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MARCH 2008 ISSUE

Editorial note:

This section contains items culled from various Internet news services, discussion lists and other announcements. Unless specifically noted, I have not visited the sites, used any of the software, reviewed the literature, or written the news items. I present this digest to you in good faith but cannot vouch for the accuracy of its content.

Kerry Smith

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Ariadne

Issue 53

Public-Access Computer Systems Publications [PACS-P@LISTSERV.UH.EDU]; on behalf of; Richard Waller [lisrw@UKOLN.AC.UK]

PACS-P@LISTSERV.UH.EDU Wed 14/11/2007

Issue 53 of Ariadne Web Magazine http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/ contains the following articles:

Main Articles:

*The Second Life of UK Academics

-John Kirriemuir introduces a series of studies investigating how the Second Life environment is being used in UK Higher and Further Education.

*Googlepository and the University Library -Sue Manuel and Charles Oppenheim discuss the concept of Google as a repository within the wider context of resource management and provision in Further and Higher Education.

*The National Centre for Text Mining: A Vision for the Future -Sophia Ananiadou describes NaCTeM and the main scientific challenges it helps to solve together with issues related to deployment, use and uptake of NaCTeM's text mining tools and services.

*Further Experiences in Collecting Born Digital Archives at the Wellcome Library -Chris Hilton and Dave Thompson continue discussing plans for the engagement with born digital archival material at the Wellcome Library.

*The Video Active Consortium: Europe's Television History Online -Johan Ooman and Vassilis Tzouvaras provide an insight into the background and development of the Video Active Portal which offers access to television heritage material from leading archives across Europe.

*DRIVER: Building the Network for Accessing Digital Repositories across Europe -Martin Feijen, Wolfram Horstmann, Paolo Manghi, Mary Robinson and Rosemary Russell present an outline of the DRIVER Project and its achievements so far in supporting and enhancing digital repository development in Europe.

*The DARE Chronicle: Open Access to Research Results and Teaching Material in the Netherlands -Leo Waaijers reflects on four years of progress and also looks ahead.

At the Event reports:

*DC 2007

-Ann Apps reports on DC2007, the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, held 27-31 August 2007 in Singapore.

*Knowledge by Networking: Digitising Culture in Germany and Europe -Alastair Dunning reports on an international conference exploring the current state of digitisation in the worlds of culture and scholarship, held in Berlin over 21-22 June 2007.

*Progress towards Addressing Digital Preservation Challenges -Helen Hockx-Yu reports on the 2nd Planets, CASPAR and DPE annual conference, held on 5-6 September 2007 in Lisbon, Portugal.

*ECDL 2007

-Mahendra Mahey, Emma Tonkin and Robert John Robertson report on the

2007 European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, held in Budapest, Hungary, over 16-22 September, 2007.

*The KIDMM Community's 'MetaKnowledge Mash-up'

-Conrad Taylor reports on the KIDMM knowledge community and its September 2007 one-day conference about data, information and knowledge management issues.

News and Reviews:

*The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland -Lorcan Dempsey reviews Volume III of a landmark collection on the history of libraries in 'Britain and Ireland' from 1850 to 2000.

*Principles of Data Management: Facilitating Information Sharing -Pete Cliff takes a look at a new book from the British Computer Society that aims to help readers understand the importance, issues and benefits of data management across an enterprise.

*Listen Up!: Podcasting for Schools and Libraries -Elizabeth McHugh looks at how podcasting has the potential to take library services and activities to new audiences.

*The Cult of the Amateur

-Stephanie Taylor tries to curb her enthusiasm for Web 2.0 by investigating the dark side of social networking.

*Mastering Regular Expressions, 3rd Edition -Emma Tonkin and Greg Tourte take a look at the new edition of an O'Reilly classic.

Plus News and Events from the Ariadne Newsline

Contributions to Ariadne issue 54 are being arranged and prepared; please send proposals for articles to me at our regular contact point:

ariadne@ukoln.ac.uk

Kindly send books and ideas for review to the Editor's address (below).

Please note that an RSS feed for Ariadne is available.

