This statement raised the ire of archivists and accounts for most of the comments following the article.
Features Udacity, a Stanford University offering for computer science courses. Udemy, MITx, and ITunesU are mentioned as well. Didn't mention Coursera.
Udacity uses a copy stand to film pen tablet based illustrations and instructions. Could be something that the Digital Library does.
Called MOOCS, Massive Online Open Courses.
Udacity could get funding by referring top students to companies who pay for access.
Article by Scott Bennett about three paradigm shifts in libraries in historical perspective. We are now in the third. Mentioned by Char Booth in her talk at CLIC teaching workshop.
News item about the University of Chicago's new library with robotic print retrieval that is a compromise between off-site storage and less efficient shelf space.
Good model to analyze for change of library space to accomodate both print and digital items.
Short piece on some of the changes needed in the library profession especially in regard to what is in print, role of archives and how to engage in the digital culture.
This statement raised the ire of archivists and accounts for most of the comments following the article.
Good overview of controversial presentation that adminstrator would not hire librarians but Ph.D's or IT people instead. Compiles responses across the blogoshere and a collaborative document.
What the future of libraries is pertaining to digital libraries from Peter Brantley. 2008
TICER summer institute 2010 meets between Monday, July 26 and Friday July 30. Covers topics 1) Strategic Developments and Library Management 2) The Library in the Scholar's Workflow and Research Data 3) Libraries - Partners in Teaching and Learning 4) Mobile Technologies in Library and Education 5) Web 2.0 and Linked Data in Libraries
Changing nature of information environment and user needs makes it important that librarians learn programming as one of their core skills.
Digital Asset Management blog with links to various DAM topics.
Search over 2 million records with 265,900 images, video and sound files, electronic journals and other resources from the Smithsonian's museums, archives & libraries.
Article discusses a homemade book scanner. What is even more valuable is the commentary after the article that reveals the various levels of scanning going on in the public.
Article discussing the computer's effect on the practice of science and something that librarians should know.
Support for a paper that focuses on the need for IT knowlege in librarians and the future of information management.
Exciting portal to scholars, projects, competitions, blog, news and more about the digital humanities and other interdisciplinary fields.
Libraries as leasders in interdisciplinary research and mentions the University of Utah's Uspace as an example.
Dennis and his mom are looking at sign in library pointing to computers, AV, and lecture hall but no books. Caption is "I remember when we came to the library to look for books".
Good to use in presentation about change in libraries and the popular culture perspective.