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  1. Libraries and Google (2005) 0.02
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    Footnote
    Weitere Rez. in JASIST 59(2008) H.9, S.1531-1533 (J. Satyanesan): "Libraries and Google is an interesting and enlightening compilation of 18 articles on Google and its impact on libraries. The topic is very current, debatable, and thought provoking. Google has profoundly empowered individuals and transformed access to information and librarians are very much concerned about its popularity and visibility. In this book, the leading authorities discuss the usefulness of Google, its influence and potential menace to libraries, and its implications for libraries and the scholarly communication. They offer practical suggestions to cope with the changing situation. The articles are written from different perspective and express all shades of opinion, both hopeful and fearful. One can discern varied moods-apprehension, resignation, encouragement, and motivation-on the part of the librarians. This is an important book providing a wealth of information for the 21st century librarian. There is a section called "Indexing, Abstracting & Website/Internet Coverage," which lists major indexing and abstracting services and other tools for bibliographic access. The format of the articles is uniform with an introduction, key words, and with the exception of two articles the rest have summaries and conclusions. References and notes of varying lengths are included in each article. This book has been copublished simultaneously as Internet Reference Quarterly, 10(3/4), 2005. Although there are single articles written on Google and libraries, this is the first book-length treatment of the topic.
    ... This book is written by library professionals and aimed at the librarians in particular, but it will be useful to others who may be interested in knowing what libraries are up to in the age of Google. It is intended for library science educators and students, library administrators, publishers and university presses. It is well organized, well researched, and easily readable. Article titles are descriptive, allowing the reader to find what he needs by scanning the table of contents or by consulting the index. The only flaw in this book is the lack of summary or conclusions in a few articles. The book is in paperback and has 240 pages. This book is a significant contribution and I highly recommend it."
  2. Net effects : how librarians can manage the unintended consequenees of the Internet (2003) 0.01
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    Abstract
    In this collection of nearly 50 articles written by librarians, computer specialists, and other information professionals, the reader finds 10 chapters, each devoted to a problem or a side effect that has emerged since the introduction of the Internet: control over selection, survival of the book, training users, adapting to users' expectations, access issues, cost of technology, continuous retraining, legal issues, disappearing data, and how to avoid becoming blind sided. After stating a problem, each chapter offers solutions that are subsequently supported by articles. The editor's comments, which appear throughout the text, are an added bonus, as are the sections concluding the book, among them a listing of useful URLs, a works-cited section, and a comprehensive index. This book has much to recommend it, especially the articles, which are not only informative, thought-provoking, and interesting but highly readable and accessible as well. An indispensable tool for all librarians.
    Footnote
    Rez. in: JASIST 55(2004) no.11, S.1025-1026 (D.E. Agosto): ""Did you ever feel as though the Internet has caused you to lose control of your library?" So begins the introduction to this volume of over 50 articles, essays, library policies, and other documents from a variety of sources, most of which are library journals aimed at practitioners. Volume editor Block has a long history of library service as well as an active career as an online journalist. From 1977 to 1999 she was the Associate Director of Public Services at the St. Ambrose University library in Davenport, Iowa. She was also a Fox News Online weekly columnist from 1998 to 2000. She currently writes for and publishes the weekly ezine Exlibris, which focuses an the use of computers, the Internet, and digital databases to improve library services. Despite the promising premise of this book, the final product is largely a disappointment because of the superficial coverage of its issues. A listing of the most frequently represented sources serves to express the general level and style of the entries: nine articles are reprinted from Computers in Libraries, five from Library Journal, four from Library Journal NetConnect, four from ExLibris, four from American Libraries, three from College & Research Libraries News, two from Online, and two from The Chronicle of Higher Education. Most of the authors included contributed only one item, although Roy Tennant (manager of the California Digital Library) authored three of the pieces, and Janet L. Balas (library information systems specialist at the Monroeville Public Library in Pennsylvania) and Karen G. Schneider (coordinator of lii.org, the Librarians' Index to the Internet) each wrote two. Volume editor Block herself wrote six of the entries, most of which have been reprinted from ExLibris. Reading the volume is muck like reading an issue of one of these journals-a pleasant experience that discusses issues in the field without presenting much research. Net Effects doesn't offer much in the way of theory or research, but then again it doesn't claim to. Instead, it claims to be an "idea book" (p. 5) with practical solutions to Internet-generated library problems. While the idea is a good one, little of the material is revolutionary or surprising (or even very creative), and most of the solutions offered will already be familiar to most of the book's intended audience.
  3. Library mashups : exploring new ways to deliver library data (2009) 0.01
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    Abstract
    As web users become more savvy and demanding, libraries are encouraging patrons to help keep library websites dynamically and collaboratively up-to-date. According to Engard, mashups - web applications that combine freely available data from various sources to create something new - can help libraries meet patrons' expectations and provide superior web-based service. In the book, Engard and 25 contributors present numerous practical and innovative examples.
    Footnote
    Rez. in: Mitt. VÖB 62(2009) H.4, S.83-85 (S. Breitling): "Jede/r Web-Nutzer/in ist einem Mashup schon einmal begegnet. Mashups sind Webapplikationen bzw. -seiten, die Daten und Funktionalität aus zwei oder mehr frei zugänglichen Quellen zu einem neuen Service auf einer eigenen Webseite kombinieren. Dieser Dienst bietet einen Mehrwert für die Nutzerinnen durch Zusammenführung und Verknüpfung von Informationen an einem zentralen Ort. Z.B. werden sehr häufig Karten in Standortangaben eingebunden, oder im Bibliothekskatalog werden Amazon-Buchcover oder ein Link auf Google Book Search angezeigt. Darüber hinaus gibt es jedoch eine Vielzahl von Möglichkeiten, kreativ Mashups für den Bibliotheksbereich zu entwickeln, wie das vorliegende Werk "Library Mashups - exploring new ways to deliver library data" eindrucksvoll beweist. Nicole C. Engard, die als Open-Source-Botschafterin in der Bibliothekswelt für den Einsatz dieser Software-Palette als integrierte Bibliothekssysteme (Koha, Evergreen) wirbt, konnte als Herausgeberin so bekannte Personen gewinnen wie Tim Spalding, Gründer von LibraryThing, oder aus dem deutschsprachigen Bereich Wolfram Schneider, Entwickler des Z39.50-Dienstes ZACK.