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Lacuny Disability Services Roundtable Meeting Minutes, December 2009, Lacuny

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Nonknowledge: The Bibliographical Organization Of Ignorance, Stupidity, Error, And Unreason: Part Two, Jay H. Bernstein

Publications and Research

Starting with the Data-Information-Knowledge-Wisdom paradigm in information science it is possible to derive a model of the opposite of knowledge having hierarchical qualities. A range of counterpoints to concepts in the knowledge hierarchy can be identified and ascribed the overall term “nonknowledge.” This model creates a conceptual framework for understanding the connections between topics such as error, ignorance, stupidity, folly, popular misconceptions, and unreason by locating them as levels or phases of nonknowledge. The concept of nonknowledge links heretofore disconnected discourses on these individual topics by philosophers, psychologists, historians, sociologists, satirists, and others. Subject headings provide access to the categories …

Lacuny Acquisitions Roundtable Meeting Minutes, November 2009, Lacuny

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Lacuny Junior Faculty Research Roundtable Meeting Minutes, November 2009, Lacuny

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Lacuny Serials Roundtable Meeting Minutes, November 2009, Lacuny

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Lacuny Executive Council Minutes Minutes, November 2009, Lacuny

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Lacuny Cataloging Roundtable Meeting Minutes, November 2009, Lacuny

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Lacuny Reserves Roundtable Meeting Minutes, October 2009, Lacuny

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Lacuny Executive Council Meeting Minutes, October 2009, Lacuny

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Untangling The Relationship Between Libraries, Young Adults And Web 2.0: The Necessity Of A Critical Perspective, Lucia Cedeira Serantes

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Purpose: This paper addresses a gap in the analysis of the dynamic and challenging relationship between libraries, Web 2.0 and young adults, suggesting the relevance of a critical approach.

Methodology/Approach: This paper represents an exploratory literature review with the objective of identifying a possible gap in the way the LIS community is addressing the concept of Web 2.0.

Findings: Findings indicate that the research produced in other fields, such as Communication or Computer Science; the way young adults interrelate with new technologies; and the need for collaboration between practitioners and researchers justify and support the use of a critical perspective …

Lacuny International Relations Roundtable Meeting Minutes, September 2009, Lacuny

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Lacuny Junior Faculty Research Roundtable Meeting Minutes, September 2009, Lacuny

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Lacuny Executive Council Meeting Minutes, September 2009, Lacuny

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The Evaluation Of Use Of Electronic Resources And Services In Academic Libraries: A Study Of E-Metrics And Related Methods For Measurement And Assessment, Kanu A. Nagra

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This paper presents a review of literature for the evaluation of use of electronic resources and services in Academic libraries. E-metrics and similar methods for evaluation are discussed in detail. The paper highlights how some libraries approached e-metrics to start useful evaluations and dealt with technicalities to achieve better decision making for e-collection, services and infrastructure for their library users. The evaluation of use of e-resources and services is discussed in five parts explaining application of e-metrics, different methods to capture usage data in different settings, types of data requirement by libraries, complexities and technicalities involved in measurement of usage …

Lacuny Junior Faculty Research Roundtable Meeting Minutes, August 2009, Lacuny

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Review Of The Book The Great Patriotic War Of The Soviet Union, 1941-45: A Documentary Reader, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book The great patriotic war of the Soviet Union, 1941-45: A documentary reader.

Journals Not Included In Biosis Have A Notable Impact In Biology, Philip Barnett, Claudia Lascar

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Lacuny Junior Faculty Research Roundtable Meeting Minutes, June 2009, Lacuny

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The Data-Information-Knowledge-Wisdom Hierarchy And Its Antithesis, Jay H. Bernstein

Publications and Research

The now taken-for-granted notion that data lead to information, which leads to knowledge, which in turnleads to wisdom was first specified in detail by R. L. Ackoff in 1988. The Data-Information-Knowledge-Wisdom hierarchy is based on filtration, reduction, and transformation. Besides being causal and hierarchical,the scheme is pyramidal, in that data are plentiful while wisdom is almost nonexistent. Ackoff’s formulalinking these terms together this way permits us to ask what the opposite of knowledge is and whether analogous principles of hierarchy, process, and pyramiding apply to it. The inversion of the Data-Information-Knowledge-Wisdom hierarchy produces a series of opposing terms (including misinformation,error, …

Lacuny Executive Council Meeting Minutes, May 2009, Lacuny

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Lacuny Collection Development Roundtable Meeting Minutes, May 2009, Lacuny

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Follower Is The New Leader, Or Leading From Anywhere, Jean Amaral

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This invited lecture calls on librarians and others to explore and embrace servant leadership and leading from anywhere in the organization as a model for contributing to the success of communities. "I am a follower, therefore I must lead. It’s up to all of us to make our libraries and communities better places, just places . . . ."

Academic Library Services For Users With Developmental Disabilities: Partnership Of Access And Syracuse University Libraries, Adina Mulliken, Ann Atkins

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Syracuse University Library and Access partnered to provide library orientations to six Syracuse University students who have developmental disabilities. Access is a service that supports college course attendance for students who have developmental or cognitive disabilities. Students with developmental disabilities are being included in college life more and more. As this occurs, academic libraries will be providing more services to this population. We hope Syracuse University’s experience will be useful for other libraries to build on as they develop services. Additionally, we discuss opportunities to improve services for all students by focusing on students with developmental disabilities.

Lacuny Cataloging Roundtable Meeting Minutes, April 2009, Lacuny

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Lacuny Junior Faculty Research Roundtable Meeting Minutes, April 2009, Lacuny

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Lacuny Interlibrary Loan Roundtable Meeting Minutes, April 2009, Lacuny

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Hostos Library Fall 2008 Satisfaction Survey: Results And Discussion, Kate Lyons, Elisabeth Tappeiner

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Analog To Digital: Conversion Of The Image Libraries At The City College Of New York, Ching-Jung Chen

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Information Literacy And Blind And Visually Impaired Students, Rebecca Schiff

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In the summer of 2007, as part of the City University of New York PeopleTech Summer Institute held at Baruch College, the author taught a class in information literacy to a group of blind and visually impaired students, using assistive technology to access the resources of the college library. Despite considerable preparation and experience, teaching the class presented unexpected difficulties, detailed in this paper. Rapid advances in information literacy technology present unusual challenges for the average student—challenges that are magnified when the intermediate assistive technology is itself not easy to master. The author explores the pertinent literature.

Quantum Computing: Selected Internet Resources For Librarians, Researchers, And The Casually Curious, Jill Cirasella

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This article is an annotated selection of the most important and informative Internet resources for learning about quantum computing, finding quantum computing literature, and tracking quantum computing news.