Comps readings this week
This is 2 weeks, and really quite paltry. Read more...
Christina's LIS Rant, Today, 12:24am
Comps reading, Interactive IR, Pandora for PubMed.... and more!
This comps reading brought to you separately, because it is directly relevant to an interesting conversation happening on friendfeed. (what luck!) Read more...
Christina's LIS Rant, Today, 12:24am
Changing LC Subject Headings
A post on AUTOCAT alerted me to this, suggestions for changes to LC subject headings can be made from the Authorities & Vocabularies service. There is a suggest terminology tab at the top of the page. I missed that for how long? Read more...
Catalogablog, Today, 12:24am
Comps readings this week
Hess, D. J. (1997). Critical and Cultural Studies of Science and Technology (pp. 112-147). Science studies: An advanced introduction. New York: New York University Press. Read more...
Christina's LIS Rant, Today, 12:24am
Comps readings this week
Finished Shapiro. Well, to be honest, skimmed the last few chapters. Also to be fair - he's entirely against ruling by poll. I indicated the opposite last week after reading the first few chapters. It's still dated so not really recommended. Read more...
Christina's LIS Rant, Today, 12:24am
QR Code on Car
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } 8.31.2010 [15], originally uploaded by Cara Jo Miller. Cara Jo Miller writes: QR code on the back of my car that links to a page on my [...] Read more...
Tame The Web, Yesterday, 2:31pm
Why ghostwriting, ghost management, and fake journals could be pernicious
We often discuss the value of scholarly publications in terms of attribution of credit for promotion, tenure, and maybe even social capital (discussed in Polyani); but their primary purpose is to convey knowledge. The introduction and background sections review the literature and place the new work in context. What is the research problem? Why is this interesting? What do we already know? The methods section is for reproducibility - so that ostensibly someone could come along and repeat the work and come up with similar results, even though we know that tacit knowledge including craftsmanship is needed to actually reproduce many experiments, and that this knowledge is not conveyed through journals (discussed in Shapin). The methods section helps readers to trust the results. Were the methods appropriate to the research problem? Were they applied appropriately? Were any issues addressed? The results section tells you what they found out and the discussion section tells you... Read more...
Christina's LIS Rant, Yesterday, 12:41am
App Inventor for Android
Have an idea for an Android app? App Inventor for Android can help make it reality. Read more...
Catalogablog, Yesterday, 12:41am
Institutional Identifier
The NISO Institutional Identifier (I2) Working Group (WG) has released a midterm report and is looking for comments.The NISO I2 WG is soliciting feedback on the report and guidance for the next steps in developing this standard from individuals and groups involved in the digital information transactions. Stakeholders include publishers/distributors, libraries, archives, museums, licensing agencies, standards bodies, and service providers, such as library workflow management system vendors and copyright clearance agencies. Anyone involved at any level in the distribution, licensing, sharing or management of information is invited to participate.Please read the information below and participate in the evaluation of our midterm work by reading the midterm release document and answering a few questions about each development area. You are the stakeholders for this information standard. We must work to ensure... Read more...
Catalogablog, Sep 1, 12:44am
Students face new textbook picks: Rent vs. buy, print vs. e-book
USA Today – “With another summer ending, the time has come to ask the perennial question: Could this be the year higher education finally embraces the e-book?” Read more...
Library Stuff, Aug 31, 6:05pm
On Containerless Content & Libraries’ Shifting Services
Aaron Schmidt writes: Read more...
Tame The Web, Aug 31, 1:09pm
Cataloging Matters
I should have already mentioned this, but better late than never. Cataloging Matters is a podcast by Jim Weinheimer (who is already well known and respected from his participation in AUTOCAT and his weblog First Thus. He has already released the third episode. Read more...
Catalogablog, Aug 31, 12:24pm
Gadgets? Presentation? Free?
Yes to all three!
I’ll be presenting a new online gadget centric presentation via WebJunction on October 6th that you are now invited to attend. Registration is free and here is a handy link for you to sign up!
It’s called: “Gadget Checklist 2010: For library staff, users and our future” And as [...] Read more...
Libraryman, Aug 31, 5:04am
Open Publication Distribution System (OPDS) Catalog Format for Digital Content
Version 1.0 of the Open Publication Distribution System (OPDS) Catalog format for digital content has been released.The open ebook community and the Internet Archive are pleased to announce the release of the first production version of the Open Publication Distribution System (OPDS) Catalog format for digital content. OPDS Catalogs are an open standard designed to enable the discovery of digital content from any location, on any device, and for any application. Read more...
Catalogablog, Aug 31, 12:24am
Additions to Source Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes
News from LC.The source codes listed below have been recently approved. The codes will be added to applicable Source Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes lists. See the specific source code list for current usage in MARC fields and MODS/MADS elements. Read more...
Catalogablog, Aug 30, 12:26pm
Internet may phase out printed Oxford Dictionary
AP – ” It weighs in at more than 130 pounds, but the authoritative guide to the English language, the Oxford English Dictionary, may eventually slim down to nothing. Oxford University Press, the publisher, said Sunday so many people prefer to look up words using its online product that it’s uncertain whether the 126-year-old dictionary’s [...] Read more...
Library Stuff, Aug 30, 12:16pm
Harvard News – “In a move designed to inspire a new generation of library services, the University’s newly created Library Lab is inviting students, faculty, and staff to collaborate with the Harvard Libraries and serve as co-creators of the information society of the future. In announcing the Lab, Robert Darnton, Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor [...] Read more...
Library Stuff, Aug 30, 10:22am
TTW Mailbox: Do you use DELICIOUS? Please take survey
From an email: Read more...
Tame The Web, Aug 30, 9:42am
A stream of digital consciousness
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } A stream of digital consciousness, originally uploaded by Paul Hagon. My research co-investigator Warren Cheetham shares a link to this photo by Paul Hagon and writes: “Another [...] Read more...
Tame The Web, Aug 30, 9:27am