tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278294102024-03-13T00:28:07.482-04:00Library Technicians: Education, Training, Practice, Career, Jobs, etc.<p>About This Blog: <br>
Educational techniques, tools, and trends have a great similarity among many disciplines that have adopted the Information Technology. This blog will adapt what suits the Library profession, with special reference to Library Technicians. The contents posted here are also useful for librarians; library associates, information specialists, library's paraprofessionals, LIS students, etc.</p>M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.comBlogger185125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829410.post-74402128157173860212015-10-20T21:49:00.001-04:002015-10-20T21:49:20.116-04:00THE BEST CATALOGER IS A FRUSTRATED LIBRARY USER, by John W. Thompson<div id="articleTitle" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 15.68px;">
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THE BEST CATALOGER IS A FRUSTRATED LIBRARY USER: CATALOGING FAILURE AND THE UNDERUTILIZATION OF LIBRARY RESOURCES, by <em style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 15.68px;"><a href="https://journal.atla.com/ojs/index.php/theolib/article/view/401">John W. Thompson</a></em></h3>
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This essay points out that inconsistencies in the assignment of subject headings and call number can lead to failure to retrieve relevant materials from our libraries. Today it is frequently asserted that bibliographic records cataloged by the Library of Congress or other approved libraries will not require review or editing in our local libraries. This paper provides clear, but by no means unique examples of “cataloging failure” and explains the implications of a policy to add unedited bibliographic records (from vendors such as OCLC) to our library catalogs. The result is the omission of otherwise relevant titles from fairly routine searches. <a href="https://journal.atla.com/ojs/index.php/theolib/article/view/401">continue reading</a></div>
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M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829410.post-61781787951986821462015-09-05T16:24:00.003-04:002015-09-05T16:24:52.894-04:00Canadian Library and Information Technology (LIT) Programs and ROI - Report<div class="tr_bq">
<a href="https://www.ufv.ca/media/assets/library--information-technology/AccreditationRev2012.pdf">Accreditation for Library and Information Technology Programs in Canada</a>: A Proposal</div>
Christina Neigel, University of the Fraser Valley, December 2011 (Revised September 2012)<br />
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"Library technicians enjoy significant recognition in Canada and, as the expectations forinformation work expand, so does the call for technicians. According to the 8Rs, 38% ofall library paraprofessionals surveyed were technicians. Upon closer examination, 51%of paraprofessionals in special libraries are technicians and 41% in academic librarieswith numbers significantly lower in public and school libraries (27% and 28%,respectively) (Ingles et al, 2005, p. 40). It would be interesting to see further study inthis area as it is quite likely that the workforce composition varies substantially fromregion to region as well...."<br /><br />"Indeed, the report suggeststhat LIT programs create a formal national venue of interaction in that competencystandards can be identified and discussed. While this analysis also recommended thatCLA regularly maintain the Guidelines for the Education of Library Technicians, there isa false assumption that CLA takes a leadership role on this issue. There exists adisconnect between the Canadian Library Association and LIT programs. Despite thehighlighted recommendation, “That MLIS and LIT educators as well as employers andassociations come together on a regular and formal basis, under the leadership of anational organization such as the Canadian Library Association, to exchange viewpointsand knowledge on the competencies needed and the education/training capacities tomeet these needs” (p. 16), this is currently not done." </blockquote>
M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829410.post-27169013784422972752014-05-18T15:24:00.000-04:002014-05-19T11:49:25.674-04:00A battle about the form and function of libraries is not over -- Thoughts from the Secrets of the Stacks <blockquote class="tr_bq">
The book that is in context is:
<span style="background-color: white; clear: right; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); float: right; font-family: freight-text-pro, Georgia, Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.16px; line-height: 33px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="0374261202" class="asin_img" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51mmUd0xx8L._SL75_.jpg" /></span><span class="title"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374261202?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0374261202&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">The Shelf: From LEQ to LES: Adventures in Extreme Reading</a>
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<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /> by Phyllis Rose </blockquote>
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"Viewing libraries as repositories, he overestimated their preservation function and underestimated their need to serve a specific community. I find myself sympathetic, if unequally, to both parties in this dispute, wholeheartedly to Baker’s book-loving bellows of rage at the destruction of precious objects but also to the librarian’s desire to create an institution that serves its community. That this battle about the form and function of libraries is not over was made clear when the New York Public Library’s announcement of new construction caused protests from people (like me) who fear sweeping changes to libraries.<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <i style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); letter-spacing: 0.16px; line-height: 33px;">(Editor’s note: The New York Public Library recent announced that it was</i><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/08/arts/design/public-library-abandons-plan-to-revamp-42nd-street-building.html?action=click&module=Search&region=searchResults&mabReward=relbias%3Ar&url=http%3A%2F%2Fquery.nytimes.com%2Fsearch%2Fsitesearch%2F%3Faction%3Dclick%26region%3DMasthead%26pgtype%3DHomepage%26module%3DSearchSubmit%26contentCollection%3DHomepage%26t%3Dqry445%23%2Fnew+york+public+library&_r=0" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; background-image: linear-gradient(transparent 50%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6) 50%); background-position: 0px 24px; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; background-size: 2px auto; letter-spacing: 0.16px; line-height: 33px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><i> abandoning its renovation plan</i></a></span><i style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: freight-text-pro,Georgia,Cambria,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; letter-spacing: 0.16px; line-height: 33px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">.) Continue reading:</span> </i><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: freight-text-pro, Georgia, Cambria, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.16px; line-height: 33px;"><i><a href="https://medium.com/book-excerpts/4ca8405f1e11">"Secrets of the Stacks</a></i></span></span></span> ... How libraries decide which books to keep—and which don’t stand the test of time"
Phyllis Rose in Book Excerpts...
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More food for thought (on A battle about the form and function of libraries from the S<u>ecrets of the Stacks</u>):<br />
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<li> They want a full collection but don’t want to be saddled with books nobody reads.
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<li> Weeding, to such people, is akin to eugenics and murder. Some people feel the same about books: no book should be removed from a library.</li>
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On the same shelf:<br />
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<li><a href="http://lisindica.blogspot.ca/2014/03/the-bad-news-even-25-years-after-its.html">The bad news ... even 25 years after its invention</a>, not everything is available on the Internet; The good news ... 33 reasons why libraries with physical books still matter ... >> HOW TO KEEP A LIBRARY OF (PHYSICAL) BOOKS, Meditations on strategy and life, Ryan Holiday
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<li>Why the death of net neutrality would be a disaster for libraries <span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/05/16/why-the-death-of-net-neutrality-would-be-a-disaster-for-libraries/" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">www.washingtonpost.com</a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> -- </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">A Q&A with Lynne Bradley, the director of government relations with the American Library Association's Washington office.</span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px;"> </span></span></span></li>
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M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829410.post-71572091693818132432014-01-01T18:08:00.000-05:002014-01-01T18:08:14.764-05:00Assessment Skills and the Academic Library Job Market <a href="https://www.academia.edu/2740420/Recruiting_for_Results_Assessment_Skills_and_the_Academic_Library_Job_Market">Recruiting for Results</a>: Assessment Skills and the Academic Library Job Market
By Scott Walter and Megan Oakleaf (<a href="http://libraryassessment.org/bm~doc/walter_scott.pdf">pdf</a>)<br />
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This paper reports the results of an exploratory content analysis of academic library position descriptions posted between 2004-2009 in order to determine the degree to which assessment skills are identified as required or preferred qualification for hire, as well as the degree to which assessment responsibilities are noted as components of the positions. It suggests that, despite the increased call for assessment in academic libraries over the past decade, there is little evidence that we are recruiting new professionals into our libraries with a clearly articulated responsibility for designing, implementing, or reporting the results of assessment activities.<br />
Also in <a href="http://www.libqual.org/documents/LibQual/publications/2013/proceedings-lac-2010.pdf">Proceedings of the 2010 Library Assessment Conference - LibQUAL</a></blockquote>
M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829410.post-13182094796742828052014-01-01T16:30:00.004-05:002014-01-01T16:30:58.404-05:00Another library career shelved <b><u>Extract:</u></b><br />
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A library career shelved, by Kelly Grinsteinner
Editor
<a href="mailto:kgrinsteinner@hibbingdailytribune.net">kgrinsteinner@hibbingdailytribune.net</a>
HIBBING — If one wanted to book some time with the reference and
technical services librarian at Hibbing Public Library, they’re out of
luck.<br />
That option is long overdue. The position no longer exists.<br />
... “I’ll still have to come in and get my books,” she said. “I do some
electronic reading, but I’d say about three-fourths of my reading is
still a book.”<br />
continue reading: <a href="http://www.hibbingmn.com/news/local/article_ab004c6c-6f6f-11e3-82a3-0019bb2963f4.html">Hibbing Daily Tribune</a></blockquote>
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On the same shelf:<br />
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<li> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Study: 70 Percent Of Consumers Tied To Print, Most eBooks Are Never Read, <a href="http://denver.cbslocal.com/2013/12/09/study-70-percent-of-consumers-tied-to-print-most-ebooks-are-never-read/">CBS</a>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Libraries get help to improve digital literacy,
By Cody Neff <a href="http://www.register-herald.com/local/x1005134933/Libraries-get-help-to-improve-digital-literacy">Register-Herald Reporter</a></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.llrx.com/features/librarycityseries1.htm">Beware, public libraries: You'll go the way of print newspapers if you automatically diss nonlibrarians' gutsy ideas</a></span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><a class="l" href="http://med.news.am/eng/news/250/">Regular <i>books</i> are dangerous for allergic with acute reactions</a></span></span></h3>