See http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/

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Issue 54

Public-Access Computer Systems Publications [PACS-P@LISTSERV.UH.EDU]; on behalf of; Richard Waller [r.waller@UKOLN.AC.UK]

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Issue 54 of Ariadne Web Magazine http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/ contains the following articles:

Main Articles:

*Web 2.0 in U.S. LIS Schools: Are They Missing the Boat?

-Noa Aharony asks whether library and information science schools in the United States are underestimating the opportunities offered by Web 2.0 applications.

*Collaborative and Social Tagging Networks -Emma Tonkin, Edward M. Corrado, Heather Lea Moulaison, Margaret E. I.

Kipp, Andrea Resmini, Heather D. Pfeiffer and Qiping Zhang gather a series of international perspectives on the practice of social tagging of documents within a community context.

*E-Publication and Open Access in the Arts and Humanities in the UK -Malcolm Heath, Michael Jubb and David Robey review recent UK discussions and evidence about e-publishing and open access, their impact and implications for researchers in the arts and humanities.

*Ancient Cultures Inside Modern Universes -Edgardo Civallero writes on how endangered intangible South American indigenous heritage is being both preserved and disseminated with the aid of Web-based technologies.

*SWORD: Simple Web-service Offering Repository Deposit -Julie Allinson, Sebastien Franois and Stuart Lewis describe the JISC-funded SWORD Project which has produced a lightweight protocol for repository deposit.

*Human-powered Search Engines: An Overview and Roundup -Phil Bradley looks at the major contenders and discusses the value of this type of search engine.

*RepoMMan: Delivering Private Repository Space for Day-to-day Use -Richard Green and Chris Awre describe work undertaken at the University of Hull to place Web services at the heart of its personalised digital repository provision.

*Version Identification: A Growing Problem -Dave Puplett outlines the issues associated with versions in institutional repositories, and discusses the solutions being developed by the Version Identification Framework (VIF) Project.

*Saving Energy in the Workplace

-Eddie Young outlines some of the issues faced by a Systems Administrator when trying to save energy in the workplace.

At the Event reports:

*Exploiting the Potential of Blogs and Social Networks -Gill Ferrell reports on a one-day workshop about Blogs and Social Networks, held in Birmingham in November 2007.

*Global Research Library 2020

-Jessie Hey and David Pearson report on a series of strategic workshops on the Global Research Library 2020 - the first of which, the Willows Lodge Workshop, was held in the Pacific North West of the US in the Autumn of 2007.

*MCN 2007: Building Content, Building Community

- 40 Years of Museum Information and Technology -Gnter Waibel and Jean Godby report on the Museum Computer Network annual meeting, held 7-10 November, 2007 in Chicago, Illinois.

Reviews:

*Programming Collective Intelligence

-Pete Cliff tries to remember A-level mathematics as he dives into the fascinating world of machine learning and statistics and how to apply these techniques to Web-accessible datasets.

*Digital Copyright

-Stuart Hannabuss looks at an interesting Nile cruise of a book about intellectual property.

*Digital Information and Knowledge Management plus Print vs. Digital -Sylvie Lafortune looks at two books edited by Sul H. Lee dealing with the impact of digital information on libraries, librarianship, information providers and library users.

*The University of Google: Education in the (Post) Information Age -Judy Reading reviews a work that may engender considerable debate in months to come.

*Blended Learning

-Brian Whalley reviews Barbara Allan's book on blended learning for Information and Library Science staff and educational developers.

Plus News and Events from the Ariadne Newsline

Contributions to Ariadne issue 55 are being arranged and prepared; please send proposals for articles to me at our regular contact point:

ariadne@ukoln.ac.uk

Kindly send books and ideas for review to the Editor's address (below).

