On Thursday 7th August I attended a talk about Online Privacy by Alison Macrina and Eoin O’Dell, organised by the Academic and Special Libraries Section of the LAI. I don’t currently work directly with library patrons, but I went along as an…
Overall this was an excellent way to gain an understanding of the e-resources landscape from various angles. And some interesting librarian pop quiz trivia! Do you know what YBP stands for? EBSCO? Who published the first academic/scientific journal? I gained…
Brief notes from The Academic Library’s Role in Supporting New Students, University of Limerick 30th April 2015 Fiona Farr What we think we know vs reality. Changes on both sides of the transition. Macro and micro factors must be considered. Liz Thomas:…
My notes from the LIR Annual Seminar, I also tweeted on the day from my own and the NPD Ireland account. WHELF Shared library management system. Engine to provide further collaborative opportunities. Shared the procurement prices – managed by Cardiff…
One of the things that is very important to me as a Librarian is the profession’s commitment to impartiality (LAI Code of Professional Practice) and Intellectual Freedom (IFLA Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom). Providing access to information and equipping…
This week’s picks from the Twittersphere.
I have 2,673 favourites on Twitter. I mainly favourite something when it looks like an interesting link but I don’t have time there and then to pursue it, or someone has made an interesting point I want to return to.…
A year of blogging. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,400 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 23 trips to carry that many…
Information sauce - a trial and error recipe 