Spring 2006 Comps

Question Negotiation and the Technological Environment

2006-01-05T10:42:00.000-05:00

This article shows how question negotiation is performed in reference service as technology is developed. We can compare this to traditional way.

Copyright in the Digital Library

2005-12-14T14:34:00.000-05:00

This is part of the University of Texas' Crash Course in Copyright. Click on link below.

Intellectual Property Primer

2005-12-14T14:21:00.000-05:00

The first 7 pages focus on copyright. (The rest of the primer focuses on patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. ) The author does a good job explaining the originality requirement and the fact that EXPRESSIONS (vs. ideas, facts, processes, and discoveries) are protected. Also briefly discusses the debate regarding copyrighting compilations of facts -- i.e. databases. Click on link below.

Meeting with Dr. Bateman

2005-12-13T08:57:00.000-05:00

Dr. Bateman is willing to meet with us on Jan. 14, 2006. She will be discussing 551, Organization of Information.

2005-12-12T08:17:00.000-05:00

As We May Think
Bush, Vannevar (1945) "As we May Think" Atlantic Monthly
Repreinted IN: 1999 Library Computing 18(3): 180-188.
http://www.ps.uni-sb.de/~duchier/pub/vbush/vbush.shtml

2005-12-09T08:25:00.000-05:00

I will bring this article for everyone, the next time we meet; I read it in my 551 course.
"Towards a Code of Ethics for Cataloging" by Sheila Bair
Technical Services Quarterly, Vol. 23(1) 2005

551/ Organization Questions

2005-12-05T08:32:00.000-05:00

551 Final Questions Fall 2005
This was a "take-home" exam from Dr. Bateman.

1. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of using the MARC record to organize documents. Discuss when MARC is appropriate and when it is not (in the context of a library). Give an example of a set of "documents" that you would not organize by using MARC and AACR2 and discuss breifly what your organization method would be for this collection.

2. Outline the process of descriptive cataloging (you do not have to catalog anything, just give a general overview of the process). Include the concepts of ISBD, AACR2, Name authority control, controlled vocabulary and classification in your answer (yes I know that controlled vocabulary and classification are not part of descriptive cataloging, but include them as part of the cataloging process)

3. Controlled vocabulary is expensive to develop and maintain and many of our patrons do not know that it exists or how to use it. Discuss the difference between using full text (I had keyword here before, but full text searching is what you should use in your comparison) and using controlled vocabulary and the advantages and disadvantages of both.

International Children's Digital Library

2005-12-04T03:46:00.000-05:00

This digital library was created by the Univ. of Maryland and the Internet Archive. They've tried to develop its contents and search methods in a children's point of view.

A Risky Gamble with Google

2005-12-04T03:41:00.000-05:00

I received this article through the IFACTION listserv. This article is from Chronicle of Higher Education and dealing with facts related to the Google Print project.
The below is a part of the article.

I have to confess, I am thrilled and dazzled by the potential of such a machine and the research and distribution opportunities it presents. I sincerely wish every Internet user had access to a full-text search of every book in the Google libraries.
But, as we all know, we should be careful what we wish for. This particular project, I fear, opens up more problems than it solves. It will certainly fail to live up to its utopian promise. And it dangerously elevates Google's role and responsibility as the steward — with no accountability — of our information ecosystem. That's why I, an avowed open-source, open-access advocate, have serious reservations about it.
It pains me to declare this: Google's Library Project is a risky deal for libraries, researchers, academics, and the public in general. However, it's actually not a bad deal for publishers and authors, despite their protestations.

Taxonomy and Categorization

2005-11-30T16:33:00.000-05:00

TITLE: Build It So They Can Find It: The practical uses of building a business taxonomy
SOURCE: AIIM E-Doc Magazine 19 no2 22, 24-5 Mr/Ap 2005
By Theresa Regli

TITLE: Implementing a Taxonomy Solution
SOURCE: AIIM E-Doc Magazine 19 no2 25-6 Mr/Ap 2005
By Paula Lederman

TITLE: The Value of Categorization
SOURCE: AIIM E-Doc Magazine 18 no4 16-18 Jl/Ag 2004
By Nathaniel Palmer and Carl Frappaolo

Digital libraries and reference services: present and future

2005-11-29T11:45:00.000-05:00

This article shows how reference services are provided to users in a digital library. I found this article through the Mullen library's e-journals. Therefore, when you reach this article through the link, you need your last name and CUA ID number.

Pages in Rubin

2005-11-29T11:31:00.000-05:00

The pages in the below are what Dr. Gardner mentioned. If I missed any pages, please add what you know to these pages. :)

* Information:
p. 43, 68 (knowledge management), 302 (Goreman's idea), 304, 306 (5 laws)

* Digital Millenium Copyright Act:
p. 142, 145-6, 147, 149, 150

* Codes of Ethics:
p. 203

* Media Consolidation:
p. 3

The Future of Libraries: Beginning the Great Transformation

2005-11-29T10:19:00.000-05:00

This article presents a very brief history of libraries and describes the changes they have undergone. It discusses 10 trends and makes 4 recommendations. Related topics are library as place and technological trends. Will libraries transition from a center of information to a center of culture?

Media Consolidation

2005-11-28T22:44:00.000-05:00

We talked briefly about media consolidation at our last meeting. Attached is the link to the site Dr. Gardner shared with. It basically shows you who owns what. Dr. Gardner's point was that thera are only few companies that own a majority of media outlets.

