Collection Development Framework for Library and Archives Canada
Important reading for Canadian Libraries. Five key directions are outlined
-Creation of a single LAC collection
-Collection of digital materials
-Focus on Aboriginal materials
-Focus on multicultural materials
-Development of a coordinate national approach
While the LAC remains dedicated to the collection of Canadiana, a quick read did not show any mention of academic materials. Many involved in the Synergies project understand the threat poised by the ephemeral nature of digital publication to Canadian scholarship.
-original link from ResourceShelf
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Changes to EBSCOhost begin
Dear EBSCOhost Customer,
We are preparing to implement the EBSCOhost and EBSCOadmin features outlined in our message sent to you on July 15, 2005. You will begin to see the new features in the next few days.
For an overview of the key features in this software upgrade, please visit the Release Information table on our customer support site.
We are preparing to implement the EBSCOhost and EBSCOadmin features outlined in our message sent to you on July 15, 2005. You will begin to see the new features in the next few days.
For an overview of the key features in this software upgrade, please visit the Release Information table on our customer support site.
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
OVID HealthStar changes
(I'm not sure if we use the jumpstart syntax, but included the information just in case)
We are pleased to announce that Ovid HealthSTAR will be reloaded this week.
The reload includes journal records but no longer includes the small percentage of the database represented by non-journal records. It employs the current 2005 version of MeSH® and reflects other current MEDLINE® enhancements made by NLM®.
For example, HealthSTAR will now include the extensive and recently updated Clinical Queries feature to allow users to restrict search retrievals to clinically relevant studies. Also added are the PubMed subject limits as well as many new search fields. For additional details about new and deleted fields please see the Reload News.
As before the reloaded version is a source for citations to journal articles that are retrieved using the NLM HealthSTAR search strategy. It will support the old JumpStart syntax but coverage dates will change as shown below:
· hstr=HealthSTAR/Ovid Healthstar <1975 to May 2005> will become <1966 to June 2005>
· hstf=HealthSTAR/Ovid Healthstar <1987 to May 2005> will become <1999 to June 2005>
· hstb=HealthSTAR <1975 to 1986> will become <1966 to 1998>
We are pleased to announce that Ovid HealthSTAR will be reloaded this week.
The reload includes journal records but no longer includes the small percentage of the database represented by non-journal records. It employs the current 2005 version of MeSH® and reflects other current MEDLINE® enhancements made by NLM®.
For example, HealthSTAR will now include the extensive and recently updated Clinical Queries feature to allow users to restrict search retrievals to clinically relevant studies. Also added are the PubMed subject limits as well as many new search fields. For additional details about new and deleted fields please see the Reload News.
As before the reloaded version is a source for citations to journal articles that are retrieved using the NLM HealthSTAR search strategy. It will support the old JumpStart syntax but coverage dates will change as shown below:
· hstr=HealthSTAR/Ovid Healthstar <1975 to May 2005> will become <1966 to June 2005>
· hstf=HealthSTAR/Ovid Healthstar <1987 to May 2005> will become <1999 to June 2005>
· hstb=HealthSTAR <1975 to 1986> will become <1966 to 1998>
Monday, July 25, 2005
Alexander Street provides free access to new index for personal memoirs
In the First Person
"This release of In the First Person provides in-depth indexing of more than 2,500 collections of oral history in English from around the world. With future releases, the index will broaden to identify other first-person content, including letters, diaries, memoirs, and autobiographies, and other personal narratives."
Not just Alexander street collections, but many many others.
A search for Calgary got 44 hits.
"This release of In the First Person provides in-depth indexing of more than 2,500 collections of oral history in English from around the world. With future releases, the index will broaden to identify other first-person content, including letters, diaries, memoirs, and autobiographies, and other personal narratives."
Not just Alexander street collections, but many many others.
A search for Calgary got 44 hits.
