Tag Archives: WIC

PhillyDH@Penn Takeaways

Posted on June 11, 2013 by

Last Tuesday was the much-anticipated PhillyDH@Penn event, inspired by the recently formed PhillyDH group and held in the new Special Collections Center.  For me, the event was a wonderful way to round out my almost-one-year anniversary of starting my WIC … Continue reading →

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STARTALK Students Skype at WIC

Posted on September 6, 2012 by

Once a week this July, high school students in Penn’s STARTALK summer program came here to our group study rooms to converse, in Hindi or Urdu, with global friends.  The program, federally funded as a National Security Language Initiative (NSLI) … Continue reading →

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Demystifying the Digital Humanities

Posted on August 10, 2012 by

As a new intern here at WIC, I would like to dedicate my first blog post to an issue that has both piqued my academic interest and that has, quite frankly, often baffled me thus far in my graduate studies: … Continue reading →

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Mendeley – Make Research Management Easy and Fun

Posted on June 19, 2012 by

I am a new graduate student intern at the Weigle Information Commons. When invited to write a blog post about my experience in using one application/software, I came up with the idea to write about Mendeley, since I have been … Continue reading →

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Wordles in Weigle

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

You might have seen some of those colorful clouds of word art popping up here and there. Wondering what all the fuss is about?

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Lab blog flows into PennWIC

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

Blogs unite! This week, we brought the five-year-old Vitale Digital Media Lab Blog into the PennWIC blog. As you can see from the Archives section on the right sidebar, our blog now has over 600 posts, and posts reach back … Continue reading →

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Staff Calendar – find us more easily

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

You may have noticed over the past few weeks some changes to our WIC staff page. Anu blogged recently about new faces. Each desk intern has listed the programs, tools, and computer languages we are most comfortable with. Though we … Continue reading →

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New Rolling Whiteboards

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

WIC has three brand new rolling whiteboards for use in the library. We think they’re perfect for adding that extra productivity element by the booths, but students can take them anywhere in the library! Just return them to WIC when … Continue reading →

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Student Work Showcase – please explore!

Posted on November 2, 2011 by

I am so happy to announce our searchable student work showcase created by Leslie Vallhonrat and Kate Atkins at the Penn Libraries web unit. Each year, we post student work on the WIC website – contest entries (mashup, Sparky, other) … Continue reading →

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Engaging Students Through Technology 2011 Symposium

Posted on October 13, 2011 by

On Friday, October 28th, we will host the Fourth Annual Engaging Students Through Technology Symposium which tackles two broad questions: How should I use technology, in my classroom and outside my classroom, to engage my students? How should I manage … Continue reading →

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