Tracking Social Engagement with Content
Information discovery is seen to be shifting away from search engines to social applications. The rapid rise of social media and social networks as primary sources of news and information is now well recognized. Mainstream media is scrambling to establish online publishing presences to try to retain audience and market… Read More
Making Enterprise Content Governance a reality
When it comes to structured data, recognition of the need for quality and effective management is growing steadily. Tools to support quality and management activities are becoming more widely available. But as board-level interest in unstructured content rises, those responsible for it are feeling the heat. From technical architects, to… Read More
Public Libraries and the Internet 2008-2009: Issues, Implications, and Challenges
This paper presents an overview of methods, findings, issues, and implications from the 2008 Public Libraries and the Internet national survey, including comparisons to data from previous studies. Since 1994, these surveys have chronicled the expansion of the Internet as a primary library service. The 2008 survey includes key data… Read More
Study of journal policies in Chile
Journals available only on paper, small print runs, heavy concentration in the capital city, and highly restrictive licenses are some of the major problems that Chilean academic publications have with their publishing policies, particularly those concerning access for their readers, according to a study released at the Santiago Book Fair… Read More
Digital Lives: Legal & Ethical Issues
(British Library): This paper by Andrew Charlesworth aims to provide an overview of the main legal and ethical issues that pertain to the collection and preservation of, and access to, personal digital archives (hereafter PDArcs), by repositories, including the legal deposit libraries, and other non-deposit organisations. Read More
Faculty Attitudes and Behaviors Regarding Scholarly Communication: Survey Findings from the University of California
In 2006, the University of California’s Office of Scholarly Communication (OSC), with the assistance of consultants from Greenhouse Associates, initiated a multiphase study that aimed to deepen understanding of faculty perspectives and behavior on a range of issues and developments within the scholarly communication arena. The study explores UC faculty… Read More
Search engine use behavior of students and faculty: User perceptions and implications for future research
(uic.edu): This paper examines the use of Web search engines by faculty and students to support learning, teaching, and research. We explore the academic tasks supported by search engine use to investigate if and how students and scholars vary in their use patterns. We also investigate the satisfaction levels with… Read More
A Comparative Review of Research Assessment Regimes in Five Countries and the Role of Libraries in the Research Assessment Process
(oclc.org): This report examines the role of research libraries in research assessment regimes in five different countries and helps establish a new set of responsibilities that is emerging for research libraries. Commissioned by OCLC Research, the report was written by Key Perspectives Ltd, a UK library and scholarly publishing consultancy,… Read More
Should Copyright of Academic Works Be Abolished?
(papers.ssrn.com): The conventional rationale for copyright of written works, that copyright is needed to foster their creation, is seemingly of limited applicability to the academic domain. For in a world without copyright of academic writing, academics would still benefit from publishing in the major way that they do now, namely,… Read More
Use of Web 2.0 tools and services in the UK HE sector
(ie-repository.jisc.ac.uk): Currently there is limited knowledge of who is using Web 2.0 and for what purposes. Even less is known about why specific tools and services are chosen, especially in situations where JISC and institutionally-provided services are available. This survey has therefore focused on the current and active users of… Read More