Friday, July 22, 2005
Welcome new librarian--Sociology & Communication Studies
Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce that Christopher Thomas has accepted a limited term assignment as Liaison Librarian for Sociology and Communication Studies. Chris will be joining us on July 4, 2005 and will be assigned the office which is being vacated by Kelli Bellew-Martin during her leave. Chris' phone number will be 220-7737 and his email address will be cthomas@ucalgary.ca .
Chris' most recent library experience was with the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology where he served for five years as Information Literacy and Public Services Librarian. Before that he worked in Calgary, from 1999 to 2000, as Business Information Specialist at TransCanada Pipelines library here in Calgary. Chris received his MLIS from the University of Western Ontario in 1999 and he has a BA (Honours) in Sociology from McMaster University.
Please keep an eye out for our new colleague and join me in welcoming him to the University of Calgary.
Regards,
Darlene
Darlene Warren
I am pleased to announce that Christopher Thomas has accepted a limited term assignment as Liaison Librarian for Sociology and Communication Studies. Chris will be joining us on July 4, 2005 and will be assigned the office which is being vacated by Kelli Bellew-Martin during her leave. Chris' phone number will be 220-7737 and his email address will be cthomas@ucalgary.ca .
Chris' most recent library experience was with the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology where he served for five years as Information Literacy and Public Services Librarian. Before that he worked in Calgary, from 1999 to 2000, as Business Information Specialist at TransCanada Pipelines library here in Calgary. Chris received his MLIS from the University of Western Ontario in 1999 and he has a BA (Honours) in Sociology from McMaster University.
Please keep an eye out for our new colleague and join me in welcoming him to the University of Calgary.
Regards,
Darlene
Darlene Warren
Welcome new librarian--English, French, Italian and Spanish Languages and Literatures
Colleagues,
Please join me in welcoming Diana Zimmerschied to Information Resources. Diana has accepted a limited term assignment as Liaison Librarian for English, French, Italian and Spanish languages and literatures and will be joining us on July 25, 2005. Diana will be assigned the office space which is being vacated by Mary Hemmings during her leave. Her phone number will be 220-6577 and we will forward an announcement of her email address when it is assigned.
Diana is a recent graduate of the University of Alberta's Library and Information Studies programme. She also has an B.Ed with Distinction (Generalist with a French as a Second Language minor) from the University of Alberta. She has worked as an elementary school teacher where she specialized in music instruction and French as as Second Language.
Please keep an eye out for our new colleague.
Regards,
Darlene
Please join me in welcoming Diana Zimmerschied to Information Resources. Diana has accepted a limited term assignment as Liaison Librarian for English, French, Italian and Spanish languages and literatures and will be joining us on July 25, 2005. Diana will be assigned the office space which is being vacated by Mary Hemmings during her leave. Her phone number will be 220-6577 and we will forward an announcement of her email address when it is assigned.
Diana is a recent graduate of the University of Alberta's Library and Information Studies programme. She also has an B.Ed with Distinction (Generalist with a French as a Second Language minor) from the University of Alberta. She has worked as an elementary school teacher where she specialized in music instruction and French as as Second Language.
Please keep an eye out for our new colleague.
Regards,
Darlene
University of Texas to shelve the whole books thing
Variation on the information commons theme. Differs from our approach because the commons is separated from the books.
While the jury is out, I'm not sure I would have said that...
"content is now decoupled from context".
While the jury is out, I'm not sure I would have said that...
"content is now decoupled from context".
Thursday, July 14, 2005
OCLC offering book sale links in Open World Cat
This article in Information Today outlines upcoming changes in Open World Cat and mentions that OCLC will begin charging Libraries to participate in OWC.
Some of the services
Serials--a union catalogue of electronic journals and sources. Libraries will be able to register resolvers so users can connect directly.
Reference--libraries that offer virtual reference can have a icon added to indicate this when users search for libraries that hold an item
Book Buying--users can buy books direct from Baker & Taylor, if a home library is named by the buyer, then the library will get a portion of the sales as a credit on their OWC invoice
whew!
