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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 [...]
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 – [...]
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 [...]
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).
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 [...]
