Promotion of Library Services

Below, you will find Learning objects created by Harvard librarians to promote specific Library Services. 

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CHARTING YOUR WAY THROUGH MAPS, MEDIA, DATA, AND GOVERNMENT INFORMATION

  • Description: Using the Cape Wind controversy as an illustrative case, showcases resources and services available through Maps, Media, Data, and Government Information that are directly relevant to course work and scholarship at Harvard.
  • Author(s): MMDGI staff members, Marty Schreiner, Executive Producer: Bonnie Burns; Writers: Bonnie Burns and George Clark; Camera, Film and Editing: Paul Worster; Additional Editing: Miranda Lippold-Johnson; Google Video Creation: Scott Walker; Narration: Scott Walker.

DESTINATIONS

  • Description: This is a companion resource for a Gen Ed course assignment for Professor Menand's US/W 23 "Art and Thought in the Cold War" (spring '11). It offers context and a place to begin for students who will need to locate a primary source document in one of Harvard's libraries. Images of related artifacts from the library's collections are featured as samples to stimulate students' curiosity. It serves as a nice model for an alternative to the traditional research guide.
  • Author(s): Susan Gilroy

MAPS DEMO


  • Description: Geographical moving image tours that integrate maps with landscapes in Google Earth can be custom designed by Map Librarians to support courses.
  • Author(s): Bonnie Burns. Contact Bonnie if you or professors you work with are interested in having a tour custom made.

To view the Maps Demo:

  1. Save this file to your desktop: Expositions.kmz.
  2. Open Google Earth (you may download the free version at http://www.google.com/earth/download/ge/).
  3. In Google Earth, choose File>Open and open the file Expositions.kmz.
  4. Highlight the "Expositions" folder under Temporary Places.
  5. Make sure the checkbox is clicked to display the maps.
  6. Click the arrow button to play the tour or click "+" to expand the folder and double-click on a map to zoom to it.

TOP 10 THINGS GRADUATE STUDENTS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT USING THE LIBRARIES AT HARVARD

  • Description: Harvard graduate student, Chris Barrett, introduces new graduate students to the 10 most important tips about using the libraries at Harvard.
  • Author(s): Speech by Chris Barrett. Production by Ramona Islam, HCL Services for Academic Programs.