Some of the services
Serials--a union catalogue of electronic journals and sources. Libraries will be able to register resolvers so users can connect directly.
Reference--libraries that offer virtual reference can have a icon added to indicate this when users search for libraries that hold an item
Book Buying--users can buy books direct from Baker & Taylor, if a home library is named by the buyer, then the library will get a portion of the sales as a credit on their OWC invoice
whew!
Thursday, July 07, 2005
New Product Announcement-->Religious and Theological Abstracts
Religious and Theological Abstracts
Provides objective summaries of articles appearing in scholarly journals in the fields of Religion and Theology. Database lists a wide variety of periodical literature, including Christian, Jewish, and other world religions, and provides English language abstracts of articles in English, Hebrew, Afrikaans, and major European languages. Indexes and abstracts articles in the fields of sociology, anthropology, criminology, demography, education, law and penology, race relations, social psychology, and urban studies. Coverage also includes policy issues in areas such as aging, violence, abuse and neglect, crisis intervention, urban development, and development policy.
Provides objective summaries of articles appearing in scholarly journals in the fields of Religion and Theology. Database lists a wide variety of periodical literature, including Christian, Jewish, and other world religions, and provides English language abstracts of articles in English, Hebrew, Afrikaans, and major European languages. Indexes and abstracts articles in the fields of sociology, anthropology, criminology, demography, education, law and penology, race relations, social psychology, and urban studies. Coverage also includes policy issues in areas such as aging, violence, abuse and neglect, crisis intervention, urban development, and development policy.
New Product Announcement--->Evidence-based complementary medicine
Evidence-based complementary medicine
Research shows that many patients use herbs and supplements, but do not tell their healthcare providers. Furthermore, many patients do not trust conventional practitioners to be adequately informed about these therapies. This database is specifically designed to help healthcare providers overcome these challenges.
This scientifically accurate, comprehensive material is extensively referenced and regularly updated. It currently cites more than 12,000 published primary sources, many of them translated from foreign languages, and analyzed and integrated by healthcare professionals with extensive experience in the alternative medicine field.
This database:
* Covers over 75 medical conditions and more than 160 herbs and supplements
* Identifies potential interactions between herbal therapies and drugs
* Guides healthcare providers to ask appropriate questions to learn about their patients' usage of natural therapies
* Equips providers to knowledgeably answer patients' questions about the use of natural therapies
* Provides a summary of clinical research and rates the strength of evidence behind specific natural therapies
* Provides detailed and practical information on dosage and safety issues
Research shows that many patients use herbs and supplements, but do not tell their healthcare providers. Furthermore, many patients do not trust conventional practitioners to be adequately informed about these therapies. This database is specifically designed to help healthcare providers overcome these challenges.
This scientifically accurate, comprehensive material is extensively referenced and regularly updated. It currently cites more than 12,000 published primary sources, many of them translated from foreign languages, and analyzed and integrated by healthcare professionals with extensive experience in the alternative medicine field.
This database:
* Covers over 75 medical conditions and more than 160 herbs and supplements
* Identifies potential interactions between herbal therapies and drugs
* Guides healthcare providers to ask appropriate questions to learn about their patients' usage of natural therapies
* Equips providers to knowledgeably answer patients' questions about the use of natural therapies
* Provides a summary of clinical research and rates the strength of evidence behind specific natural therapies
* Provides detailed and practical information on dosage and safety issues
Wednesday, July 06, 2005
Information and Communications Technology Assessment
All you info literacy types probably know all about this.
But in case you don't it appears to be a standardized test for information literacy.
"As part of the National Higher Education ICT Initiative, ETS and a group of colleges and universities have collaborated to create the ICT Literacy Assessment, a comprehensive test of ICT proficiency specifically designed for the higher education environment."
There is a short story about the test posted on Inside Higher Education.
But in case you don't it appears to be a standardized test for information literacy.
"As part of the National Higher Education ICT Initiative, ETS and a group of colleges and universities have collaborated to create the ICT Literacy Assessment, a comprehensive test of ICT proficiency specifically designed for the higher education environment."
