Blogs that help you to keep up with the technology

Hi class,

Here is a list of blogs posted by Todd Vandenbark as helpful to keep up with technology:

• A List Apart (web design)
• American Libraries Technology in Practice (from ALA)
• iLibrarian
• iMedical Apps
• Information Wants to be Free
• Slashdot (general technology news)
• ITALica (from LITA)
• Krafty Librarian
• Librarian in Black
• Mobile Libraries
• Spectrum > Mobile Learning, Libraries, And Technologies
• Accessibility Watch
• WebAIM

Best,
Rong

Google Interview with Stephen Colbert

Hi class,

You may be interested to view this interview between Google's CEO Eric Schmidt and Stephen Colbert.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/22/googles-eric-schmidt-faces-off-with-stephen-colbert/

See you tomorrow,
Rong

Web-scale Discovery Tools

Hi class,

Here is an article about Serials Solution's Summon and EBSCO's Discovery Service.

http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/09152010/summon-summons-100th-customer

See you tomorrow in class!

Rong

Charleston Conference

The Charleston Conference 2010 will be held November 3-6, 2010.

The conference url is:

http://www.katina.info/conference/program.php

Best,
Rong

ProQuest Dialog Product

Hi class,

There is a new interface of dialog called ProQuest Dialog that will be released in the near future. The new product is supposed to support both end-user search and information professional search. So the command language will be kept and executed through its "power search" option.


Here is some information about the product --

http://www.dialog.com/feature/


See you in class tomorrow!

Rong

Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference 2011 Call for Proposal

Hi class,

You may be interested in learning more about ER&L 2011 call for proposals here:

http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/presenters/call-for-proposals


See you on Friday!

Rong

Researchers use of academic libraries and their services

Hi class,

I look forward to seeing you soon!

There is a report by British Research Information Network on how scholars use library services, including electronic resources. Check out a description and links to the parts of the report here.

http://www.rin.ac.uk/our-work/using-and-accessing-information-resources/researchers-use-academic-libraries-and-their-serv

See you in class!

Rong

Welcome and two new sources on e-resources

Dear all,

I look forward to meeting you all on Friday!

I just want you to know that the new issue of Library Technology Reports (vol. 46, no. 6) on electronic resources use measurement by Rachel Fleming-May and Jill Grogg. You can find some basic information here: http://alatechsource.metapress.com/content/r3647682764p


Also, ARL (Association of Research Libraries) has a long series of SPEC kits related to electronic resource management or library technology. Here is the link to the complete ARL SPEC kits:

http://www.arl.org/resources/pubs/spec/complete.shtml

Looking forward to our first class meeting!

Rong