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Keeping research data
The JISC has made a report on digital preservation costs
[https://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/publications/keepingresearchdatasafe.aspx]
available.
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The heart of the University
Recently, it seems to me I have heard the sentiment that the library is no
longer the ‘heart of the
Recommendation and Ranganathan
From time to time, we see a discussion about the relative merits of Google, or
Amazon, and library catalogs as
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Tagging at the network level
There is a fascinating entry by Seb Chan of the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney
documenting experiences one month into their
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Boxed in: a set of search boxes
Libraries have major challenges in developing their websites. Think just of the
information resources they provide access to. There are
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Computational advertising
I was very interested to read this brief piece about the ‘new discipline’ of
‘computational advertising’:
> Web advertising is
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The electronic influences the print
I have just received a copy of Web-based learning through educational
informatics [https://worldcat.org/oclc/173480615&referer=brief_
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Some reading
Here are links to several unrelated publications …..
> Reconfiguring the Library Systems Environment
portal: Libraries and the Academy, Vol. 8,
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On gurus: reputation management and digestibility
Tom Davenport has created a list of the top 20 management gurus for the Wall
Street Journal.
> Psychologists, journalists
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Touch screen
When we tried out the Kindle a while ago, my son immediately began to touch the
screen. But no, the
A gallimaufrey of items
Some items of possible interest which were in a little email pile waiting for
attention ……
Arrow
An Australian colleague alerted
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