Off last week's display: 028.7 BUR
Great for those wanting to get an idea of what Info Lit is all about.
Tied to the ACRL IL Competency Standards for HE - with exercises
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
Interesting article about weeding
Weeding: facing the fears by Eleonora Dubicki
Collection Building (2008) v 27 (4) p 132-135
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01604950810913689
Collection Building (2008) v 27 (4) p 132-135
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01604950810913689
Library Quarterly added to JSTOR
The Library Quarterly (Arts & Sciences VI)
Release Content:
Vol. 2, No. 1 (January, 1932) – Vol. 72, No. 2 (April, 2002)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISSN: 0024-2519
Since 1931, The Library Quarterly has maintained its commitment to scholarly research in all areas of librarianship–historical, sociological, cultural, evaluative, statistical, bibliographic, managerial, and educational. Through unique and innovative approaches, LQ seeks to publish research that provides insights into libraries and librarianship for the library, research, and other communities involved with the collection of, access to, and dissemination of information.
Release Content:
Vol. 2, No. 1 (January, 1932) – Vol. 72, No. 2 (April, 2002)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISSN: 0024-2519
Since 1931, The Library Quarterly has maintained its commitment to scholarly research in all areas of librarianship–historical, sociological, cultural, evaluative, statistical, bibliographic, managerial, and educational. Through unique and innovative approaches, LQ seeks to publish research that provides insights into libraries and librarianship for the library, research, and other communities involved with the collection of, access to, and dissemination of information.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Visual Dictionary Online
How cool is this!
A dictionary with a new point of view
that catches the eye and enriches the mind.
20,000 terms with contextual definitions,developed by terminology experts;
6,000 full-color images of a wide variety of objectsfrom all aspects of life
See: http://visual.merriam-webster.com/society/education/library.php for a library pic!
A dictionary with a new point of view
that catches the eye and enriches the mind.
20,000 terms with contextual definitions,developed by terminology experts;
6,000 full-color images of a wide variety of objectsfrom all aspects of life
See: http://visual.merriam-webster.com/society/education/library.php for a library pic!
Blogs by college and academic librarians
http://www.academicblogs.org/wiki/index.php/University_Librarians
Blogs by college and academic librarians
Blogs by college and academic librarians
Thursday, October 30, 2008
The plausibility of computing the h-index of scholarly productivity and impact using reference-enhanced databases
I have linked up 4 references to articles by Peter Jacso, that focus on the pros and cons of the three largest cited-reference-enhanced databases (Google Scholar, Scopus, and Web of Science) for determining the h-index.
You can access them in the "h-index" folder on RefShare at the url below:
http://www.refworks.com/refshare/?site=037931147244400000/RWWS1A1306351/h-index
You can access them in the "h-index" folder on RefShare at the url below:
http://www.refworks.com/refshare/?site=037931147244400000/RWWS1A1306351/h-index
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Boxes for books!
'BOOK NERD' BUILDS BOXES FOR BROWN'S RAREST VOLUMES:
At Brown U.'s library, one staff member busies herself with making boxes -- beautifully wrought, one-of-a-kind boxes -- to protect the books in storage.
user name: ru library
password: ru2007
At Brown U.'s library, one staff member busies herself with making boxes -- beautifully wrought, one-of-a-kind boxes -- to protect the books in storage.
user name: ru library
password: ru2007
SETTLEMENT REACHED IN GOOGLE BOOK-SCANNING LAWSUIT:
Under the terms of the deal, Google will pay $125-million to establish a Book
Rights Registry, to compensate authors and publishers whose
copyrighted books have already been scanned, and to cover legal
costs.
New RUL webpage Subject Guide link
You may have noticed the new Subject Guides link under Resources on the Library webpage This replaces the previous link which was a sub-link under Databases.
The new link presently leads to our old Subject Gateways. The links are gradually being replaced with links to our new (LibGuide) Subject Guides. As they are linked Anne Moon is marking them with a "NEW' icon. Once all the Subject Guides are completed we will change the link to lead to the new Subject Guide page where users will be able to select their subject/tag from the main page.
The new link presently leads to our old Subject Gateways. The links are gradually being replaced with links to our new (LibGuide) Subject Guides. As they are linked Anne Moon is marking them with a "NEW' icon. Once all the Subject Guides are completed we will change the link to lead to the new Subject Guide page where users will be able to select their subject/tag from the main page.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
SAOUG Conference 2008
I have attached the PDF version of a conference report that appeared in vol. 25 no. 6 of Library Hi Tech News.
