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This week:

• Interlending & Document Supply
• International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management

See also forthcoming: Current Journals of the Week

Libraries and Readers Wade Into Digital Lending

"Electronic book borrowing is a convenient way for libraries to remain relevant, but publishers are worried."

Libraian's View:
"Some librarians object to the current pricing model because they often pay more for e-books than do consumers who buy them on Amazon or in Sony’s online store. Publishers generally charge the same price for e-books as they do for print editions, but online retailers subsidize the sale price of best sellers by marking them down to $9.99.

“ ‘The Lost Symbol’ is $9.99 on the Sony Reader book page, and I just paid $29.99 for that for the library,” said Robin Bradford, the collection development librarian at the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library. Ms. Bradford said she would consider buying additional digital copies if the price were lower. But “to buy nonphysical copies at the same price,” she said, “I just won’t do it.”

Reader's View:

"In libraries, readers are attracted to free material. Nancy Gobel, a dental hygienist who already downloads digital audio books from her library in Indianapolis, said she currently buys print books. But she is considering purchasing an electronic reader so she can borrow them for free. “I would still continue to buy, but I would download as much as I can,” she said. In many cases, she said, buying “doesn’t make sense.”" continue reading:

Libraries and Readers Wade Into Digital Lending

By MOTOKO RICH

Published: October 15, 2009

See on the same shelf:

The Elusive eBook, by Sue Polanka

"The elusive eBook: who knew it would come with so many questions, challenges, and issues for libraries and users? It seems logical that we could catalog an eBook just like a print book, add a URL and be done with it. If only it were that easy! Instead, we are confronted by cataloging, purchasing, access, and interface issues. So what’s a librarian to do? Be aware, get informed, be vocal, and ask for more standardization from publishers, aggregators, and distributors. Let’s take a look at some issues that librarians and users find particularly challenging." continue reading

Citing, Citations, Siting, and Sighting the Wikipedia

"Oh in regards to the Wikipedia citations for a given article, this is no guarantee that that citation was actually used to research that article. I've found several instances of Wikipedia citing pages on my site that have NEVER existed (strange but true)."KenB: Why Is Wikipedia On Top in Search Results?

A Long List of Disclaimers @ WIKI:

• Use Wikipedia at your own risk
• Wikipedia articles may contain nonsense
• Wikipedia is a work in progress
• Wikipedia articles may have (numerous) spelling and grammar errors
• Wikipedia articles may have errors of fact and errors of omission

WIKI in Progress:

Fake Wikipedia editor unmasked in Webmaster General

Where Wikipedia Ends - Yahoo! News

Is Wikipedia a Victim of Its Own Success? - TIME

New Amazon wiki and citation features

Wikipedia popularity from a citation analysis point of view,
Alireza Noruzi, http://www.webology.ir

LibraryCrunch: "a Wiki citation is toilet paper"

Tools of the Trade:

Wiki citation maker -- Wiki and Blog citation maker:

"This page helps you create biomedical citations to use as references when writing on wikis such as Citizendium, Medpedia, Wikipedia, and others. This page also helps create citations for biomedical blogs hosted on Blogger, Wordpress, and other sites."

Another graduate school serving the library field is about to lose the “L” name

Any alumni of Rutgers University, and any LIS professional, including this blogger, will be shocked to read about a revival-cum-survival spirit. Rutgers' is again in news--and LJ has it right on--not for a new Rocket Science, rather it is again about a Name change (undeniably, a debate that has always been our cup of tea!!!):

"as a form of protest, i refuse to come up with a witty title for this post
ok, i feel like i should maybe weigh in on this whole Rutgers dropping 'library' from SCILS situation. i posted a comment on my friend mike's blog, and i guess if i'm gonna speak my mind there, i might as well post it here as well. since i am lazy and don't really feel like spending much time or effort stressing over the whole thing, i'm just going to copy and paste my comment. (and what an easy way to drop a post in, since i haven't written in awhile. heh.)" Quoted from The Info Babe

Interestingly, other Library Schools that have no 'L' word include: Ischool @ University of Toronto, and iSchool at Drexel University; these are two current examples of a trend that will influence others.

See also: What’s the matter with our profession?

Bottomline: Some may wonder why we need the word: 'information' if words are just the matter as was argued in "Information Studies Without Information" In Library Trends 52(3) Winter 2004!!! Hence, are we getting into the same pond and business as in the following story where the naming business is a big business: Fresh Fish Sold Here

Flexibility your mantra for the new year?

Editor’s Note, January 2009

Published by rachel under Editor's Notes

January 2, 2009 - vol. 10, no. 1 - ISSN 1532-0839 @ Info Career Trends

"Happy new year, all! And what better way to start out 2009 than with an eye toward alternative work arrangements — why not make flexibility your mantra for the new year?" continue reading

On the same shelf:

• More Jobs For Librarians Than Ever Before: How True?
• Immigrants in Canada stuck in low-paying jobs -- Stats Can Reports
• Reconciliation (Mantra): This is what the Dalai Lama has to say for 2009

Library Annecdotes: Have Printer Will Travel

...this particular guy also brought along a full-size HP laser printer (in the box) that he wheeled in on one of those luggage carriers. He was quiet, did what he needed to do in about an hour’s time, then he packed-up his printer and laptop and left. … I never saw this before in the Library. Have Printer Will Travel

See also on the same shelf:

• Unusual Reference Questions - Globalism Visited


• Blogga Song of Librarians


• The Librarians - an Australian ABC Comedy Series


• Silence Please: Mr. Bean, The Library


• Thou shalt read on rainy afternoons
• True Library stories
• "Humor is allowed in reference desk answers"
• Librarian Humor in Classroom and Reference
• What do you do when the internet is down?
• Case Studies from India: Evidence-based Librarianship
• Funny you should ask: Humor at the Reference Desk
• Unusual Reference Questions - Globalism Visited
• How to kill a young librarian's love of librarianship (AKA. A Dispute Resolution Guide)
• A ‘typical’ library school student "By generalizing librarians to be a women with a buns and a finger up to their mouths ’shhshhing’ we simplify a complicated, multi-faceted profession."