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<br />M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829410.post-3977518510928543322013-12-20T21:50:00.000-05:002013-12-20T21:50:08.974-05:00What To Expect From Libraries in the 21st Century: Pam Sandlian Smith courtesy: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/TEDxTalks?feature=watch">TEDxTalks</a>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Info courtesy: </span></span><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/n/?profile.php&id=770509346&aref=425755120&medium=email&mid=9146294G2bd9be08G196081f0G96&bcode=1.1386898790.AbkWQtkPXxes6iye&n_m=mt2222%40yahoo.com" id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1386901602451_5389" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Suresh D Nair</a></span></span></b></h1>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">This post is about Library Shelf Classification by Color (Colour) </span></span></h1>
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Colours classify the giant collection in the six-decade-old library</h1>
</span><span class="byline"><span class="imghov top4"><span id="auim"></span></span><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/Colours-classify-the-giant-collection-in-the-six-decade-old-library/articleshow/27254250.cms">TNN</a> <span>|</span>
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<span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT" style="float: left;"><span class="cm_word" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important; color: #0000FF !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">A simple technique</span> used in small-scale <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/textile-shops">textile shops</a> paved the way for the librarians of <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Lady-Doak-College">Lady Doak College</a> to classify their huge collection of books with ease.<br /> <br /> Inspired by the way shopkeepers mark the prices of products using colourful stickers, the <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/J-X-Miller-Library">J X Miller Library</a> started a unique method called 'Rainbow Classification'. In this method, the staff paste colourful stickers on the spine of <span class="cm_word" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important; color: #0000FF !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">the books</span> making their task easier when it comes to sorting and arranging the books. </span></blockquote>
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<span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT" style="float: left;">continue reading: </span><span class="byline"><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/Colours-classify-the-giant-collection-in-the-six-decade-old-library/articleshow/27254250.cms">TNN</a></span></blockquote>
M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829410.post-84177041737389166322013-11-24T00:00:00.000-05:002013-11-24T00:01:26.009-05:00Libraries: a plea from a silence seeker -- Any takers?<span style="font-family: jaf-facitweb-n2, jaf-facitweb, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px;">Once sanctuaries of quiet </span><nobr style="font-family: jaf-facitweb-n2, jaf-facitweb, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a class="FAtxtL" href="http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/libraries_a_plea_from_a_silence_seeker/14317#" id="FALINK_1_0_0" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(243, 91, 0) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(243, 91, 0) !important; display: inline !important; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">study</a></nobr><span style="font-family: jaf-facitweb-n2, jaf-facitweb, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 28px;">, libraries have become glorified community centres. </span><span style="font-family: jaf-facitweb-n2, jaf-facitweb, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 27.99715805053711px;"><a href="http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/libraries_a_plea_from_a_silence_seeker/14317">spiked-online.com</a></span></span>M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829410.post-83135131764420095272013-11-21T23:13:00.001-05:002013-11-21T23:33:55.563-05:00Ebooks for Libraries: Still a Ripoff, BY ANNOYED LIBRARIAN Info courtesy: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/n/?profile.php&id=770509346&aref=421263265&medium=email&mid=8f8c7d0G2bd9be08G191bf7a1G96&bcode=1.1385089699.Abm8pLi8i1jtl-N7&n_m=mt2222%40yahoo.com" id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1385090747564_13176" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Suresh D Nair</a><br />
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Extract:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">It’s rare to see informed journalism about libraries and ebooks. Most news articles I see are along the lines of “Libraries are now lending ebooks,” with a brief report of a few libraries that are now, in fact, lending ebooks. That’s neither informative or particularly new. <a href="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/2013/11/21/ebooks-for-libraries-still-a-ripoff/">continue reading</a></span></blockquote>
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On the same shelf:<br />
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<li><a href="http://lit2542006.blogspot.ca/2010/06/battle-of-building-librarys-digital.html" style="color: #993333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -1px; text-decoration: none;">The Battle of Building Library's Digital Collection, Revisited</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lit2542006.blogspot.ca/2007/07/what-are-advantages-of-e-books-over.html" style="color: #993333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -1px; text-decoration: none;">What are the advantages of e-books over print books</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lit2542006.blogspot.ca/2013/11/ten-of-best-web-20-tools-for-cybrarians.html" style="color: #993333; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: -1px; text-decoration: none;">Ten of the Best Web 2.0 Tools for Cybrarians, by Cybrarian’s Web!</a></li>
<li><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
<a href="http://deartotoronto.blogspot.ca/2013/05/the-canadian-ebook-market-trends.html" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">The Canadian Ebook: Market Trends</a></h3>
</li>
<li> Ebooks in libraries: an overview of the current situation, by Linda Ashcroft
Library Management, 2011, Volume 32, Issue 6/7, pp. 398 - 407
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<li> Follow the Ebook Road: Ebooks in Australian Public Libraries, by Duncan, Ross
Australasian Public Libraries and Information Services, 2011, Volume 24, Issue 4, pp. 182 - 193
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<li> eBooks As a Collection and a Service: Developing a Public Library Instruction Program to Support eBook Use
by Brendan O'Connell and Dana Haven
Journal of Library Innovation, 2013, Volume 4, Issue 1, pp. 53 - 66
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<li> eBooks for Libraries and Patrons: Two Years of Experience, by Richard L. Rosy
Liber Quarterly : The Journal of European Research Libraries, 09/2002, Volume 12, Issue 2/3, pp. 228 - 233
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<li> Ebooks and Beyond: The Challenge for Public Libraries
by Duncan, Ross
Australasian Public Libraries and Information Services, 2010, Volume 23, Issue 2, pp. 44 - 55
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<li> Ebooks and the Retailization of Research
by Fister, Barbara
Library Journal, ISSN 0363-0277, 08/2010, Volume 135, Issue 13, p. 24
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<li> OverDrive Media Stations Engage eBook and Audiobook Readers Inside the Library Internet Wire, 11/12/2013
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M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829410.post-3227930401410308892013-11-15T22:06:00.001-05:002013-11-15T22:06:32.871-05:00Library book selection then (1925), now (2013),... in principle it remains unchanged...<ul>
<li><span class="title"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00085XW4S?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00085XW4S&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">The theory of book selection for public libraries</a></span><img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /> Lionel Roy McColvin (it was based on based on demand and value) (1925)</li>
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<strong>THE THEORY OF BOOK SELECTION</strong><br />
Lionel McColvin's classic <em>The Theory of Book Selection for Public Libraries</em> (1925) begins with thefollowing words:<br />
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"Book selection is the first task of librarianship. It precedes all other processes--cataloguing, classification, or administration--and it is the most important. No matter how thorough and efficient the rest of the work may be, the ultimate value of a library depends upon the way in which the stock has been selected." (McColvin 1925, p. 9).</blockquote>
McColvin starts with the need to have available the materials that will be in demand, not only because of the practical need to have in stock what users ask for, but also because there will be no benefit derived from acquisitions that are not used. No demand means no use and, therefore, no benefit, McColvin argues. But he also argues that a passive adapting of collections to demand would betray the mission of the library.<br />
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"If, however, we consider the library as a social force with the power to direct to some extent man's demand, (or, to use the usual expression, if we consider the library as an <em>educational</em>force) we will not be content to leave demand our only consideration." (p. 37, emphasis in original).</blockquote>
In brief, McColvin provides a frame with two dimensions--Demand and Value--which correspond to the dispensing and advisory roles of collections noted above. (<a href="http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Literature/Library/Redesigning/supplement.html">source</a>) </blockquote>
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<li><span class="title"><span class="title"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000CNFSH?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B0000CNFSH&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Library book selection (Ranganathan series in library science;no.16)</a></span><img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /> Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan (1966) </span></li>
<li><span class="title"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/8170004640?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=8170004640&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Library Book Selection: (Edition 2) (Ranganathan Series in Library Science)</a></span><img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /> S.R. Ranganathan and M.A. Gopinath<span class="byLinePipe"> (2006)</span></li>
<li><span class="title"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0851574645?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0851574645&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Book Selection: Principles and Practice</a></span><img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /> David Spiller (1991)</li>
<li><a href="http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2465&context=atg">Book Selection Then and Now</a> (2013) </li>
<li><a href="http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~mbolin/chukwu.htm">Alive and Well: Revisiting Sable's "Death of Book Selection"</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/3835/gslisoccasionalpv00000i00055.pdf?sequence=1" onmousedown="return rwt(this,'','','','2','AFQjCNEU0lGvvFOQjM-lcVsjsVNCWwyhfA','','0CDEQFjAB','','',event)"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Some problems in book selection policies and practices in ...</span></a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.stmopen.net/a-comparison-between-the-book-selection-policy-decisions-of-the-university-libraries-in-china-and-those-of-the-university-libraries-in-the-u-s/" onmousedown="return rwt(this,'','','','3','AFQjCNEHyPpUsDG61oPR-D7n6HHT-KuIbw','','0CDkQFjAC','','',event)"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">A Comparison between the Book Selection Policy Decisions</span></a></li>
