The thid issue of the Collaborative Librarianship journal has been released. This issue includes a continuation of my first column: Collaboration MattersCollaborative Librarianship, Vol 1, No 3, August 2009, p.109. Check out the entire issue online.
The second issue of the Collaborative Librarianship journal has been released – and with it my first column: Collaboration MattersCollaborative Librarianship, Vol 1, No 2, May 2009, p.70. Check out the entire issue online.
I just wanted to share a bit of news with you all. I am now officially a columnist for the Collaborative Librarianship journal. This issue will introduce a new regular “column” feature by Nicole Engard, “Open Source Evangelist” at LibLime, and an expert in many technologies that enable collaboration. Nicole states, “I am very excited [...]
One of the common concerns I heard earlier this week at the NFAIS conference was costs. The digital natives want free information – but the publishers have to worry about their bottom line. Of course, being who I am, I’m all about reworking your business model to make open source, open content, and open access [...]
I haven’t gotten a copy of this report yet, so I can’t tell you (first hand) what’s covered, but I didn’t want you to miss out. So, if you get a chance, stop by your library and check out a copy of the newest Library Technology Report by Marshall Breeding (that’s what I’ll be doing). [...]
The Informed Librarian sounds like the kind of service that I’ll love and hate. Why hate? Because I won’t be able to find free access to all of the new articles it points me to Check it out for yourself: The Informed Librarian is a monthly compilation of the most recent tables of contents from [...]
This just came across one of my mailing lists and sounds really great! The Western New York Library Resources Council is pleased to announce plans to publish The Journal of Library Innovation, one of the first journals devoted explicitly to innovation and creativity in libraries. This peer reviewed, electronic journal will publish original research, literature [...]
Issue #2 of the Code4Lib Journal is now available online. Code4Lib: More than a journal Free and Open Source Options for Creating Database-Driven Subject Guides Using Google Calendar to Manage Library Website Hours Geocoding LCSH in the Biodiversity Heritage Library Toward element-level interoperability in bibliographic metadata Help! A simple method for getting back-up help to [...]
Someone sent me a neat article from the New York Times today. The article talks about how Sports Illustrated is opening up it’s archives for anyone to search. The article implies that this is the way all print publications will probably go to keep their audiences. I’d rather it be that they’re doing it to [...]
That’s right, it’s that time of year again! Congrats to this year’s Movers & Shakers! First I want to congratulate my friends: Transformer (Peter Bromberg) User-Centered Technologist (David Lee King) Metadata Man (Tim Spalding) Open Source Evangelist (Josh Ferraro) Now, congrats to everyone else!! This is a great honor! Keep shaking up libraries – it’s [...]
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