave it to those of us who do.

[Ken Varnum @varnum]

@TheAADairy I couldn't join the hunt, but enjoyed the pie.

[Library Learning Analytics Project @um_llap]

Our paper "Longitudinal Associations between Online Usage of Library-Licensed Content and Undergraduate Student Performance" was accepted for 7/2024 (!) publication in College & Research Libraries. Preprint can be read now at Deep Blue https://t.co/xioEalvNbV @crl_acrl

[Ken Varnum @varnum]

If Twitter’s current free fall into absurdity has done nothing else, it’s gotten me to sign up for new social media sites for the first time in, oh, a decade. Maybe Post will do the trick? https://t.co/DAQXy91aBk

[Ken Varnum @varnum]

Just another tweet that won’t be the last tweet. Probably. Of course, if it is, how will I know?

[Ken Varnum @varnum]

My colleague @heidi_sb wrote a fantastic description of her web content analysis process: "Starting with Understanding for a Blogs Platform Redesign." https://t.co/Lo4XKcLguo

[Ken Varnum @varnum]

Image Digital Collections Getting a Modern Interface (via Library Tech Talk) https://t.co/jzynB3uoQh #uxdesign

[Ken Varnum @varnum]

Curious about the recent history of hackathons in libraries? Learn all about it in “Hackathons and Libraries: The Evolving Landscape 2014-2020”, published in ITAL: https://t.co/SmXXUmYiD3 #CoreReads #makerspaces

[Ken Varnum @varnum]

Providing web access to digitized collections when connectivity is limited, in “Developing a Minimalist Multilingual Full-text Digital Library Solution for Disconnected Remote Library Partners,” in ITAL: https://t.co/lBQHzukxHr #CoreReads #diglib @ToddDigby

[Ken Varnum @varnum]

What does it take to build a modern infrastructure for digital preservation? Learn more in “A 21st Century Technical Infrastructure for Digital Preservation”, published in ITAL: https://t.co/t2fSkR7aQU #CoreReads #diglib

[Ken Varnum @varnum]

Using Linked Data to improve access to digital cultural heritage collections for scholarly communities and underrepresented user groups. Read about it in “Bridging the Gap”, published in ITAL: https://t.co/hS3kt9g4hG #CoreReads #LinkedData @jasonboczar

[Ken Varnum @varnum]

How do academic libraries describe their DEI plans on their websites? Learn more in “Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Statements on Academic Library Websites” in ITAL https://t.co/K8biNoQedl #CoreReads @Etothe2power

[Ken Varnum @varnum]

Wicked problems analysis applied to libraries’ support for virtual & extended reality (VR/XR), in “Black, White, and Grey: The Wicked Problem of Virtual Reality in Libraries” in ITAL https://t.co/jju2d7EK6w #CoreReads @jillern

[Ken Varnum @varnum]

Learn about using the Stateful Library Analysis and Migration system (SLAM) to migrate records from one digital library or repository system to another in this ITAL article: https://t.co/CrwpX2XTNB #CoreReads @adrop

[Ken Varnum @varnum]

Lay off the eggnog, Dark Sky app. You’ve had enough.

[Ken Varnum @varnum]

How a library implemented Ex Libris’ Leganto product to aid the move to online teaching and learning because of COVID-19. Read about it in “A Rapid Implementation of a Reserve Reading List Solution”, published in ITAL: https://t.co/pXT5GBqoN7 #CoreReads

[Ken Varnum @varnum]

How a library adjusted chat service staffing in response to the COVID-19 shutdown in March 2020. Read about it in “Expanding and Improving Our Library’s Virtual Chat Service”, published in ITAL: https://t.co/ZvGnFle1FT #CoreReads

[Ken Varnum @varnum]

Learn how topic modeling can help a library understand the topics and themes of user questions submitted via library chat in “Topic Modeling as a Tool for Analyzing Library Chat Transcripts”, published in ITAL: https://t.co/ZkKb2HGBVr #CoreReads

[Ken Varnum @varnum]

How to steward an aging digital system to satisfy critical user and camus needs. Read about it in “Product Ownership of a Legacy Institutional Repository”, published in ITAL: https://t.co/tyIbvHpASD #TopCoreReads

[ALA Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures @ALA_Core]

The new issue of Information Technology & Libraries (ITAL) covers Automated Materials Handling for Staff and Patrons, Mitigating Bias in Metadata, Topic Modeling as a Tool for Analyzing Library Chat Transcripts & lots more - https://t.co/RKJwxPaMEG #CoreReads