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M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829410.post-82800560436700657022013-11-08T22:03:00.004-05:002013-11-08T22:03:59.981-05:00Ten of the Best Web 2.0 Tools for Cybrarians, by Cybrarian’s Web! Ps. Given below is the list. Full description of each tool is at the author's site, click here: <a href="http://cybrariansweb.com/links/">http://cybrariansweb.com/links/</a><br />
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Incidentally, there is no date, hence not sure if this is a recent list or some of this is already gone with the wind (no pun indeed; just look at how often Google products vanish...). Wish the author could have added one liner to each of these to indicate how libraries (not just librarians as individuals) can use each Tool!!!<br />
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<li><a href="https://cloudmagic.com/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2b0008; font-family: 'PT Serif', arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cloud Magic</a> - <span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'PT Serif', arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">for all your personal data</span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.epubbud.com/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2b0008; font-family: 'PT Serif', arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ePubBud</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'PT Serif', arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> - </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'PT Serif', arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">for aspiring authors of children’s ebooks</span></li>
<li><a href="https://drive.google.com/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2b0008; font-family: 'PT Serif', arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Google Drive</a> - <span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'PT Serif', arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">provides users with ‘cloud space’ to store and access files from anywhere</span></li>
<li><a href="http://issuu.com/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2b0008; font-family: 'PT Serif', arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Issuu</a> - <span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'PT Serif', arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">free digital publishing platform </span></li>
<li><a href="http://infogr.am/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2b0008; font-family: 'PT Serif', arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Infogr.am</a> - <span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'PT Serif', arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">opportunity to create pictorial graphs to promote current services.</span></li>
<li><a href="https://jumpshare.com/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2b0008; font-family: 'PT Serif', arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Jumpshare</a> - <span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'PT Serif', arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">file sharing service</span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.polleverywhere.com/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2b0008; font-family: 'PT Serif', arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Poll Everywhere</a> - <span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'PT Serif', arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">offers a unique way to create real-time audience responses for events</span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.text2mindmap.com/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2b0008; font-family: 'PT Serif', arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Text2MindMap</a> - <span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'PT Serif', arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">allows users to create customized mindmaps directly on the website</span></li>
<li><a href="http://todaysmeet.com/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #2b0008; font-family: 'PT Serif', arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">TodaysMeet</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'PT Serif', arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> - </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'PT Serif', arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">create chat rooms</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'PT Serif', arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://www.weebly.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #2b0008; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Weebly</a> - </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'PT Serif', arial, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">‘drag and drop’ website builder</span></li>
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M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829410.post-44657976429745342382013-11-01T19:09:00.002-04:002013-11-01T19:09:33.210-04:002013 School Library Survey finds library resourcing linked to literacy<span style="background-color: white; color: #04507e; font-family: Helvetica, tahoma, verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-weight: bold;">The 2013 Australian School Library </span><nobr style="color: #04507e; font-family: Helvetica, tahoma, verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-weight: bold;"><a class="FAtxtL" href="http://prwire.com.au/pr/39835/2013-school-library-survey-finds-library-resourcing-linked-to-literacy#" id="FALINK_3_0_2" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; display: inline !important; font-weight: normal !important; outline: none; padding-bottom: 1px !important;">Survey</a></nobr><span style="background-color: white; color: #04507e; font-family: Helvetica, tahoma, verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #04507e; font-family: Helvetica, tahoma, verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-weight: bold;">has revealed a positive relationship between a school’s literacy results and the library’s resourcing levels. </span><span style="color: #04507e; font-family: Helvetica, tahoma, verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b> <a href="http://prwire.com.au/pr/39835/2013-school-library-survey-finds-library-resourcing-linked-to-literacy">Release from Softlink Australia</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 10pt !important; overflow-x: auto;"><span style="font-size: 10pt !important; line-height: 14px; overflow-x: auto;">The survey found schools with high national average NAPLAN reading literacy scores reported higher levels of library funding and staffing, while schools with lower scores had lower levels. These results echoed previous <nobr><a class="FAtxtL" href="http://prwire.com.au/pr/39835/2013-school-library-survey-finds-library-resourcing-linked-to-literacy#" id="FALINK_2_0_1" style="background-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; display: inline !important; outline: none; padding-bottom: 1px !important;">surveys</a></nobr>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt !important; overflow-x: auto;"><span style="font-size: 10pt !important; line-height: 14px; overflow-x: auto;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: 10pt !important; overflow-x: auto;"></span>28 percent of schools reported a decrease in library staffing in 2013 with 63 percent of all schools surveyed stating that there had been no change</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt !important; overflow-x: auto;"><span style="font-size: 10pt !important; line-height: 14px; overflow-x: auto;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: 10pt !important; overflow-x: auto;"></span>More than a quarter of respondent schools have purchased eBooks in the past year (28 percent) and 55 percent of respondents indicated they will “definitely” or “most probably” purchase eBooks within the next 12 months</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt !important; overflow-x: auto;"><span style="font-size: 10pt !important; line-height: 14px; overflow-x: auto;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: 10pt !important; overflow-x: auto;"></span>44 percent of teacher librarians said half or more of their student population owned a personal mobile device (<nobr><a class="FAtxtL" href="http://prwire.com.au/pr/39835/2013-school-library-survey-finds-library-resourcing-linked-to-literacy#" id="FALINK_1_0_0" style="background-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; display: inline !important; outline: none; padding-bottom: 1px !important;">iPod</a></nobr>, iPad, smart phone or other tablet) <a href="http://www.asla.org.au/research.aspx">Continue reading</a></span></span></div>
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<li><a href="http://www.asla.org.au/professional-learning/asla-conference-2013.aspx" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial, sans-serif; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Australian School Library</span> Association</a> <cite class="vurls bc" style="color: #00802a; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; line-height: 15px; white-space: nowrap;">www.asla.org.au › <a href="http://www.asla.org.au/Professional-learning.aspx" style="color: #00802a; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Professional learning</a></cite><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 15px; white-space: nowrap;"></span></li>
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M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829410.post-5744470184562274512013-10-27T00:24:00.002-04:002013-10-27T00:24:28.243-04:00Integrated Library Systems (ILS) - A reading list <span class="yiv7905867512title" id="yiv7905867512yui_3_13_0_1_1382842876870_4578" style="background-color: white; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591588979?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1591588979&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" id="yiv7905867512yui_3_13_0_1_1382842876870_4577" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: blue; cursor: text !important; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Integrated Library Systems: Planning, Selecting, and Implementing</a> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;"> </span><img class="yiv7905867512offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" style="background-color: white; border: none; cursor: pointer !important; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;" /><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It provides solid instruction in guiding a librarian through this process, including systematic and detailed step-by-step instructions on the practical aspects of choosing an ILS; working with the vendor; budgeting and time-line planning; and implementation and training. </span><span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Booklist</span>"… this book tackles the whole process and cites additional resources that can be used. Recommended for librarians seeking to automate for the first time." <span style="background-color: transparent;">Library Journal</span></blockquote>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Readwell Library, Utopia University, </span><a href="http://johnthelibrarian.com/portfolio/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Readwell-Vendor-Assessment.pdf" style="font-family: inherit;">ILS Vendor Assessment</a></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Innovative Interfaces vs. Polaris Library Systems. LIS489: Social and Professional Aspects, by <a href="http://web.simmons.edu/~goldmj/lis489/final/finalpaper.pdf">Julie Goldman</a> April 2013</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"> The Next Generation Integrated
Library System: A Promise Fulfilled? Yongming Wang and