"Library as Place" articles

2005-11-27T13:42:00.000-05:00

These 2 articles are too large to print out. Please go to their links and peruse them.

1. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=314099
J Med Libr Assoc. 2004 January; 92(1): 6–13.
Copyright © 2004, Medical Library Association
Being there: the library as place*
Frieda Weise, M.L.S., AHIP, FMLA, Executive Director1
1Health Sciences and Human Services Library University of Maryland, Baltimore 601 West Lombard Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Frieda Weise: fweise@umaryland.edu
Abstract:
"The value of the library as place is examined in this Janet Doe Lecture. The lecture, which is intended to focus on the history or philosophy of health sciences librarianship, presents an overview of the library as a place in society from ancient times to the present. The impact of information technology and changes in the methods of scholarly publication from print to digital are addressed as well as the role of the library as the repository of the written historical record of cultures. Functions and services of libraries are discussed in light of the physical library facility of the future. Finally, librarians are asked to remember the enduring values of librarianship in planning libraries of the future."

2. http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub129/pub129.pdf#search='library%20as%20place'
Library as Place: Rethinking Roles, Rethinking Space
Council on Library and Information resources
2005

Government Documents: Adding Value Discussion from Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) Conference October 2005

2005-11-25T17:42:00.000-05:00

GPO stands for US Government Printing Office. The GPO administers the FDLP, which is the Federal Depository Library Program...which disseminates government publications to approximately 1,200 depository libraries. The people particpating in this discussion are depository coordinators...older terms are depository librarians or government documents librarians. I think some of the discussion applies to any library seeking to add value to materials in a budget crunched environment though. Sorry about the formatting difficulties...I might edit it if I have time.

Adding Value

Background

Delivery of government information to a diverse user population is the core principle of the program. Easy to use access tools are necessary to optimize this, as is organizing and positioning collections and tools in such a way that users will encounter them in their general search efforts. This session discussed ways that librarians and GPO can and do add value through creating and distributing various access tools (pathfinders, guides), sharing of resources, and possibly partnering with commercial entities such as Google and National Archive.
New Ideas, Suggestions, Recurring Themes

· Is it the responsibility of the FDL to add value to the program? The consensus was yes and that they all added value wherever they could. Mark Anderson from the University of Northern Colorado thinks that depositories are already required by regulations to add value. Cataloging and providing reference services adds value. In terms of cataloging, sometimes a link in the Marchive record will be outdated and the librarian will need to find the current link to serve a patron. After years of practice, a reference librarian can provide a very high level of expert assistance that adds a lot of value to the collection and program. In addition to locating resources and being familiar with agencies and trends, they can also interpret, filter, and highlight some of the information. Web pages are also designed to provide easy access to library guides, etc.

· What are ways that FDLs add value?

o Jim Gillespie, Johns Hopkins University: “Re-aggregating” existing data to make new information products is a way to add value.
o Ms. Klair said cataloging and processing documents as a regional consortium adds value and saves time and effort for the selectives.
o Add more Spanish materials for populations that have a high percentage of Hispanic immigrants.
o Knowing the local community’s needs and having good referral skills if your library cannot meet those needs.
o Mr. Fredericks: The FDLP is great for advocating for access to public information.
o Rebecca Knight, University of Delaware Library: Librarians are actually adding more value in the electronic environment than they did in the paper world because research guides are published on the Internet for all to see.
o Richard Akeroyd: Finding fugitives and adding them various databases.
o Mary Prophet: providing special computers for government information access.
o Mark Gooch, College of Worcester Libraries: Retrospective cataloging and digitization projects. Maybe hosting light archives.
o Kate Holvoet, University of Utah: Host things on their servers.
o Grace Ellen McGrann, City College of New York: Would be interest in an extra light archive collection for specific agencies like DOD, DOS.
o Coleen Parmer, Bowling Green State University: Backing up websites…such as old Clinton sites. Valerie Glenn, University of North Texas added that National Archives does a lot of that.
o Mary Prophet, Dennison University: Taking raw data, creating good tables, making the information more accessible and usable.
o Mary Jane Walsh, Colgate University: New York is trying to get depository holdings of different schools in a consortium.

· What if staffing and funding shortages make it impossible to keep up with adding value? How do they keep up with such a vast amount of information? What about small libraries?

o Janet Fisher, Arizona State University: Partnering with other libraries in the neighboring areas was a value adding option. Her example was creating tutorials for products, asking area libraries to test them, and doing usability tests, etc.
o Jan Comfort, Clemson University: We should not expect all libraries to add value in the same way because of various limitations. Tom Fischlschweiger, Broward County Library added that if you place too many demands on some libraries, the burdens might become heavy enough for them to leave the program.
o Rick McKinney, Federal Reserve Board Law Library: Talked about enhancing the value of the Federal Register and Congressional Record by creating guides and linking them to come up high on relevance rankings through Google.
o Kate Holvoet, University of Utah: Promotion, talking it up to faculty, websites.
o Larry Meyer, San Bernardino County Law Library: Volunteering some hours on the consortium (online reference?). Familiarity with local issues.
o Kristin Leonard, Indiana University, Kokomo and Mary Jane Walsh, Colgate University: Mentoring new professionals and even older professionals who need help answering certain types of questions for patrons.
o Coleen Parmer, Bowling Green State University: small libraries have a good sense of their population.
o Julie Linden, Yale University: Questioned implication that large libraries should contribute more than small libraries because a large library could have a tight budget.
o Mikes Hughs, Quinnipiac University: Cost savings are not as big for smaller libraries in the electronic environment.