You can access it in the RefShare SAOUG_Conference-2008 folder at: http://www.refworks.com/refshare?site=037931147244400000/RWWS1A1306351/SAOUG_Conference-2008
ABSTRACT:
The purpose of this paper is to report on papers presented at the ninth annual Southern African online user group conference on 3-5 June 2008 in Pretoria.
The focus was very much on the changes facing librarians daily, changes in users as well as in technology. This was addressed in subthemes such as the Google generation, news alerting services, institutional repositories and end-user training.
The new research information management system (RIMS) was also discussed.
You can access it in the RefShare SAOUG_Conference-2008 folder at: http://www.refworks.com/refshare?site=037931147244400000/RWWS1A1306351/SAOUG_Conference-2008
ABSTRACT:
The purpose of this paper is to report on papers presented at the ninth annual Southern African online user group conference on 3-5 June 2008 in Pretoria.
The focus was very much on the changes facing librarians daily, changes in users as well as in technology. This was addressed in subthemes such as the Google generation, news alerting services, institutional repositories and end-user training.
The new research information management system (RIMS) was also discussed.
Zotero versus RefWorks
The little I could find about Zotero on the Web was pretty uncomplimentary ...
See, for example, the below:
Zotero Bibliographic Software at MIT: MIT Libraries
"There are still some kinks to be worked out of the software, so you may not want to use Zotero for writing your thesis or for creating complex bibliographies..."
http://libraries.mit.edu/help/zotero/
MIT Libraries uses Zotero in addition to RefWorks and EndNote - They've created a very informative table comparing Zotero with RefWorks and EndNote. It can be accessed at: http://libraries.mit.edu/help/bibliography/comparison.html
I also found an FAQs page about this Firefox extension at: http://www.zotero.org/documentation/#faq_and_troubleshooting (Here it is confirmed that Zotero works only with Firefox).
See, for example, the below:
Zotero Bibliographic Software at MIT: MIT Libraries
"There are still some kinks to be worked out of the software, so you may not want to use Zotero for writing your thesis or for creating complex bibliographies..."
http://libraries.mit.edu/help/zotero/
MIT Libraries uses Zotero in addition to RefWorks and EndNote - They've created a very informative table comparing Zotero with RefWorks and EndNote. It can be accessed at: http://libraries.mit.edu/help/bibliography/comparison.html
I also found an FAQs page about this Firefox extension at: http://www.zotero.org/documentation/#faq_and_troubleshooting (Here it is confirmed that Zotero works only with Firefox).
Monday, October 27, 2008
E-Books on Rhodes RefShare Folder
Some recent references to e-books articles have been added to the RefShare Folder at the url below:
http://www.refworks.com/refshare?site=037931147244400000/RWWS1A1306351/E-Books
You should be able to access the shared E-books Folder from within your RefWorks account by following the steps below:
http://www.refworks.com/refshare?site=037931147244400000/RWWS1A1306351/E-Books
You should be able to access the shared E-books Folder from within your RefWorks account by following the steps below:
- Go to the View menu in your Refworks account. (It is on the top horizontal menu bar).
- You will see “RefWorks Shared Area” at the bottom of this drop-down menu. Click on this.
- Now click on the hyperlink under “E-Books”. The references should now be displayed.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
New Subject Guides (LibGuides)
The first 3 new Subject Guides (using our new LibGuides software) are now linked under
http://oldwww.ru.ac.za/library/electronic_resources/dept/
They are: Chemistry, Economics and Psychology
http://oldwww.ru.ac.za/library/electronic_resources/dept/
They are: Chemistry, Economics and Psychology
Friday, October 17, 2008
Are Blogs Here to Stay?
