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ISSN (Print) 0730-9295 - ISSN (Online) 2163-5226
Published by Boston College

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Animated Subject Maps for Book Collections
- Authors: Tim Donahue
  Abstract: Of our two primary textual formats, articles by far have received the most fiscal and technological support in recent decades. Meanwhile, our more traditional format, the book, seems in some ways to already be treated as a languishing symbol of the past. The development of OPACs and the abandonment of card catalogs in the Eighties and Nineties is the seminal evolution in print monograph access, but little else has changed. To help users locate books by call number and browse the collection by subject, animated subject maps were created. While the initial aim is a practical one, helping users to locate books and subjects, the subject maps also reveal the knowledge organization of the physical library, which it displays in a way that can be meaningful to faculty, students, and other community members. We can do more with current technologies to assist and enrich the experience of users searching and browsing for books. The subject map is hopefully an example of how we can do more in this regard.
  PubDate: 2013-06-10
  Issue No: Vol. 32 (2013)
Editorial Board Thoughts: "India Does Not Exist."
- Authors: Mark Cyzyk
  Abstract: Editorial Board Thoughts: "India Does Not Exist."
  PubDate: 2013-06-10
  Issue No: Vol. 32 (2013)
Editorial Board Thoughts: Services and User Context in the Era of Webscale Discovery
- Authors: Mark Dehmlow
  Abstract: Editorial Board Thoughts: Services and User Context in the Era of Webscale Discovery
  PubDate: 2013-06-10
  Issue No: Vol. 32 (2013)
Content Management Systems: Trends in Academic Libraries
- Authors: Ruth Sara Connell
  Abstract: Academic libraries, and their parent institutions, are increasingly using Content Management Systems (CMSs) for website management. In this study, the author surveyed academic library web managers from four-year institutions to discover whether they had adopted CMSs, which tools they were using, and their satisfaction with their website management system. Other issues, such as institutional control over library website management, were raised. The survey results showed that CMS satisfaction levels vary by tool, and that many libraries do not have input into the selection their CMS because the determination is made at an institutional level. These findings will be helpful for decision makers involved in the selection of CMSs for academic libraries.
  PubDate: 2013-06-10
  Issue No: Vol. 32 (2013)
First Aid Training for Those on the Front Lines: Digital Preservation Needs Survey Results 2012
- Authors: Jody L. DeRidder
  Abstract: Every day history is being made and recorded in digital form. Every day, more and more digitally-captured history disappears completely or becomes inaccessible due to obsolescence of hardware, software, and formats. Although it has long been the focus of libraries and archives to retain, organize, and preserve information, these communities face a critical skills gap. Until we have in place the infrastructure, expertise and resources to distill critical information from the digital deluge and preserve it appropriately, what steps can those in the field take to help mitigate the loss of our cultural heritage? This article argues for the need for practical, accessible free or low-cost digital preservation training webinars, and reports on the results of a survey to identify the most important topics and types of materials on which to focus.
  PubDate: 2013-06-10
  Issue No: Vol. 32 (2013)
Assessing the Treatment of Patron Privacy in Library 2.0 Literature
- Authors: Michael Zimmer
  Abstract: As libraries begin to embrace Web 2.0 technologies to serve patrons – ushering in the era of Library 2.0 – unique dilemmas arise regarding protection of patron privacy. The norms of Web 2.0 promote the open sharing of information – often personal information – and the design of many Library 2.0 services capitalize on access to patron information and might require additional tracking, collection and aggregation of patron activities. Thus, embracing Library 2.0 potentially threatens the traditional ethics of librarianship, where protecting patron privacy and intellectual freedom has been held paramount. As a step towards informing the decisions to implement Library 2.0 to adequately protect patron privacy, we must first understand how such concerns are being articulated within the professional discourse surrounding these next generation library tools and services. The study presented in this paper aims to determine whether and how issues of patron privacy are introduced, discussed, and settled – if at all – within trade publications utilized by librarians and related information professionals
  PubDate: 2013-06-10
  Issue No: Vol. 32 (2013)

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