From the Inside Google Books blog:
From the ResourceShelf:
A Chesapeake Project Legal Information Archive report illustrates the severity of link rot: the tendency of web hyperlinks to become invalid over time.
The report notes that nearly 14 percent of 4,300 online publications archived between 2007 and 2009 have already disappeared from their original locations on the web. Due to the project’s efforts, however, these publications remain available.
Access the Full Report (49 pages; PDF)
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Source: National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program / LC
Following the Nielsen research about which I previously posted, I'll be intrigued to see what they have to say. From EDUCAUSE:
| Title: | Returning the Researcher to the Library: Understanding the Next-Gen User |
| Author(s): | Joan K. Lippincott (Coalition for Networked Information) and Alison J. Head (University of Washington) |
| Abstract: | Users’ expectations of information search changed dramatically in the wake of Google and continue to evolve. Some studies point to a slow, but steady disintermediation of the library from the research process. Yet, libraries have a powerful competitive advantage in the quality, breadth and authority of their content – an advantage recognized and valued by users, especially in the academic library. This four-part series explores how libraries are taking back their role as the starting point for research by focusing on the user experience and supporting it with innovative technology. The opening learning session in the series – Understanding the Next-Gen User – brings together Joan Lippincott and Alison Head, leaders in research on next-gen research habits, for an insightful exploration into the needs and expectations of students and how libraries can respond in ways they respect and understand. |
From EDUCAUSE:
| Title: | Effective Practice in a Digital Age: A guide to technology-enhanced learning and teaching |
| Abstract: | Effective Practice in a Digital Age: A guide to technology-enhanced learning and teaching updates the 2004 JISC guide to the pedagogy of e-learning, Effective Practice with e-Learning1, by drawing on outcomes from the Design for Learning2 and Technology Enhanced Learning Environments3 themes of the JISC e-Learning Programme. ... Effective Practice in a Digital Age is designed for those in further and higher education who aim to enhance the student learning experience through apt and imaginative uses of technology. ... |
From the ResourceShelf:
From the findings excerpted on the ResourceShelf, I found a few particularly notable:
From the press release for the "Vocabulary Mapping Framework (VMF):"
So, since we have some of these through ORO, don't suppose there's a free download or discount for our users... (I know, I shouldn't be so silly)
From BookSeller.com (via the New Yorker's Book Bench blog):
"OUP has made 11 of its reference dictionaries available for the first time on the iPhone and iTouch Apps priced £8.99 each....
The 11 titles are: Oxford Dictionary of Accounting; Oxford Dictionary of Biology; Oxford Dictionary of Business & Management; Oxford Dictionary of Chemistry; Oxford Dictionary of Computing; Oxford Dictionary of Finance & Banking; Oxford Dictionary of Law; Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary; Oxford Dictionary of Music; Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy; Oxford Dictionary of Politics."
Everyone else may have known this, but as the Hathi Trust catalogue & search capabilities continue to grow & change (although there are still some oddities, and some of the functionality is definitely not there yet), you may keep up with what's happening, by checking out the "updates" section (also w/an RSS feed) of the web site. This month's posting includes information about the "HathiTrust-OCLC Catalog Project."
From the ResourceShelf:
ACRL has released Informing Innovation: Tracking Student Interest in Emerging Library Technologies at Ohio University by Char Booth. This report discusses Ohio University’s recent experiences in conducting an environmental scan of student behaviors related to emerging and social technologies. The report also details the local research with students as a case study of potential value for other institutions undertaking similar work
Direct to Full Text Report (147 pages; PDF)
Source: ACRL
Reported in today's Inside HigherEd:
"It can be humbling to lead a university press these days. Sure, the decision to accept or reject a book proposal can determine the outcome of a tenure bid, a creative series can reshape thinking in a discipline, and a press director can see the first drafts of path-breaking ideas.
But to a university budget officer, none of that is terribly impressive. Garrett P. Keily, director of the University of Chicago Press, noted (both jokingly and not) that to his budget office, “the entirety of the University of Chicago Press is summarized as auxiliary revenue,” adding, “that puts you in your place.”
