Issue 51, April 2007, review
Pete Cliff reviews a work that challenges traditional notions of literacy and how suggests that new literacies need to be developed to empower both learners and teachers in the digital age.
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Issue 51, April 2007, review
Keith Doyle reviews the 3rd edition of the primary reference book for practising in-house staff and consultants responsible for the development of institutional information architecture.
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Issue 51, April 2007, review
Kara Jones reviews a practical guide to blogs and RSS written for librarians, packed with library-specific examples.
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Issue 50, January 2007, feature article
Julie Allinson, Pete Johnston and Andy Powell describe a Dublin Core application profile for describing scholarly works that makes use of FRBR and the DCMI Abstract Model.
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Issue 50, January 2007, feature article
Paul Miller looks at recent attempts to make library resources more appealing, including the Talis competition to build library 'mashups'.
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Issue 50, January 2007, review
Chris Awre finds a useful toolset to guide librarians and LIS students on the future use of IT to deliver their services.
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Issue 50, January 2007, review
Maureen Pennock reviews a release in Facet's Digital Futures series.
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Issue 50, January 2007, review
Phil Bradley looks at a work offering programming 'know-how' to create resources that will do things with the search engine that might otherwise prove difficult or impossible.
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Issue 49, October 2006, review
Stuart Hannabuss picks another winner but wonders whether legal essentialism is enough for information professionals.
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Issue 49, October 2006, review
Emma Tonkin reviews a book with interesting content despite a few rough edges.
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Issue 49, October 2006, review
Lina Coelho looks at this Instructor's guide to developing and running successful distance learning classes, workshops, training sessions and more.
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Issue 48, July 2006, review
Lyn Parker considers that this book meets its aim of providing practical advice for tutors and staff developers engaged in online activities and blended learning.
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Issue 48, July 2006, review
Donald Maclean reviews a text that lays down guidelines for information managers attempting to analyse, implement and evaluate change within their organisation.
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Issue 48, July 2006, review
David Parkes reviews a new book, targeted at managers, which is both a tool to help evaluate your library and an analysis of Impact Evaluation methodology.
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Issue 48, July 2006, review
Re-visiting this work in its new and second edition for Ariadne, Lina Coelho finds it amply repays the effort.
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Issue 47, April 2006, review
Sheila Corrall reviews a new landmark book which explains and promotes a distinctive approach to information-related research spanning traditional disciplinary and professional boundaries.
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Issue 47, April 2006, review
Lina Coelho feels that digital reference has come of age and that this work is one of its adornments where reference information professionals are concerned.
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Issue 47, April 2006, review
Stephen Town finds this US multi-author work may not meet the needs of readers in the UK, and offers some ideas which a UK version might incorporate.
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Issue 46, February 2006, review
Michael Day reviews another recent volume of this key annual publication on information science and technology.
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Issue 46, February 2006, review
Ingrid Mason takes a look at this collection of essays and analyses how these authors contribute to our understanding of digital culture by placing digital technology in an historical context.
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Issue 46, February 2006, review
Lise Foster finds much to think about in this wide-ranging collection of essays on the fast-developing field of electronic records management.
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Issue 46, February 2006, review
Elizabeth McHugh learns about the importance of locally produced e-metrics and how they could be produced using available technologies.
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Issue 46, February 2006, review
Towards the end of the Pantomime season, Bruce Royan finds a golden egg among the goose droppings.
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Issue 46, February 2006, review
Stephen Town welcomes this new text on a key issue for the future of academic librarians, and suggests some broader questions for consideration.
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Issue 45, October 2005, review
Sarah Higgins learns how to incorporate online resources into a library catalogue using AACR2 and MARC, but wonders why the wider issue of organising and describing a full range of digital resources is not addressed.
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Issue 45, October 2005, review
Bruce Royan welcomes a new edition of the standard text in the acquisitions field.
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Issue 45, October 2005, review
Michael Day reviews a recent volume of this key annual publication on information science and technology.
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Issue 44, July 2005, review
Martin White welcomes the detail but is concerned at the impact that the publishing process has had on the currency and utility of the content.
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Issue 44, July 2005, review
Ruth Jenkins wishes this textbook had been available when she was a library school student.
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Issue 44, July 2005, review
Ian Lovecy looks at a useful consolidation of approaches to disaster management.
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Issue 44, July 2005, review
Tony Kidd examines this study's view of the importance of partnerships in their widest context for the modern academic library.
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Issue 43, April 2005, review
Chris Awre welcomes a useful overview of the global digital library scene that will help both those coming new to this area and those wishing to broaden their appreciation of what is involved in developing a digital library.
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Issue 43, April 2005, review
Marieke Guy takes a look at a recent introduction to metadata for the information professional.
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Issue 43, April 2005, review
Stuart Hannabuss likes the way this book reminds us that information professionals need to apply the law and not merely know it.
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Issue 43, April 2005, review
Sarah Pearson considers whether the 2nd edition of this practical guide for building an electronic resource collection can satisfy the needs of both new and experienced practitioners.
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Issue 42, January 2005, event report
Philip Hunter reports on the launch of the DCC at the National eScience Centre in Edinburgh, November 2004.
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