Library 2.0: An Academic's Perspective

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January 23, 2008

Snake Oil, Bandwagons, and Library 2.0

A couple of recent writings have caught my eye, and for the same reason. They feature both wisdom and misapprehensions. The wisdom impresses me, and the misapprehensions concern me. One of these writings is a blog posting, the other is...

January 16, 2008

OCLC: The Google of the Library World?

OCLC has been making some interesting moves lately. Last spring, Roy Tennant became a Senior Program Manager with the RLG Programs unit of OCLC Research and Programs. Andrew Pace is on his way to becoming OCLC's Executive Director for Networked...

January 09, 2008

Evaluating Web Content in the 2.0 Era

Since the early years of the Web, librarians - as well as teachers and instructors - have been posting criteria for evaluating content found on the Web. These have been designed as guidelines to help students figure out what to...

January 02, 2008

It's the Mobility, Stupid

I'm sure that many of us remember the mantra of Bill Clinton's campaign workers back when they were running Clinton for president: It's the Economy, Stupid. I was thinking of this when I read the 2007 Horizon Report. This report...