LIBRARY TRENDS BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

ALA Online. American Library Association. 26 Nov. 2005 <http://www.ala.org/al_online>.

This online resource from the ALA provides daily news stories, as well as selected features and columns from the library association’s monthly American Libraries magazine.

 

ALA Techsource Blog. American Library Association. 26 Nov. 2005 <http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/>. Blog from the technology-related section of the ALA that discusses new technologies and how they can be used to transform the role of libraries.

 

Ariadne Magazine. UKOLN. 28 Nov. 2005 <http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/>. Ariadne, a quarterly, online journal covers topics of interest to information science professionals in academia, with special emphasis on e-learning, new technologies, and digital library developments.

 

Bailey-Hainer, Brenda. “Virtual Reference: Alive & Well.” Library Journal 15 Jan. 2005. 11 Dec. 2005 <http://libraryjournal.com/article/CA491140.html>. A rebuttal to Coffman and Arret, Hainer describes successful statewide chat-base reference services and their usefulness in communicating with young patrons. See also, <http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/jul04/arret_coffman.shtml>.

 

Bailin, Alan, and Ann Grafstein. “From Place to Function: Academic Libraries in 2012.” Online Word document. 12 Dec. 2005 <http://alpha.fdu.edu/~marcum/bailin_grafstein.doc>.

 

Banick, Cheryl R. “RX for Medical Libraries.” Library Journal 15 Nov. 2005. 19 Nov. 2005 <http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6282616.html>. A distinguished medical librarian discusses the forces that are threatening the future existence of small medical libraries.

 

Blumenstein, Lynn. “Librarian as CM Leader.” Library Journal 15 Sep. 2005. 25 Nov. 2005 <http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6256260.html>. This article profiles special librarians who are involved in content management projects for their organizations, and documents the growing need for CM within corporate and special libraries.

 

Boog, Jason. “Library 2.0 Movement Sees Benefits in Collaboration with Patrons.” Publish 4 Nov. 2005. 28 Nov. 2005 <http://www.publish.com/article2/0,1895,1881893,00.asp>. Boog covers discussion of the Library 2.0 movement at the Internet Librarian conference (http://www.infotoday.com/il2005/).

 

Carlson, Scott, and Jeffrey Young. “Yahoo Works With 2 Academic Libraries and Other Archives on Project to Digitize Collections.” Chronicle of Higher Education. 3 Oct. 2005. 19 Nov. 2005. <http://chronicle.com/free/2005/10/2005100301t.htm>. News story on Yahoo and its partners’ new project to digitize potentially millions of copyright-free books from academic libraries and make them freely searchable and downloadable to the public.

 

Casey, Michael. Library Crunch. Blog. 28 Nov. 2005 <http://www.librarycrunch.com/>. Casey brings users a “Library 2.0” perspective on new Web 2.0 technologies and their applications for libraries.

 

Center for Information Policy. University of Maryland, College of Information Studies. 1 Jan. 2006 <http://www.cip.umd.edu>. The University of Maryland's Center for Information Policy, led by former CIA executive Lee Strickland, analyzes the role of information in today's society, as well as all aspects of the government's role in balancing the need to provide information and maintain national security.

 

Chad, Kevin, and Paul Miller. “Do Libraries Matter? The Rise of Library 2.0.” White paper, Nov. 2005. 28 Nov. 2005 <http://www.talis.com/downloads/white_papers/DoLibrariesMatter.pdf>. Library vendor Talis’ much-talked about white paper, introducing the concept of Library 2.0 as a response to the growing proliferation of web applications under the Web 2.0 framework.

 

Chute, Adrienne, P. Elaine Kroe, Patricia O'Shea, Maria Polcari, and Cynthia Jo Ramsey. “Public Libraries in the United States: Fiscal Year 2001.” Education Statistics Quarterly 5.2 (2003). 12 Dec. 2005 <http://nces.ed.gov/programs/quarterly/Vol_5/5_2/q5_1.asp>. A recap of the National Center for Education Statistics’ 2001 data on U.S. public libraries, including their size, location, funding, collections, expenditures and circulation activities.

 

Coffman, Steve, and Linda Arret. “To Chat or Not to Chat – Taking Yet Another Look at Virtual Reference, Part 1.” Searcher 12.7 (2004). 11 Dec. 2005 <http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/jul04/arret_coffman.shtml>.

The authors provide a retrospective of chat-based reference services, and conclude that it is an expensive proposition to implement for many libraries, given its low usage records. See also <http://libraryjournal.com/article/CA491140.html>.

