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Information Today
July 14, 2008
Lori Bell |
As the (Virtual) Worlds Turn Google released Lively, a public beta version of its much-anticipated three-dimensional virtual world.   |
D-Lib
February 2003
Barth & Bejune |
The Virtual Reference Librarian's Handbook, by Anne Grodzins Lipow Instead of advocating a 'one-size-fits-all' approach to virtual reference planning, Lipow has created a set of questions and exercises that help guide librarians through the maze of complex issues surrounding the extension of a library's current reference services into the virtual realm. |
Information Today
August 18, 2008 |
WebJunction Launches New Social Learning Site OCLC announced that WebJunction, the online learning community for librarians and library staff, has launched a new social and learning experience |
Information Today
November 12, 2015 |
OCLC Research Shares Patron Behavior Study Findings It offers an overview of user-behavior findings for librarians, information scientists, and library and information science students and researchers so they can plan for future user-centered library services. |
Information Today
June 17, 2010 |
ABC-CLIO eBooks Available Through Gale Virtual Reference Library "By adding these titles to Gale Virtual Reference Library, we are expanding our reach and are providing librarians, students, and researchers with greater access to our ebooks," says Tom Fitzgerald, ABC-CLIO's vice president of sales. |
Information Today
August 3, 2009
Paula J. Hane |
Library Reference Services Are on an Info Quest The patrons of approximately 50 libraries from all over the U.S. are now able to text a question from their mobile phones to 309-222-7740 and a "real, live librarian" will respond within minutes. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 25, 2010
Natasha Wanchek |
Library 2.0: Enter the Teacher Librarian Enthusiast Technology is changing the role of libraries - and the responsibilities of librarians - at schools internationally. |
Information Today
September 4, 2007 |
Call for Librarians to "Slam the Boards" on Sept. 10 To raise library services awareness, librarians are being urged to "slam the boards," such as Yahoo! Answers, Amazon's Askville, The Wikipedia Reference Desk, and others -- answering as many questions as they can using authoritative sources. |
JavaWorld
July 4, 2003
Mark O. Pendergast |
Navigate through virtual worlds using Java 3D Java 3D is an extension to the Java 2 object library that enables a programmer to create 3D graphical representations of objects and virtual worlds. This article demonstrates three advanced Java 3D programming concepts. |
Information Today
February 3, 2015
Brandi Scardilli |
Five Librarian Bloggers to Follow If you already know about these passionate authorial librarians, read on for some insight into why they started their blogs and what advice they'd give to those thinking about blogging. |
D-Lib
June 2008 |
A New Website Devoted to Envisioning the Future of Libraries In an information world in which Google apparently offers us everything, what place is there for the traditional, and even the digital, library? |
InternetNews
December 11, 2009 |
Feds Cite Child Safety Hazards on Virtual Worlds Agency releases report detailing shortcomings in online child safety mechanisms |
T.H.E. Journal
January 2009
John K. Waters |
A 'Second Life' For Educators Lauded as a learning tool, the popular virtual world is now being used by teachers for their own enrichment, providing them with a wealth of opportunities for collaboration, peer interaction, and sharing of resources. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2005 |
Ohio's Virtual Reference Service Receives $1.12M Approval The State Library Board of Ohio has approved $1.12 million in Library Services and Technology Act funds for year two of the state's innovative KnowItNow 24x7 virtual reference service. |
Information Today
April 15, 2014
Barbie E. Keiser |
National Library Week 2014: Lives Change @ Your Library The United States has celebrated National Library Week during the second week of April (aka School Library Month) since 1958. This year, it's being celebrated April 13-19, with author Judy Blume serving as honorary chair. |
D-Lib
April 2006
Paul Miller |
Coming Together Around Library 2.0: A Focus for Discussion and a Call to Arms To achieve the vision of Library 2.0, in which libraries become ever more relevant as visible and accessible providers of valuable content and context, many of the models in evidence today will require dramatic change. |
ONLINE
Nov/Dec 2009
David Stuart |
