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Association of Research Libraries :: Performance of or Showing Films in the Classroom
Includes information about the TEACH Act and DMCA.
ACRL | Joint Statement on Access to Original Research Materials
Statement published on July 2009 in collaboration with the Society of American Archivists and the responsibilities regarding access to these types of collections.
Science Data Services - Data Inventory
Example at the University of Oregon of the use of the Data Audit Framework developed by the Data Curation Centre. Surveys researchers on their data needs and helps to see where help can be provided in storage and management.
ACRL | Academic Librarianship and the Redefining Scholarship Project
White paper from 1996 that examines and explains the scholarly pursuits of librarians in comparison with traditional faculty expectations of teaching, research and service to the institution.
American Memory from the Library of Congress - Home Page
Rich resource of digital collections on many american history topics.
Archival Research Catalog (ARC) of the National Archives
Search portal to the holdings of the National Archives.
Environmental Scan of Moving Image Collections in the United States
Report from Jennifer Mohan published September 2008 by the Digital Library Federation .
Nautilus: Data sharing discussed at Nature and Nature Network
Article about the issues involved in data sharing within biology. Possible issues that librarians could contribute to in the discussion and learn how to help their colleagues in biology.
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Add Sticky Note'Data's shameful neglect', opining that research cannot flourish if data are not preserved and made accessible.
- Librarians should see this as an opportunity to contribute. - on 2009-09-16
Bibliographies of the United States Holocaust Museum
The Research library of the Holocaust museum has almost 50 topic lists that include a link to WorldCat
Call Me Digital - Research - The Chronicle of Higher Education
How digital collections are enabling more and better scholarship. Project involving Melvilles annotations in his source material and digitizing them.
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Technology is reshaping literary scholarship on Herman Melville through recovery
of his lost annotations -
took digital photos that he could enlarge on his laptop computer
- 1 more annotations...
ETD Definition
Leader in Electronic Theses and Dissertations, VT, began this policy in 1997. Good reasons for electronic theses and dissertations.
Letters - A Man of Faith, a Leader in Science? - NYTimes.com
Responses to a critical piece on making Francis Collins head of the NIH based on his Christian faith.
A Laboratory of Collaborative Learning - Advice - The Chronicle of Higher Education
Article from August 7, 2008 on how library and faculty culture in academic libraries needs to reconverge and what separates them. Written by and English professor at Hope College.
The Future of the Internet III | Pew Internet & American Life Project
A survey of experts shows they expect major tech advances as the phone becomes a primary device for online access, voice-recognition improves, and the structure of the Internet itself improves. They disagree about whether this will lead to more social tolerance, more forgiving human relations, or better home lives.
Irish student hoaxes world's media with fake quote by AP: Yahoo! Tech
Media lifted quote off of Wikipedia about recently deceased composer which was posted by a student to see where it would appear.
Copyright Battle Looms for Docs Who 'Grew Up Google' - ABC News
Open Access reaches the public regarding medical research literature. This makes the problem more tangible than previous arguments in the library community and may help the general public understand the problem.
Published April 22, 2009.
International Trade Resources by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.
List of resources about international trade but also a white paper of more general resources.
Education Week: Research Shows Evolving Picture of E-Education
The article begins with the thesis that the research shows virtual schooling to be equal or better than traditional schooling but the bulk of the article is more tempered.
It discusses how research is still new in this area and is not comprehensive. It also explains that E-learning has a wide variety of delivery method and types of students.
Overall, it is worth a read if you are interested in this topic. It is a good commentary on the state of the medium and can help you consider what strategies you or your faculty members will use at your institutions.
FREE DATABASES (SCU LIBRARY COMMONS)
Great example of an educational Google account using Google Sites from Southwestern Christian University.
Academic Research Place
Blog by academic librarian and Christian, John Jaeger at Dallas Baptist University.
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