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2009

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That's My Content. That's My Creativity. That's My Curriculum! Do You Want Copyright And Cataloguing With That?, Pru Mitchell Aug 2009

That's My Content. That's My Creativity. That's My Curriculum! Do You Want Copyright And Cataloguing With That?, Pru Mitchell

Pru Mitchell

What are libraries doing about collecting and managing user-generated content? In an era of globalisation we increasingly value the unique and the locally grown over the mass-produced, high food miles equivalent. At the growers' market we carefully select ingredients despite the odd shapes, unpredictable quantities and without accompanying metadata about ingredients, nutritional value and use-by dates. However, it seems that teacher librarians are slow to apply the same philosophy when they select resources for their libraries. Instead of relishing the variety, freshness and freedom of open, user-generated content, they are restricting library users to a diet of commercial content and …

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That's My Content. That's My Creativity. That's My Curriculum! Do You Want Copyright And Cataloguing With That?, Pru Mitchell Aug 2009

That's My Content. That's My Creativity. That's My Curriculum! Do You Want Copyright And Cataloguing With That?, Pru Mitchell

Pru Mitchell

What are libraries doing about collecting and managing user-generated content? In an era of globalisation we increasingly value the unique and the locally grown over the mass-produced, high food miles equivalent. At the growers' market we carefully select ingredients despite the odd shapes, unpredictable quantities and without accompanying metadata about ingredients, nutritional value and use-by dates. However, it seems that teacher librarians are slow to apply the same philosophy when they select resources for their libraries. Instead of relishing the variety, freshness and freedom of open, user-generated content, they are restricting library users to a diet of commercial content and …

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“Sharing Funds, Resources, And Responsibilities Across Libraries: A Pilot Program In Nursing”, Rob Kairis, Kay Downey Jul 2009

“Sharing Funds, Resources, And Responsibilities Across Libraries: A Pilot Program In Nursing”, Rob Kairis, Kay Downey

Rob Kairis

No abstract provided.

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Libraries Without Walls 7: Exploring “Anywhere, Anytime”, By P. Brophy, J. Craven, M. Markland. Delivery Of Library Services, Facet Publishing, London, 2008. Isbn 978-1-85604-623-7, Elizabeth Parang May 2009

Libraries Without Walls 7: Exploring “Anywhere, Anytime”, By P. Brophy, J. Craven, M. Markland. Delivery Of Library Services, Facet Publishing, London, 2008. Isbn 978-1-85604-623-7, Elizabeth Parang

Elizabeth Parang

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The Library As An Agent Of Change: Pushing The Client Institution Forward, Stuart Basefsky Jan 2009

The Library As An Agent Of Change: Pushing The Client Institution Forward, Stuart Basefsky

Stuart Basefsky

The library in today's world must transform itself into an agent of change. Basefsky discusses why informing, discussing, soliciting, targeting, teaming and stretching need to be implemented if libraries want to remain useful and the institutions they serve wish to prosper.

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Archives Annual Reports, 2009-, Meg Miner Dec 2008

Archives Annual Reports, 2009-, Meg Miner

Meg Miner

This link leads to the Illinois Wesleyan University's institutional repository location for the annual reports I create about the archives. Earlier archives reports are available in Record Group 4-12/7/6.

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