 

College and Research Library News (C&RL News). Association of College and Research Libraries. 19 Nov. 2005 <http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/collegeresearch.htm>. Monthly magazine from the ACRL that documents trends, news, practices, standards and issues of importance to the Association’s college and university library members.

 

Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). 19 Nov. 2005 <http://www.clir.org/>. CLIR is a non-profit organization whose mission is to works to “maintain and improve access to information for generations to come.” Its web site contains news on CLIR’s activities, as well as reports on a wide range of topics including digital libraries, the future of libraries, library leadership, and more.

 

Cowan, Alison Leigh. “Books for Lending, Data for Taking.” New York Times. 20 Nov. 2005. 20 Nov. 2005 <http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/20/weekinreview/20cowan.html>. An analysis of the continuing conflict surrounding patrons’ privacy, librarians ongoing commitment to privacy vis-à-vis the Patriot Act, and new privacy issues in light of Amazon.com-like services that track patrons’ preferences to recommend resources.

 

Current Cites. California Digital Library. 26 Nov. 2005. <http://lists.webjunction.org/currentcites/>. Edited by the California Digital Library’s Roy Tennant, Current Cites is a monthly annotated bibliography of selected articles, documents and digital resources about information technology that impact the library and information science profession. Most annotations provide direct links to freely accessible resources.

 

Deahl, Rachel. “Students Just Say 'No' to Library Books, and Librarians Listen: Stacks Are Going Digital.” The Book Standard 7 Sept. 2005. 21 Nov. 2005 <http://bookstandard.com/bookstandard/news/author/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001055493>. News story about the University of Texas-Austin’s refurbishment of its undergraduate library into a “bookless” information commons.

 

“Displaying Clustered Search Results.” LibDev: For Libraries by Libraries 16 Nov. 2005. 26 Nov. 2005 <http://libdev.plymouth.edu/post/24>. Blog posting showing an innovative XML-based OPAC display by “Casey.”

 

D-lib Magazine. Corporation for National Research Initiatives. 10 Nov. 2005 <http://www.dlib.org>. This monthly, online periodical provides articles, reviews, and information about digital libraries.

 

Farkas, Meredith. “Coders Wanted.” Blog posting. Information Wants to Be Free 23 Nov. 2005. 28 Nov. 2005 <http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php>. Farkas discussed the need for librarians to know coding and computer programming, in addition to their other skills, the difficulty of finding librarian coders and ramifications of not having in-house coding.

 

Farkas, Meredith. Information Wants to Be Free. Blog 28 Nov. 2005 <http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php>. Librarian & Tech Geek Meredith Farkas’ blog covers new technologies and their applications in libraries.

 

Farkas, Meredith. Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki. 28 Nov. 2005 <http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Main_Page>. An "best practices" Wiki that includes lists of libraries implementing technologies, recommendations by users, and more.

 

Farkas, Meredith. “Re: http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php.��� E-mail to Cynthia Boeke. 28 Nov. 2005. Meredith Farkas describes to the author of this section her understanding of the concept of Library 2.0 and how crucial it is to the future of librarianship.

 

Farkas, Meredith. “Re: Fwd: Library Trends and Issues.” E-mail to Cynthia Boeke. 04 Dec. 2005. Meredith Farkas describes to the author of this section her thoughts on the biggest trends and challenges facing the library profession. Read the full text of Library Issues and Trends-Meredith Farkas.

 

Farkas, Meredith. “Social Software Metapost.” Blog posting. Information Wants to Be Free 8 Nov. 2005. 28 Nov. 2005 <http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php>. Farkas describes a few of the Web 2.0 applications she finds most interesting, and muses on their growing number and the possibility of a Web 2.0 “bubble.”

 

Freeman, Geoffrey T. “The Library as Place: Changes in Learning Patterns, Collections, Technologies, and Use.” Library as Place: Rethinking Roles, Rethinking Space. Washington DC: Council on Library and Information Resources, 2005. 1-10. 19 Nov. 2005 <http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub129/pub129.pdf>. Freeman’s chapter discusses how academic libraries have been able to increase their usage in spite of the declining need to go to a library to get or access information, provided they are designed with not only current, but future user needs in mind, comprise the latest IT-capabilities that allow users to access electronic materials, and include spaces for individual and collaborative learning.

 

Gandel, Paul. “Libraries: Standing at the Wrong Platform, Waiting for the Wrong Train?" Educause Review Nov./Dec. 2005. 26 Nov. 2005 <http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/erm05610.pdf>. Widely discussed article by Syracuse University’s CIO that frames the debate about whether libraries can survive in the Google era.