Trevor A. Dawes, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND LIBRARIES | SEPTEMBER 2012 [Yongming Want (wangyo@tcnj.edu) is Systems Librarian for The College of New Jersey Library, Ewing Township, and Trevor Dawes (tdawes@princeton.edu) is Access Services & Circulation, Librarian, Princeton University Libraries, Princeton, New Jersey]</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 17.71875px;">Tennant, Roy. "Dawn of a new era." </span><i style="border: 0px; line-height: 17.71875px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Library Journal</i><span style="line-height: 17.71875px;"> 15 Feb. 2007: 27. </span><i style="border: 0px; line-height: 17.71875px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Information Science and Library Issues Collection</i><span style="line-height: 17.71875px;">. Web. 25 Oct. 2013.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 17.71306800842285px;">New Models, Core Systems. By: Breeding, Marshall, Library Journal, 03630277, 4/15/2010, Vol. 135, Issue 6 [Marshall Breeding (staffweb.library.vanderbilt.edu/breeding) is Director for Innovative Technology and Research, Vanderbilt University Library, Nashville] </span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.lib.sk.ca/Integrated-Library-System-Purchase" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; line-height: 17.71306800842285px; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Framework for Strategic Purchasing of an Integrated Library System ...</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://schools.natlib.govt.nz/school-libraries/your-library-online/optimising-your-integrated-library-system-ils" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; line-height: 17.71306800842285px; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Optimising your Integrated Library System (ILS) | Services to Schools</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Library Technology Guides: <a href="http://www.librarytechnology.org/ils-turnover-reverse.pl">ILS Turnover for 2012</a> </span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.academia.edu/4120761/Integrated_Library_System_Analysis_Polaris" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Integrated Library System Analysis: Polaris | Leigh-Anne Yacovelli ...</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2518b5; line-height: 15px;">[PPT] </span><a href="http://www2.unescobkk.org/elib/publications/ictlip/module2/Lesson3.ppt" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;">Lesson 3. How do you evaluate integrated library systems?</a> </span></li>
<li>SirsiDynix: <a href="http://www.sirsidynix.com/symphony-case-studies">SYMPHONY CASE STUDIES</a></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kline, J., & Barlow, D. (2006). Integrated Ecommerce in the Library: A Software Development Partnership Between Innovative Interfaces and the Westerville Public Library, Ohio. Journal Of Library Administration, 44(3/4), 137-155. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">SirsiDynix Introduces New Integrated Library System
by Vicki Nesting
Public Libraries, 11/2007, Volume 46, Issue 6, p. 69 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Murvosh, Marta. "Customized user design: designing to fit your community's needs." Library Journal 15 Sept. 2012</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Khurshid, Zahiruddin, and Saleh Al-Baridi. "Symphony: SirsiDynix's Flagship
Integrated Library System: A Horizon User's Perspective." Computers in Libraries
29.7 (2009): 6-10</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Interoperability Requirements for Integrated
Library Systems, developed by <span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.lib.sk.ca/Interoperability-Requirements"><span lang="EN-CA">Saskatchewan
Libraries</span></a></span>; </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.ontariopubliclibraryguidelines.ca/downloads/OPL%20Guidelines-Full%206th%20edition%20w.%20ammendments%20August%202013.pdf"><span lang="EN-CA">Ontario
Public Library’s Guidelines</span></a></span>; </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.albertalibraries.ca/uploads/1103/standardsapprovedfin85821.pdf">Standards
& Best Practices For Public Libraries in Alberta</a></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Secondary sources interpret and analyze primary sources. In other words, when a writer looks at a primary document, and produces a work that tries to make sense of what he or she finds, the result is a secondary <nobr><a class="FAtxtL" href="http://selu.libguides.com/content.php?pid=115796&sid=1039398#" id="FALINK_3_0_2" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; display: inline !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important;">study</a></nobr> or secondary source." </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Adapted from:</span></div>
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<u>Samples from Library Guides</u>:<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://uiuc.libguides.com/content.php?pid=19187&sid=1027798" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;">Primary vs Secondary Sources - </span></span><span style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;">Library and Information Science</span></a> -- <span style="background-color: white; color: #00802a; line-height: 16px; white-space: nowrap;">uiuc.libguides.com</span></span></li>
<li><a href="http://calstatela.libguides.com/content.php?pid=147626&sid=1254642" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Format of Primary Sources - LibGuides at CSU Los Angeles</span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://saintleo.libguides.com/content.php?pid=314249&sid=2572210" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;">Primary Sources - Saint Leo University LibGuides</a> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://csu.libguides.com/archivalresearch" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;">Introduction to Archival Research - LibGuides @CSU </a> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://umb.libguides.com/content.php?pid=152150&sid=1547655" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="color: #660099;"><span style="cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;">Primary vs. </span></span><span style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;">Secondary Sources</span><span style="color: #660099;"><span style="cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;"> - </span></span><span style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;">Primary Sources</span></a> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://iaia.libguides.com/content.php?pid=364943&sid=3062005" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;">Primary Sources</span><span style="color: #660099;"><span style="cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;"> vs. </span></span><span style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;">Secondary Sources</span><span style="color: #660099;"><span style="cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;"> - Archives at Institute of </span></span><span style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;">...</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"> American Indian Arts</span></span></li>
<li><a href="http://mvcc.libguides.com/content.php?pid=66444&sid=490898" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #660099;"><span style="cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;">Examples of Sources by Academic Discipline - </span></span><span style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;">Primary Sources</span><span style="color: #660099;"><span style="cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;"> vs </span></span><span style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px; white-space: normal;">Secondary Sources</span>...</span></span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://sjcd.libguides.com/content.php?pid=368414&sid=3017064" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;">Primary Sources</span><span style="color: #660099;"><span style="cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;"> on the Web - Primary and </span></span><span style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;">Secondary Sources</span><span style="color: #660099;"><span style="cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;">...</span></span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://mvcc.libguides.com/content.php?pid=66444&sid=740703" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="color: #660099;"><span style="cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;">Finding </span></span><span style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;">Primary Sources</span><span style="color: #660099;"><span style="cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;"> in Online Databases - </span></span><span style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;">Primary Sources</span><span style="color: #660099;"><span style="cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;"> vs </span></span><span style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;">.</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"> Secondary Sources.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://mvcc.libguides.com/content.php?pid=66444&sid=757823" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="color: #660099;"><span style="cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;">Finding </span></span><span style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;">Primary Sources</span><span style="color: #660099;"><span style="cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;"> on the Web - </span></span><span style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;">Primary Sources</span><span style="color: #660099;"><span style="cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;"> vs </span></span><span style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; white-space: nowrap;">...</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 15.994318008422852px;"> Secondary </span></span></li>
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M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829410.post-90775640325031247532013-10-21T00:17:00.001-04:002013-10-21T00:19:47.821-04:00Five Fun Facts You May Not Know About Libraries, Neil Schulman, knovelblogs.comCourtesy: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ajax/sharer/?s=99&appid=2309869772&p%5B0%5D=697050614&p%5B1%5D=10153375592345615&profile_id=735690248&share_source_type=unknown">New Library Fun Facts Infographics</a>, by <a href="http://stephenslighthouse.com/2013/10/19/library-fun-facts-infographic" target="_blank">Stephen Abram</a> and <a aria-haspopup="true" aria-owns="js_70" class="UFICommentActorName" data-ft="{"tn":";"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/hovercard.php?id=514977624&extragetparams=%7B%22hc_location%22%3A%22ufi%22%7D" data-reactid=".r[nx0s].[1][4][1]{comment10153375592345615_45034289}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][0]" href="https://www.facebook.com/judith.siess" id="js_71" style="background-color: #edeff4; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 14px; text-decoration: none;">Judith Siess</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.knovelblogs.com/2011/06/13/knovel-presents-5-fun-facts-you-may-not-know-about-libraries"><img align="“center“" height="80%" src="http://knovelblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/library_infographic2.jpg" width="80%" /> </a>M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829410.post-84829087541023482252013-10-10T23:19:00.000-04:002013-10-11T17:15:52.687-04:00Culture and Technology - A select annotated list PS. This is a continuously updated list, last updated Oct 10, 2013.<br />
<ul>
<li><span class="title"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0333929292?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0333929292&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Culture and Technology</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Andrew Murphie -- It' brings forward debates over the marriage of culture and technology, giving an insight to technology & culture, as synchronization of two domains (viz., people and machines). </li>
<li><span class="title"><span class="title"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DT6A3T0?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00DT6A3T0&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Hypertext
3.0: Critical Theory and New Media in an Era of Globalization
(Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society) 3rd (third) Edition by
Landow, George P. [2006]</a>
</span>
</span>-- "Challenges the reader... Because it invites (and nearly requires)
readers to place themselves in more than one position: as a student of
communication theory, as a student of computer science, as a student of