Social Media Metrics Social media has been adopted by every type of library in recent years, from small special libraries to large national ones. |
Information Today
June 28, 2012 |
Gale to Bring National Geographic Treasures to Libraries Gale and the National Geographic Society, one of the world's largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations, announced an extended agreement to create additional library products as part of a new product suite, National Geographic Virtual Library. |
Information Today
January 5, 2016 |
Wikipedia Celebrates Its 15th Birthday With Librarian-Centric Campaign The Wikipedia Library team invites librarians to help Wikipedia celebrate its 15th birthday on Jan. 15, 2016, by adding one reference to any Wikipedia article. |
D-Lib
Nov/Dec 2011
Michalis Gerolimos |
Academic Libraries on Facebook: An Analysis of Users' Comments This paper examines users' comments on the Facebook pages of 20 American academic libraries and subdivides them into 22 categories. |
Information Today
March 27, 2014 |
Upcoming Meetings Discuss IMLS Funding IMLS (Institute of Museum and Library Services) will host a series of daylong meetings with library stakeholders to discuss IMLS' funding strategies |
Information Today
June 10, 2002
Barbara Quint |
QuestionPoint Marks New Era in Virtual Reference QuestionPoint stems from an arrangement between the Library of Congress' Public Service Collections Directorate and OCLC to provide libraries with access to a growing collaborative network of reference librarians in the U.S. and around the world. |
Information Today
November 13, 2006 |
Weekly News Digest IBISWorld Introduces i-Expert... Safari Books Online Adds Short Cuts... Cybrary City in Second Life to Showcase Library Resources... |
Searcher
October 2003
Marylaine Block |
How Librarians Can Manage the Unintended Consequences of the Internet The unrestrained freedom of the Net has caused conservative organizations and staid, sober lawmakers to view libraries as pornography parlors and librarians as corrupters of youth. As a result, librarians have borne the brunt of an astonishing amount of ill-advised and unconstitutional legislation. |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2011
Gerolimos & Konsta |
Services for Academic Libraries in the New Era The aim of this paper is twofold. The primary focus is to research and document the integration of services based on the web into the framework of academic libraries. |
ONLINE
March 2001
Marydee Ojala |
Distributed Librarianship A growing trend in librarianship is something I like to call "distributed librarianship." I base my definition loosely on distributed computing, where several computers are connected via a network to share aspects of tasks... |
CIO
May 12, 2011
Maria Korolov |
Companies Explore Private Virtual Worlds Alternatives to Second Life provide security while boosting productivity. |
Entrepreneur
February 2007
Gwen Moran |
Hot New Market: Online Worlds Should you take your business to the virtual world? |
D-Lib
Nov/Dec 2015 |
In Brief and In the News OCLC prints last library catalog cards... VRA Core RDF Ontology available for review... ALA awarded IMLS grant for IFLA 2016 Congress Fellowships... |
Information Today
October 6, 2011 |
Gale Launches Librareo--Free Web-Based Community for LIS Students Librareo is a free web-based community that supports the future of libraries and librarianship by providing students enrolled in Library and Information Studies programs with free access to the professional resources they'll rely upon following graduation. |
Information Today
June 21, 2010 |
IMLS Launches National Campaign to Promote Community Engagement The national campaign, Making the Learning Connection, is intended to help communities assess their needs and contribute to a shared vision for 21st century learning. |
Searcher
September 2008
Stephen Abram |
Evolution to Revolution to Chaos? Reference in Transition Those of us who prepare for an emerging new world balance of personal service -- virtual, in-person, and computer-mediated -- will be better prepared than those who wait and see. It's a new Renaissance in libraries. |
ONLINE
Nov./Dec. 2006
Marydee Ojala |
The HomePage - Perspectives, Perceptions, and Periscopes Librarians share the same perspective when naming their type of library. Perceptions of libraries, however, differ, depending on perspective. |
Information Today
September 23, 2014 |
SirsiDynix Jump-Starts the Library Conversation SirsiDynix announced a series of webinars and downloadable website content that will address topics pertaining to libraries' value, visibility, and usage. |
D-Lib