There is a short story about the test posted on Inside Higher Education.
Friday, June 17, 2005
Updates to Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
The second update of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online is now live! This update adds 140 new biographies of men and women who left a mark on some aspect of the British past between the thirteenth and twentieth centuries, along with 18 new ready reference lists and eight feature articles for ready reference. http://www.oxforddnb.com/oxforddnb/info/news/
140 NEW LIVES ADDED
Building and extending on the Oxford DNB's coverage of people from all walks of life, this update adds biographies of 140 people in 132 articles. The earliest new entry is soldier and writer, Sir Roger Stanegrave (fl. 1276-1336), and the latest (by death date) is politician, Inga-Stina Robson, Baroness Robson of Kiddington (1919-1999). Of the new biographies 36 are of women.
FEATURED IN THIS UPDATE
Each update spotlights distinct groups of people with a shared identity or common link. This update examines three areas (90 biographies in total), all with an introductory essay:
* European exiles and visitors to Britain -- people who came to Britain as exiles or visitors from mainland Europe, including Georgi Markov (1929-1978), the Bulgarian dissident poisoned by assassins on Waterloo Bridge, London, and gunpowder manufacturer, Francis Grueber (c.1657-1730; whose premises exploded with spectacular effect in 1703).
* Women in politics -- women active in political life from the seventeenth century onward, with notables from Jacobean courtier Mary Villiers, countess of Buckingham (c.1570-1632), to Rotha Lintorn-Orman (1895-1935), who founded the British Fascisti in 1923 intending to protect the nation from communism. This update also includes coverage of all (deceased) female British MPs
* Household names -- entrepreneurs from cocktail inventor James Pimm (1798-1866) to John Lea (1791-1874) and William Perrins (1793-1867), inventors of a savory sauce that originated with a barrel of inedible condiment they later re-opened by chance.
Our remaining biographies are of men and women who left their mark in the arts, diplomacy, the military, trade, religion, and education.
NEW LISTS AND ESSAYS
Ranging from "Rulers of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms" to "Captains of the English cricket team," the 18 new ready reference lists included in this update are sure to provide new avenues into the Dictionary.
The eight new topical essays include a look at eighteenth-centuryIndia
CORRECTIONS AND AMENDMENTS
Corrections and amendments to articles consist of known factual errors-verified by the research staff and, where necessary, contributors or external reviewers, and the addition of new material (for example, family life dates) submitted by readers or derived from recent publications. Articles are identified in the citation at the foot of the entry, and previous versions are available for consultation on the website.
140 NEW LIVES ADDED
Building and extending on the Oxford DNB's coverage of people from all walks of life, this update adds biographies of 140 people in 132 articles. The earliest new entry is soldier and writer, Sir Roger Stanegrave (fl. 1276-1336), and the latest (by death date) is politician, Inga-Stina Robson, Baroness Robson of Kiddington (1919-1999). Of the new biographies 36 are of women.
FEATURED IN THIS UPDATE
Each update spotlights distinct groups of people with a shared identity or common link. This update examines three areas (90 biographies in total), all with an introductory essay:
* European exiles and visitors to Britain -- people who came to Britain as exiles or visitors from mainland Europe, including Georgi Markov (1929-1978), the Bulgarian dissident poisoned by assassins on Waterloo Bridge, London, and gunpowder manufacturer, Francis Grueber (c.1657-1730; whose premises exploded with spectacular effect in 1703).
* Women in politics -- women active in political life from the seventeenth century onward, with notables from Jacobean courtier Mary Villiers, countess of Buckingham (c.1570-1632), to Rotha Lintorn-Orman (1895-1935), who founded the British Fascisti in 1923 intending to protect the nation from communism. This update also includes coverage of all (deceased) female British MPs
* Household names -- entrepreneurs from cocktail inventor James Pimm (1798-1866) to John Lea (1791-1874) and William Perrins (1793-1867), inventors of a savory sauce that originated with a barrel of inedible condiment they later re-opened by chance.
