New policy for adoption by IR managers

UTas ePrints - The Patchwork Mandate

This document describes a new policy for adoption by IR managers who have been unable to persuade their management to bring in an institutional mandate.

videos of presentations at the Transforming Scholarly Communication Symposium

The videos of the three presentations at the Transforming Scholarly Communication Symposium are now available online:

• Crisis in scholarly communication by Dr. Ray English
• Copyright in cyberspace by Dr. Corynne McSherry
• What is open access by Dr. Peter Suber

A Librarian's 2.0 Manifesto

A Good One.

Digital Document Archiving

ISIS related Tools and Resources 

Current Status of Open Access in Biomedical Field

DLIST - Current Status of Open Access in Biomedical Field-the Comparison of Countries Related to the Impact of National Policies

Matsubayashi, Mamiko and Kurata, Keiko and Sakai, Yukiko and Morioka, Tomoko and Kato, Shinya and Mine, Shinji and Ueda, Shuichi (2006) Current Status of Open Access in Biomedical Field-the Comparison of Countries Related to the Impact of National Policies.

OpenLearn

LearningSpace - OpenLearn LearningSpace - The Open University

OpenLearn website - free and open educational resources for learners and educators around the world.

Are Libraries doing something illegal by sharing books?

Just read the following argument that Libraries are doing something illegal by sharing books:

What if book publishers started to sue libraries? at Torrentfreak

"..Yes, libraries! Libraries are evil, evil places. One single copy of a book, movie or music album is borrowed and abused by tens, if not hundreds of self-centred, ignorant pirates. Hell, they even have copiers in most libraries allowing pirates to copy every book on the shelves.."

The argument is flawed in comparing online services like Google with Physical Libraries. In the digital world a "copy" is transmitted from the server to the end user's client (Browser). However in Libraries, no "copies" are made. They are rather circulated. When no copies are made, Howcome copyrights are violated?

Google's SMTP server to send mails

How to use Gmail as your SMTP server - Lifehacker

Free G-Mail inviter

Bytetest.com - The free G-Mail inviter

Why Wiki

Why Wiki?

Online video course will introduce you to the benefits and disadvantages of this new and controversial publication format.

Zotero

Zotero - The Next-Generation Research Tool

Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. 

The Scientific Paper of the Future

Timo Hannay, The Scientific Paper of the Future, a slide presentation for the the Microsoft eScience Workshop at Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, October 13-15, 2006).

Ethnographic methods in Internet Librarianship?

Information Wants To Be Free » Blog Archive » Internet Librarian Day 1: Using Ethnographic Methods to Know Your Users

.."They did a two year project to determine what undergraduates really do when they write research papers. They had a multi-disciplinary team including an anthropologist who taught the team about ethnographic methods. The findings from this would inform their Website design, instructional design, etc..."

Firefox 2

Firefox - Rediscover the Web

The award-winning Web browser is now faster, more secure, and fully customizable to your online life.

Journals in the Time of Google

Journals in the Time of Google - April 15, 2006 - Library Journal