Issue 70, November 2012, review
Selenay Aytac reviews a collection of essays on user studies and digital library development that provides a concise overview of a variety of digital library projects and examines major research trends relating to digital libraries.
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Issue 70, November 2012, review
John Azzolini reviews a comprehensive overview of embedded librarianship, a new model of library service that promises to enhance the strategic value of contemporary knowledge work.
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Issue 70, November 2012, review
Milena Dobreva reviews the newly published book of Martin de Saulles which looks at the new models of information production, distribution and consumption.
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Issue 70, November 2012, review
Charles Oppenheim takes a look at the latest of Paul Pedley’s copyright guidance books, and, in some respects, finds it wanting.
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Issue 70, November 2012, review
Martin White reviews a very individual perspective on the extent to which the growth and structure of the World Wide Web is governed by the fundamental laws of physics and mathematics.
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Issue 70, November 2012, review
Fiona MacLellan reviews a practical guide to mobile technology and its use in delivering library services.
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Issue 69, July 2012, review
Martin White reviews a collection of essays on cloud computing that attempts to clarify the technology and its applications for librarians and information professionals.
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Issue 69, July 2012, review
Fiona MacLellan reviews a book which discusses the current unconference phenomenon and highlights the learning opportunities that these environments offer.
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Issue 69, July 2012, review
Sally Rumsey reviews a book which describes and explains the topics of interest central to practitioners involved with research data management.
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Issue 69, July 2012, review
Elizabeth McHugh reviews a first published work that she feels is a straightforward, jargon-free guide on how to implement technology solutions in libraries.
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Issue 69, July 2012, review
Wajeehah Aayeshah reviews a comprehensive book on educational games that highlights the attributes of effective games usage but which also identifies the potential problems when using them in a pedagogical context.
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Issue 69, July 2012, review
Chris Rusbridge reviews an edited volume that aims to fill a gap in ‘literature designed specifically to guide archivists’ thinking about personal digital materials’.
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Issue 69, July 2012, review
Brian Whalley reviews a book about a new theory of ‘information need’ that builds upon the ideas of Allen and Taylor from the 1960s to provide a basis for information searching.
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Issue 68, March 2012, review
While acknowledging the genuine usefulness of much of its content, Emma Tonkin provides helpful pointers towards a second edition.
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Issue 68, March 2012, review
John Paschoud reviews a book which formalises the processes of being what many of us would like to be within our information-based organisations - innovators and entrepreneurs of the Information Age.
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Issue 68, March 2012, review
John Azzolini reviews an anthology of perceptive essays on the challenges presented to archival thought and practice by Web 2.0, postmodern perspectives, and cross-disciplinary interchanges.
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Issue 68, March 2012, review
Tim Davies reviews a spirited defence of public libraries, which tries to define their core purpose and which argues for a re-positioning of their place in society.
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Issue 68, March 2012, review
Sylvie Lafortune reviews a collection of essays that examine the transformation of academic libraries as they become part of digital learning environments.
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Issue 68, March 2012, review
Martin White reviews a collection of essays on a wide range of current topics and challenges in information retrieval.
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Issue 67, July 2011, review
John Azzolini reviews a timely collection of essays that highlights the values of institutional leadership and resourcefulness in academic librarianship's engagements with Web 2.0.
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Issue 67, July 2011, review
Michael Day reviews a recently published book on the selection and preparation of archive and library collections for digitisation.
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Issue 67, July 2011, review
Sylvie Lafortune reviews a book taking a hard look at academic libraries, how they are being redefined and what skills will be required of the staff who will move them forward.
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Issue 66, January 2011, review
Katrina Clifford reviews a work covering the long-heralded change in the cataloguing rule set - RDA (Resource Description and Access).
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Issue 66, January 2011, review
Lina Coelho takes a look at Scott Berkun's challenging view of what innovation and creativity really mean.
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Issue 66, January 2011, review
Elly Cope reviews the second edition of this book in which the author explains how RSS and blogging can be used by librarians and libraries.
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Issue 66, January 2011, review
Muhammad Rafiq takes a look at a work on the open source community and open source software.
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Issue 65, October 2010, review
Eilidh Mackay reviews a work which takes a concept-based approach to contemporary acquisitions practices.
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Issue 65, October 2010, review
Charles Oppenheim takes a look at an introduction to Information Science but fails to be impressed.
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Issue 65, October 2010, review
Emma Tonkin takes a look at a book on the work of the taxonomist and notes both merits and disappointments.
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Issue 65, October 2010, review
Martin White reviews the proceedings of a 2009 M-Libraries conference on mobile applications in libraries.
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Issue 65, October 2010, review
Brian Whalley looks at a student survival aid in the information age that should also be valuable for tutors.
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Issue 64, July 2010, review
Ed Bremner reviews a work on building and supporting online communities.
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Issue 64, July 2010, review
Michael Day reviews a Festschrift celebrating the work of Professor Peter Brophy, founder of the Centre for Research in Library and Information Management.
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Issue 64, July 2010, review
Muhammad Rafiq offers us a review of a work which examines the future of digital information and emerging patterns of scholarly communication.
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Issue 64, July 2010, review
Brian Whalley reviews a manual to help support your use of an iPad - 'the book that should have been in the box'.
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Issue 63, April 2010, review
Pete Cliff learns something new in this 'Open Source' book every time he makes the tea.
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