Are Blogs Here to Stay ? : An Examination of the Longevity and Currency of a Static List of Library and Information Science Weblogs
Kay Johnson
The chronological entries in Weblogs or blogs record musings, opinions, news or other information supplied by individuals or groups. The nature of blogs is ephemeral in that the content is closely tied to the time period of the posting. The author examines the library and information science blogs listed on Susan Herzog’s “BlogBib: Select Librarian/Library Blogs” to see if they were being updated thirteen months after Herzog stopped maintaining the Web site.1 Active, inactive, ceased, and blogs with changed URLs were recorded. Extra content was noted.
http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.serrev.2008.06.009
Kay Johnson
The chronological entries in Weblogs or blogs record musings, opinions, news or other information supplied by individuals or groups. The nature of blogs is ephemeral in that the content is closely tied to the time period of the posting. The author examines the library and information science blogs listed on Susan Herzog’s “BlogBib: Select Librarian/Library Blogs” to see if they were being updated thirteen months after Herzog stopped maintaining the Web site.1 Active, inactive, ceased, and blogs with changed URLs were recorded. Extra content was noted.
http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.serrev.2008.06.009
Monday, October 13, 2008
Google and Hathi Trust - online books
A group of major universities has been quietly working for the past two years to build one of the largest online collections of books ever assembled, by pooling the millions of volumes that Google has scanned in its partnership with university libraries.
One of the most important functions of the project, say its leaders, who plan to unveil the giant library today, is to create a stable backup of the digital books should Google go bankrupt or lose interest in the book-searching business.
http://chronicle.com/free/2008/10/5061n.htm?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
One of the most important functions of the project, say its leaders, who plan to unveil the giant library today, is to create a stable backup of the digital books should Google go bankrupt or lose interest in the book-searching business.
http://chronicle.com/free/2008/10/5061n.htm?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
The Changing face of document supply: The British Library
The British Library: the changing face of document supply
By Mat Pfleger, British Library, Bookham, UK
The environment for document supply is rapidly changing.
The paper below provides an insight into the current response of the largest document supplier in the world, the British Library, to this change.
The link to the article is :
emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/02641610810897836
By Mat Pfleger, British Library, Bookham, UK
The environment for document supply is rapidly changing.
The paper below provides an insight into the current response of the largest document supplier in the world, the British Library, to this change.
The link to the article is :
emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/02641610810897836
YEARNING AFTER BOOKS
YEARNING AFTER BOOKS: Why are so many artists and writers
preoccupied by the so-called demise of bookish culture?
see article at: http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2008/10/2008101001c.htm?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
......."The most eloquent reflection I have found on the future of books is Alberto Manguel's The Library at Night (2006), which strikes a balance between romanticism and realism, nostalgia and foresight. His reflections on books and technology emphasize complementarity rather than conflict: "The birth of a new technology need not mean the death of an earlier one: The invention of photography did not eliminate painting, it renewed it, and the screen and the codex can feed off each other and coexist amicably on the same reader's desk."
And, it may be that electronic technology is even more fragile than books. "There may come a new technique of collecting information next to which the Web will seem to us habitual and homely in its vastness," Manguel writes, "like the aged buildings that once lodged the national libraries in Paris and Buenos Aires, Beyrouth and Salamanca, London and Seoul."
We are pained by the change of familiar bookish institutions, but, before long, I expect we will begin to feel nostalgia for the microfilm and the CD-ROM and yearn for a time when the Internet was as fresh and young as our belief in its capacity to replace the printed book and the library."
preoccupied by the so-called demise of bookish culture?
see article at: http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2008/10/2008101001c.htm?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
......."The most eloquent reflection I have found on the future of books is Alberto Manguel's The Library at Night (2006), which strikes a balance between romanticism and realism, nostalgia and foresight. His reflections on books and technology emphasize complementarity rather than conflict: "The birth of a new technology need not mean the death of an earlier one: The invention of photography did not eliminate painting, it renewed it, and the screen and the codex can feed off each other and coexist amicably on the same reader's desk."
And, it may be that electronic technology is even more fragile than books. "There may come a new technique of collecting information next to which the Web will seem to us habitual and homely in its vastness," Manguel writes, "like the aged buildings that once lodged the national libraries in Paris and Buenos Aires, Beyrouth and Salamanca, London and Seoul."
We are pained by the change of familiar bookish institutions, but, before long, I expect we will begin to feel nostalgia for the microfilm and the CD-ROM and yearn for a time when the Internet was as fresh and young as our belief in its capacity to replace the printed book and the library."
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Free online marketing textbook
Textbook Marketing, Radiohead Style
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/?id=3375&utm_source=at&utm
_medium=en
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/?id=3375&utm_source=at&utm
_medium=en
Friday, October 3, 2008
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