Despite the fact that the Ducks are our in-state rivals, but because I’m a native Oregonian and have love for any Oregon school, I’m pleased to report that the University of Oregon library faculty has declared their own OA mandate.
For more information, see:
Open Access News: An OA mandate for U of Oregon library faculty.
UO’s temporary FAQ page.
Go Ducks!
Tags: librarians, open access, university of oregon, UO
Today I stumbled upon CollegeDegree.com’s posting of 100 Extensive University Libraries From Around the World that Anyone Can Access.
That’s exactly correct – anyone can access certain collections from these libraries – no affiliation needed! The 100 libraries fit within the following categories of interest:
- Digital Libraries
- International Digital Libraries
- Texts
- Medical Libraries
- Legal Libraries
- National Libraries of Europe
- Religious Studies
- Specialized Selections
- Academic Research
- American Universities
- International Universities
Tags: international, libraries, open access
Another example of a library using new media in a way to connect and inform its community is the Allen County Public Library. I found their YouTube channel by way of David Lee King’s blog post Allen County’s Newest Conversations Video.
King was recently part of their conversation series, which also includes other big-time library peeps such as Michael Stephens, Helene Bowers, Stephen Abram, and ACPL’s director Jeff Kruhl (part 1, part 2). I love this conversation series because it allows lil’ folks like myself the opportunity to hear these great speakers talk about their experiences. I am a big believer in learning from others’ experiences, and these videos offer a brief opportunity to do that.
Beyond their conversation series, the ACPL reaches out to their constituents via other videos. These videos provide opportunities for connection and transparency with their community.
A few examples of other short videos offered by the ACPL:
Tags: ACPL, Allen County Public Library, conversations, free, learning, libraries, youtube
Finally done fine-tuning! Check it out on the LIS 5313 wiki: Twittering Libraries.
I also created a page on this blog and posted the same article there (ya know, just in case the wiki disappears — I don’t own the wiki, after all).
Tags: librarians, libraries, LIS, research, twitter, web 2.0 article, wiki
Tonight I would like to thank all the wonderful librarians out there who replied to my requests for information about how they use Twitter at their libraries. I have been so happy and humbled by how quickly they not only responded back, but how interesting, detailed and thoughtful their answers were. I am truly, truly thankful to all of them! (It is also really exciting and inspiring to me – as an aspiring librarian – that they were all so eager to share their stories about Twitter).
Tonight I will do a second read through all their answers and start compiling themes and other information from their responses. I am definitely looking forward to it!
On another random note, how cool is it that I got to see my question/request pop up in the Nebraska Library Commission’s (NLC_Reference) Twitter feed!?
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