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Source

Cataloging and classification quarterly. 22(1996) no.2, S.51-69

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Cataloging and classification quarterly; vol.22, nos.3/4

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Abstract

This article presents the consequences to librarians and teachers for the flattening of expertise, or the Google Effect. As blogs continue to fill the Web with the bizarre daily rituals and opinions of people who we would never bother speaking to at a party, let alone invite into our homes, there has never been a greater need to stress the importance of intelligence, education, credentials and credibility. The problem is not only accuracy, but also the mediocrity initiated through the Google Effect. The concern is not with the banality of information - there has always been a plurality of sources in the analogue environment. The concern is the lack of literacy skills and strategies to sort the trash from the relevant. This paper addresses not only the social choices about computer use and information literacy, but the intellectual choices we make in our professional lives as teachers and librarians. In such a time, the Google Effect raises stark questions about the value of reading, research, writing and scholarship.

Date

16. 3.2019 16:22:08

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Changing the teaching media from chalkboard to computer-based does not only develop IT-awareness among teaching staff but also enhance their readiness to teach and quality of teaching. As a result, the students pay more attention to the lectures and in the long run students get better knowledge and understanding about the course. In the developing countries reading habit is still a practice done by quite a few people. The changing of teaching media as well as the shift from teacher-centered learning to student-centered learning has changed the way students acquire knowledge and make use of the library and multimedia facilities. Gadjah Mada University has been working hard to change the method of teaching by helping the teaching staff develop IT-based teaching materials and put them on the intranet; making teaching material databases available through the digital library; and providing easier access to the library users. In addition, IM text messaging, blogs and mailinglist have been the media to discuss and share ideas and knowledge among lecturers and students too.

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Offers 10 tips for finding information on the Internet. Define the area and level of expertise. Require end users to complete a request form defining the query. Categorize the Internat in lay terms for casual users. Establich a realistic time for retrieving results. Adopt a disciplined, systematic approach to the search. Understand the operating platform and the major tools available. Maintain a file of important services and addresses and users. Develop bookmarks and home pages. Learn shortcuts. Participate in the Internet Hunt (a monthly series of questions that allows searchers to practice and perfect search skills)

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Using LEXIS/NEXIS' Business Information Services as a example, examines the strategic implications of developing products for differentiated end users. Addresses the difficulties of designing new interfaces for new markets while maintaining a high degree of customer satisfaction with existing clients using legacy systems

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In the context of libraries truggling to find a central role in the new information age, addresses the question of library users, particularly the underserved and underrepresented. Asks, what are libraries providing access to and for whom? Change should include discussions of collections, services, budgets, and the recruitment and training of librarians and staff to meet the needs of increasingly diverse, ethnis and minority users

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Describes work carried out at doctoral level which investigated the ways in which journalists construct environmental news in Scotland. Focuses on the methods and tacit rules which reporters employ to locate, select and retrieve information for news stories. Journalists retrieve information from a complex range of sources. Addresses the information sources which are used in the news process. Examines the preference for human sources as opposed to library based information and discusses the influence of pragmatic constraints like time and space on the production of news

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Meta analysis can be used to synthesize the large volume of data describing numerous independent variables and their correlations with reference accuracy. Presents a study which addresses the following questions: How often have the same variables been examined across different studies? To what extent do the observed correlations agree or differ? and Can the results of multiple studies be combined to obtain a more accurate estimate of the strength of association for a given variable with reference accurary? Consistent findings across studies would suggest that reference accuracy has some relationship with the independent variable in question

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Offers advice on making use of the WWW for reference work, focusing on the use of bookmark files of useful site addresses and how to find reliable content by making use of the Web filters set up by universities and other agencies to select the best sources. Also mentions printed guides to Web sites but these have the problem of rapid obsolescence