· Collaborate and share content so that valuable resources are not underutilized.
o McKinley Sielaff, Colorado College: A fugitive documents model had been discussed which would enable librarians who found fugitives to report them back to a bigger system. Collaborative examples from two universities were mentioned: the University of Oregon puts information from old floppy disks online and the University of Texas works with CRS publications.
o She also suggested that there be a way to register, possibly through GPO, what projects everyone is working on encourage “collective collection development models and sharing.” Michael Fry shared this desire. IT was said that GODORT already has some part in these kinds of information sharing efforts.
o Amy West, University of Minnesota: Identify guides and research tools that already exist and refrain from creating new ones that will only increase the quantity of items available rather than quality. In many cases, another guide can be tweaked if need be rather than completely re-written. Take advantage of the “cooperative tradition.”

· Added value? Steve Hayes, University of Notre Dame: “Adding value” implies that there is no value to begin with. He thought “enhancing value” was preferable language.

· Should federal depository libraries seek to partner with Internet memory organizations, like Google, Memory Hole, Internet Archive, dozens, to provide government information?
o Tim Morton, University of Virginia: Encouraged use of the Internet Archive. It will take snapshots of websites, save them, and make them available online (safeguarding them in case something happens locally). He also suggested that cataloging records be put up on the Internet Archive.
o David Cismowski, California State University: Mentioned a project that Google has with OCLC to provide quick access to Worldcat records through Google searches. Another goal of a partnership could be preservation.
o Michael Fry encouraged caution in terms of enlisting Google to help with various efforts because there is already significant overlap in the various indexes and full-text databases that are commonly used. Things are being paid for twice. He also recommended looking at providers like Lexis Nexis and Readex that have a record of providing government information.
o Linda Fredericks, King County Library System: The community should protect their interests by at least being a stakeholder.
o Kevin Reynolds, University of the South: Concerned that Google will not have the same ideology as librarians about how stuff should be handled. And, are people comfortable seeing commercials on their government information?
o Richard Akeroyd said that we don’t question the credibility of news on the basis of there being advertisements coming with it in the form of commercials.
o Kathy Amen, St Mary’s University in San Antonio: People usually only look at the first three Google hits and those come up based on number of visits, so people need to visit each other’s websites.
o Kristin Leonard, Indiana University, Kokomo: Commercial entities can have more experience with archiving and other services meaning that information and database architecture can be contracted out.

· Where is GPO in this?
o Steve Hayes, Notre Dame University: Suggested that GPO be a “master integrator” for managing online reference services via Instant Messenger across the country. He says that East Coast librarians can cover early morning hours and West Coast staff can cover the later hours so that people could almost always contact “ a live information specialist.”
o Amy West: GPO should provide standards such as basic markup, standard interfaces and some basic programming.
o David Cismowski: A new mechanism should be developed to replace the Consultant Program.
§ GPO (possibly in partnership with libraries) could coordinate and provide a clearinghouse for online tutorials that have been created by the community. It could be heavily advertised.
§ Can GPO try harder to get passwords to proprietary databases in addition to Stat USA to add value?
§ The Strategic Plan talks about manufacturing custom-made datasets to be marketed commercially. Can those be given to depositories free of charge?
o Ms Klair: FRBR needs to be in the Vision document in the technical services section. She also says that GPO should work on crosswalks between marked data into other metadata schemes so that there is more flexibility in the future in cataloging and less duplication. Bibliographic records should include all formats of the work in one record.
o Janet Fisher: GPO should stay away from Sudark.
o Grace York, University of Michigan: GPO should provide “plain vanilla products” and others can add bells and whistles. Others thought GPO should strive for better and not be the least common denominator.
o Kevin Reynolds: If Google were to become more involved, could GPO play a role in guaranteeing authenticity of documents being circulated?
o Jan Reagan, State Library of NC: GPO should explore partnerships with Google, Internet Archive, etc.
o Grace York, University of Michigan: doesn’t want GPO involved with the Internet Archive projects because in the past, they have taken things down because they were politically hot topics.
o Julie Wallace, University of Minnesota: “The government information is much too important to leave in the hands of the government.”
o Holvoet: Says that GPO is charged with distributing information and that is what they do, but there isn’t so much evidence to suggest that it’s GPO’s responsibility to do retrospective digitization projects. It might be up to libraries and GPO could be a partner.
o Mr Gooch: GPO should at least coordinate digitization projects. He hopes GPO would take the lead with working with Internet Archive because of GPO’s expertise.
o Jo Anne Beezley, Pittsburgh State University: GPO needs to provide timely cataloging records, training to all librarians, and an advertising/marketing program.
o Ms. McCrann: Just wants GPO to fix what they already have and wants the ILS up.
o Julie Wallace, University of Minnesota: Wants the old monthly catalogs fully digitized and searchable so people can finish cooperative cataloging projects.
o Kate Holvoet, University of Utah: Enhanced training, not just with conferences, but in the form of contact lists to help them connect with agencies to obtain specialized training.
o Mr. Gooch: TRAINING!

