Reading Group PowerPoint

I did a quick PowerPoint on the article we read. Let me know if there's anything I should add.

Teaching Information Literacy Using the Short Story by David J. Brier & Vickery Kaye Lebbin Reference Services Review Vol. 32 No. 4 (2004) 383-387. I've added this to our RefWorks account in the Reading Group folder.

New Peer-Reviewed Journal: Journal of Web Librarianship

New Peer-Reviewed Journal: Journal of Web Librarianship

URL: http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/jwl/

Editor: Jody Condit Fagan, Digital Services Librarian, James Madison University, faganjc@jmu.edu

The Journal of Web Librarianship seeks both practical communications and original, scholarly research about relevant topics in web librarianship. This is a new journal to be published for the first time in early 2007. New authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts. Details can be found on the journal web page from the link above. They are seeking to publish:

Scholarly research articles are usually 15-30 typed pages; contain original research or in-depth analysis of the literature; and feature a traditional structure for peer-reviewed journal articles.

Practical communications may include tutorials; case studies, and descriptions of practical solutions to common problems. The length of practical communications will vary by topic, but should generally be at least 6 typed pages.

Other types of articles such as interviews, bibliographies, and reviews may be welcome, but please contact the editor in advance.

Examples of topics appropriate for the Journal of Web Librarianship include but are not limited to: web page design, usability testing of library or library-related sites, cataloging or classification of Web information, international issues in web librarianship, scholars' use of the web, information architecture, library departmental web pages, RSS feeds, podcasting, library services via the web, search engines, history of libraries and the web, and future aspects of web librarianship.

For more information, please contact: Editor Jody Condit Fagan, Digital Services Librarian, James Madison University, faganjc@jmu.edu

Do you Facebook?

Article by Brian Mathews in the May 2006 College & Research Libraries News. He talks about setting up a Facebook account and counting undergraduate students in the engineering college at Georgia Institute of Technology. Might be something liaison teams could do. I might try something like this for the distance students. I haven't read anything about distance students & social software. I smell a presentation and/or article. I've added this article to our RefWorks account. This article is available at the ACRL site if you're a member.

Teaching Personal Media

At Classrooms of the Future, I attended a session on teaching students new media like blogs & wikis. Carleton College offered a credit class this year on The Personal Media Revolution. The Online Notebook of Links looks to have some good resources.

Google Jockeying

Educause recently posted 7 Things You Should Know About Google Jockeying . Might be something fun to try out during a class or instruction session.

I meem

I am playing around with a social networking site called imeem which might be worth experiementing with. You can share files, folders, and photos (oh so important when mentoring) with only selected individuals

Call for Papers: Library Philosopy & Practice

CALL FOR PAPERS

You are invited to submit proposals and manuscripts for a special issue of Library Philosophy and Practice entitled: "Shape Shifters: Librarians Evolve Yet Again in the Age of Google." The issue, which will appear in Winter 2007, will be guest edited by Jill Cirasella and Mariana Regalado of Brooklyn College, City University of New York.

Librarians have a long history of responding professionally and creatively to changes in information dissemination technology. It is no surprise, therefore, that they are adapting themselves and their work to Google, its many modules, and its many competitors. Articles in "Shape Shifters" will explore how library services, resources, and job activities are changing in response to these tools and the paradigm shift they herald.

Manuscripts are sought that examine concrete changes in a specific area or issue of public, school, academic, or special librarianship. Possible areas or issues include, but are not limited to:

- Reference
- Instruction
- Collection development
- Technical services
- Access services
- Rare books and/or preservation
- Privacy
- Website and interface design
- Space planning
- Administration and personnel
- Marketing

Whatever area or issue is examined, authors should discuss how changes in services, resources, and/or job activities are being facilitated or even necessitated by one or more of three critical aspects of these tools:

1) Ease of access
2) Proliferation of content
3) Independence from traditional library staff and spaces

Articles should be concise, well-reasoned, and focused on the practice and philosophy of librarianship. While some professional speculation is welcome, authors are discouraged from writing diatribes, manifestos, or calls-to-arms about Google or its competitors.

The submission deadline for completed manuscripts is October 20, 2006. Authors are encouraged to contact the guest editors with proposals or questions. Manuscript length is flexible but should normally fall between 1,500 and 4,000 words. Please email word-processed manuscripts in MLA format to Mariana Regalado (regalado@brooklyn.cuny.edu) and Jill Cirasella (cirasella@brooklyn.cuny.edu).

_Library Philosophy and Practice_ is a peer-reviewed electronic journal that explores the connection between library practice and the philosophy and theory behind it. To learn more about _Library Philosophy and Practice_, visit: http://libr.unl.edu:2000/LPP/lpp.htm.