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Abstract

Ausgangspunkt des vorliegenden Essays war das Seminar "Gesprächsführung im bibliothekarischen Auskunftsdienst"; veranstaltet von der VÖB-Kommission für Bibliothek und Öffentlichkeit am 24. Februar 2005 in Wien. Der Schwerpunkt dieser von Fr. Dr. Tschirf-Kainberger interessant und ansprechend geleiteten Veranstaltung lag in der Erlernung zielführender Verhaltens-, Gesprächs- und Kommunikationstechniken in der Benutzerlnnenkommunikation. Als Nebenschauplatz tauchte jedoch wiederholt die Diskussion rund um den Themenkomplex der Kundlnnenorientierung auf, da ich mich im Laufe des Seminars mehrmals dagegen aussprach, im Bereich öffentlicher wissenschaftlicher Bibliotheken von Kundinnen zu sprechen und statt dessen eine Service- und Benutzerlnnenorientierung in den Vordergrund stellte. Die Folge war eine sehr kontrovers geführte Debatte, der jedoch im Rahmen des Seminars leider kein allzu großer zeitlicher Rahmen gewidmet werden konnte. Den aus meiner Sicht sehr bedeutenden Unterschied zwischen der Rede von Kundinnen einerseits und Benutzerinnen andererseits im öffentlichen Bibliothekswesen darzulegen und zu begründen, warum es sich dabei nicht um eine Wortspielerei odergar abgehobene und praxisferne semantische Betrachtungen handelt, ist der Anspruch des folgenden Textes.

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The increasingly electronic environment in today's academic library is placing new demands on managing reference services. Staff are faced with selecting, implementing, and servicing a wide-range of services and resources. This necessitates learning the new and integrating it into the established. At the same time, users are becoming more varied. Not only is their demographic profile changing, but more users with interdisciplinary interests are seeking assistance. Reference librarians are also working to establish new interfaces with the increasing number of users who widh to access resources without coming into the library. This article addresses the management of reference services in a medium-sized research library to meet these needs. A model for planning reference services is presented along with a staff organizational structure to meet agreed upon objectives

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Investigates whether public libraries are capable of providing a basic science enquiry service. Examines the range of environmental enquiries handled by 5 participating libraries as part of their everyday business. During the study some 110 detailed enquirues were recorded: less than 20% of these concerned local environmental questions; the rest related to environmental queries at the national or global level. The 3 most popular topics were: pollution, names and addresses of environmental organizations and people and recycling. Enquirers were evenly split between school attenders and adults. Most of the enquiries could be answered by making use of the resources already available in the library; no more than 10% had to be referred elsewhere for an answer

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Addresses the theme of universalism, as it is applied to both telecommunications and public services. Explores the current debate on universal service in the UK, the nature of universalism in British public services, and current developments in the delivery of electronic public services and citizenship. Innovations in electronic public services illustrate how debates on universality in both telecommunications and public services become inseparable. Increasingly electronic public services utilising telecommunications infrastructure for service delivery are becoming dependent on the reach and quality of that infrastructure. Consequently universalism in both telecommunications and public services should be understood are ineluctably intertwined

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Purpose - To examine the changing nature and adaptation of the Information Commons concept at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Design/methodology/approach - This article is primarily a case study on the growth and development of technology at Lied Library, including its expansion beyond the physical confines of the original model of the Information Commons. Additionally, a cross-section of articles regarding the principles of providing services and systems within an Information Commons is surveyed. Findings - Stresses the importance of maintaining a flexible model for the integration of technology and library services. Practical implications - A matter-of-fact source for the implications of rethinking and reinventing the Information Commons concept. Originality/value - This article addresses considerations important to the integration and evolution of technology services and space within academic libraries.

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Synthesis lectures on information concepts, retrieval & services; 1

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Synthesis lectures on information concepts, retrieval, and services; 61

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Cataloging and classification quarterly. 13(1991) nos.3/4, S.223-243

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Abstract

Purpose - To give a comparative analysis of the validity of the concepts of eLiteracy (eL) and Information Literacy (IL). Design/methodology/approach - A purely abstract, conceptual discussion. Findings - That eLiteracy and Information Literacy are different but mutually compatible concepts with validity within specific contexts. Research limitations/implications - An entirely abstract discussion of theoretical descriptions. Practical implications - By defining concepts clearly, this paper attempts to inform and clarify the framework for practical LIS research. Originality/value - In contrast to other discussions (which tend to focus either on eLiteracy, or on Information Literacy) this editorial squarely addresses criticism of the eL concept in comparison to IL. It sets out the difference with IL and recognises the strength of both ideas, as long as they are each applied within their appropriate frame of reference.