Questions Posed To Council
· N/A

Additional Information
· Maureeen Booth, Department of Interior Library: Pay attention to the platform that information is saved on and distributed on. Her CD-Roms have no platform. Also suggested getting away from mindset that librarians should give away control of their expertise, products, and the materials that they provide maintenance for.
· Mr. Gooch says that his group wanted to elevate the deep web to an accessible area.
· Kay Collins, University of California, Irvine: More money, time, and staff is needed for these projects. Where from? Congress, grants, ?

Dr. Bateman

2005-11-25T14:32:00.000-05:00

Dr. Bateman is willing to meet with us. However, she has not selected a specific date. She will email me with a date and I will pass it along ASAP.

2005-11-25T09:15:00.000-05:00

Title: Colorado State Library Talks Virtual Reference.
Author: Rogers, Michael
Citation: Library Journal 9/15/2005, Vol. 130 Issue 15, p25-25
Year: 2005

“The article offers a look at virtual reference services discussed at the Colorado State Library symposium. Virtual reference collaboratives quickly are gaining ground. The Colorado State Library (CSL) recently hosted a Denver symposium devoted to the subject, which revealed that steady growth in usage is the norm, with volume doubled in some states over last year. In 2002, CSL hosted a Collaborative Virtual Reference Symposium in Denver, designed to help state library agencies and other consortia launch their own services. A follow-up symposium drew 120 attendees from 25 states, Australia, Canada, and Kosovo who came to learn and share their experiences at the international, national, state, and consortial levels. A dynamic keynote by Stephen Abram, vice president of innovation at SirsiDynix, set the tone for the meeting by challenging participants with a wide array of new technologies and future trends from beyond the library field.”

Subject:
ABRAM, Stephen

COLORADO

REFERENCE services (Libraries)

TECHNOLOGICAL innovations

STATE libraries -- Reference services

ELECTRONIC reference services (Libraries)

INTERNET in library reference services
ISSN: 0363-0277

2005-11-25T09:03:00.000-05:00

Title: Reference X Appeal.
Author: LaGuardia, Cheryl
Library Journal 9/15/2005, Vol. 130 Issue 15, p28-28
2005

“The article offers information about electronic services for libraries. Google Print will stop scanning copyrighted titles until November 2005. Xreferplus is an online reference aggregator that has grown from 121 reference books to 169 reference tools in 21 different subject areas: art, biography, business, conversions, dictionaries, encyclopedias, food, geography, history, language, law, literature, medicine, music, philosophy, psychology, quotations, religion, science, social sciences, and technology. A search box lets you comb the entire database quickly, and the 21 subject areas appear beneath this for checking one area at a time. Despite confusing displays, this continues to be a great reference product, and the added content has improved it.”

Subject:
DATABASE searching

ELECTRONIC publishing

LIBRARIES & electronic publishing

REFERENCE services (Libraries)

ELECTRONIC reference sources
ISSN: 0363-0277

2005-11-25T08:54:00.000-05:00

Title: Questions in the Library of the Future.
Author: Hisle, W. Lee
Chronicle of Higher Education 9/30/2005, Vol. 52 Issue 6, pB6-B8
2005

"Focuses on the transition in academic libraries of modern times. Digitalization of libraries; Change in the reference work in library services; Future of the reference service in the research work of students; Need for reference librarians to be comfortable with new technologies; Strategies and methods of offering reference services."

Subject:
ACADEMIC libraries

INFORMATION superhighway

LIBRARY information desks

REFERENCE services (Libraries)

INTERNET in library reference services

ACADEMIC librarians
ISSN: 0009-5982

Subject Headings

2005-11-24T13:41:00.000-05:00

Subject Headings

I don't understand every detail of this first article but it points to the importance and usefullness of subject headings. Subject headings were my greatest discovery in 551 (although this information overlaps with 553 and Collection Development) and I was surprised when I realized how few articles there were out there that dealt with them. I accessed this on WilsonWeb. These are both by Thomas Mann.

TITLE:
Why LC Subject Headings Are More Important Than Ever
SOURCE:
American Libraries 34 no9 52-4 O 2003

TITLE:
RESEARCH AT RISK
SOURCE:
Library Journal (1976) 130 no12 38-40 Jl 2005

I am posting a 2 page document I wrote for work in which I evaluated a survey given to government documents librarians about the proposed e-LCSH. There is an electronic version of the Library of Congress Subject Headings that is being evaluated and I was the GPO staff person assigned to deal with it. The summary is that librarians prefer print. It is just occuring to me that perhaps librarians don't immediately see the usefullness of subject headings in the electronic environment? 551 really helped me to see their value.

In the survey that was designed to evaluate the new eLCSH, even the people who said that they liked the searchability of the PDF were likely to say that the e-LCSH would not completely displace their print copies as long as they had a choice in the matter. I think LC was hoping to stop producing as many print copies because of the high cost.

I mentioned that from the comments I got on the survey, it seemed that a few of the respondents simply were not skilled in searching and navigating a PDF document. They would sometimes complain about not being able to do something that is possible...they just didn't know how...for example, it is possible to print just a selection of the PDF and not the entire document, but someone didn't know how to do that.

Summary of GPO e-LCSH Survey

Librarians want print!

