Current Cites for February 2018
Current Cites for February 2018 is out! You can find the issue here... Being involved with Citation management at DPU, I found an interesting study which actually polled faculty as to what system they...
View Article50 Years of Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL)
Congrads on 50 yrs to the LITA Journal ITAL (more here)! The 50th anniversary issue includes a short review of tech articles from the 1960s as well as two pieces on (what else?) present-day social...
View ArticleCurrent Cites for May 2018
Current Cites for May 2018 is out! You can find the issue here...MIT Technology Review devoted an entire issue to blockchain and cryptocurrency; so naturally I linked to one of the articles.
View ArticleCurrent Cites for June 2018
Current Cites for June 2018 is out! You can find the issue here...I wrote about an interesting usability study published in Journal of Web Librarianship measuring the effectiveness of library research...
View ArticleCurrent Cites for Aug. 2018
Current Cites for Aug. 2018 is out! You can find the issue here...The people at IFLA Journal devoted a whole issue to privacy and the increasing level of complexity brought on by our online world. The...
View ArticleCurrent Cites for Oct. 2018
Current Cites for Oct. 2018 is out! You can find the issue here...I recommended an article on a new initiative from Europe promoting open access journals. Given the high cost of research journals and...
View ArticleCurrent Cites for Dec. 2018
Current Cites for Dec. 2018 is out! You can find the issue here...I wrote about a library research project where the investigators decided to scrap everything and go back to the drawing board. Highly...
View ArticleCurrent Cites for Aug. 2019
Current Cites for Aug. 2019 is out! You can find the issue here...Being the beginning of the academic year, I thought it'd be appropriate to write about an article on the future of academic libraries.
View ArticleCurrent Cites for Sept. 2019
Current Cites for Sept. 2019 is out! You can find the issue here...Usability studies on the effectiveness of library research guides are popping up all over. I recommended one that appeared in the...
View ArticleCurrent Cites for Feb. 2020
Current Cites for Feb. 2020 is out! You can find the issue here...Wrote about an interesting study that looked at the characteristics of transfer students at the undergrad level. Rang a bell.
View ArticleCurrent Cites for July 2020 (Final)
Current Cites for July 2020 is out! You can find the issue here...The issue is noteworthy for a couple of reasons: first that well-known library star Roy Tennant was ending his decade-long record as...
View ArticleBye-Bye My Friend -- No More C&RL News (in Print)
Darn! They just announced on the ACRL listserv that December will be the last time College & Research Libraries News (C&RL News) will appear in print (link). Henceforth, you'll only be able to...
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