Please note that an RSS feed for Ariadne is available; see http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/

I hope you will enjoy the new issue. If you would like to discuss making

a contribution, do contact me on

ariadne@ukoln.ac.uk

Best regards,

Richard Waller

Editor Ariadne

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Australian Library Journal

Special issue

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CALL FOR PAPERS

The Australian Library Journal – Special issue on web 2.0 and the library and information science profession

Guest Editors: Helen Partridge and Clare Thorpe

Contact: Helen Partridge Email: h.partridge@qut.edu.au

IMPORTANT DATES:

Full papers due: May 5 2008

Authors receive reviews: May 26 2008

Final papers due: June 30 2008

Anticipated publication: August 2008

The Australian Library Journal has been published since 1951. Published quarterly, it contains a wide coverage of Australian library issues, including research. It is the acknowledged flagship publication of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). The journal is available through subscription.

ISSUE FOCUS

This special issue is seeking papers on any aspect of web 2.0 and the library and information profession. Web 2.0 technology such as wikis, blogs and social networking sites are revolutionizing libraries and the library and information profession. This special issue will provide a forum to identify, share and develop the issues relevant to the role and future of within the ever-changing library industry. Submissions are invited to discuss current web 2.0 technology projects and issues. Papers that critically and objectively explore the role of web 2.0 technology within the library and information profession are especially welcome. Contributors to the special issue may like to consider the following questions to guide the development of their submissions (please note this is not an exhaustive list):

How is web 2.0 being used in the many different library and information science contexts?

What are the challenges (i.e. ethical, legal, financial) in using web 2.0 within service design and delivery?

What skills and knowledge are needed by librarians and information professionals if they are to successfully meet the challenge of using web 2.0 for service design, development and delivery?

When is web 2.0 appropriate for use within the design and delivery of services? When is it not?

What are the priority areas for the application of web 2.0 within the library and information science industry?

What are the issues and challenge for workforce planning and education within the profession?

Guidelines to authors can be found at http://www.alia.org.au/publishing/alj/notes.html

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Brazilian Journal of Information Science -BJIS

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A new Brazilian journal in open access published by the Department of information science, State University of São Paulo, Marilia campus It accepts articles in English.

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A revista Brazilian Journal of Information Science (BJIS) - ISSN

1981-1640 – é uma revista bilíngüe, com periodicidade semestral,

publicada pelo Departamento de Ciência da Informação UNESP/Marília e

pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação UNESP/Marília. A

revista BJIS, iniciou sua publicação com um número piloto, v.0, n.0, de

junho/dezembro de 2006.

Publica apenas textos originais: artigos de pesquisa, artigos de

revisão, comunicações, relatos de experiência e resenhas relativos à

área de Ciência da Informação. Os textos submetidos para publicação

devem ser escritos em inglês ou português. A revista possui uma política

de avaliação, e cada texto será encaminhado para avaliação por pelo

menos dois referees, utilizando o sistema "Blind Review". Conta com 20

pesquisadores brasileiros e estrangeiros que compõem o Comitê Científico.

Todos os textos devem ser enviados por meio do Sistema Eletrônico de

Editoração de Revista (SEER), endereço:

http://www.bjis.unesp.br/pt/index.php

Convidamos a comunidade científica a enviarem suas pesquisas para

publicação.

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*BJIS, v.1, n.1, jan./jun. 2007.*

*Artigos*

MAPA DO CONHECIMENTO DA CIÊNCIA DA INFORMAÇÃO: IMPLICAÇÕES PARA O FUTURO

DA ÁREA

Chaim Zins, Anthony Debons, Clare Beghtol, Michael Buckland, Charles H.

Davis, Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic, Nicolae Dragulanescu, Glynn Harmon,

Donald H. Kraft, Roberto Poli e Richard P. Smiraglia

CIÊNCIA DA INFORMAÇÃO: PENSAMENTO INFORMACIONAL E INTEGRAÇÃO

DISCIPLINAR Resumo

Maria de Fátima Gonçalves Moreira Tálamo e Johanna W. Smit

INDICADORES CIENTÍFICOS NA LITERATURA EM BIBLIOMETRIA E CIENTOMETRIA

ATRAVÉS DAS REDES SOCIAIS Resumo

Adilson Luiz Pinto, Preiddy Efrain-García, Beatriz Ainhize Rodríguez

Barquín e José Antonio Moreiro González

*Resenhas*

INDEXAÇÃO E RESUMO DE DOCUMENTOS DIGITAIS E MULTIMÍDIA: TÉCNICAS E

PROCEDIMENTOS PDF

Giovana Deliberali Maimone e Naira Christofoletti Silveira

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Dr. Michel J. Menou

Visiting Professor, SLAIS, University College London, U.K.