The majority of respondents (65%) wanted to continue to have the option of the familiar printed volumes of LCSH. Comments were that they were easier to use, were not as intimidating, provided back up when electricity went out or systems were down, and offered people the option of having several volumes open at once on a table. Many who liked the PDF version still wanted the option of getting the printed version. Only 16% of respondents said that they would no longer use the print version with the addition of the e-LCSH and only 25% said that their item selection would change to EL only.

[The pie charts did not copy. The data is:
"How easy is it to use eLCSH?"
17% Extremely Easy
29% Somewhat Easy
26% Moderate
12% Somewhat Difficult
10% Extremely Difficult
6% No Response

"How Will Print Copies Be Affected?"
41% No impact on use of printed copies
36% Might reduce the number of print copies required
16% Would no longer use print copies of eLCSH
7% No response

"Will your library change their selection to EL?" [depository librarians select the materials they wish to receive by format]
65% No
25% Yes
10% no response

How can e-LCSH be improved?

Web accessible- Ensure that the volumes can be accessed online through a webpage and set of links.
Avoid huge downloads and zip files…they kept crashing one person’s computer.
Make it a database.
HTML.
An electronic version not so tied to print (seems to contradict desire for print?).
Cross reference with hot links.
Increase size and contrast of print.
Also, the size of the file and current format led one person to suggest that it be saved to the library’s server.

Index:

It didn’t download properly for everyone and there is a possibility that there is a browser problem.

Searching:

Have a detailed “how to” document.
Needs to be more intuitive.
It can be intimidating and a Google style search box might be helpful.
Separate files by subject heading.
Weigh search results by relevance instead of only showing them by sentence.
Indicate which section of the document each search result comes from.

Basic PDF Navigation Skills:

Don’t assume that people know how to perform basic functions on PDF. Provide guidance on printing small selections and copying and pasting.

Who's who of Library dignitaries

2005-11-23T15:14:00.000-05:00

Who’s who

I will put up the mini bios on the BB site, once I have cleaned up the site.
-April

12/17/05
Those names in red are ones that are emphasized.

James H. Billington
Judith Krug
Thomas Jefferson
Eugene P. Sheehy
John Newbery
Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey
Randolph Caldecott
Dr. Shiyali Ramanrita Ranganathan
Minnie Earl Sears
Herbert Putnam - Librarian of Congress for 40 years
Jesse Shera - Founding father of Information Science
Michael Gorman - Library as a place
Charles Cutter
Zoia Horn
Henriette Davidson Avram
Benjamin Franklin
Gutenberg
Andrew Carnegie
Carol C. Kuhlthau – psychology of searching
Samuel Green – Reference
John Cotton Dana
Noah Webster
Vannevar Bush - MEMEX

obscene, porn, slander, libel

2005-11-18T10:26:00.000-05:00

Obscenity: A legal term referring to information that has
been declared illegal.Information must fail all three
parts of the "Miller Test" in order to be ruled obscene
by the court.
Pornagraphy: refers to sexually explicit material and is
deemed pornagraphic by the standards of the community.
This is not a legal term.
Libel: Printed or written information about someone
(including corporations) that is untrue/false.
Slander: spoken untruths about someone or a corporation.
It is legal to posses libelous materials, but the
offended party can sue the creator of the libel/slander
for punitary damages.

Some definitions: info lit, info, mission statements

2005-11-18T10:13:00.000-05:00

What is Information Literacy?1. The ability to find and use information. (Information
Power pg. 1)2. One who is able to recognize when information is
needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and
effectively use the needed information. (ALA Presidential
Commision on Information Literacy)

What is information? Data w/ meaning.

Mission Statement: the summation of what an organization
wishes to accomplish. It puts the members and users of
that org. marching towards the same goal. It should guide
how the org. uses fiscal resources, human resources, and
the facilities.

RFID ARTICLE for Saturday's discussion

2005-11-17T14:32:00.000-05:00

This article on RFID appeared in the Library Philosophy and Practice Vol. 8, No. 1 (Fall 2005). "Use of RFID Technology in Libraries: a New Approach to Circulation, Tracking, Inventorying, and Security of Library Materials." It is by Syed Md. Shahid.

It is available on the web, this is the link: http://libr.unl.edu:2000/LPP/shahid.htm

Sorry this is late, I posted it previously and deleted it because of copyright concerns.

Reference Instruction

2005-11-17T13:17:00.000-05:00

The University of South Carolina- Beaufort developed a "bare bones" tutorial for web searching. Again, this is another example of reference instruction. It is interesting to compare this with the Washington State Library "library smart" instruction. How does each "plan" provide for learning theories? Are patron behavior, coginitive skills, and psychology part of the instructional plans?

Information Literacy

2005-11-17T13:14:00.000-05:00

Washington State Library has developed Information Literacy training for library staff. This is important, not only for reference librarians, but also for managers who must train paraprofessionals who work at the reference desk. This site provides sample training materials.

Should libraries play tag with RFIDs?

2005-11-17T12:17:00.000-05:00

American Libraries, Dec 2003 v34 i11 p69 (3)
Should libraries play tag with RFIDs? Librarians Jackie Griffin and Karen Schneider discuss the benefits and problems of using this hot new technology. (Technology)(Interview) Gordon Flagg.
Full Text: COPYRIGHT 2003 American Library Association

Copyright issues are taken very seriously. Plagiarism is unlawful!

