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What is Information Literacy Anyway?
Good blog post with links to Information Literacy documents.
Thingology (LibraryThing's ideas blog): Ebook economics: Are libraries screwed?
The advance of ebooks will no doubt bring much good. As often with technological change, we probably can't even predict what wonderful new things will emerge! But we can see some serious dangers ahead, and try to deal with them. I see three major areas of concern: to libraries, to physical bookstores and to the freedom to read in unfree countries.
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Because the "consumer model" won't work, libraries will need—and publishers and
ebook providers—will create a "library model." The library model will involve a
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The "library model" will be inevitably pushed toward "rental" not "ownership."
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This Electronic Life » WordPress, Digital Publishing, and Web Design » Daniel J. Quinn
Article about Cushing Academy published on Sept 19. Blog run by Wordpress that is a good example of Web design and the full range of social media embedded into the site.
Winning the War on The War on Terror | First Things
August 7, 2009 article by Daniel E. Ritche, professor of English at Bethel University.
ETD2009: Bridging the knowledge divide: Breakout 1C: ETD Efficiencies and Lessons
This conference series is organized by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), hosted by the University of Pittsburgh and co-sponsored by West Virginia University (WVU). The NDLTD initiative is an open federation of hundreds of universities and supporting organizations worldwide including research institutions and private companies.The 2009 conference will be held June 10 – 13 at the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
Digitization 101: Can you use Zipf's law to determine what to digitize?
Using mathematical model and user stats to target represetative portions of collections that will serve a large majority of users. From presentation at Society of American Archivists in Austin, Texas, 2009
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Using Zipf's Law and
usage data from ECU's digital collections, he made a pretty compelling case that
by digitizing representative portions of 20% of our collections, we could
adequately serve 70% of our users."
Natural Blogarithms
Blog of Dr. Scott R. Franklin at Wayland Baptist University that includes puzzles and helpful screencasts. Also seems aware of the social networking scene like facebook.
Call to Action 50 ways to become an answer to our prayers
blog post with list of things to do both simple and profound.
evergreen-ils blog » Blog Archive » Understanding Open Source Webinar recording and links
Recorded webinar on open source from the Evergreen perspective from 3/17/09.
Biology of Aging Blog — Aging and lifespan information for all species
Biology of Aging portal created by Holly Miller.
Next Big Generation Already Using Your Library, Are You Ready?
Profiles the differences in the Net Learners (pre-1965 birth and the Net Generation ( born in 1965-2000). Discusses how libraries can plan their services to accomodate both.
Economics of Book Digitization - Open Content Alliance (OCA)
Blog post by Brewster Kahle on how much it costs to digitize books by Internet Archive and Google Books among others.
Wordpress for Library Websites | Information Wants To Be Free
Libraries using Wordpress as a Website. Research the different looks to see what we can use.
Smithsonian 2.0: Web Tech Guy and Angry Staff Person
Depicts reservations people have about sharing collections online and allowing "the masses" to contribute.
Academic Research Place
Blog by academic librarian and Christian, John Jaeger at Dallas Baptist University.
Religious Information Place
John Jaeger's Religion blog.
11 Non-Traditional Uses of WordPress
Hints on using Wordpress for things like online forums, creating an email newsletter, directories, and more. Very slick!
Main - Research Blogging
Research Blogging aggregates blog postings on topics discussing peer-reviewed research. Non-profit organization began in August 2007 to provide a solution to the dilution of quality information about science on the Web. The service is centered around the use of the Research Blogging Icon and a snippet of code that sends the post from the home blog to a post on Research blogging.
Learning through blogging: Graduate student experiences
Teacher used blog as a way to engage students in discussion in and out of class. Posted a discussion question and allowed comments.
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First, I set up a class blog (usually at Xanga). Then, each student in the class is required to create his or her own blog, also on Xanga. Next, I, as the owner of the class blog, "subscribe" to all the student blogs—so that I can see what they are all writing (unless they mark it as "private")—and they can also, through the class blog, see each other's entries, though of course they may also subscribe to one another's blogs. Each student is required to write four to eight entries (the exact number depends on the class) of at least 200 words during the course of the semester. In each entry, they should reflect on their learning in the class and explain how this learning can be applied to their organizational context
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Weblog tools like Xanga, however, are ideal brainstorming applications: Simply create the discussion topics as entries in the class blog, and then ask everyone to login and go to the class blog. They can see the discussion topics—and submit their brainstorm ideas as comments. They can also comment on each other. For quieter students, of whom there are many in Hong Kong, this provides a much less threatening opportunity for them to communicate and share ideas at their own pace. It is all down to communication—and finding the right tools for the right people at the right time for the right task. But blogs are versatile and definitely deserve greater attention in the classroom
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