At Brunning: People & Technology: At The Only Edge That Means Anything/How We Understand What We Do, Dennis Brunning

Against the Grain

No abstract provided.

Op Ed-The Ivory Tower Vs. The Dark Side: A Rebuttal To "Joining The Dark Side", Katy Ginanni

Against the Grain

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Back Talk-Does Santa Like Differential Pricing?, Anthony W. Ferguson

Against the Grain

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From The Reference Desk-Reviews Of Reference Titles, Tom Gilson

Against the Grain

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Deadlines

Against the Grain

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Profile-Gracemary Smulewitz

Against the Grain

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Who Chooses Wisely? Ebook Pda Purchases: Librarian And Teaching Faculty Selections, Debbi Dinkins

Against the Grain

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Biz Of Acq-To Check-In Or Not To Check-In, Barbara M. Pope, Michelle Flinchbaugh

Against the Grain

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Booklover-Poland, Donna Jacobs

Against the Grain

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Analyze This: Usage And Your Collection, Gracemary Smulewitz

Against the Grain

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Notes From Mosier-In The House Of Wind And Rain, Scott A. Smith

Against the Grain

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What Was A University Press?, Doug Armato

Against the Grain

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From Your Editor, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

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Letters To The Editor, Katina Strauch

Against the Grain

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Profile-Helen Henderson

Against the Grain

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A Study Of The Demand-Driven Acquisition Of Ebook Titles In An Academic Library, Dara Elmore

Against the Grain

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Publisher Profile-Casalini Libri

Against the Grain

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Profile-Hazel Woodward

Against the Grain

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Going Out On A Limb: Pushing The Boundaries Of Dda, Jonathan H. Harwell

Against the Grain

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Indexing And Indices: An Essential Component Of Information Discovery, Donald T. Hawkins

Against the Grain

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Library Marketplace-Interview With Norman Desmarais, Professor Emeritus, Providence College, John D. Riley

Against the Grain

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Patron Driven Acquisitions: Integrating Print Books With Ebooks, Andrew Welch, Teri Koch

Against the Grain

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Collecting To The Core-Manuscripts In Medieval Studies, Susan Steuer, Ann Doherty

Against the Grain

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The Challenges Of Promoting Reading Culture In Nigerian Children Through Story Hour, Book Talks And Exhibition: A Case Study Of Selected Secondary Schools In Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria., Oyemike Victor Ossai-Onah

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

It has been observed that reading culture among Nigerian children is tragically deficient when compared to the Western world. In this era of high level technological development, it is disheartening to note that reading culture is missing as the younger ones are now embracing watching of home video and accessing the Internet. The paper focused on the challenges of promoting reading culture in Nigerian children through study hour, book talks and exhibition. The study was carried out in some secondary schools in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria. Ten (10) secondary schools were used and the findings reveals the challenges militating against …

Information Outlook, November/December 2012, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2012

Volume 16, Issue 6

Becoming Artifacts: Medieval Seals, Passports And The Future Of Digital Identity, Mawaki Chango

School of Information Studies - Dissertations

What does a digital identity token have to do with medieval seals? Is the history of passports of any use for enabling the discovery of Internet users' identity when crossing virtual domain boundaries during their digital browsing and transactions? The agility of the Internet architecture and its simplicity of use have been the engines of its growth and success with the users worldwide. As it turns out, there lies also its crux. In effect, Internet industry participants have argued that the critical problem business is faced with on the Internet is the absence of an identity layer from the core …

Ambient Intelligence With Wireless Grid Enabled Applications: A Case Study Of The Launch And First Use Experience Of Wejay Social Radio In Education, Helen Patricia Mckenna

School of Information Studies - Dissertations

Wireless grid and ambient intelligent (AmI) environments are characterized as supportive of collaboration, interaction, and sharing. The conceptual framework advanced for this study incorporated the constructs of innovation, creativity and context awareness while offering emergence theory -- emergent properties, structures, patterns and behaviors -- to frame and investigate a wireless grid enabled social radio application which was theorized to be potentially transformative and disruptive. The unintended consequences and unexpected possibilities of wireless grid and smart environments were also addressed.

Using a single case study, drawing upon multiple data collection methods, this research investigated the deployment and use experience of …

Information Needs Of The Rural Farmers : A Study From Maharashtra, India: A Survey, Nitin Bhagachand Bachhav

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Nowadays, information is a basic necessity of everyday life. For anything and everything information is required. Information can be obtained or retrieved from a variety of sources. Farmers constitute a particular group of users whose information needs is very specific. The present paper deals with the information needs of the farmer community in rural areas. The study conducted through survey method and reveals that 71 (40.58%) farmers requires daily information for various agriculture work. It is also found that the first preferred sources of the information of the farmers is colleague or fellow farmers following by newspapers and Government office.

Influence Of Information Source Parameters And Personal Characteristics Of Librarians On Readers' Ability To Retrieve Information In Reference Service, Nkoyo B. Edem

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

NKOYO B. EDEM (PH.D)

DEPUTY UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN

UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR LIBRARY

CALABAR

E- mail: [email protected]

ABSTRACT

This study was conducted in four (4) University libraries, (two states and two federal) in the south – south zone of Nigeria to provide information on the perception of both librarians and readers on the influence of information source parameters (obsolete information sources and availability of relevant information sources), as well as personal characteristics of librarians (attitude and experience) on readers ability to retrieve information. The study used survey design to determine by means of a one item in a four point likert scale …

Browsing Room, Research 101 And Finals Study Break, Kelly M. Fullerton

Blogging the Library

Also, more exciting things have happened! I've completed more of the Research 101 guide, and I'm pretty close to finishing it. I have to say it has been a lot of fun to look at what information is the most useful when doing research, and the best way to phrase the ideas so that it is helpful for students. I think casual but informative is working pretty well. Also, images are a great bonus. Too much text and the reader gets bogged down and it is hard to focus on the options let alone absorb the material. My intern supervisor …