Category: Scholarship
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CFP – Internet Librarian 2006
Hadn’t seen an announcement on this one, but Meredith just pointed out to me that the Call for Speakers for Internet Librarian 2006 is out. Deadline is March 22, and the theme is “Integrated Experiences: Compelling Content Combinations”. I attended Internet Librarian for the first time last year and really enjoyed it, not only for…
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Handout from Internet Librarian 2005
I’m doing some work updating files etc and ran across the handout Sherri and I made for Internet Librarian 2005. There’s nothing you haven’t seen in here, but it is all in one spot and attractively presented :-). Web Tools for 21st-Century Learners (PDF – 3 pages)
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CIT Infobits and Distance Education
“CIT Infobits is an electronic service of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ITS Center for Instructional Technology. Each month the CIT’s Information Resources Consultant monitors and selects from a number of information and instructional technology sources that come to her attention and provides brief notes for electronic dissemination to educators.” – http://www.unc.edu/cit/infobits/…
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Integrating Library Service and Instruction into Electronically-Delivered Classes
From the most recent issue of the Journal of eLiteracy (haven’t read it yet):May, F A (2005) Integrating Library Service and Instruction into Electronically-Delivered Classes. JeLit 2(2) 120-129. AbstractAs online courses become more and more ubiquitous, the need for supporting services becomes more acute. To meet the needs of students in online courses for library…
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The state of co-browsing
Caleb at the Oregon Libraries Information Network blog has a lengthy post on the state of co-browsing and virtual reference. In large part, it’s a response to Sarah’s post on the Librarian In Black about what she heard at the most recent Virtual Reference Desk conference. Some difference in opinions here, and both posts are…
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LIRT seeks e-poster presentations for ALA annual conference in New Orleans
Sue Sykes Berry writes to the OFFCAMP listserv: (this would be ideal for anyone who’s got some great screencasting ability) The Library Instruction Round Table’s Conference Program Committee and Teaching Learning and Technology Committee are currently accepting electronic poster (e-poster) proposals for the ALA annual conference to be held in New Orleans June 22-28, 2006.…
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EBSCO Publishing provides free access to Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Link: EBSCO Publishing. LISTA database Free to all Interested in Libraries and Librarianship EBSCO Publishing is proud to provide the Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) database as a free resource to anyone interested in libraries and information management. This world-class bibliographic database provides coverage on subjects such as librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online…
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Roy Tennant and Cathy Gordon (Google Scholar) are coming to my house
Well ok, not my house, but my campus. The Alberta Library (TAL), our Provincial consortium, is sponsoring a two-day symposium on federated searching. Here’s a 4-page PDF flyer outlining the symposium. You’re definately invited, but I’m afraid you’re not going to feel very welcome as 1) it’s the beginning of February in Calgary, and 2)…
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Why I Blog
This question has been addressed by many people already, and I really don’t have anything new to add to the topic, but since an article I wrote over a year ago has finally hit hard copy I thought I’d share it with you anyway. I was pleased, when looking at it again a year later,…
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College & Research Libraries online
As pointed out by David (and others), College & Research Libraries is now freely available online six months after the original publication date. They’re back to 1997 now, which is further back than I get through Wilson Education Full Text (mid 1998). Some other nice tidbits from the press release: "ACRL supports open access to…