Library 2.0: An Academic's Perspective

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December 20, 2007

Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic Libraries has been Published

Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic Libraries has just been published by ACRL. This is the hybrid book/wiki publication that I've been editing for the past year. You can buy the book online at the ALA Store. Here's the official...

December 12, 2007

Zotero Commons: Who Needs Libraries?

An article in Inside Higher Ed just caught my eye, "Pooling Scholars' Digital Resources ". The article described something that is hopeful for social scholarship, ominous for libraries. The brief article describes the advent of Zotero Commons, a collaboration of...

December 06, 2007

The Culture of Logging In

Let's begin with a brief quiz. Last summer, the management of my university's dorm network was outsourced to a third party ISP. This has placed the dorms outside of the university's IP address range. For the first time ever, more...

December 04, 2007

Libraries and Campus Collaboration

I've been imagining the ideal 2.0 library. This would be one that (briefly stated) has determined to forge ahead in a way that works for that library, its local conditions, and its staff. I'm sure we've all noticed that many...