Slides from the staff workshop on Visual Communication, covering photos, clip art, logos, charts, and more, along with legal concerns for using other's work
Taking Back What and From Whom?: Imagined Communities and Role of WordPress i...John Eckman
“Taking Back The Open Web” is a bold theme, but every word in that sentence requires some significant unpacking if we’re to agree on a path forward. From whom is the open web being taken back? Who took it from us in the first place? What do we mean by open, and do we really mean “web” here?
Dries’s version of the open web (to which the CFP linked) is a vaguely defined point in the recent past where “the web felt like a free space that belong to everyone.” Anil Dash’s version, which he calls “The Web We Lost” posits a time when the web was about “letting lots of people build innovative new opportunities for themselves” which has been replaced by a system which “continues to make a small number of wealthy people even more wealthy” via “narrow-minded, web-hostile products.” The call for papers for this conference, with a focus on publishers, points to “stress” caused by “proprietary formats which enforce limits and restraints.” There’s even an Open Web Foundation (founded in 2004) dedicated to “open, non-proprietary specifications for web technologies,” to which primary subscribers are Facebook, Google, and Microsoft.
Is the conflict between the open web and the (presumably) closed web which opposes it, really about formats? Is it about access and distribution? Is it about a small number of powerful corporate overlords versus inspired, creative small business entrepreneurs?
In this talk I’ll lay out a couple of different ways of thinking about the “open web” we’re after, what each of those visions postulates as the problem, and what solutions emerge from that set of problems. I’ll conclude with some of my own take on how WordPress as itself an “imagined community” (cf. Benedict Anderson’s 1983 book) can and should contribute to shaping the future of the web. (Hint: It’s about democratizing publishing through open source AND community).
We can all pretend that we’re helping others by making web sites and software accessible, but we are really making them better for our future selves. Learn some fundamentals of accessibility and how it can benefit you (whether future you from aging or you after something else limits your abilities). We’ll review simple testing techniques, basic features and enhancements, coming trends, and where to get help. This isn’t intended to be a deep dive, but more of an overall primer for those who aren’t sure where to start nor how it helps them.
This slideshow is intended to introduce art students to propaganda techniques and devices so that they can then create their own poster with the theme "Save the Arts". This is part of a webquest assignment to have the students be act activists for their art program and get the message to the Nevada State legislators to Save the Arts by continuing to fund the program.
Taking Back What and From Whom?: Imagined Communities and Role of WordPress i...John Eckman
“Taking Back The Open Web” is a bold theme, but every word in that sentence requires some significant unpacking if we’re to agree on a path forward. From whom is the open web being taken back? Who took it from us in the first place? What do we mean by open, and do we really mean “web” here?
Dries’s version of the open web (to which the CFP linked) is a vaguely defined point in the recent past where “the web felt like a free space that belong to everyone.” Anil Dash’s version, which he calls “The Web We Lost” posits a time when the web was about “letting lots of people build innovative new opportunities for themselves” which has been replaced by a system which “continues to make a small number of wealthy people even more wealthy” via “narrow-minded, web-hostile products.” The call for papers for this conference, with a focus on publishers, points to “stress” caused by “proprietary formats which enforce limits and restraints.” There’s even an Open Web Foundation (founded in 2004) dedicated to “open, non-proprietary specifications for web technologies,” to which primary subscribers are Facebook, Google, and Microsoft.
Is the conflict between the open web and the (presumably) closed web which opposes it, really about formats? Is it about access and distribution? Is it about a small number of powerful corporate overlords versus inspired, creative small business entrepreneurs?
In this talk I’ll lay out a couple of different ways of thinking about the “open web” we’re after, what each of those visions postulates as the problem, and what solutions emerge from that set of problems. I’ll conclude with some of my own take on how WordPress as itself an “imagined community” (cf. Benedict Anderson’s 1983 book) can and should contribute to shaping the future of the web. (Hint: It’s about democratizing publishing through open source AND community).
We can all pretend that we’re helping others by making web sites and software accessible, but we are really making them better for our future selves. Learn some fundamentals of accessibility and how it can benefit you (whether future you from aging or you after something else limits your abilities). We’ll review simple testing techniques, basic features and enhancements, coming trends, and where to get help. This isn’t intended to be a deep dive, but more of an overall primer for those who aren’t sure where to start nor how it helps them.
This slideshow is intended to introduce art students to propaganda techniques and devices so that they can then create their own poster with the theme "Save the Arts". This is part of a webquest assignment to have the students be act activists for their art program and get the message to the Nevada State legislators to Save the Arts by continuing to fund the program.
This presentation is made under the topic of Sludge Treatment process. What is sludge treatment? Process of treatment, Advantages of sludge treatment process and etc
Library Staff Day: Social Media, Public Libraries, and Media Streaming ServicesMelissa Brisbin
An overview of popular social media outlets and their use in public libraries, as well as a comparison of three media streaming services currently available to libraries.
This presentation is made under the topic of Sludge Treatment process. What is sludge treatment? Process of treatment, Advantages of sludge treatment process and etc
Library Staff Day: Social Media, Public Libraries, and Media Streaming ServicesMelissa Brisbin
An overview of popular social media outlets and their use in public libraries, as well as a comparison of three media streaming services currently available to libraries.