2005-11-17T12:10:00.000-05:00

Comps study group members, please respect intellectual property!

Posting Articles: Please do not post whole articles because of copyright issues. Briefly, tell the ‘aboutness’ of the article and give the references.

Posting your notes: they are your property –there is no problem

Posting from textbooks: read the rules of intellectual property in regards to educational purpose before posting anything.

“How is Your Leadership Changing?” by Margaret Wheatley (c2005)

2005-11-17T10:36:00.000-05:00

The article lists 10 provoking questions concerning the field of management/organization.
Find the full article at: http://www.margaretwheatley.com/articles/howisyourleadership.html

Basic information about reference services

2005-11-17T02:15:00.000-05:00

I hope this start-up information about reference services reminds you the things you’ve learned through the 553 course.

★ Definition of Reference Services by Samuel Green (1876):
“Personal relations between librarians and readers”
★ Three basic reference functions by Green and examples:
① Information
-Ready Reference Questions
-Bibliographic Verification
-ILL and Document Delivery
-Information and Referral Services
-Research Questions
-Fee-Based Services and Information Brokering
② Guidance
-Readers’ Advisory Services
-Bibliotherapy
-Term-Paper Counseling
-Selective Dissemination of Information
③ Instruction
-One-on-One Instruction
-Group Instruction

★ What is the Best Model of Reference Service by David A. Tyckoson(2001) :
Detailed explanation about reference services based on the Green’s ideas
(You can see this text through the CUA library, so you may need to put your last name and id.)

★ Changing Reference Service Environment: a Review of Perspectives from Managers, Librarians, and Users by Soo Young Rieh(1999):
Changes in reference services
(You can see this text through the CUA library, so you may need to put your last name and id.)

★ Guidelines for Behavioral Performance of Reference and Information Service Providers by RUSA (Reference and User Services Association):
Guidelines for reference services

Authority Records in Reference Service

2005-11-16T14:21:00.000-05:00

"Authority Records in Reference Service
Source: Library Mosaics 15 no5 23 S/O 2004 "

Understanding Metadata and Its Purpose

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TITLE:
Understanding Metadata and Its Purpose
SOURCE:
The Journal of Academic Librarianship 31 no2 160-3 Mr 2005

Metadata- Not Just for Librarians Anymore

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TITLE:
Metadata-Not Just for Librarians Anymore
SOURCE:
EContent 28 no5 31 My 2005

LSC 553 syllabus - Dr. Pierce

2005-11-14T09:51:00.000-05:00

I think this syllabus is very good and it will help with 553 research. It has links to articles, also when you click on the specific "unassignment" it will link you to online resources (most of them are on Aladin but some are not).http://slis.cua.edu/sjp/553.htm

Dictionary for Library and Information Science

2005-11-14T09:41:00.000-05:00

This is the link to the online version of the Dictionary for Library and Information Science:
http://lu.com/odlis/about.cfm

FRBR

2005-11-13T13:48:00.000-05:00

http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/frbr/
OCLC Research Activities and IFLA's Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records(Website that explains the FRBR project.)
http://www.ifla.org/VII/s13/wgfrbr/wgfrbr.htm
More information

Definitely read Kulthau and Asheim!

2005-08-12T08:38:00.000-04:00

Last Entry: Difference Between CPPA, COPA, and CIPA

2005-07-14T15:58:00.000-04:00

Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition (Child Pornography Prevention Act)

The Child Pornography Prevention Act (CPPA) expanded the definition of child pornography. CPPA criminalized the creation of what is called “virtual child pornography,” or “morphed” child pornography. Under CPPA images that appear to depict children but do not, including images of youthful-looking adults or images that are computer-generated would be illegal.

The Free Speech Coalition filed a lawsuit to overturn these provisions of the CPPA on the grounds that the restrictions violated the First Amendment. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed with the Free Speech Coalition, and in a decision handed down on April 16, 2002, found these parts of the CPPA unconstitutional on two grounds:

First, the law, as written, is overbroad, prohibiting otherwise legal, non-obscene images depicting teenagers engaging in sexual activity, such as filmed depictions of Romeo and Juliet or Lolita.

Second, the prohibition on child pornography is based on the link between the creation of the image and the sexual abuse of the children shown in the image. If an image is created by use of computer technology or by photographing adults pretending to be children, there is no basis in the law to ban the image.

The Child Pornography Prevention Act affected only those who create films and images. It did not affect libraries. The Freedom to Read Foundation, however, joined an amicus curae (friend of the court) brief in support of certain First Amendment arguments.

Ashcroft v. ACLU (Child Online Protection Act)

Congress passed The Child Online Protection Act (COPA) to replace the Communications Decency Act. (The Communications Decency Act was held unconstitutional in a 9–0 decision by the Supreme Court in 1997.) COPA prohibits the transmission of any material over the Internet deemed “harmful to minors,” if the communication was made for a commercial purpose.

The ACLU challenged COPA on behalf of a group of plaintiffs who provided commercial content for the Internet or who received such content. The trial court found the law unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that the law was unconstitutional, but said it was unconstitutional because of its reliance on “contemporary community standards.” This made the law overbroad.