July 2001
Hans Roes |
Digital Libraries and Education: Trends and Opportunities This article attempts to identify strategic issues for libraries wishing to pursue a more active policy with regard to the changes affecting higher education due to the increased use of information and communication technologies... |
Information Today
July 2, 2013 |
Academic Video Store From Alexander Street Press Opens Its Virtual Doors Alexander Street Press unveiled its online Academic Video Store offering academic DVDs and streaming videos for librarians and educators. |
Information Today
July 7, 2011
Paula J. Hane |
Ebook Developments Were HOT at ALA At the recent American Library Association Annual conference, it's clear that librarians are focused on embracing the expanding digital world and specifically on providing ebooks as part of library services. |
Information Today
September 3, 2013
Marydee Ojala |
Riding the Waves or Caught in the Tide A few of the perplexing situations that could transform libraries in the future were touched on by Ingrid Parent, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions president, in the IFLA Trend Report "Riding the Waves or Caught in the Tide?" |
Information Today
September 29, 2015 |
TLC Implements Bar Code Scanning in CARL-Connect Products The Library Corp. introduced 2D bar code scanning in CARL*Connect to help library staffers capture new patrons' driver's licenses or ID cards and store their information in the library's database. |
Information Today
March 13, 2008 |
New York Public Library Unveils Transformation Plan The building will be renovated and two hub libraries will be built in northern Manhattan and Staten Island. |
ONLINE
May/Jun 2003
Mick O'Leary |
QuestionPoint Fortifies Libraries in Internet Age QuestionPoint puts the collective expertise of libraries around the world at the service of an individual reference question. It promises to help libraries regain "information market share" from the public Web. |
Knowledge@Wharton
September 24, 2003 |
In Norrath, Tattoine and Rubi-ka, Just What Are Your Legal Rights? Even though virtual worlds are nothing more than code residing in banks of computers, what goes on in them poses challenges to our notions about the nature of property, the legal rights of players in virtual worlds and even the presumed boundary between the real and the imagined worlds. |
Information Today
March 12, 2012 |
3M Cloud Library Announces Integration With Polaris ILS The 3M Cloud Library eBook Lending Service will now be integrated with the Polaris Integrated Library System, allowing patrons at participating libraries to discover both physical and digital collections from wherever they are browsing. |
Searcher
August 2008
Barbara Quint |
Searcher's Voice - The Winds of Change New technological innovations make it easier for librarians to take charge of data dissemination, but first they need to learn a few computing skills. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2000 |
ON THE WEB FreeZone Online, an online community of kids ages 8 to 14, parents and teachers, has developed an instructional section for educators that provides insight into what kids do online, such as chat rooms and bulletin boards. |
BusinessWeek
May 1, 2006
Robert D. Hof |
It's Not All Fun And Games Companies are also starting to use virtual worlds as alternate offices in which colleagues and partners can meet and view materials that the Web isn't rich enough to display well. |
Information Today
July 23, 2007
Barbara Quint |
Open Library Launches with Library as Wiki Service If we all -- librarians, readers, writers, publishers, etc. -- pulled together, could we create an online library that included every book, every journal, every instance of every type of content a traditional library might contain? |
InternetNews
November 24, 2006
Michael Hickins |
Get a Life: Enterprises Eye Potential For Second Life Enterprises are dipping their toes in the waters of virtual worlds, but may have to wait to see the benefits. |
Information Today
April 4, 2011
Paula J. Hane |
Library Ebook Lending Under Attack The options libraries have are poor and our customers are frustrated. There are numerous restrictions on lending, device incompatibilities, proprietary systems, interface issues, privacy issues, and more. |
| Information Today |
Sony Announces Inaugural Participants in Reader Library Program The program will provide participating libraries with in-house training on digital reading devices, educational materials to help librarians and patrons learn more about ebooks, and digital reading devices for library staff use and patron demonstrations. |