Technology Tips for Legal Aid AdvocatesKate Bladow
A presentation for the 2011 Virginia Annual Statewide Legal Aid Conference.
This variation on the presentation that is done regularly at NLADA's Annual Conference and the ABA EJC covers general tips and tricks for how to use technology.
This is an updated version of <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/umhealthscienceslibraries/finding-and-editing-images-online">Finding and Editing Images Online</a>. The primary changes are that information was added on vector graphics sources and editors; clipart; and specific health and medical image resources.
This presentation was given at Harvard Law School for the "Faculty Outreach Showcase Showdown" on January 27, 2011:
https://sites.google.com/site/facultyservicesshowcase/
Presentation from the Staff Technology Workshop held October 21st, 2010
Social Networking Sites: facebook, LinkedIn, twitter
Topics we covered:
• privacy and security settings
• recent updates and how to use them
• power user tips & tricks
Handout from the Staff Technology Workshop held October 21st, 2010
Social Networking Sites: facebook, LinkedIn, twitter
Topics we covered:
• privacy and security settings
• recent updates and how to use them
• power user tips & tricks
find the photos on our flickr set here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dtclibrary/sets/72157608375440129/
find more information about our project here:
http://590wwiiproject.pbworks.com/
Presentation from Community as Intellectual Space Conference, at a workshop on June 14, 2008 at the Puerto Rican Cultural Center Library in Paseo Boricua.
Welcome to the Program Your Destiny course. In this course, we will be learning the technology of personal transformation, neuroassociative conditioning (NAC) as pioneered by Tony Robbins. NAC is used to deprogram negative neuroassociations that are causing approach avoidance and instead reprogram yourself with positive neuroassociations that lead to being approach automatic. In doing so, you change your destiny, moving towards unlocking the hypersocial self within, the true self free from fear and operating from a place of personal power and love.
7. Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children.
Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California, 1936
by Dorothea Lange
http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3551599565/
8. Trooping in the Rain by Stéfan Le Dû
http://www.flickr.com/photos/st3f4n/3563912840/
14. Illustration Tips
• Concrete terms (nouns!)
• Symbols (money = financial)
• Metaphors (tug of war = teamwork)
• Contrast (good for humor!)
15. Illustration Tips
• Concrete terms (nouns!)
• Symbols (money = financial)
• Metaphors (tug of war = teamwork)
• Contrast (good for humor!)
16. Search Strategies
• Start literal, find metaphors
• Search for similar terms
• Look for tags, categories, groups, etc.
• Use “favorites” where you can
17. Public Domain Sources
Photos:
• Flickr Commons
http://www.flickr.com/commons
• American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/
browse/index.html
• USA.gov
http://www.usa.gov/Topics/
Graphics.shtml
Clip Art:
• Open Clip Art Library
http://www.openclipart.org/
• The Noun Project
http://www.thenounproject.com/
• Wikimedia
http://commons.wikimedia.org/
(not all are free)
18. More Sources
• Compfight (Flickr search on steroids!):
– http://compfight.com/search/library/2-3-2-1
– Creative Commons Filter
– Search all text or tags only
– Preview size by mousing over
• Icon Archive
– http://www.iconarchive.com/
– Non-commercial filter
– Search or add tags, select favorites
– Download PNG only!
19. Clip Art: “Scalable” Graphics
• Vector images – like fonts
• Other files: icons & dingbats
• Fixed (PNG) / scalable (SVG) downloads
• Special software (free options)
21. Trademark
• Trademark owners must protect
their marks to keep ownership
• Don’t imply sponsorship or
connection without agreement
• With sponsorship, ask for official
logos first or check their website
™
22. IIT Official Logos
Marketing & Communications
provides files and instructions:
http://www.iit.edu/departments/pr/comm_tools
/logos_iit.html
24. Google Maps: Getting Started
1. If you don’t have an account:
– https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount
2. Open Google Maps:
– http://maps.google.com/
3. Click My Maps > Create new map.
4. To open an existing map, select it and
click Edit.
25. Google Maps: Editing Options
– Selection tool. Use this to drag the map
and select placemarks, lines, and shapes.
– Placemark tool. Use this to add
placemarks. Learn more.
– Line tool. Click this button to select a tool
to draw lines, shapes, and draw lines that
automatically snap to roads. Learn more.
Click Done to finish editing
26. Google Maps: Sharing
• Easiest online:
– http://maps.google.com/help/maps/getmaps/
• Creating Images:
– Screenshots (press “printscrn” & paste)
– Print to PDF (requires pdf program)
34. Data “Visualization”
• What data do you have?
• What do you want to show?
• Comparing:
– Change over time
– Portion of a whole
– Relative amounts/size
– Connections
35.
36. Chart Tools:
• Google Image Chart Editor:
– http://imagecharteditor.appspot.com/
• Juice Analytics (from last slide):
– http://www.juiceanalytics.com/chart-
chooser/
• Dipity Timelines:
– http://www.dipity.com/
41. Icon Credits
Document Organization
By Deleket
Chart Icon
By Custom Icon Design
Linkware
Maps Icon
By WebIconSet.com
Freeware
Favourites star
By Aha-Soft
Free for non-commercial use
Photos
By WebIconSet.com
Freeware
Find
By WebIconSet.com
Free for non-commercial use
Download
By VisualPharm
Linkware
Lock
By PixelMixer
Linkware