Friday, 21 September 2007
Wednesday, 19 September 2007
Iraq Librarian's Diary
The British Library hosts the diary of Dr Saad Eskander who is the Director of the Iraq National Library and Archive (INLA). Over a 9 month period to the end of July 2007 Dr Eskander describes what it is like to run a library during wartime. For anyone who may be interested in reading the diary it can be found at:
http://www.bl.uk/iraqdiary.html
Thanks
Katrina
http://www.bl.uk/iraqdiary.html
Thanks
Katrina
Tuesday, 18 September 2007
Measuring Impact and Quality.
An article that might be useful:
- Title: Measuring Impact and Quality.
- Authors: Tenopir, Carol
- Source: Library Journal; 01/09/2007, Vol. 132 Issue 14, p30-30, 1p, 1c
- Document Type: Article
- Full Text Word Count: 667
- ISSN: 0363-0277
- Accession Number: 26520777
- Database: Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre
Friday, 14 September 2007
Wednesday, 12 September 2007
Online textbooks
This (short) article in Chronicle of Higher Education warns students don't like using e-textbooks exclusively, but more as a supplement to print. It's pretty interesting, and a good argument to keep supporting print as well as online.
Monday, 10 September 2007
Clinical Library Blog
Ian and I have established a blog for the Clinical Library. It can be viewed at:
http://utasclinlib.blogspot.com/
We would appreciate your feedback before we commence our campaign to market it to our client groups.
Thanks
Katrina
http://utasclinlib.blogspot.com/
We would appreciate your feedback before we commence our campaign to market it to our client groups.
Thanks
Katrina
Wednesday, 5 September 2007
ABS blog for Librarians
Check out the great new ABS Blog for Librarians. It should be useful for any librarian wrestling with keeping up-to-date with statistics.
One of the first things I found there was this stunning video of a lecture by Hans Rosling which seems to show (all at once):
One of the first things I found there was this stunning video of a lecture by Hans Rosling which seems to show (all at once):
- How to give a great lecture
- The power of statistics
- Why statistics need not be boring
- How to cure all the worlds problems!
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