The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Third Circuit’s decision on May 13, 2002, on very narrow grounds. The Supreme Court did not decide on the constitutionality of COPA, finding only that COPA’s reliance on “community standards” does not by itself make the law unconstitutional. As a result, the Supreme Court returned the matter to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals for a fuller consideration of the First Amendment issues raised by COPA’s restrictions on Internet speech. All nine justices agreed that the injunction preventing any enforcement of COPA must remain in place while the lower courts further examine COPA’s constitutionality.

Because COPA addresses only material sent over the Internet for commercial purposes, it does not directly affect libraries. FTRF joined an amicus curae brief in support of the parties’ First Amendment argument.

ALA v. United States (Children’s Internet Protection Act)

The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) requires libraries and schools to install filters on their Internet computers to retain federal funding and discounts for computers and computer access. Because this law directly affected libraries and their ability to make legal information freely available to their patrons, the American Library Association and the Freedom to Read Foundation filed a lawsuit to overturn CIPA, but the Supreme Court on June 23, 2003, in a 6–3 decision, upheld the constitutionality of the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA). Although it does not make the lose any easier to bear, the decision in United States v. American Library Association was a plurality decision. [According to “The Modern Problem of Supreme Court Plurality Decision: Interpretation in Historical Perspective” by Adam S. Hochschild, “problems arise when there is less than a clear majority speaking for the Court—when the leading opinion of the Court is a plurality opinion. A Supreme Court plurality decision holds ambiguous precedential value. . . . [A] plurality opinion, which represents the rationale of less than half of the Justices, is . . . problematic. A majority opinion may command more authority than a plurality decision, but precisely what authority does a plurality decision command? In other words, how should courts apply a plurality decision to subsequent controversies involving similar issues?]

Citation: "CPPA, COPA, CIPA: Which One Is Which?." American Library Association. 2005.
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/ifissues/issuesrelatedlinks/cppacopacipa.htm (Accessed 14 Jul, 2005)

Sample Wikis

2005-07-13T20:18:00.000-04:00

Some examples of WIKIs from my 776 class.

http://wise.berkeley.edu/

http://www.tulane.edu/~sumter/

http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/

http://www.merlot.org/Home.po

San Francisco Supervisors Reject RFID, Increase Materials Budget

2005-07-13T16:17:00.000-04:00

Hi guys. Attached is the link for an article from Library Journal on July 8. RFID is definitely a hot topic right now. Here's a brief article about one Board that rejected RFIDs...

818 (Special Libraries) Chart

2005-07-11T19:13:00.000-04:00

Hi...

As I showed some of you on Sunday, I took Bruce's lecture notes, which are summaries of the articles, and made it into a chart. Take a look.

http://students.cua.edu/03springer/random/namesandideas.xls

Sabrina

Article links

2005-07-11T11:40:00.000-04:00

Here are some links to articles we discussed on July 10th:

Robert Taylor: Question-negotiation and information seeking in libraries. College and Research LIbraries, 29(3), 178-194. http://webct.cua.edu/clsc555a/taylor.pdf. If this link does not work, I found a summary at: http://ils.unc.edu/~arnsj/inls180-01/taylor.htm

Heyman, Martha: Building Successful Relationships with IT Professionals. Information Outlook, Vol. 5, no. 4, April 2001. http://www.sla.org/content/Shop/Information/infoonline/2001/apr01/heyman.cfm

Nielsen, Tom. Four Steps I Took that Transformed my Library. Marketing LIbrary Services. Volume 16, Nos. 6/7 • Sept./Oct. 2002. http://www.infotoday.com/mls/sep02/Nielsen.htm

Corrected Link Re: Grokster

2005-07-08T21:16:00.000-04:00

An additional viewpoint on the ruling:

http://www.libraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=articlePrint&articleid=CA623829

Grokster Decision

2005-07-08T20:29:00.000-04:00

Hi Everyone!

Not sure if it will come up or not, but this recent
Grokster ruling (Intellectual Property Rights) seems
to be creating a lot of buzz. I've been reading some
of Lawrence Lessig's views, very interesting!

Other than that, poring over notes, etc.
Thanks for all the good articles everybody!

Chris

We know more

2005-07-08T19:52:00.000-04:00

In going through notes from Vera Fessler's 603 class, I found the following:
David Snowden emphasized the essential understanding
1. We know more than we can say
2. We will always say more than we can write down.

I think this is a good idea to keep in mind as we wrack our brains for comps.

Also, a short, to the point article about Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCR) is by David Ensign, Title: Copyright Corner , Source: Kentucky Libraries 63 no1 22-3 Wint 1999 This is available through Aladin.

COMPS BRIEFING: SOME DEFINITIONS

2005-07-05T14:03:00.000-04:00

The most common faculty comment when someone fails comps is: "Didn't answer the question!"

Words are important. Be sure you know what the question is asking before you start. There will be a dictionary in the room if you need one. Here are definitions of some verbs often used in comps questions:

Compare and Contrast
To discuss both similarities and differences between or among two or more things

Critique
1. A critical review or commentary, especially one dealing with works of art or literature.
2. A critical discussion of a specified topic.
[NOTE: critical is defined as “exercising or involving careful judgment or judicious evaluation”]

Describe
1. To characterize; to tell the facts, details, or particulars of
2. To trace the form or outline of

Define
1. a. To state the precise meaning of (a word or sense of a word, for example).
b. To describe the nature or basic qualities of; explain: e.g., define the properties of a new drug;
a study that defines people according to their median incomes.
2. a. To delineate the outline or form of: e.g., gentle hills that were defined against the sky.
b. To specify distinctly: e.g., define the weapons to be used in limited warfare.