academic publishing, or as a student of literature."—Paul Baker, <i>Education PR Blog</i> [<a href="http://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/ecom/MasterServlet/GetItemDetailsHandler?iN=9780801882579&qty=1&source=2&viewMode=3&loggedIN=false&JavaScript=y" target="_blank">source</a>]</li>
<li> <span class="title"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0820450073?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0820450073&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Culture and Technology</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Jennifer Daryl Slack</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262660563?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0262660563&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">The Culture of Technology</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Arnold Pacey </li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679745408?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0679745408&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Neil Postman -- "chronicles our transformation into a Technopoly: a society that no
longer merely uses technology as a support system but instead is shaped
by it--with radical consequences for the meanings of politics, art,
education, intelligence, and truth."</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1577666089?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1577666089&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Technology and Culture</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Allen Batteau </li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E991ZK2?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00E991ZK2&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Critical
Communication Theory: Power, Media, Gender, and Technology (Critical
Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture)</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Sue Curry Jansen -- "Critical theorist, feminist, and censorship expert Sue Curry Jansen
brings a fresh perspective to contemporary communication inquiry. Jansen
engages two key questions at the heart of a critical politics of
communication: What do we know? And how do we know it? The questions are
not unique to our era, she notes, but our responses to them are our
own. Looking at issues of globalization, science, politics, gender,
social inequality, and other social formations that shape our world,
this insightful book advocates a new agenda not only for communication
research, but also for the writing_and language_that comes out of it."</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0226359344?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0226359344&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Human-Built World: How to Think about Technology and Culture (science.culture)</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Thomas P. Hughes</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062023136?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0062023136&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Culture: Leading Scientists Explore Societies, Art, Power, and Technology</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
John Brockman </li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/023052477X?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=023052477X&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Cinema and Technology: Cultures, Theories, Practices</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Bruce Bennett -- "Rather than describing a technological "crisis," or separating the
technological and aesthetic halves of the cinema, they present a
manifold, expansive reconsideration of the life of technologies in the
cultures, theories and practices of cinematic production and
consumption."</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0761971246?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0761971246&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">The Body in Culture, Technology and Society (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society)</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Chris Shilling-- "Moreover, as a framework [this monograph] provides a genuinely new and fertile way of reconsidering not just classical sociology but contemporary forms as well" [source: Sport, Education & Society @ Amazon.com]</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007JL295W?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B007JL295W&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Gender and Sexuality in Online Game Cultures: Passionate Play (Routledge Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality)</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Jenny Sundén -- "<i></i>is a book about female players and their passionate encounters with the online game <i>World of Warcraft</i>
and its player cultures. It takes seriously women’s passions in games,
and as such draws attention to questions of pleasure in and desire for
technology. "</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008QXDJPG?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B008QXDJPG&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Sound Technology and the American Cinema: Perception, Representation, Modernity (Film and Culture Series)</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
James Lastra </li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004HD49OO?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B004HD49OO&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia (History and Foundations of Information Science)</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Joseph Michael Reagle Jr.--"Despite the social unease over its implications for individual autonomy, institutional authority, and the character (and quality) of cultural products, Wikipedia's good-faith collaborative culture has brought us closer than ever to a realization of the century-old pursuit of a universal encyclopedia. "</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415367441?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0415367441&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Cell Phone Culture: Mobile Technology in Everyday Life</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Gerard Goggin</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0826459269?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0826459269&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">The Architecture of the Visible: Technology and Urban Visual Culture (Technologies: Studies in Culture & Theory)</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Graham MacPhee </li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0714644870?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0714644870&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Technology,
Tradition and Survival: Aspects of Material Culture in the Middle East
and Central Asia (History and Society in the Islamic World)</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Richard Tapper -- "The contributors address the history, originality, variety and
sophistication of traditional science, technology and material culture
in the Middle East and Central Asia, their influence on the history of
Europe and the West, and the threat posed by modern Western
technologies."</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/8124600465?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=8124600465&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Indian Thought Between Tradition and the Culture of Technology</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
David L. Johnson -- "He argues that the solution lies not in dismissing the culture of
technology but in incorporating it within the fabric of tradition, so
that India can keep pace with the time. He tackles the problem by
delving deep into the intracies of the matter of tradition and
technology; and spells out the changes required in our traditional way
of looking at things. The book is very contemporary in its approach and
reflects a rare kind of optimism about Indias potentialities in facing
the problem."</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1894773098?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1894773098&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Transference, Tradition, Technology: Native New Media Exploring Visual and Digital Culture</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Steven Loft -- "Transference, Tradition, Technology explores Canadian Aboriginal new
media and references the work of artists within a political, cultural
and aesthetic milieu. The book constructs a Native art history relating
to these disciplines, one that is grounded in the philosophical and
cosmological foundations of Aboriginal concepts of community and
identity within the rigour of contemporary arts discourse. Approachable
in nature but scholarly in content, this book is the first of its kind."</li>
<li><u><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1610693698?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1610693698&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Recharge Your Library Programs with Pop Culture and Technology:: Connect with Today's Teens</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Linda D. Behen</u> -- "Today's school libraries need to evolve and meet the needs of
21st-century students—the instruction, programming, and library services
must be relevant to today's learners. Additionally, the interactions
between educators and the students are what make the critical difference
in the students' learning, and turn the library and classroom into
places where they will find, assimilate, experience, and understand
information. This book provides practical strategies for using pop
culture and technology trends to connect with easily distracted middle
and high school students and hold their attention."<u><br /></u></li>
<li><u>Culture, Tradition and Technology: The Role of Library and Information Science Schools as Integrative Forces</u>, Collence Takaingenhamo Chisita (Harare Polytechnic University School of Library Information Sciences, Zimbabwe) and Ismail Abdullahi (North Carolina Central University, USA), <a href="http://www.igi-global.com/chapter/culture-tradition-technology/77507" target="_blank">IGI</a></li>
<li><u>Culture and Technology: A Mutual-Shaping Approac</u>h T. Herdin (University of Salzburg, Austria) <a href="http://www.igi-global.com/chapter/culture-technology-mutual-shaping-approach/23654" target="_blank">IGI</a></li>
<li><u>Science, Technology, & Culture </u>(Resources) -- "This sub-page includes a selection of resources on science, medicine,
technology, and cultural-studies/historical approaches to science
designed for humanists interested in the relation between sci-tech and
society. The emphasis is on materials that reflect upon, historicize,
critique, collect, exhibit, or otherwise mediate (and mediatize)
sci-tech rather than on scientific research per se." </li>
</ul>
<b><u>On the same shelf</u></b>:<br />
<ul>
<li>Library Guides: Communication, Culture and Information Technology @ <a href="http://sheridaninstitute.libguides.com/content.php?pid=427001&sid=3492556" target="_blank">Sheridan College</a></li>
<li>Library Guides: Culture, Art & Technology @ <a href="http://ucsd.libguides.com/CAT2SpecialCollections?hs=a" target="_blank">University of California San Diego</a></li>
<li>Library Guides: Science, Technology & Society @ <a href="http://purchase.libguides.com/scitechculture" target="_blank">Purchase College, SUNY</a></li>
<li>Library Guides: Critical Theory for Library and Information Science @ Sandbox for Library Schools at Springshare, <a href="http://libraryschool.libguidescms.com/criticalLIS" target="_blank">San Jose State University SLIS </a></li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159158938X?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=159158938X&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Critical
Theory for Library and Information Science: Exploring the Social from
Across the Disciplines (Library and Information Science Text)</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Gloria J. Leckie</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1936117010?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1936117010&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Critical Library Instruction: Theories and Methods</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Maria Accardi</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1412918030?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1412918030&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Norman K. Denzin</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/185278511X?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=185278511X&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">The Economics of Information (International Library of Critical Writings in Economics) (Vol.1)</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
