Category: Scholarship
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Apparently people want scholarly articles
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports on a recently-published study that monitored a file-sharing site where almost 5,500 scholarly articles were traded over a 6-month period, “costing journals about $700,000 in that time, or about $1.4-million a year.” Interestingly, the study is freely available online from The Internet Journal of Medical Informatics. I call BS…
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Internet Librarian days 2 and 3
Didn't take many notes on day three, so I'm combining two days in this post. Even so, it shouldn't be as long as the day one post. I took these notes for myself, not necessarily for the blog, so they're most definitely not session reports – hopefully some useful links to explore. I started the…
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Internet Librarian day one recap
I thought I'd try something new this year by not bringing my laptop to the sessions. I figured maybe I'd pay more attention, and I think it's working for me. I've still got the Wi-fiPhone for checking email from time to time, but for the most part I'm listening and writing down what ideas I…
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CFP: Handheld Librarian 2
Alliance Library System and LearningTimes Offer Handheld Librarian 2! More people than 2000 people attended the first ever Handheld Librarian Conference in July 2009 which featured a wide array of collaboration, learning and networking activities focused on Mobile Library Services! The Handheld Librarian 2 will continue the dialog with a 2-day online conference scheduled for…
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LOEX of the West 2010 Call for Proposals
Hey all, come visit us in Calgary! LOEX of the West is being held down the road at Mount Royal University next year, June 10-12, 2010. The Call for Proposals has just been announced. Deadline for submitting proposals is December 14, 2009.
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Webcast: Returning the Researcher to the Library: The Summon™ Service in Real Life
Library Journal and Serials Solutions are presenting the fourth and final session in the “Returning the Researcher to the Library” series: The Summon™ Service in Real Life. I’m one of three panelists, joining librarians from Grand Valley State University and Western Michigan University in discussing why we’re exploring the idea of Web-Scale Discovery (that appears…
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Webinar: Defining Web-Scale Discovery: The Promise of a Unified Search Index for Libraries
Received the following email: Date: August 18, 2009 • Time: 9:00-10:00 AM PDT (12:00 – 1:00 PM EDT) Please Join Us for Part 3 of Library Journal’s “Returning the Researcher to the Library” Webcast Series “Why can’t I search the library the way Google searches the Web?” Librarians have been fielding that question for more…
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SPARC calls on campuses to coordinate open-access policy efforts
For immediate release August 5, 2009 For more information, contact Jennifer McLennan (202) 296-2296 ext 121 jennifer [at] arl [dot] org SPARC CALLS ON CAMPUSES TO COORDINATE OPEN-ACCESS POLICY EFFORTS Introduces centralized resource and group of experts to advise policy development Washington, DC – Last month, the University of Kansas became the first public university…
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LJ Webcast Archives
I haven’t had a chance to listen to/watch them myself, and am bookmarking them here as much for my use as yours, but two recent webcasts in the Returning the Researcher to the Library series are now archived at the LJ website: Webcast: Returning the Researcher to the Library: Building ROI through Discovery Webcast: Returning…