Discuss
1. To investigate by reasoning or argument
2. To present in detail for examination or consideration

Explain
1. To make plain or comprehensible.
2. a. To offer reasons for or a cause of; to justify
b. To offer reasons for the actions, beliefs, or remarks of.

Identify
To ascertain the origin, nature, or definitive characteristics of.

Rangathan's five laws of library science

2005-07-03T12:18:00.000-04:00

Charlotte-
Good recommendation!

S. R. Ranganathan, considered by librarians all over India to be the father of library science, proposed five laws of library science. Most librarians accept them as the foundations of their philosophy:

These laws are:

1. Books are for use.
2. Every reader his or her book.
3. Every book its reader.
4. Save the time of the reader.
5. The Library is a growing organism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_laws_of_library_science

2005-07-02T18:54:00.000-04:00

Here are some articles from Clay's Entrepreneurial Librarian class. Sorry, don't know if these are online, as he hands out paper copies in class.

The future of books and libraries. Sidney S. Berger in Against the Grain, Dec.2002-Jan.2003.
www.against-the-grain.com

Future librarianship: preparing for an unconventional career. F.W. Lancaster. Wilson Library Bulletin, May 1983

Entrepreneurship and the library profession. Herbert S. White. Journal of Library Administration. vol. 8 (1) Spring 1987

Innovator's Dilemma: Disruptive Change and Academic Libraries. David W. Lewis. Library Administration and Management. Spring 2004

Secret of Library Marketing: Make Yourself Indispensable. Marylaine Block. American Libraries. Sept. 2001

Karen

Notes from Study Groups

2005-07-01T01:46:00.000-04:00

Hi everyone,

I'm posting the notes I've taken from our study sessions on my CUA webspace. If you can't see them, let me know-- I can e-mail them to you separately or post them on the blog. Hopefully you can make sense of my notes, since it really looks like chicken scratch...

http://students.cua.edu/03springer/random/6-19-05.doc

http://students.cua.edu/03springer/random/6-26-05.doc

http://students.cua.edu/03springer/random/6-30-05.doc

Kulthau's article on the information search process

2005-06-30T18:40:00.000-04:00

I found Carol Kulthau's website: http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kuhlthau/, it appears that the updated version of the article is available at http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kuhlthau/Search%20Process.htm.

If you took Rong Tang's 555 class, she has the article posted on blackboard.

I hope this helps.

What to know

2005-06-30T08:16:00.000-04:00

In going over notes from classes, it has been stressed to know Carol C. Kuhlthau's information search process. There is a copy of this in the School Library Media Quarterly Fall 1989. Unfortunately, this is not available in full text on line (that I could find anyway).
Also, we should know Raganathan's 5 statements about libraries and CIPA (filtering mandated if taking money from any three pots of government money. (One is e-rate, I will have to check on the other two.)
Charlotte

David Wallace's Archive Recommendations

2005-06-29T18:15:00.000-04:00

The link below is a draft document from the international council on archives that describes key electronic records issues.
http://www.ica.org/biblio/CERWorkbookDraftEN.pdf

O Philip Bantin, “Electronic Records Management – A Review of the Work of a Decade and a Reflection on Future Directions,” The Encyclopedia for Library and Information Science, Vol. 71, Supplement 34 (New York: Marcel Dekker)): 47-81. www.indiana.edu/~libarch/L597/encycloarticle9.doc

And for a general text on archives see: James O'Toole "Understanding Archives and Manuscripts" - this is about 10 years old and a new version is just about to be released. But it is good overview of hte archival issues.

Collection Development Articles

2005-06-28T08:49:00.000-04:00

Below are some good articles on Collection Development, each of which are available in full text on Wilson Web.

Osif, B. Selection and Censorship [Bibliographical essay]. Library Administration & Management v. 19 no. 1 (Winter 2005) p. 42-6

Tennant, R. Collection Development Today. Library Journal (1976) v. 130 no. 9 (May 15 2005) p. 28

Intner, S. S. Censorship Versus Selection, One More Time. Technicalities v. 24 no. 3 (May/June 2004) p. 1, 7-10

Dollars and Sense: Metadata and Its Impact on Collections Work in Libraries. Technicalities v. 23 no. 4 (July/August 2003) p. 1, 11-12

"The Future of Cataloging" speech by Deanna Marcum

2005-06-27T22:46:00.000-04:00

Hi guys. I figured out what I was doing wrong with the Blog. It should now look like a blog and I also figured out (I think) how to add a link... This is the test.

I don't know why we'd want to but we can add photos too.

Just click on "Link" and you'll be directed to Deanna Marcum's Speech.

Good night!

OCLC Environmental Scan

2005-06-23T07:40:00.000-04:00

A couple of my classes suggested looking at the 2003 OCLC Environmental Scan- which I think you can download as a PDF from their site. Another alternative to journal articles.
Karen

Article links

2005-06-20T11:43:00.000-04:00

Hi all-

Here are links to the articles I mentioned:

Yahoo deep web search http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050616-000001

"Lipstick on a Pig" by Roy Tennant, Library Journal April 15, 2005 (you have to get this through Aladin now)

www.lessig.org - writings on IP.