Consultant in ICT policies and Knowledge & Information Management

Adviser of Somos@Telecentros board http://www.tele-centros.org

Member of the founding steering committee of

Telecenters of the Americas Partnership http://www.tele-centers.net/

B.P. 15

F-49350 Les Rosiers sur Loire, France

Email: micheljmenou[at]gmail[dot]com

michel[dot]menou[at]orange[dot]fr

Phone: +33 (0)2 41511043

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ciber/peoplemenou.php

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BULLETIN of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

October/November 2007.

asis-l-bounces@asis.org; on behalf of; Richard Hill [rhill@asis.org] asis-l@asis.org Mon 8/10/2007

BULLETIN of the American Society for Information Science and Technology October/November 2007.

PDF of all content:http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Oct-07/Bulletin_OctNov07.pdf

[All links below are to the HTML version. A PDF link is also available at http://www.asis.org/bulletin.html.]

DEPARTMENTS

[2] President’s Page http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Oct-07/presidentspage.html

[4] Editor’s Desktop http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Oct-07/editor.html

[5] Inside ASIS&T http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Oct-07/inside.html

[34] International Column

http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Oct-07/internationalcolumn.html

Some Thoughts on Information Science: A Vision from Brazil by Miriam Vieira da Cunha

[36] IA Column http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Oct-07/IAcolumn_OctNov07.html

Information Architecture and Search Optimization: Beginning a Beautiful Friendship by Marianne Sweeny

SPECIAL SECTION

Folksonomies

Folksonomies are one of today’s hottest Internet trends. They are but one part of Web 2.0, which, in part, refers to the ability of Internet users to add, change and improve World Wide Web content…

7] Introduction: Folksonomies and Image Tagging: Seeing the Future?

by Diane Neal, Guest Editor

http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Oct-07/neal.html

12] Why Are They Tagging, and Why Do We Want Them To?

by P. Jason Morrison

http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Oct-07/morrison.html

16] Trouble in Paradise: Conflict Management and Resolution in Social Classification Environments by Chris Landbeck http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Oct-07/landbeck.html

21] Image Indexing: How Can I Find a Nice Pair of Italian Shoes?

by Elaine Ménard

http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Oct-07/menard.html

26] Flickr Image Tagging: Patterns Made Visible by Joan Beaudoin http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Oct-07/beaudoin.html

FEATURE ARTICLE

30] Them! Google’s Ambivalence toward Library and Information Science by Shawne D. Miksa http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Oct-07/miksa.html

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December/January 2008 Vol. 34, No. 2

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Current Issue http://www.asis.org/bulletin.html

December/January 2008 Vol. 34, No. 2 Full Text: PDF (Size: 2mb)

SPECIAL SECTION

Virtual Reference Services

Introduction

by Yungrang Laura Cheng, Guest Editor

http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Dec-07/cheng.html

An Informal History (and Possible Future) of Digital Reference by Joseph Janes http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Dec-07/janes.html

Virtual Reference to Participatory Librarianship: Expanding the Conversation by R. David Lankes http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Dec-07/lankes.html

Evaluation of Online Reference Services

by Jeffrey Pomerantz

http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Dec-07/pomerantz.html

Implementation of Professional and Ethical Standards by Pnina Shachaf http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Dec-07/shachaf.html

On the Trail of the Elusive Non-User: What Research in Virtual Reference Environments Reveals by Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Marie L. Radford and Timothy J. Dickey http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Dec-07/connaway_radford_dickey.html

FEATURE

On Scalable (Computer-Based) Information Systems by Ophir Frieder http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Dec-07/frieder.html

Selected Abstracts of Standards Under Review 2006-2007 Notes from the ASIS&T Standards Committee (ASISUT-SC) by Marcia Zeng http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Dec-07/zeng.html

