The Harvard Library Laboratory: Shelflife

Hi class,

You may be interested in checking the projects done by the Harvard Library Laboratory (http://librarylab.law.harvard.edu/) and one of their products -- shelflife:

http://librarylab.law.harvard.edu/
http://librarylab.law.harvard.edu/shelflife/

See you in class soon!
Rong

Ex Libris bX -- recommender services

Hi class,

I don't know how many of you have heard about Ex Libris bX, but here is where you can see it in action:

http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

And here is bX used in Yonsei University in Korea:

http://library.yonsei.ac.kr/main/main.do?sLang=en

I will talk to you more about this in class on Friday,
Rong

New Library Technology Report: Rethinking Linking

Hi class,

The new Library Technology Report is out. And the information about it is available via the following link --

http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=3156

And Simmons library owns the e-version of the report. Now the question for you is: how do you find the report??

See you in class tomorrow,
Rong

ebrary's new patron driven acquisition model

Hi class,

Read the news about ebrary's PDA model here:

http://www.ebrary.com/corp/newspdf/ebrary_PDA_launch.pdf

Best,
Rong

JSTOR Current Scholarship Program 2011 title list

Hi class,

Since we will have a JSTOR speaker this week, here is the link to their current scholarship program 2011 title list

http://about.jstor.org/content-collections/journals/current-scholarship-program/2011-title-list

And here is the link to their current collections title list:

http://about.jstor.org/content-collections/journals/current-scholarship-program/current-collections


See you on Friday!

Rong

Journal Cuts Threaten Research

Hi class,

Please read the following article about library journal cuts:

http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/57728/

Rong

Rethinking Library Linking

Hi class,

You may be interested in checking out this article that appeared on American Libraries with the title -- "Rethinking Library Linking: Making OpenURL Better with Data, Data, and More Data"

http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/print/4942

See you on Friday,
Rong

techmeme

Hi,

Also check out the following page for tech updates:

http://techmeme.com/

Rong