Sparky Awards Reception
The locally held version of the Sparky Awards has come to an end! There will be a small reception in the Learning Commons on November 19th at 2pm to celebrate the winning video and award prizes, including an iPod Touch!
There will also be light refreshments of juice and cookies.
Here is the winning video:
The Light of Knowledge from Faizan Majid on Vimeo.
Want to know more about the Sparky Awards? Check out the UH Libraries Sparky Awards website.
Please join in the celebration of the winning video, which will be submitted to the National Sparky Awards competition in December and give the creator a chance at winning fame, glory, an actual Sparky award, and $1000.
Hope you can come! And watch for the competition to return next year!
Sparky Awards Committee
Rachel Vacek, Chair
Nate McKee
Alex Simons
Miranda Bennett
Nora Dethloff
“At My Library” Creative Essay Contest – Entries Due December 7th
atyourlibrary.org, the public Web site for the American Library Association’s Campaign for America’s Libraries, is offering cash prizes and Apple iPod Nanos for the winners of two contests for the public.
The At My Library Creative Essay Contest seeks original, creative essays about users’ unique experiences at libraries and why American libraries are important.
The grand prize winner will receive $350, and a People’s Choice Award winner will receive $100. In addition, the top 10 finalists will have their essay published on the homepage of atyourlibrary.org.
The essays must be about library users’ experience(s) at libraries and include the name of the library or libraries (or their Web sites) where the experience(s) took place. The contest is not limited to written essays. Library users can make a video or photo slideshow.
All entries must be mailed to atyourlibrary@yahoo.com before Dec. 7, 2009.
Voting for the People’s Choice Award ends Dec. 14, 2009, and is open to everyone. All members of atyourlibrary.org can use the ranking function to vote for a favorite essay. To become a member, click on “Become a New Member” in the upper right corner of the screen.
The grand prize winner will be selected by an internal @ your library team. Both the grand prize winner and People’s Choice Award winner will be announced Dec. 21, 2009.
For more information, go to http://www.atyourlibrary.org/essay-contest or send an e-mail to atyourlibrary@yahoo.com
The site is also raffling off two Apple iPod Nanos over the next two months for anyone who signs up for the atyourlibrary.org newsletter. To sign up, members of the public can enter a valid e-mail address in the “Sign Up for e-newsletter” form: http://www.atyourlibrary.org/newsletter .
Call for entries for the Sparky Awards
Sparky AWards Call for Entries
Create a video. Win an iPod Touch. Be famous.
UH Libraries is hosting the 2009 Sparky Awards, a competition for students to illustrate in a short video presentation in what they see as the value of sharing information. Winners will receive an iPod Touch and much more! Entry Deadline is November 7, 2009. Check out the site to learn more!
Encore service to restored evening of Aug. 28
We apologize for the inconvenience, but Encore needs to go through some unscheduled maintenance. If you are unfamiliar with Encore, it’s a discovery platform and better way to search the catalog. It will be unavailable this afternoon, but you can still search for books, journals, and other materials through the traditional catalog.
New look and feel for the UH Libraries Blogs
We have updated the blogs to a newer platform offering more features. It also provides consistency with the look and feel with our current website.
If you have any questions or comments regarding the UH Libraries Blogs, please contact Karen Coombs (kacoombs@uh.edu) or Rachel Vacek (revacek@uh.edu).
Library Catalog Unavailable on February 28, 1-3am
Due to server maintenance, the Library Catalog will be temporarily unavailable February, 28, 2008, from 1am – 3am. We are sorry for any inconvenience.
Students Needed for Library Website Usability Test
Interested in a free lunch at Chili’s and a free T-shirt? Then help us by participating on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 in a Usability Study on the UH Libraries’ Homepage. Give us 20 minutes of your time and help us to improve the usability of the site to make life easier for you! Please contact Damon Camille at 713-743-9731 or dcamille@uh.edu to set up a time.