COLUMNS

International

The Open Source Road to Web 2.0 for Nigeria: A View of Two Worlds from the Outside by Olugbenga Ademodi http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Dec-07/ademodi.html

Information Architecture

Navigating the Long Tail

by James Kalbach

http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Dec-07/kalbach.html

DEPARTMENTS

Editor's Desktop http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Dec-07/editor.html

Inside ASIS&T http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Dec-07/inside.html

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February/March 2008, Vol. 34, No. 3

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Wed 6/02/2008

(All links below are to the HTML versions. Links to the PDFs are also available at http://www.asis.org/bulletin.html. Following is a link to a PDF of the entire issue:

http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Feb-08/Bulletin_FebMar08.pdf )

Bulletin, February/March 2008, Vol. 34, No. 3

DEPARTMENTS

President's Page

http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Feb-08/FebMar08_PresidentsPage.html

Editor's Desktop

http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Feb-08/editor.html

Inside ASIS&T

http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Feb-08/inside.html

IA Column

It's Not What You Think, but How You Think by Eric Reiss http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Feb-08/FebMar08_IA_Reiss.html

ANNUAL MEETING HIGHLIGHTS

A Look at ASIS&T 2007 [Photos from the Annual Meeting] http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Feb-08/FebMar08_ALookatASIST.html

2007 ASIS&T Award Winners [Photos and citations] http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Feb-08/FebMar08_2007AwardWinners.html

ASIS&T Award of Merit to Donald H. Kraft http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Feb-08/FebMar08_AwardofMerit.html

2007 Award of Merit Acceptance Speech

http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Feb-08/FebMar08_AwardofMerit_Acceptance.html

Plenary Address

Stratigos Discusses the Impact of Web 2.0 and Social Computing on Publishing and Related Activities by Steve Hardin http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Feb-08/FebMar08_PlenaryAddress.html

SPECIAL SECTION

Information Professionals in a Globalized World Introduction by Caryn L. Anderson, Editor of Special Section http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Feb-08/FebMar08_Anderson.html

Information Professionals in the South Asian Region: The Challenges Ahead by P.R. Goswami and P.K. Jain http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Feb-08/FebMar08_GoswamiJain.html

Digital Inclusion Initiatives in Brazil: Improving Education and Information Seeking Behavior Through Government-Academic Partnerships by Maria José Vincentini Jorente http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Feb-08/FebMar08_Jorente.html

Distance Learning/E-Learning for Iraq: Concept and Road Map by Ala'a Al-Din J. Kadhem Al-Radhi http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Feb-08/FebMar08_Al-Radhi.html

Kosova Libraries: Where Practical Steps are Most Needed by Besim J. Kokallari http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Feb-08/FebMar08_Kokollari.html

Information Professionals in Nigeria: Optimism and Innovation in the Face of Staggering Inadequacies by Ifeanyichukwu Faith Njoku http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Feb-08/FebMar08_Njoku.html

Glancing at the Rearview Mirror, Focusing on the Road Ahead: Library and Information Professionals in Indonesia by Liauw Toong Tjiek (Aditya Nugraha) http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Feb-08/FebMar08_Tjiek.html

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American Society for Information Science and Technology 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910

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Canadian LIS journal

New Editor

Open Lib/Info Sci Education Forum [JESSE@LISTSERV.UTK.EDU]; on behalf of; Gloria Leckie [leckie@UWO.CA]

JESSE@LISTSERV.UTK.EDU Fri 21/09/2007

The Board of the Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS) is pleased to announce that the new editor of the Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science (CJILS) is Dr. Heidi Julien of the University of Alberta. Heidi will take up her new role as of Jan. 1st, 2008. At this point, we would like to thank the outgoing editor, Dr. Lynne McKechnie, for her five years of excellent editorial leadership and vision, and at the same time, we would like to welcome Heidi to her new role.