David K. Levine</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00APXD93W?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00APXD93W&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Participatory
Activist Research in the Globalised World: Social Change Through the
Cultural Professions: 26 (Explorations of Educational Purpose)</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
lisahunter </li>
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M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829410.post-35430482717869170702013-09-23T23:39:00.003-04:002013-09-23T23:39:42.476-04:00How to Talk About Your Weaknesses in a Job InterviewInfo courtesy: <a aria-haspopup="true" aria-owns="js_114" class="passiveName" data-ft="{"tn":";"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=47377008761" href="https://www.facebook.com/ALA.JobLIST?ref=stream" id="js_115" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.38; text-decoration: none;">ALA JobLIST</a><span style="background-color: white; color: grey; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: grey; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;">shared</span><span style="background-color: white; color: grey; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;"> </span><a class="pronoun-link " data-ft="{"tn":"A"}" href="http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/outside-voices-careers/2013/09/23/how-to-talk-about-your-weaknesses-in-a-job-interview" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">a link</a><span style="background-color: white; color: grey; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.38;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">How to Talk About Your Weaknesses in a Job Interview, <span style="color: #999999; line-height: 1.2;">By</span><span style="color: #999999; line-height: 1.2;"> </span><a href="http://money.usnews.com/topics/author/green_alison" rel="author" style="color: #005ea6; line-height: 1.2; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">ALISON GREEN</a></span></h1>
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Bottomline: I<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;">n other words, talk about the weakness and talk about how you're controlling it.<a href="http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/outside-voices-careers/2013/09/23/how-to-talk-about-your-weaknesses-in-a-job-interview" target="_blank"> Continue reading</a></span></div>
M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829410.post-547407448270963332013-09-09T20:40:00.000-04:002013-09-18T20:54:25.134-04:00Forthcoming Conferences and Professional Development Opportunities<ul>
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Possibilities"</span><br /><a href="https://www.accessola.org/OLAWEB/Super_Conference/Welcome/OLAWEB/Super_Conference/Welcome.aspx" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1379541092747_13007" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1379541092747_13006">Metro Toronto Convention Centre</span></a>January 29 – February 1,
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M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829410.post-63361767319841551842013-09-05T00:16:00.000-04:002014-05-08T13:49:27.808-04:00Most underpaid, overeducated occupations<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="ts" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;"><tbody>
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<span class="news-source" style="color: #009933;">Detroit Free Press</span><span class="hpn" style="color: #777777; padding: 0px 4px;">-</span><span class="f nsa" style="color: #666666;">Sep 4, 2013</span></div>
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The median annual income of <span style="font-weight: bold;">library technicians</span> in 2012 was about $30,000. The bottom 10% earned $18,430 or less. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Library technicians</span> are <span style="font-weight: bold;">...</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><u>on the same shelf</u>:</span></div>
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<li> Master’s in Library and Information Science: <blockquote>
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<li><strong>Median Pay:</strong> $57,100</li>
<li><strong>Possible Jobs:</strong> <a href="http://jobs.monster.com/v-education-q-school-principal-jobs.aspx" target="">Elementary school principal</a> ($74,300), <a href="http://jobs.monster.com/v-education-q-secondary-school-teacher-jobs.aspx" target="">secondary school teacher</a> ($54,700), <a href="http://jobs.monster.com/v-education-q-elementary-school-teacher-jobs.aspx" target="">elementary school teacher</a> ($53,800)</li>
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in 'Five Worst-Paying Master’s Degrees' "<a href="http://career-advice.monster.com/salary-benefits/Salary-Information/best-and-worst-paying-masters-degrees/article.aspx?WT.mc_n=comcast814">Best-Paying and Worst-Paying Master’s Degrees</a>," By Charyn Pfeuffer, PayScale.com</li>
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M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829410.post-45328381669654031442013-08-25T23:16:00.000-04:002014-10-12T17:06:03.328-04:00Librarian's (LIS) career inside—or outside—jobs in the traditional library setting: Hype or Hope??? This blog is updated regularly, last updated 14 Oct, 2014<br />
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<li> <a href="http://digitalassetmanagementnews.org/features/who-needs-a-dam-librarian-part-i-come-out-come-out-wherever-you-are/">Who Needs a DAM Librarian</a>? Part I: Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are (DAM = Digital Asset Managemen)</li>
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<li>“<a href="http://elizabethlieutenant.com/2013/12/22/graph-lis-acceptance-graduation-rates-rising/">The Graph” & What To Do About Rising LIS Graduation Rates</a></li>
<li>Do not go to library school. Librarianship is a dying profession.<a href="http://hiringlibrarians.com/2014/01/14/do-not-go-to-library-school-librarianship-is-a-dying-profession/?utm_content=buffer64936&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer">http://hiringlibrarians.com </a></li>
<li>Jobs Situation: It’s not Pretty, <a href="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/2013/10/28/jobs-situation-its-not-pretty/">Library Journal</a>, <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"> BY </span><span class="author vcard" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"><span class="fn"><a class="fn n" href="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/author/annoyedlibrarian/" rel="author" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" title="Annoyed Librarian">ANNOYED LIBRARIAN</a></span></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px; text-transform: uppercase;">OCTOBER 28, 2013</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px; text-transform: uppercase;"><a href="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2013/10/placements-and-salaries/2013-survey/explore-all-the-data-2013/">Placements & Salaries 2013: Explore All the Data</a> </span></li>
<li><a href="http://hacklibschool.wordpress.com/2014/02/11/alternative-careers-for-lis-grads/">Alternative Careers for LIS Grads </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2012/06/08/the-best-and-worst-masters-degrees-for-jobs-2/2/">Forbes survey</a> (2012): "The low pay rank and estimated growth rank make library and information science the worst master’s degree for jobs right now." in <a href="http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=13&cad=rja&ved=0CDYQFjACOAo&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fjacquelynsmith%2F2012%2F06%2F08%2Fthe-best-and-worst-masters-degrees-for-jobs-2%2F2%2F&ei=h70aUrn2Js-o4APm5oGgDA&usg=AFQjCNHKhwrXUw9lBfn5jn72soK-kkp0YA&sig2=ffTFM-u3tXIbpdIuX6tIRg&bvm=bv.51156542,d.dmg"><span style="color: #1122cc;">The Best And Worst Master's Degrees For Jobs - Forbes</span></a></li>
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Ps. The billion dollar question: Is the LIS profession saturated? If they say, NOPE. Then see the frustration, shock and the rest in the stories below; compare with the responses / hopes / dreams in the next section (other side...):<br />
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<u>One side of the story</u> (i.e., the new graduates and those who have completed LIS, but have no leads), Library and information science (LIS) career:<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.nittygrittygal.com/2013/08/20/shame-on-library-schools/" rel="bookmark">Shame on Library Schools!</a> <span style="color: #0066cc;"><u> </u><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&gid=2244928&type=member&item=267277111&commentID=158849107&report%2Esuccess=8ULbKyXO6NDvmoK7o030UNOYGZKrvdhBhypZ_w8EpQrrQI-BBjkmxwkEOwBjLE28YyDIxcyEO7_TA_giuRN#commentID_158849107">Nitty Gritty Gal</a> @ Linkedin.com </span><span class="content-source">nittygrittygal.com</span></li>
<li><u><a href="http://inalj.com/?p=33615">Rejected</a></u> @ <u><span style="color: #0066cc;">Librarians Without Borders</span></u> </li>
<li><u><a href="http://inalj.com/?p=36424">Beggars Can’t Be Choosers</a></u> @ <u><span style="color: #0066cc;">Librarians Without Borders</span></u> </li>
<li><a href="http://inalj.com/?p=13874">Second Time Around: Staying Positive during My Job Search, or I’m a Recovering Debbie Downer</a> @ <span style="color: #0066cc;"><u>Librarians Without Borders</u></span> </li>
<li>See also: <a href="http://inalj.com/?p=1302">61 non-librarian jobs for LIS Grads</a> @ <span style="color: #0066cc;"><u>Librarians Without Borders</u></span> </li>
<li><u><a href="http://inalj.com/?p=5476">JobHunter’s Revenge! The Survey</a></u> @ <span style="color: #0066cc;"><u>Librarians Without Borders</u></span> <u> </u></li>
<li><u><a href="http://inalj.com/?p=23847">3 Off-the-Beaten-Paths to Librarianship</a></u> @ <span style="color: #0066cc;"><u>Librarians Without Borders</u></span> <u> </u></li>
<li><u><a href="http://inalj.com/?p=36343">Breaking Out: Non-Traditional Jobs for Library Technicians</a> </u> @ <span style="color: #0066cc;"><u>Librarians Without Borders</u></span> </li>
<li><u><a href="http://inalj.com/?p=3675">IWALJ – I Want A Library Job by Qraig De Groot</a></u> @ <span style="color: #0066cc;"><u>Librarians Without Borders</u></span></li>
<li><a href="http://inalj.com/?p=34764"><span style="color: #1122cc;">My Friend Is Interested in Becoming a Librarian, … | INALJ</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/2011/11/17/new-grads-on-the-market-report-from-the-field/"><span style="color: #1122cc;">New Grads on the Market: Report from the Field — Annoyed Librarian</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.programminglibrarian.org/library/planning/its-academic-using-programming-librarian-in-lis-courses.html"><span style="color: #1122cc;">It's Academic: Using Programming Librarian in LIS Courses</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://ask.metafilter.com/171079/MLIS-a-waste-of-money"><span style="color: #1122cc;">MLIS: a waste of money? - libraryschool newmexico sjsu |</span></a></li>
<li><span style="color: #1122cc;"><a href="http://thepinakes.com/2013/04/question-from-a-mlis-student/">the pinakes: QUESTION FROM A MLIS STUDENT</a></span></li>
<li> Can We Talk About the MLS? | Editorial, <a href="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2013/04/opinion/editorial/can-we-talk-about-the-mls/">Library Journal</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/2009/10/21/come-to-library-school-just-dont-expect-a-job/" style="color: #660099; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial, sans-serif; white-space: nowrap;">Come to Library School! Just Don't Expect a Job! — Annoyed Librarian</a></li>
</ul>
<u>Other side of the Story</u> (i.e., the LIS Schools, policy makers, academics, proponents, etc. who are involved in the programs?):<br />
<ul>
<li><span style="color: #1122cc;"><a href="http://www.ala.org/accreditedprograms/guidelines-choosing-masters-program-library-and-information-studies">ALA Guidelines for Choosing a Master's Program in Library and Information Studies </a></span></li>
