Table of contents: issue48

Book Review: Blended Learning and Online Tutoring

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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.

Many universities have adopted a blended learning approach to learning and teaching rather than adopting totally online methods, as strategies for delivering campus-based and distance learning courses converge. Blended learning has been variously defined as 'a mix of e-learning with traditional learning and teaching methods' [1] or learning that is characterised by 'the interdependence of pedagogy, learning technologies and technology' [2].

Book Review: Managing Change

editor — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 23:00:00 +0000

Donald Maclean reviews a text that lays down guidelines for information managers attempting to analyse, implement and evaluate change within their organisation.

This manual for managing change has been around since the 1980s, but has recently been revised and extended. Susan Carol Curzon is Dean of the University Library for California State University, Northridge, and is an experienced and high profile librarian and manager [1]. Her background and position obviously affects the way she looks at libraries and management structures, and this is reflected in the textual structure, language and viewpoint of this book.

Book Review: Evaluating the Impact of Your Library

editor — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 23:00:00 +0000

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.

More than ever libraries and information services need to be accountable to their users, to their institutions and to their funding bodies. They need to demonstrate their value, outcomes and impact - but how?

Book Review: The Librarian's Internet Survival Guide, 2nd Edition

editor — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 23:00:00 +0000

Re-visiting this work in its new and second edition for Ariadne, Lina Coelho finds it amply repays the effort.

I never read a book twice, but when I was asked to review the second edition of The Librarian's Internet Survival Guide, I welcomed the chance, as I was reminded why I'd loved this book so much when I first reviewed it in 2003. This expanded and updated edition should be at every reference desk as it is not only a useful guide to quality resources but also a motivational tool for librarians everywhere.