Dr. Julien is an Associate Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta. She teaches and does research in the areas of human information behaviour and information literacy. Her research has been funded consistently by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. In 2006 she was a Research Fellow with the Canadian Centre for Research on Literacy at the University of Alberta. Dr. Julien has been actively involved in CAIS/ACSI for over a decade. She was program chair for the CAIS/ACSI annual conference in 2004, and has served on the program committee for many years. She served on the CAIS/ACSI Board as President in 2001. In addition, Dr. Julien has served on the Board of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), and chaired SIG USE in the American Association for Information Science and Technology. Dr. Julien is an active manuscript reviewer for many journals, and has served on the CJILS Editorial Board since 2002. She also edited the "Research News" column for CJILS for three years. Recently she revived the ALISE newsletter as an important service to the ALISE membership.

We are all very much looking forward to Heidi's editorial direction of the journal and her plans for its improvement and ongoing development over the next several years.

Gloria Leckie

CAIS President

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Dr. Gloria J. Leckie,

Associate Dean,

Faculty of Information and Media Studies,

North Campus Building, Room 240E

University of Western Ontario, London, Ont. N6A 5B7

email leckie@uwo.ca

Admin. Office Phone (519) 661-2111 x88505 FAX (519) 661-3506

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Current Cites

October 2007

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PACS-P@LISTSERV.UH.EDU Thu 1/11/2007

Current Cites

October 2007

Edited by [2]Roy Tennant

http://lists.webjunction.org/currentcites/2007/cc07.18.10.html

Contributors: [3]Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Keri Cascio, Jim Ronningen,

Brian Rosenblum, [4]Karen G. Schneider, [5]Roy Tennant

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[6]The Ecar Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology,

2007 Boulder, CO: EDUCAUSE, October

2007.(http://connect.educause.edu/library/abstract/TheECARStudyofUnderg

/45075?time=1191080166). - No matter how far you've taken your library

into providing high tech, it probably isn't far enough, based on the

findings of ths "longitudinal extension of the 2004, 2005, and 2006 ...

studies of students and information technology" from the Educause

Center for Applied Research. Cell phone use is now nearly at 100

percent saturation, laptop ownership is up sharply to almost 75

percent, and student expectations are high. These students live and

work on the web; it is not a tool to them, but part of their lifestyle.

As often happens in these higher-ed studies, community colleges are

underrepresented, so take conclusions about that huge (and

hugely-neglected) area of higher ed with a grain of salt. Despite that

limitation, this report needs to be required reading for any strategic

planning process for libraries -- technology-focused or not. - [7]KGS

"[8]After Years of Effort, Mandatory NIH Public Access Policy Passes

Congress" [9]Library Journal Academic Newswire (25 October

2007)(http://www.libraryjournal.com/info/CA6494533.html#news1). - Open

access advocates got good news in October when the U.S. Senate

[10]passed the FY 2008 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education

Appropriations bill with the [11]NIH open access mandate intact. Given

that publishers opposed to the mandate lobbied strongly against it and

[12]two last minute amendments to the bill that would have weakened or

killed the mandate were introduced then withdrawn by [13]Sen. James

Inhofe, its intact passage was hardly certain. Nonetheless, the mandate

survived, and it reads as follows: "The Director of the National

Institutes of Health shall require that all investigators funded by the

NIH submit or have submitted for them to the National Library of

Medicine's PubMed Central an electronic version of their final,

peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance for publication, to be made

publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of

publication: Provided, That the NIH shall implement the public access

policy in a manner consistent with copyright law." It is likely that

publisher resistance will continue during the reconciliation process,

and President Bush may veto the bill for reasons unrelated to the

mandate. However, OA advocates are [14]optimistic that, given the

mandates' show of strength so far, it will become law in the future. -

[15]CB

Albanese, Andrew Richard. "[16]Down with E-Reserves" [17]Library

Journal (1 October 200)(Down with E-Reserves). - My experience with

library reserve materials goes back to my first library job -- the

Reserve Book Room in the basement of Olin Library at Wesleyan

University. They didn't automate the reserve room until the summer

after I graduated. So I spent four years in the world of checking out

articles and books by hand, and I have to say that the shelf-reading of

folders of article copies was truly maddening. Reading articles like

Albanese's "Down with E-Reserves" reminds me of how far we've come in

the last decade with reserve materials, and how far we still have to

go. Most of us feel like we're living in a world of "if it's online,

it's free, right?", but the Association of American Publishers (AAP)

