Archive for September, 2007
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
LibGuides
Last week I found out about one of the coolest library technologies that’s come down the pike. It’s a Web 2.0 application designed for Library 2.0. It’s called LibGuides and it’s worth getting excited about.
It’s a system for providing information and resources to library patrons in an engaging and organized way, but without the information […]
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Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Some Copyright Issues
Open Access is a big deal to librarians. Or at least it should be. It’s all about getting free and open access to scholarly literature. Many publishers are against this because it will mean they’ll lose money. They cover their greed, though, by invoking ideas of authority, quality, and the need for peer reviews. While […]
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
Library User Trend - Specialization
Are we becoming a more specialized information-seeking culture? Given the advent of the internet, it appears that students and other information seekers are foregoing the use of general resources and heading straight for where they think the answer is. Keyword searching has brought on a mentality of pinpointing information rather than locating general topical resources […]
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