<li><a href="http://infospace.ischool.syr.edu/2012/03/07/is-a-masters-degree-in-library-science-a-poor-investment-a-counter-perspective-to-forbes-magazine/"><span style="color: #1122cc;">Is a Master's Degree in Library Science a Poor Investment? </span></a> @ <i>infospace.ischool.syr.edu/</i></li>
<li><a href="http://www.apalaweb.org/its-a-mad-world-by-raymond-wang/"><span style="color: #1122cc;">“It's a Mad World” by Raymond Wang | APALA</span></a> </li>
<li><a class="yschttl spt" data-bk="5055.1" dirtyhref="/r/_ylt=A0geu8DswxpSFnIASGLrFAx.;_ylu=X3oDMTByamlqaW9mBHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMwRjb2xvA2FjMgR2dGlkAw--/SIG=11op6725v/EXP=1377514604/**http%3a//ils.unc.edu/MSpapers/2831.pdf" href="http://ils.unc.edu/MSpapers/2831.pdf" id="link-3" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">RECRUITMENT TO THE PROFESSION : STUDENT <wbr></wbr>WORKERS IN ACADEMIC LIBRARIES ...</span></a> </li>
<li><a class="yschttl spt" data-bk="5066.1" dirtyhref="/r/_ylt=A0geu8DswxpSFnIASWLrFAx.;_ylu=X3oDMTBybjFrcjVnBHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDNARjb2xvA2FjMgR2dGlkAw--/SIG=129qi1v1j/EXP=1377514604/**http%3a//citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/showciting%3fcid=4443319" href="http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/showciting?cid=4443319" id="link-4" target="_blank"><b>Future</b> directions for the <b>library</b> <wbr></wbr><b>profession</b> and its education: CLA ...</a> </li>
<li><a class="yschttl spt" data-bk="5111.1" dirtyhref="/r/_ylt=A0geu8OZxBpSjkoAU6brFAx.;_ylu=X3oDMTBzbmlidjQwBHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMTgEY29sbwNhYzIEdnRpZAM-/SIG=1355mtepi/EXP=1377514777/**http%3a//jpalfrey.andover.edu/2011/06/16/future-of-law-libraries-the-future-is-now/" href="http://jpalfrey.andover.edu/2011/06/16/future-of-law-libraries-the-future-is-now/" id="link-8" target="_blank"><b>Future</b> of Law <b>Libraries</b>: The <b>Future</b> is <wbr></wbr>Now? | John Palfrey</a> </li>
<li><a class="yschttl spt" data-bk="5108.1" dirtyhref="/r/_ylt=A0geu8LFxBpSe3AAH8brFAx.;_ylu=X3oDMTBzbnQycjhrBHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMjgEY29sbwNhYzIEdnRpZAM-/SIG=126q5n4nd/EXP=1377514821/**http%3a//www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~mbolin/fenner2.pdf" href="http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~mbolin/fenner2.pdf" id="link-8" target="_blank">The <b>Future</b> in Context: How Librarians <wbr></wbr>Can Think Like Futurists</a> </li>
<li><a class="yschttl spt" data-bk="5087.1" dirtyhref="/r/_ylt=A0geu8voxBpSxj8AvnLrFAx.;_ylu=X3oDMTBzZjM0M280BHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMzYEY29sbwNhYzIEdnRpZAM-/SIG=12ev9qaml/EXP=1377514856/**http%3a//comminfo.rutgers.edu/~pack501/old501/pritchard.html" href="http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~pack501/old501/pritchard.html" id="link-6" target="_blank">Librarians: Real Expertise for a <wbr></wbr>Virtual World</a></li>
<li>any one there??????????????????????????</li>
</ul>
On the same shelf:<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://lit2542006.blogspot.ca/2014/01/assessment-skills-and-academic-library.html"> Assessment Skills and the Academic Library Job Market </a></li>
<li><a href="http://lit2542006.blogspot.ca/2013/09/most-underpaid-overeducated-occupations.html">Most underpaid, overeducated occupations </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/5-questions-accepting-job-offer-dont-love/">5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Accepting a Job Offer You Don’t Love</a>, By Heather Huhman [<span data-reactid=".15.1:3:1:$comment10152247101099610_32972374:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.0"><span data-reactid=".15.1:3:1:$comment10152247101099610_32972374:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0">Re: Wonder is this true in this age and time, of challenges that were never so many? I am not sarcastic. Aren't there applications in dozens for each post (are we still having the luxury of choosers, with malice towards non</span></span><span data-reactid=".15.1:3:1:$comment10152247101099610_32972374:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3"><span data-reactid=".15.1:3:1:$comment10152247101099610_32972374:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0"><span data-reactid=".15.1:3:1:$comment10152247101099610_32972374:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.3.0.$text0:0:$0:0">e)? Aren't there shortage of opportunities? Aren't there highly specialized jobs that you need to be picking without love/hate formula?]</span></span></span></li>
<li>The Countries You May Like to Go with your American / Canadian MLIS - <a href="http://lisindica.blogspot.ca/2013/08/the-countries-you-may-like-to-go-with.html">A literature survey</a></li>
<li><a href="http://deartotoronto.blogspot.ca/2010/01/factors-in-success-or-failure-of.html"> Factors in success or failure of foreign-trained librarians in Canada</a> </li>
<li>"The evaluation of international credentials and the hiring of internationally trained librarians in Canadian academic and public libraries, Keren Dali and Juris Dilevkoa, <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WGP-4X7R1BS-3&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=f67f16bf7041a6a927ebed2a57a1fb8c"><span style="color: #336699;">The International Information & Library Review</span></a> Volume 41, Issue 3, September 2009, Pages 146-162: <br /><blockquote>
"This study examines the way in which libraries in Canada approach the issue of the evaluation of international credentials (ICs) held by internationally trained librarians (ITLs) and the eventual short-listing and hiring of such individuals. In the United States and Canada, librarianship, a non-regulated profession, is to a large degree governed by the American Library Association (ALA), but the ALA's statements regarding ICs and ITLs are often ambiguous. It is therefore frequently left to individual libraries to decide how best to deal with ICs and ITLs"</blockquote>
</li>
</ul>
M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829410.post-37502919917666192872013-08-24T18:25:00.000-04:002013-08-24T18:25:02.151-04:00Why it matters that you can't own an electronic copy of the Oxford English Dictionary<a href="http://boingboing.net/author/cory_doctorow_1" rel="author" title="Posts by Cory Doctorow">Cory Doctorow</a> @ <span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://boingboing.net/2013/08/24/why-it-matters-that-you-cant.html">Boing Boing</a></span> Aug 24, 2013 <br />
<blockquote>
<strong><u>Extract</u></strong>:<br />
In <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/23/oxford-english-dictionary-future-digitally">my latest Guardian column</a>, I talk about the digital versions of the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0198612583/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=httpmultifait-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0198612583&adid=0ZF1ND6P4EQYWJN2E67F&">Oxford English Dictionary</a> and the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0199208999/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=httpmultifait-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0199208999&adid=1SR09HFNQ6QVTWJX6QED&">Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary</a>,
the two most important lexicographic references to the English
language. As a writer, my print copies of the OED and HTOED are to me
what an anvil is to a blacksmith; but I was disturbed to learn that the
digital editions of these books are only available as monthly rentals,
services that come with expansive data-collecting policies and which
cannot be owned. It's especially ironic that these books are published
by Oxford University, home of the Bodleian, a deposit archive and
library founded in the 14th century, a symbol of the importance of
enduring ownership of books...
<a href="http://boingboing.net/2013/08/24/why-it-matters-that-you-cant.html">continue reading</a> + + Oxford English Dictionary – the future, <em><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/23/oxford-english-dictionary-future-digitally">The Guardian</a></em><span class="f"> <span itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name"><a class="contributor" href="http://www.theguardian.com/profile/corydoctorow" itemprop="url" rel="author">Cory Doctorow</a></span></span> 23 August 2013 </span></blockquote>
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<u>On the same shelf</u>:<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://lit2542006.blogspot.ca/2013/01/reference-process-readings.html">Reference Process -- Readings</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?R=EDB0096" onmousedown="return rwt(this,'','','','1','AFQjCNF5HydcpsJOQWuqkQTv5P_AaLEeEQ','','0CCoQFjAA','','',event)"><em>Oxford English Dictionary</em> : <em>Toronto Public Library</em></a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCoQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.asaplive.com%2Fvirtual-library%2Fvirtual-reference-library-%2Foxford-english-dictionary-online1&ei=YTIZUvH5Dbb_4APnqoCABQ&usg=AFQjCNFQ6PX_gtgMZo37U5Bgl8qq7IP-kg&bvm=bv.51156542,d.dmg" onmousedown="return rwt(this,'','','','1','AFQjCNFQ6PX_gtgMZo37U5Bgl8qq7IP-kg','','0CCoQFjAA','','',event)"><span style="font-size: small;">ASAPLive - <em>Virtual Reference Library</em> - <em>Oxford English Dictionary</em> <b>...</b></span></a></li>
<li><a class="l" href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/language-blog/bal-definition-is-not-endorsement-20130824,0,2254686.story?track=rss" onmousedown="return rwt(this,'','','','2','AFQjCNEfgmuEGleN3qLOBC3GLFIopxD5DQ','','0CC8QqQIoADAB','','',event)">Definition is not endorsement</a> <span class="news-source">Baltimore Sun (blog) 24 August 2013 </span></li>
<li><span class="news-source"><a class="l" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23729570" onmousedown="return rwt(this,'','','','9','AFQjCNHWWZdW8XZ34UFW4VS40VLKPL3Xww','','0CD8QqQIoADAI','','',event)">Why editors are 'literally' changing the dictionary</a> <span class="news-source">BBC News <span class="f nsa">Aug 18, 2013</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="news-source"><span class="news-source"><span class="f nsa"><a class="l" href="http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/comment/let-pedants-roar-oxford-proves-itself-a-friend-of-tin-ears-literally-20130817-2s3rp.html" onmousedown="return rwt(this,'','','','10','AFQjCNEvPpSvkoWATb4pkslfvhwEsl4GkA','','0CEIQqQIoADAJ','','',event)">Let pedants roar, Oxford proves itself a friend of tin ears, literally</a> <span class="news-source">Brisbane Times</span><span class="hpn" style="padding: 0px 4px;">-</span><span class="f nsa">Aug 17, 2013</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><a href="http://oxforddictionaries.com/">http://oxforddictionaries.com</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.oed.com/">Oxford English Dictionary: Home</a> </li>
<li><div class="gl" style="padding-top: 2px;">
<a class="news-non-lead-article" href="http://www.towleroad.com/2013/08/oxford-english-dictionary-revises-definition-of-marriage-to-reflect-same-sex-relationships.html" onmousedown="return rwt(this,'','','','1','AFQjCNE89QcQ4rj0FiJ22kUkK_-u-7sbJQ','','0CC0Q-AsoAjAA','','',event)"><em>Oxford English Dictionary</em> Revises Definition of Marriage to Reflect Same-Sex Relationships<em>.</em></a> <span class="nsa news-source f">Towleroad</span><span class="hpn" style="padding: 0px 4px;">-</span><span class="nsa f">Aug 23, 2013</span></div>
</li>
<li><div class="gl" style="padding-top: 2px;">
<div>
<div class="news-secondary-source-timestamp">
<span class="nsa f"><a class="l" href="http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/08/13/ubc_prof_wants_to_bring_canadian_english_out_of_the_boondocks.html" onmousedown="return rwt(this,'','','','3','AFQjCNHwxRB1r2NS0Etjx_crDXnqJK4e6g','','0CDYQqQIoADAC','','',event)">UBC prof lobbies <em>Oxford English dictionary</em> to be less British</a> <span class="news-source">Toronto Star</span><span class="hpn" style="padding: 0px 4px;">-</span><span class="f nsa">Aug 13, 2013</span></span></div>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li><div class="gl" style="padding-top: 2px;">
<div>
<div class="news-secondary-source-timestamp">
<span class="nsa f"><span class="f nsa"></span></span>Daily Mail Oxford University Press Monitoring Evolution of Marriage Definition <div class="slp">
<span class="news-source"><a href="http://lezgetreal.com/2013/07/oxford-university-press-monitoring-evolution-of-marriage-definition/">Lez Get Real</a></span><span class="hpn" style="padding: 0px 4px;">-</span><span class="f nsa">Jul 27, 2013 <u>Extract</u>: "The definition of marriage has already changed in several countries.
