Category: Service
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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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Dale Askey Recipient of the 2014 CLA Award for the Advancement of Intellectual Freedom in Canada
You may remember Dale Askey from such posts as Edwin Mellen Press files lawsuit against academic librarian, Minor updates on the Edwin Mellen lawsuit, and ONE lawsuit dropped by Edwin Mellen Press, but Askey is still being sued personally #FreeDaleAskey. All's been quiet in public on that whole fiasco as far as I can tell,…
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Survey of library services for distance learning programs
Primary Research Group, publisher of research reports and surveys about libraries, is surveying academic libraries world wide for a report on how libraries serve distance learning programs. Participants receive a free PDF copy of the report generated from the survey data. Participants are listed in the report but answers are confidential. To take the survey…
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Some skills you might want for the 21st century
I just finished reading a report called Working together: evolving value for academic libraries, and found it a good read. Presenting the results of several surveys, the authors describe the areas in which academic libraries have traditionally attempted to demonstrate value (embedded teaching), and the areas in which they should probably start putting more focus…
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CFP: Workshop on Digital Surfaces in Libraries (DSL)
http://libraryworkshop.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk CALL FOR PAPERS Workshop on Digital Surfaces in Libraries (DSL) ======================================= We invite you to join DSL, a venue for collaboration and discussion on the successes and pitfalls encountered in working in with interactive surfaces in library spaces by bringing together researchers, designers, practitioners, and librarians. This full day workshop is held in conjunction…
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Postifier – yet another option for reporting available seats?
My quest continues. I didn't think it was all the way back in January that I last posted about this dream, but it was! Postifier is a little gizmo intended to be put inside a mailbox that will alert you when there's actually something placed inside: The device lives on the inner roof of your…
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How Users Search the Library from a Single Search Box
Just wanted to draw your attention to a great article I finally got around to reading: How Users Search the Library from a Single Search Box, May 2013 College & Research Libraries, vol. 74 no. 3 227-241. It's the story of how the search box at NCSU Libraries was developed, and word for word it pretty much…