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Distance Students’ Attitude Toward Library Help Seeking
A recent article of possible interest: Distance Students' Attitude Toward Library Help Seeking. AbstractDistance students' attitude toward seeking library help was examined in a medium sized university. A web-based survey was conducted for indentifying library help seeking attitudes among distance students. A 30-mile radius of the campus was used to arbitrarily distinguish between near campus and
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An experiment in privacy and disclosure
"On April 29, 2014 the Interim Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Chantal Bernier, revealed that Canadian telecommunications companies have disclosed enormous volumes of information to state agencies." This lead sentence comes from Citizen Lab's recent post, Responding to the Crisis in Canadian Telecommunications. I heard about that post after listening to the most recent episode (#31) of Jesse Brown's
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The Best Online Tools To Know Everything About a Website
Earlier this year I mentioned a couple of useful tools to help you determine what CMS and plugins are being used on a given site. Amit has an even better list of Online Tools To Know Everything About a Website, including things like what hosting company is being used, and a tool to determine whether a
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Free access to articles on MOOCs, Librarianship, and the Future of Education
Want to brush up on MOOCs and Librarianship? Until September 30, 2014, Routledge is pleased to offer the Library & Information Science community free access to a collection of articles highlighting MOOCs and librarianship. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are free, online classes designed to provide university-level education to a large number of students. As MOOCs
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