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A Twine devoted to the theory and practice of library and information science, begun by students in the MLIS program at Valdosta State University.
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Musings about librarianship: Bayesian filtering of RSS feeds - can you automatically find interesting journal articles?Introduction In this long rambling post (too bad the name Rambling librarian is taken) , I write about filtering RSS feeds (in particular table of contents from online journals), using 3 services , SuxOr , FeedZero and FeedScrub . I ramble on about social filtering versus Bayesian filters ...
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ECDL 2010Welcome to ECDL 2010 The European Conference on Digital Libraries (ECDL) is the leading European scientific forum ...
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Google and Partners Revise Terms of Digital Book Deal - NYTimes.comThe changes aim to win over wary governments and bring Google’s vast library closer to an introduction. We've neglected the Google Books settlement lately; this is the latest in the on-going saga of the virtual library of the future.
William Shepherd
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Mobile Access: Brief Reviews: EBSCOhost Mobile and Summon Mobile from Serials Solutions « ResourceShelfEBSCOhost goes mobile, as does Serials Solutions. I can't speak to Summon Mobile, but I tried EBSCO on my iPhone—got as far as the third screen before it reverted to the usual web interface. I'm guessing this has to be configured somewhere by some techie….
William Shepherd
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Turning Topics Into SearchesPegasus Librarian describes a technique to teach students how to select a research topic while building potential keyword searches at the same time.
William Shepherd
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Musings about librarianship: GoogleWave - First thoughtsFor a more in-depth look at Google Wave, see the new online book at: http://completewaveguide.com/ Get it while it's hot (or before they start charging for it).William Shepherd added 3 weeks ago
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Essay - The Proposed Google Books Settlement - NYTimes.comWe've neglected the Google Books brouhaha on this Twine for a while, even though there has been lots of action. Looks like there will be something happening in November. Meanwhile, Google has been self-justifying, while critics take aim.William Shepherd added 6 weeks ago
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Libraries of the FutureMore on the Greenstein controversy: http://hangingtogether.org/?p=741William Shepherd added 8 weeks ago
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Musings about librarianship: Sharing links with users - 8 different waysWe've taken to putting our research guides and info literacy stuff on LibGuides, which allow a variety of material to be posted, updated, commented upon, etc. Plus we still use Delicious, Facebook, and a blog. There are, as Aaron points out, dozens of possibilities.William Shepherd added 2 months ago
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Cataloging Futures: Google's metadata questions - they're our questions alsoDear Google: Welcome to our lives. Love, Librarians of the world P.S. Misguided press notwithstanding, we're not snippy at all about your success; we use you all the time.Jennifer Parsons added 2 months ago
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