France changed their before their Parliament enacted same-sex marriage.
The French dictionary Larousse changed their definition to a “solemn act
between two same-sex or different-sex persons, who decide to establish a
union”.
The Canada Space Dictionary defines marriage as “the state of being a
married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)”.<br />
However, given the diversity of marriage throughout the world,
wouldn’t it just be simpler to bite the bullet and define it as the
union of two or more people for the conveyance of property, raising of
children, and/or companionship with other individuals?"</span><br /></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829410.post-44101478253095425632013-07-14T13:28:00.001-04:002013-07-14T13:28:20.125-04:00How Break Out of the Library Field and Feel Good About It, Veda Darby Soberman<b>Extract:</b><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<br />
1.Don’t let them call you librarian.<br />
2.Recall the broad core reasons why you chose to pursue a library career, and let those ideals carry you to other related jobs.<br />
3.Pursue a variety of trainings, and apply for a variety of openings. <br />
4.Maintain a Buddha-like detachment from librarianship. Continue reading all the details and much more, <a href="http://inalj.com/?p=29291&goback=%2Egde_2244928_member_256755681">How Break Out of the Library Field and Feel Good About It</a> @ INALJ: The I Need a Library Job eResource center! A community of information professionals working together to help you find a job!</blockquote>
M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829410.post-54209082856007032512013-06-27T23:28:00.000-04:002013-06-29T23:29:54.465-04:00Job Search Especially for LTs Extract:<br />
Library Technician Job Search 101 OR By Lisa Elchuk, Ontario Library Association's <a href="https://www.accessola.org/OLAWEB/Membership/Publications/Access_Magazine.aspx">Access Magazine</a>, vol.19, No. 3, Summer 2013, 22-23<br />
<ul>
<li>Hint number one: (try to) make friends with everyone.</li>
<li>Hint number two: diversify your job scouring.</li>
<li>Hint number three: consistency is key. </li>
<li>Hint number four: if you are unemployed or even working part-time, VOLUNTEER.</li>
</ul>
<b>On the same shelf for </b>Library Technician (LTs):<br />
<div class="descriptive">
<a href="http://www.accessola.com/accessonline/especiallyLTs/index.php">Notes from and for Library Technicians</a></div>
<div class="subtitle">
SHARPENING OUR SKILLS</div>
<div class="bodytext">
by Donna Brown</div>
M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27829410.post-34798193197333964202013-01-22T23:48:00.001-05:002015-10-11T15:07:10.950-04:00Reference Process -- Readings<b>You may call it, Reference Process or Reference Transaction or Reference Work in the library environment!!! </b><br />
Whatever it is called by the librarians (traditional, modern, virtual, etc.), there is chain process, that starts with the user need, need analysis, need negotiation, consulting appropriate sources, customizing search strategy, search, retrieval, evaluation of search results, modification if required, and delivery or suggesting alternative sources...
<br />
<blockquote>
"Nearly forty years ago now, Shera (1964) not only foresaw the use of computing to take
some of the menial labor out of library reference work, but he also proposed a method for
achieving that goal. Shera wrote that “the really great promise of automation is to be
sought in… the opportunity it affords to analyze the reference process and re-define
reference service” (p. 203). He saw this redefinition as removing the “fetch and carry”
aspects, and the potential to raise the intellectual level of reference work. To achieve this
end, Shera proposed an agenda for action: first, analyze the processes involved in
reference service, and how questions are handled by humans in those processes, and
second, create algorithms to represent these processes. Forty years later, Shera’s agenda
still provides a sound course of action." Jeffrey Pomerantz, <a href="http://ils.unc.edu/~jpom/diss/">Question Types in Digital Reference: An Evaluation of Question Taxonomies</a>. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.-- <a href="http://ils.unc.edu/~jpom/diss/ch1.pdf">Chapter One</a>
</blockquote>
Interesting anecdotes about <a href="http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?s=%22reference+transaction%22">Reference Transactions</a> by Swiss Army Librarian
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<li> <a href="http://www.jpaccart.ch/communiquer/communications/2011-crimea-2011-workshop-new-trends-in-reference-services-sudak-7-juin-2011.html">2011 - Crimea 2011 - Workshop New Trends in Reference Services</a> - Sudak - 7 juin 2011
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<li> <a href="http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA512179.html">Ranganathan Online: Do digital libraries violate the Third Law</a> (of S R Ranganathan, 3.Every book, its reader)?
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<li> Understanding Reference Transactions: Transforming an Art into a Science (Academic Press, 2002) (<a href="http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/jrichardson/dis220/urt.htm">1,000 citations supplemented</a>)
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<li> <a href="http://nnlm.gov/archive/healthinfoquest/help/stages.html">Reference Interview Stages</a> -- National Network of Libraries of Medicine
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<li> <a href="http://www.joe.org/joe/2003june/tt1.php">How to Create a Bibliography</a>
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<li> <a href="http://cignolincapstone.com/Courses%20Taken/ILS%20504%20Reference%20and%20Information%20Resources%20and%20Services/Referece%20Process%20Interview.pdf">Reference Process Interview Flowchart</a>
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<li> <a href="http://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/ref/research/skill28.htm">How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography</a> Cornell University
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<li> <a href="http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/">MLA Works Cited: Electronic Sources </a>(Web Publications) -- Purdue OWL
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<li> <a href="http://lseportfoliocom.weebly.com/ls-534-information-services-and-resources.html">eight of the 13 steps - Reference Process</a>
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<li> <a href="http://crl.acrl.org/content/60/3/211.full.pdf">Understanding the Reference Transaction: A Systems Analysis Perspective</a>
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<li> <a href="http://www.bibliomining.com/nicholson/stateart.html">The Current State of Digital Reference</a>: Validation of a General Digital Reference Model through a Survey of Digital Reference Services
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<li> <a href="http://www.ala.org/lita/ital/20/3/mcclennen">Roles in Digital Reference</a>
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<b>Course Readings at University of Texas, Austin</b>
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Agosto, Denise, Lily Rozaklis, Craig MacDonald, and Eileen G. Abels, “A Model of the Reference and Information Service Process,” Reference & User Services Quarterly 50 (3) (Spring 2011): 235-244.
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Fichter, Darlene and Jeff Wisniewski, “Put the `Service’ in Self-Service,” Online 32 (1) (January/February 2008): 55-57.
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Murphy, Sarah Anne, “The Reference Narrative,” Reference & User Services Quarterly 44 (3) (Spring 2005): 247-252.
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Neville, Tina M., et. al., “Reference Classification—Is It Time to Make Some Changes?” Reference & User Services Quarterly 48 (4) (Summer 2009): 372-383.
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Pomerantz, Jeffrey, Scott Nicholson, and R. David Lankes, ”Digital Reference Triage: Factors influencing Question Routing and Assignment,” The Library Quarterly 73 (2) (April 2003): 103-120.
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Tyckoson, David A., “What’s Right With Reference,” American Libraries 30 (5) (May 1999): 57-63.
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Westbrook, Lynn, “Virtual Reference Training: The Second Generation,” College & Research
Libraries 67 (3) (May 2006): 249-259. (source: <a href="http://courses.ischool.utexas.edu/loriene/2012/Fall/INF382D/readings.php">INF 382D: Readings</a>)
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