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University of Tennessee, Knoxville

2009

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

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Hidden Conference Gems., Carol Tenopir Sep 2009

Hidden Conference Gems., Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Summer is the time for professional conferences. Every librarian knows about the biggest ones--held by the Special Libraries Association (SLA), American Library Association, and International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)--which attract thousands. For those interested in e-content, however, some alternatives provide an opportunity to learn and share in a more intimate environment.

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The Value Gap., Carol Tenopir Jul 2009

The Value Gap., Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

It is more important than ever, suggested several companies in the annual Database Marketplace Survey, to measure collection use fully and better evaluate the value of the library to its constituencies. Strategies range from focusing on usage statistics to guide collection development to measuring (and improving) users' perceptions of the library.

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A Rough Road Ahead., Carol Tenopir Jun 2009

A Rough Road Ahead., Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

As libraries and the institutions that fund them prepare their 2010 budgets, things look grim. Both the Association of Research Libraries and the International Coalition of Library Consortia have issued statements calling on scholarly publishers to work with libraries to find common ground on materials pricing in a prolonged period of economic downturn. In response, database companies that sell mostly to libraries are preparing a variety of strategies to cope with their customers' budget pressures.

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Back To The Scriptorium: Amid Budget Woes, Vendors And Librarians Find A Common Purpose, Carol Tenopir, Gayle Baker, Jill E. Grogg May 2009

Back To The Scriptorium: Amid Budget Woes, Vendors And Librarians Find A Common Purpose, Carol Tenopir, Gayle Baker, Jill E. Grogg

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Picture medieval monks hunched over their desks in the scriptorium as they labor to copy manuscripts. A 21st-century version of this activity is being repeated daily in the world's libraries and publishing houses as major digitization projects seek to preserve millions of printed books and documents. The work of medieval scribes ensured that the classics were available when the invention of movable type and the printing press made books accessible to the masses, transforming the world. Today's laborers are hunched over digitization equipment, but their goal is the same: copying and preserving resources so they are available now and into …

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Information On The Go., Carol Tenopir May 2009

Information On The Go., Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Libraries and publishers are busy redesigning and formatting content while introducing new services to make the best use of handhelds. Nowhere was this more apparent than at the 2009 Association of College and Research Libraries recent meeting.

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Reaching The Net Gen., Carol Tenopir Apr 2009

Reaching The Net Gen., Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Socioeconomic skewing Opening keynote speaker John Palfrey (faculty codirector, Berkman Institute for Internet and Society; professor, Harvard Law School; and coauthor of Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives ) warned that "one [wrong] perception...is that all young people use technology in the same way and that adults don't use technology." The information tap Within the young, tech-aware group, Palfrey pointed out certain concrete and distinct patterns of information-seeking behavior that signal real change. Because members of this group see their digital identity as merged with their total identity in a "converged environment," they can toggle easily between …

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Visualize The Perfect Search., Carol Tenopir Mar 2009

Visualize The Perfect Search., Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

The lifetime work of Ben Shneiderman, founder of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL) at the University of Maryland, suggests that combining visualization with interactivity allows researchers to discover, not just retrieve. Visualization approaches use the content of the database or digital library to guide interface choices.

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A New-Old Role For Libraries., Carol Tenopir Feb 2009

A New-Old Role For Libraries., Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Tenopir discusses the the Nov 2008 annual Charleston Conference: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition--"The Best of Times, the Worst of Times." The discussions at Charleston focused on preserving born-digital materials, not just digitizing old analog or print items.

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Electronic Journals And Changes In Scholarly Article Seeking And Reading Patterns, Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King, Sheri Edwards, Lei Wu Feb 2009

Electronic Journals And Changes In Scholarly Article Seeking And Reading Patterns, Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King, Sheri Edwards, Lei Wu

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

By tracking the information-seeking and reading patterns of science, technology, medical and social science faculty members from 1977 to the present, this paper seeks to examine how faculty members locate, obtain, read, and use scholarly articles and how this has changed with the widespread availability of electronic journals and journal alternatives.

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The Growth Of Journals Publishing, Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King Jan 2009

The Growth Of Journals Publishing, Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

For the last 60 years, scholarly journals have witnessed unprecedented growth, controversy and change. Since the late 1940s, the number of scholarly journals has increased sharply, with hundreds of new titles and new topics being introduced each decade. Beginning in the late 1960s and especially since the 1990s, the form of journals has been transformed into digital versions that speed both access and delivery of articles to readers and provide enhanced functionality. E-journals are now more popular with libraries and readers than their print counterparts, although both forms continue to coexist for a majority of titles. This combination of more …

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What Libraries And Information Professionals Can Learn From Knowledge And Project Management, Edwin Cortez, Monica Colon-Aguirre Jan 2009

What Libraries And Information Professionals Can Learn From Knowledge And Project Management, Edwin Cortez, Monica Colon-Aguirre

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Few professions have seen as rapid change over the past several decades as the field of library and information science (LIS), due mainly to information technologies. Computers not only provide the backbone of today’s libraries and information agencies, but they are also changing in fundamental ways how these organizations operate. Dennis Lee et al., in their article “Critical Skills and Knowledge Requirements of IS Professionals” (1995), espouse the view that these changes in information technologies and their use create different demands on and new expectations for the jobs of information professionals in such organizations as libraries and other information environments. …

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