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EBSCOHost releases an iPhone app
I haven't seen a press release or anything, but someone mentioned it on Twitter last night, so I went looking and found that EBSCO has just released an iPhone app. It'll also work on an iPad, but not at full screen. So how does it work? Log in to one of your EBSCO databasese and
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User perceptions of the academic library and how Discovery Systems can help
I wanted to wait until the final post before mentioning Jane Burke's guest 6-part series about user perceptions of the library and how Discovery Systems can help on the InfoViews blog. Jane is Senior Vice President of ProQuest and the executive sponsor of Serials Solutions (who makes Summon). In the first four posts Jane paints a
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7 Things You Should Know About the Modern Learning Commons
This month Educause looks at 7 Things You Should Know About the Modern Learning Commons. The learning commons, sometimes called an “information commons,” has evolved from a combination library and computer lab into a full-service learning, research, and project space. As a place where students can meet, talk, study, and use “borrowed” equipment, the learning
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College & Research Libraries To Become Open Access Journal
From the ResourceShelf site, and a link to the ACRL FAQ. On April 1, 2011, the online version of C&RL (http://crl.acrl.org/) will become open access. A print version will continue to be available through a paid membership in ACRL or through a paid subscription to C&RL. Discussions about the future of the print version are
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Even more reading on Discovery
Thanks to a post on The Federated Search Blog linking to this page: Articles on Discovery, part of a Google Sites "wiki" called Unified Resource Discovery Comparison. Definitely a well-rounded resource, and one I've just requested write-access to. Missing from the list is a pre-print by Jason Vaughan called Investigations into Library Web Scale Discovery Services