Citation and Nobel Prize

Hi class,

You may be interested in reading this piece on the correlation between citation counts and Nobel Prize winners.

http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2011/09/23/whats-the-significance-of-citations-predicting-the-nobel-prize/


Best,

Rong

Amazon and Overdrive

Hi class,

You will be interested in reading this piece on Library Journal ---



http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/892118-264/amazon_and_overdrive_roll_out.html.csp


Best,


Rong

Amazon Kindle Ebooks now avaiable in 11,000 libraries

Hi class,

Check this out --

http://mashable.com/2011/09/21/amazons-kindle-libraries/


Rong

8 current technology that will shape our future

These are believed to be the technology that will shape our future:

1. Smartphones
2. 3G and 4G Wireless Broadband
3. Cloud Computing
4. Eye-Tracking / Voice Commands
5. Augmented Reality
6. Social Networking
7. CAD, 3D Printing & Custom Products
8. Autonomous Cars

http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2011/8-current-technologies-that-will-shape-our-future/

Best,
Rong

JSTOR Opens up prior to 1923 content

Hi class,

Check out this news about JSTOR:

http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/jstor-opens-up-u-s-journal-content-from-before-1923/33057

Best,
Rong

EBSCO's 2012 Serials Price Projection

Hi class,

Check out this document about EBSCO's serials price projection:

http://www2.ebsco.com/en-us/Documents/customer/price_projections_2012.pdf

Best,
Rong

OCLC WorldCat + Ex Libris Primo

Hi class,

OCLC worldcat will be partnering with Ex Libris discovery tool -- Primo. See the announcement here:

http://www.librarytechnology.org/ltg-displaytext.pl?RC=16032

See you in class soon!

Rong

Open Bibliography Principles

Dear Class,

You will be interested in reading about "Open Bibliography Principles" listed on this site:

http://openbiblio.net/principles/

See you on Friday!

Rong

TERMS

Hi class,

You may be interested in reading things posted on TERMS: Techniques for ER Management.

http://6terms.tumblr.com/


See you next week in class!

Rong

Automation Marketplace 2011

You may be interested in learning about some webscale tools from reading Marshall Breeding's automation marketplace 2011:


http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/889533-264/automation_marketplace_2011_the_new.html.csp

Rong

overdrive and its international clients

Hi class,

You may be interested in reading this report about overdrive:

http://www.librarytechnology.org/ltg-displaytext.pl?RC=16014



Best,
Rong

OCLC Perception of Libraries Report 2010

Hi class,

You may be interested in reading about college students' use electronic information sources in 2010:

http://www.oclc.org/reports/2010perceptions/collegestudents.pdf

Best,
Rong

Welcome and a Link

Dear class,

I look forward to meeting you all tomorrow morning.

I wanted to make sure that you know in addition to the e-resources that Simmons Library subscribes to (which you have access), you also have access to a number of LIS gift databases from the vendors. And the link to the LIS gift databases is below:

http://libfs2.simmons.edu/libraryguides/index.php/GSLIS_Gratis_Databases

See you tomorrow,
Rong