The article deals with the rapidly spreading phenomenon of collective tagging and its impact on library community. The term collective tagging implies the method of organization which is used in order to organize, preserve, search, and exchange the c...
Altmetric measurements derived from the social web are increasingly advocated and used as early indicators of article impact and usefulness. Nevertheless, there is a lack of systematic scientific evidence that altmetrics are valid proxies of either impact or utility although a few case studies have reported medium correlations between specific altmetrics and citation rates for individual journals or fields. Finally, the coverage of all the altmetrics except for Twitter seems to be low and so it is not clear if they are prevalent enough to be useful in practice.
Bedingt durch historische Sammelpraxen sehen sich Bibliotheken mit Beständen konfrontiert, die koloniales und rassistisches Gedankengut beinhalten. Ein progressiver Umgang ist nötig
Below are my prepared remarks for the ALA MidWinter President's Program, billed as a debate on the question of Are Libraries Neutral? I was on the Hell No side. Please be sure to also read Emily Drabinki's remarks -- she was a designated commenter and she slayed. There will apparently be a video available later,…
E. Owusu-Ansah. portal: Libraries & the Academy, 7 (4):
415-429(October 2007)M3: Article; Owusu-Ansah, Edward K. 1 Email Address: owusu-ansah@kingsborough.edu; Affiliations: 1: Chief Librarian and Chair of the Robert J. Kibbee Library, Kingsborough Community College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York; Source Information: Oct2007, Vol. 7 Issue 4, p415; Subject Term: ACADEMIC libraries; Subject Term: INFORMATION literacy; Subject Term: ACADEMIC librarians; Subject Term: PUBLIC libraries; Subject Term: SCHOOL libraries; Subject Term: EDUCATION, Higher; Subject Term: LIBRARIES & education; Subject Term: ASSOCIATION of College & Research Libraries; Subject Term: UNITED States; NAICS/Industry Codes: 519120 Libraries and Archives; People: BREIVIK, Patricia Senn; Number of Pages: 15p; Document Type: Article.
G. Hart. Innovation (10258892), (June 2006)M3: Article; Hart, Genevieve 1; Email Address: ghart@uwc.ac.za; Affiliations: 1: Department of Library and Information Science, University of the Western Cape; Issue Info: Jun2006 Issue 32, p74; Thesaurus Term: INFORMATION literacy; Thesaurus Term: PUBLIC libraries; Thesaurus Term: LITERACY programs; Thesaurus Term: LIBRARIES & education; Subject: SOUTH Africa; NAICS/Industry Codes: 519120 Libraries and Archives; NAICS/Industry Codes: 611691 Exam Preparation and Tutoring; Number of Pages: 20p; Illustrations: 1 chart; Document Type: Article.
S. Haikola, and S. Jonsson. Libri: International Journal of Libraries & Information Services, 57 (4):
209-218(December 2007)M3: Article; Haikola, Simon 1; Email Address: simonhaikola@gmail.com; Jonsson, Sara 1; Email Address: saraj80@hotmail.com; Affiliations: 1: Swedish School of Library and Information Science (SSLIS), Göteborg University and Högskolan i Borås, Sweden.; Issue Info: Dec2007, Vol. 57 Issue 4, p209; Thesaurus Term: PRIVACY, Right of; Thesaurus Term: LIBRARIES & state; Thesaurus Term: LIBRARY surveillance; Thesaurus Term: LIBRARIES & the Internet; Thesaurus Term: INTERNET access for library users -- Law & legislation; Thesaurus Term: COMPUTER security; Subject Term: SWEDEN -- Politics & government -- 1973-; Subject Term: WEB analytics; Subject Term: NATIONAL security; Subject Term: ELECTRONIC surveillance; Subject Term: CIVIL rights; Subject: SWEDEN; NAICS/Industry Codes: 928110 National Security; People: FOUCAULT, Michel, 1926-1984 -- Political & social views; Number of Pages: 10p; Document Type: Article.
J. &, and K. Pettigrew. Library Journal, 125 (2):
44(02/01 2000)M3: Article; Durrance &, Joan C. Pettigrew, Karen E.; Source Information: 02/01/2000, Vol. 125 Issue 2, p44; Subject Term: COMMUNITY information services; Subject Term: LIBRARIES & community; Subject Term: LIBRARIES -- Automation; Subject Term: PUBLIC libraries; Subject Term: UNITED States; NAICS/Industry Codes: 519120 Libraries and Archives; Number of Pages: 3p; Illustrations: 1 graph, 3bw; Document Type: Article; Full Text Word Count: 2346.
D. Dorman. American Libraries, 33 (11):
70(December 2002)M3: Article; Dorman, David; Source Information: Dec2002, Vol. 33 Issue 11, p70; Subject Term: LIBRARIES -- Automation; Subject Term: WIRELESS communication systems; Subject Term: OPEN source software; Subject Term: TELECOMMUNICATION in libraries; NAICS/Industry Codes: 334220 Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing; NAICS/Industry Codes: 517212 Cellular and Other Wireless Telecommunications; NAICS/Industry Codes: 517310 Telecommunications Resellers; NAICS/Industry Codes: 517510 Cable and Other Program Distribution; Number of Pages: 2p; Illustrations: 1 chart; Document Type: Article; Full Text Word Count: 1262.
R. Day. APLIS, 20 (4):
153-169(December 2007)M3: Article; Day, Rosalie 1 Email Address: rd@cisa.asn.au; Affiliations: 1: Information manager Community Information Strategies Australia Inc, South Australia; Source Information: Dec2007, Vol. 20 Issue 4, p153; Subject Term: SOCIAL service; Subject Term: LIBRARIES & community; Subject Term: COMMUNITY life; Subject Term: PUBLIC libraries; Subject Term: COMMUNITIES; Subject Term: HUMAN services; NAICS/Industry Codes: 624190 Other Individual and Family Services; NAICS/Industry Codes: 519120 Libraries and Archives; Number of Pages: 17p; Document Type: Article.
M. de Carvalho, M. Goncalves, A. Laender, and A. da Silva. Proceedings of the 6th ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on
Digital Libraries, JCDL '06, page 41--50. Chapel Hill, NC, USA, IEEE, (June 2006)