Our remaining biographies are of men and women who left their mark in the arts, diplomacy, the military, trade, religion, and education.
NEW LISTS AND ESSAYS
Ranging from "Rulers of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms" to "Captains of the English cricket team," the 18 new ready reference lists included in this update are sure to provide new avenues into the Dictionary.
The eight new topical essays include a look at eighteenth-century
CORRECTIONS AND AMENDMENTS
Corrections and amendments to articles consist of known factual errors-verified by the research staff and, where necessary, contributors or external reviewers, and the addition of new material (for example, family life dates) submitted by readers or derived from recent publications. Articles are identified in the citation at the foot of the entry, and previous versions are available for consultation on the website.
JSTOR new titles--including anthropology titles back to 1848
Dear JSTOR Participant:
We are pleased to announce that thirteen new titles have been added to the JSTOR archive.
British Journal of Sociology of Education
New Content: Vol. 1 – Vol. 22 (1980-2001)
Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research
New Content: Nos. 1 – 324 (1919-2001)
Feminist Review
New Content: Nos. 1 – 63 (1979-1999)
International Statistical Review / Revue Internationale de Statistique
New Content: Vol. 1 – Vol. 67 (1933-1999)
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
New Content: Vol. 1 – Vol. 38 (1961-1999)
Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics
New Content: Vol. 1 – Vol. 4 (1996-1999)
Journal of Business & Economic Statistics
New Content: Vol. 1 – Vol. 17 (1983-1999)
Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics
New Content: Vol. 1 – Vol. 8 (1992-1999)
Journal of Law and Society
New Content: Vol. 1 – Vol. 26 (1974-1999)
Law and Human Behavior
New Content: Vol. 1 – Vol. 23 (1977-1999)
Philosophy East and West
New Content: Vol. 1 – Vol. 51 (1951-2001)
Sociological Perspectives
New Content: Vol. 1 – Vol. 44 (1958-2001)
Wicazo Sa Review
New Content: Vol. 1 – Vol. 16 (1985-2001)
By publisher request, JSTOR is reducing the moving walls for two titles:
Harvard Studies in Classical Philology
New Content: None. (No volumes were published in 2001 or 2002.)
Moving Wall: 3 years (previously 4 years)
Phoenix
New Content: Vol. 54 – Vol. 55 (2000-2001)
Moving Wall: 3 years (previously 5 years)
Seven previous titles to journals archived in JSTOR are now available. The Arts & Sciences I Collection will now include this previous content related to the current title, The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.
The Anthropological Review
New Content: Vol. 1 – Vol. 8 (1863-1870)
Journal of the Anthropological Society of London
New Content: Vol. 2 – Vol. 8 (1864-1871)
The Journal of Anthropology
New Content: Vol. 1 (1870-1871)
The Journal of the Ethnological Society of London (1848-1856)
New Content: Vol. 1 – Vol. 4 (1848-1856)
The Journal of the Ethnological Society of London (1869-1870)
New Content: Vol. 1 – Vol. 2 (1869-1870)
Transactions of the Anthropological Society of London
New Content: Vol. 1 (1863)
Transactions of the Ethnological Society of London
New Content: Vol. 1 – Vol. 7 (1861-1869)
Update to Hein Online content (not just for law, good for history and polisci as well)
A total of 203,571 pages have now been added to HeinOnline with this latest release of new material -- our second consecutive release of more than 200,000 pages!
We are also proud to announce that this latest update includes our first release of Code of Federal Regulations material, which includes the 1938 edition through the 1947 supplements. As mentioned previously, future releases will include greatly expanded CFR coverage.
Here is detailed information on this latest HeinOnline content release ...
New Journals
Human Rights (ABA)
North Dakota Law Review
Saskatchewan Law Review
UMKC Law Review
U.S. Reports Library Update
11 new Slip Opinions have been included with this latest release.
