Library 2.0: An Academic's Perspective

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August 29, 2007

Academic Libraries and 2.0

Right from the start, there has been a reason why I've maintained a blog about Library 2.0 from the perspective of an academic librarian. Over the months of blogging, and reading other librarian blogs, I've learned a lot about attitudes...

August 24, 2007

The URL Clearinghouse Moves to a Wiki

A number of years ago, I created The URL Clearinghouse. This is a collection of instructions for creating URLs to databases and e-journals licensed by libraries from publishers. I became interested in this work because I maintain the EZproxy configurations...

August 22, 2007

The Metrics of Social Scholarship

I thoroughly enjoyed Michael Jensen's piece, The New Metrics of Scholarly Authority, published in The Chronicle on June 15. This is one of the best articles I've read about metrics that can be applied to social scholarship. Jensen, Director of...

August 15, 2007

2.0: A Failed Promise Without Transparency

I heard with interest the recently recorded remarks by Google's CEO Eric Schmidt, who was asked to define Web 3.0 at the Seoul Digital Forum. Of course, any definition by a public figure is bound to generate comment. Hey, even...

August 09, 2007

Talking to Consultants

Last week, our Dean brought in two consultants to interview library staff with the ultimate goal of recommending changes in our organization. Specifically, the stated goal of the consultants was this: "How can our organizational structure be adapted to better...

August 05, 2007

Self-Reliance

How do you keep up your skills? How do you ensure that you're on top of your game to best serve your users? There's all sorts of advice out there about how to keep up. Sometimes you need to learn...