would beg to differ. Libraries and institutions of all sizes are

measuring their risk with what they can put online for e-reserves, and

for what audience. When larger state universities can have up to 2,000

students looking at a single article online for a multi-section class,

can fair use stand up in court? Albanese recognizes the lack of

leadership on the issue, and hits the heart of the problem when he

writes, "Being too restrictive can impinge on the educational mission

allowed by law, while being too aggressive can lead to a potential

lawsuit." - KC

De Rosa, Cathy, Joanne Cantrell, and Andy Havens, et. al.[18]Sharing,

Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World: A Report to the OCLC

Membership Dublin, OH: OCLC,

2007.(http://www.oclc.org/reports/sharing/default.htm). - This report

is based on a major survey of the attitudes and perceptions regarding

sharing, privacy, and trust on the network of people in Canada, France,

Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. Like its

major predecessors Environmental Scan: Pattern Recognition (2003) and

Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources (2005), it is a

weighty document printed in full-color on glossy paper to do justice to

all of the tables, piecharts, pictures, and diagrams. However, it is

also freely available as a downloadable PDF file, either by individual

section or in its entirety. It is chock-full of interesting findings,

and well worth spending a lot of time with it, which is almost required

given its scope. One tidbit of note, although not all that surprising,

is that respondents want to have their privacy protected by default,

but also want to have the option to give up that privacy when they wish

-- for example, to gain the benefits of social networking. Note: I am

employed by OCLC, although I did not have anything to do with this

report. - [19]RT

Doctorow, Cory. "[20]Scroogled" [21]Radar (October

2007)(http://www.radaronline.com/from-the-magazine/2007/09/google_ficti

on_evil_dangerous_surveillance_control_1.php). - This cautionary tale

by popular science fiction writer Cory Doctorow poses the question,

"Google controls your e-mail, your videos, your calendar, your

searches... What if it controlled your life?" Beyond being an enjoyably

scary, snap-crackling good story, "Scroogled" should have every

librarian thinking twice about embracing a company whose bottom line

has been "don't be evil"--a position quite distinct from "do be good."

- [22]KGS

Foster, Nancy Fried, Susan Gibbons, and eds.. [23]Studying Students:

The Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester

Chicago: ACRL, ALA,

2007.(http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/downloadables/Foster-Gibbons

_cmpd.pdf). - This edited volume is the result of a research study

conducted by University of Rochester River Campus Libraries staff to

answer the question "What do students really do when they write their

research papers?". With intriguing section titles such as "Night Owl

Librarians: Shifting the Reference Clock," "Mapping Diaries, or Where

Do They Go All Day?", and "The Mommy Model of Service" there's likely

to be something here for everyone who works in an academic library. In

the conclusion Foster and Gibbons provide four representative

approaches to the question posed by the study as epitomized by four

anonymized students. Highly recommended for all academic libraries,

since we can garner the benefit of this thorough set of studies without

doing all the work. - [24]RT

Haigh, Maria. "[25]Downloading Communism: File Sharing as Samizdat in

Ukraine" [26]Libri 57(3)(September 2007): 165-178.

(http://www.librijournal.org/2007-3toc.html). - Ukrainian file sharing

practices and attitudes towards piracy and international copyright

measures may seem like a rather specialized topic, but this article

(titled after a [27]popular, satirical poster) illuminates some of the

dynamics of intellectual property issues in a globalized world. Going

beyond the legal and economic discussions, the author shows that

Ukraine's high rate of piracy and the public's dismissive attitudes

towards copyright are bound up with Ukraine's national identity and

reflect two distinctive features of its cultural heritage -- on the one

hand, the Soviet Union's disregard for international copyright norms,

and on the other hand, the cultural tradition of Samizdat -- the

clandestine (and dangerous) copying and distribution of suppressed

literature, often done through a underground, person-to-person network.

