Goings-on
University of Otago Law Library has a new blog to go with their new library.
Massey University Library have added book ratings to their catalogue - when logged in, your ratings show in yellow; when logged out, average ratings show in blue.
Westlaw have annoyed librarians everywhere with an ad that "Are you on a first name basis with the librarian? If so, chances are, you're spending too much time at the library. What you need is fast, reliable research you can access right in your office. And all it takes is West®." They have since apologised.
Useful sites
A Digital Outrigger is a blog covering issues in digital libraries and usability - it posts regular link roundups and is well tagged to allow focusing on specific areas of interest.
The JISC Academic Database Assessment Tool lets you compare journal title lists, databases, and ebook platforms.
Fiction
Heard of Project Gutenberg but don't have time to read all its books? Now Project Twutenberg aims to convert each of these books into a 140-character summary.
Food for thought
After a presentation on Digital Reference, some librarians have started talking about the emerging trend towards the real-time web and the real-time library. David Lee King points out, "remove all the 2.0, digital, online stuff from this idea, and we're simply talking about the real, physical, day-to-day experience of a normal (yet very good) library. Emerging online services are working to make this normal, active experience we have at the physical library the same when we're online."
In order to better integrate my blog with my website, better manage comment spam, and reduce my dependence on Google, this blog has moved to http://www.deborahfitchett.com/blog/. In order to avoid broken links I won't be deleting content from here, but no new content will be added, so please update your bookmarks and feeds.
About Me
- Deborah Fitchett
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I write on library/
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topics as they inspire me.
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