Treaties and Agreements Library Update
Current Treaty Index
Eds. 1-25 (1982-1999)
Treaties in Force
1932 Vol.
Federal Register Library -- New Addition
Code of Federal Regulation
1938-1947 supplements
We are also proud to announce that this latest update includes our first release of Code of Federal Regulations material, which includes the 1938 edition through the 1947 supplements. As mentioned previously, future releases will include greatly expanded CFR coverage.
Here is detailed information on this latest HeinOnline content release ...
New Journals
Human Rights (ABA)
North Dakota Law Review
Saskatchewan Law Review
UMKC Law Review
U.S. Reports Library Update
11 new Slip Opinions have been included with this latest release.
Treaties and Agreements Library Update
Current Treaty Index
Eds. 1-25 (1982-1999)
Treaties in Force
1932 Vol.
Federal Register Library -- New Addition
Code of Federal Regulation
1938-1947 supplements
Upcoming Changes to Silverplatter Interface
Upgrades are coming in Mid-July
The Preview Site represents a “live environment” where you and your users can log in and see your subscribed content in the new WebSPIRS interface. As well as an updated look and cleaner display of limits and indexes, you will discover three new features to support end users:
I had to cobble together the link for the preview site so I've only done one for Social Work Abstracts. You can navigate to the other databases from this link.
New Features include:
Direct Export
Export citations to RefWorks®, EndNote® and ProCite® - and soon Reference Manager
Find Citation
Quickly locate the citation you need using reference information, even if it'’s incomplete
Find Similar
Identify articles that are similar in coverage
The Resource Center is your main source for all related information including a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs), training schedules and materials, screen shots, announcements, and much more. As new materials become available, they will be posted to this site meaning you'll be the first to access the new online tutorial, quick reference cards, and end-user guides.
The Preview Site represents a “live environment” where you and your users can log in and see your subscribed content in the new WebSPIRS interface. As well as an updated look and cleaner display of limits and indexes, you will discover three new features to support end users:
I had to cobble together the link for the preview site so I've only done one for Social Work Abstracts. You can navigate to the other databases from this link.
New Features include:
Direct Export
Export citations to RefWorks®, EndNote® and ProCite® - and soon Reference Manager
Find Citation
Quickly locate the citation you need using reference information, even if it'’s incomplete
Find Similar
Identify articles that are similar in coverage
The Resource Center is your main source for all related information including a list of frequently asked questions (FAQs), training schedules and materials, screen shots, announcements, and much more. As new materials become available, they will be posted to this site meaning you'll be the first to access the new online tutorial, quick reference cards, and end-user guides.
Monday, June 13, 2005
Friday, June 03, 2005
Upcoming ProQuest enhancements
To preview these enhancements, please visit our website at:
Dear ProQuest Customer,
The next ProQuest release is scheduled for June 11th . This release will have exciting new enhancements including:
Enhancements to our "More like this" feature making it easier to find and use.
*The feature will be displayed automatically at the bottom of the article page and will always be open
* link to More like this will be added to the top of the full text article page to further promote this feature
Author Profiles Enhancement - Profiles that include dissertations will be hyperlinked to the best available format for that dissertation.
Two new citations styles will be available: Harvard and Vancouver.
* Harvard is an author-date style similar to Chicago/Turabian
* Vancouver will be listed as a new option
To enhance support for our customers outside of the United States, ProQuest will add four new interface languages
* Italian
* Russian
* Polish
* Norwegian
As well as ten new article translation languages bringing the total number of languages to twelve
*Spanish
*Portuguese
*French
*German
*Italian
*Russian
*Polish
* Chinese-simplified
* Chinese-traditional
* Japanese
* Korean
* Turkish
My Research Summary and the Marked List page will be combined into a single feature called My Research. The tab at the top of every page will be updated to display a single selection. The search results page has also been updated so the My Research options (Email/Cite/Export) will be added above the first result.
