Category: Scholarship
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Open Sourcing the Wellcome Library
I've had this open in one of my tabs for weeks, and just haven't made the time to play with it further, but it's definitely worth checking out – so go do it! The Wellcome Library ("We are one of the world's major resources for the study of medical history. We also offer a growing…
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What the Heck is Happening up North?
Amanda Wakaruk, Government Information Librarian at the University of Alberta, has written a comprehensive article outlining the BS (my words, not hers), libraries in Canada have been dealing with over the past several years when it comes to accessing Federal information. Her entire paper is available on the UofA Institutional Repository: What the Heck is…
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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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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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Elsevier opens its papers to text-mining
As reported in Nature, Elsevier has opened its papers to text-mining, though with a few restrictions that rankle some. I wonder if there are text mining opportunities outside biology? Certainly in the humanities, but that’s not Elsevier’s forte, methinks. Posted with Blogsy
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5th International m-libraries Conference 2014 – in Hong Kong
Ooooh, that's a tempting location! 5th International m-libraries Conference 2014, Hong Kong, May 27-30, 2014. Early bird registration is now open for the 5th International m-libraries Conference to be held for the first time in Asia at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. With the theme 'm-libraries: from devices to people', the programme includes international keynote…
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The Chronicle of Higher Education on Distance Education
Today's online issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education has a couple of DE-related articles: ‘U.S. News’ Releases New Rankings of Online Programs Exactly How Many Students Take Online Courses? For that first one, "Only all-online, degree-granting programs in popular areas, such as nursing, technology, and business, were evaluated."
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Recent JAL Articles on Library Support of Distance Education
I just received an alert for the latest issue of the Journal of Academic Librarianship (vol 39, iss 6) and noticed the following articles: Distance Learners' Self-efficacy and Information Literacy Skills AbstractThis study investigates distance learners' information literacy skills in using digital library resources and the factors (online learning and information manipulation) that correlate with…