When the U.S. wielded trading power with Ukraine to defend the

intellectual property interests of the American entertainment industry,

Ukrainians saw this as yet another heavy-handed attempt at foreign

intervention. There are unstated parallels here with open access, open

source, and other related issues, which the author plans to explore in

future articles. The full text of the published article will be

available one year after publication, but the [28]author's draft (PDF)

is available online now. - BR

MacCallum, Catriona J.. "[29]When Is Open Access Not Open Access?"

[30]PLoS Biology 5(10)(October 16,

2007)(http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050285). - "Open access"

does not just mean "free access." It also means, at least in its most

tasty flavor, no restrictions on the immediate and unrestricted reuse

and redistribution of the material, which is important for individual

reuse as well as automated harvesting and data mining activities. As

such activities become more widespread, the issue of reuse rights will

become more important. This editorial cites the licenses and use

policies of several publishers and argues that publishers -- either

through a lack of understanding, or through intentional obfuscation --

are making claims to provide open access content that don't stand up to

a strict definition of the term. The author calls on publishers to

tighten their definition and application of the term open access and be

more clear about the restrictions applied to their articles. In the

meantime, authors need to be aware of the fine print, especially when

they are paying fees for what they think is "open access." For more on

this issue, and the relative merits of gold vs green open access with

regard to reuse rights, check out the recent discussions in the blogs

of [31]Peter Suber, [32]Peter Murray-Rust, [33]Stevan Harnad and

[34]Klaus Graf. - BR

Sandler, Mark, Kim Armstrong, and Bob Nardini. "[35]Market Formation

for E-Books: Diffusion, Confusion or Delusion?" [36]The Journal of

Electronic Publishing 10(3)(Fall

2007)(http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.3336451.0010.310). - A lively and

knowledgeable overview of the factors affecting the market for e-books.

On supply side, the impediments include convoluted marketing and

pricing models offered by publishers that are not aligned with how

libraries actually purchase books, and convoluted functionality that

doesn't satisfy the needs and expectations of users. On the demand

side, there is no consensus on the part of libraries about the decision

making and budgeting structures needed to acquire e-books. Given all

this lack of standardization, it is difficult to make the shift of

resources required to move from a print to an e-book model. Yet the

authors believe that the success of e-books is both desirable and

inevitable. The "first wave" of e-book projects offers lessons about

what works and what doesn't. Those e-book projects which have been

successful have been characterized by a combination of low per-volume

costs, simple pricing models, organizational trust, good functionality,

and strong scholarly content. Moreover, the issues involved with

e-books resemble those related to the shift from print to electronic

journals, which has already reached a tipping point towards digital.

That experience with journals can provide a framework for all

stakeholders for developing successful e-book strategies. Also see the

companion piece in the same issue of JEP, [37]What Happened to the

E-book Revolution?: The Gradual Integration of E-books into Academic

Libraries, which provides an overview of recent literature about this

topic. - BR

Starita, Angela. "[38]Village Voices" [39]Print 61(5)(Sept/Oct

2007): 38-45.

(http://www.printmag.com/design_articles/local_projects/tabid/253/Defau

lt.aspx). - When developing a component of increased interactivity in a

site for information preservation and access, it's helpful to look

beyond our standard boxes of library, archive, etc. This article takes

us far beyond by looking at the work of Local Projects, a group which

creates environments where information sources, the "voices" in the

article title, are brought together in very interesting ways. Past

projects have included the design of a travelling 'story collection

booth' for StoryCorps, which is building an archive of oral histories

by taking its apparatus to the people with the stories to tell, and

Memory Maps, in which residents of New York City were able to add their

place-specific tales to largescale borough maps. Exhibition design is

also part of their work: for the Museum of Chinese in the Americas they

created a continuous ribbon-like digital screen which charts exchange

between China and the US over 167 years, and they are currently

co-designing the permanent exhibition for the World Trade Center

Memorial Museum. That museum's director believes that 9/11 is the most

documented event in history, and Local Projects' principal Jake Barton

says "We realized that the whole DNA of the project was the overlap of

physical space with media space." In some form, the overlap of physical

space with media space must be considered by all of us responsible for

information places, and this article is helpful in reimagining those

walls. - JR

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