Dear ProQuest Customer,
The next ProQuest release is scheduled for June 11th . This release will have exciting new enhancements including:
Enhancements to our "More like this" feature making it easier to find and use.
*The feature will be displayed automatically at the bottom of the article page and will always be open
* link to More like this will be added to the top of the full text article page to further promote this feature
Author Profiles Enhancement - Profiles that include dissertations will be hyperlinked to the best available format for that dissertation.
Two new citations styles will be available: Harvard and Vancouver.
* Harvard is an author-date style similar to Chicago/Turabian
* Vancouver will be listed as a new option
To enhance support for our customers outside of the United States, ProQuest will add four new interface languages
* Italian
* Russian
* Polish
* Norwegian
As well as ten new article translation languages bringing the total number of languages to twelve
*Spanish
*Portuguese
*French
*German
*Italian
*Russian
*Polish
* Chinese-simplified
* Chinese-traditional
* Japanese
* Korean
* Turkish
My Research Summary and the Marked List page will be combined into a single feature called My Research. The tab at the top of every page will be updated to display a single selection. The search results page has also been updated so the My Research options (Email/Cite/Export) will be added above the first result.
ProQuest now offers RSS feeds
ProQuest :: RSS Feeds
Includes an overview of how RSS feeds could be implemented library pages, faculty pages, and course syllabi.
Includes an overview of how RSS feeds could be implemented library pages, faculty pages, and course syllabi.
Thursday, June 02, 2005
Social Bookmarking, Scholars Boxes--the emerging need for centralized information management
At Calgary we are currently testing an internet based citation management tool. It has many great features for saving references for bibliographies, but I'm a bit disappointed that it doesn't have many of the features I enjoy with FURL.
FURL is a social bookmarking tool that allows me to capture links to web pages, articles and other online content.
Like many others, I've become used to finding almost all my information online, and having to collate a blizzard of print-outs if I want to organize information for long term work is increasingly frustrating.
What I need is to be able to seamlessly
* capture information for online storage and later decide what is worth reading or keeping
* annotate my links and add whatever metadata suits me and my projects
* see who else has linked to the same information or chose to keep my links private
* create "reading clubs" to share information with people who's interests overlap with mine
* allow other people to collaborate with me on my documents or in annotating links
* clip quotes as I'm reading, add annotations and put them into new documents or folders
* search the full text of my stored information
* send information to my colleagues or students via email
* organize the material in folders
* keep it for as long as I want, even if I leave this university (heaven forfend) and go somewhere else
* access this "personal portfolio" from any computer with an internet connection
Technology and applications exist to make this all possible, but we need a product that brings this all together in one package.
After a little online digging I find I'm not alone in longing for a better solution to the information management problem. Here are some links I've come across:
If anyone else has some references or projects to add to this list let me know and I'll post them.
FURL is a social bookmarking tool that allows me to capture links to web pages, articles and other online content.
Like many others, I've become used to finding almost all my information online, and having to collate a blizzard of print-outs if I want to organize information for long term work is increasingly frustrating.
What I need is to be able to seamlessly
* capture information for online storage and later decide what is worth reading or keeping
* annotate my links and add whatever metadata suits me and my projects
* see who else has linked to the same information or chose to keep my links private
* create "reading clubs" to share information with people who's interests overlap with mine
* allow other people to collaborate with me on my documents or in annotating links
* clip quotes as I'm reading, add annotations and put them into new documents or folders
* search the full text of my stored information
* send information to my colleagues or students via email
* organize the material in folders
* keep it for as long as I want, even if I leave this university (heaven forfend) and go somewhere else
* access this "personal portfolio" from any computer with an internet connection
Technology and applications exist to make this all possible, but we need a product that brings this all together in one package.
After a little online digging I find I'm not alone in longing for a better solution to the information management problem. Here are some links I've come across:
'Towards Library Groupware with Personalised Link Routing', Ariadne Issue 40
Scholar's Box
and an interesting exchange on the Making Links blog
If anyone else has some references or projects to add to this list let me know and I'll post them.
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