 

Google Book Search. 2Google. 2 Nov. 2005. <http://print.google.com/googlebooks/about.html>. Google’s product, under development, that will allow users to search full-text of books, and find it out where to buy or borrow them.

 

Google Library Project. Google. 22 Nov. 2005. <http://print.google.com/googleprint/library.html>. Part of Google’s Book Search, the Library Project is the digitized collection of books provided by Google’s library partners that can be searched by Google users.

 

Graham, Jefferson. “Soon You Can Buy a Book on Amazon, Read it Online.” USA Today 3 Nov. 2005. 15 Dec. 2005 <http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2005-11-03-amazon-pages_x.htm>. News story on Amazon.com’s pay-per-page project, the reaction (positive) from publishers, and comparison to Google’s controversial book digitalization project.

 

Griffiths, Jillian R., and Peter Brophy. “Student Searching Behavior and the Web: Use of Academic Resources and Google.” Library Trends 53.4 (2005). Based on a user study of academic students, this article documents that “students prefer to locate information or resources via a search engine above all other options, and Google is the search engine of choice” and that “students' use of academic resources is low.”

 

Hagerdorn, Katerina. “Looking for Pearls.” Research Information Mar./Apr. 2005. 26 Nov. 2005 <http://www.researchinformation.info/rimarapr05oaister.html>. This article describes how the OIA-PMH protocol forms the basis the University of Michigan’s OAIster project. Currently, OAISter allows computer users to search the holdings of 400 digital repositories around the world. OAIster, which comprises 4.8 million metadata records on a wide range of topics, often gives users direct access to the digital objects, which would not normally be found in typical Internet searching.

 

Hickey, Thom. “The Future of the Library Catalog: Open, Interactive, Participatory.” FEDLINK Fall Membership Meeting. Washington, DC. 9 Nov. 2005. Hickey provided Fedlink members and staff with a glimpse of the latest OCLC research in online catalogs, demonstrating how they will be better, faster, more participatory, and look and feel more like commercial services such as Amazon.com, Google, etc.

 

Hodges, Alex. “Reports from National Conference Programs 05: Googlelizers, Visualization, Metasearch, Mapping, and Other Disruptive Search Technologies.” College & Research Libraries News 66.6 (2005). 19 Nov. 2005 <http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2005/June05/ntlconfrpts.htm>. Hodges’s section of the Association of College and Research Libraries’ national conference discussed a session on the impact of Google and other technologies like visualization and gaming on academic library users.

 

Internet Librarian 2005: Conference Presentations. Information Today. 28 Nov. 2005 <http://www.infotoday.com/il2005/presentations/>. As explained by Information Today, this page features links to World Wide Web sites, PowerPoint slideshows, and other electronic resources used in support of presentations at Internet Librarian 2005.

 

Jacobs, James A, James R. Jacobs, and Shinjoung Yeo. “Government Information in the Digital Age: The Once and Future Federal Depository Library Program.” Journal of Academic Librarianship 31.3 (2005): 198-208. The authors describe the possible demise of the FDLP as we know it, the potential of current FDLs to play an important role in a digital environment for government documents, and their fear that the new GPO plan for “cost recovery” will create barriers to the free dissemination of government documents to the public and bypass the resources provided by the current FDLP.

 

Koltzenburg, Teresa. “The Year of RSS: CPL Scholars, Part 2.” ALA TechSource Blog 17 Nov. 2005. 21 Nov. 2005 <http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/blog_detail.php?blog_id=93>.

 

Koltzenburg, Teresa. “It's Good [for Libraries for Him] to Be the King: CPL Scholars, Part 1.” ALA TechSource Blog 11 Nov. 2005. 22 Nov. 2005 <http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/blog_detail.php?blog_id=93>.

 

Kronenfeld, Michael. “Trends in Academic Health Science Libraries: A Follow-Up to the MLA David A. Kronick Traveling Fellowship.” Latitudes 13.1 (2004). 28 Nov. 2005 <http://nnlm.gov/psr/lat/v13n1/trends.html>. The author highlights trends affecting health sciences libraries, from the growing movement towards online collections to the changing sense of “library as place.”

 

Kroski, Ellyssa. “The Hive Mind: Folksonomies and User-based Tagging.” Infotangle Blog 7 Dec. 2005. 13 Dec. 2005 <http://infotangle.blogsome.com/2005/12/07/the-hive-mind-folksonomies-and-user-based-tagging/>. A description, with examples, of new social software for user tagging. The author argues that, despite the better quality of hierarchical controlled vocabularies used in the library field, user-provided tagging, e.g. folksonomies, is here to stay, offers its own unique advantages, and is leading to novel applications.

 

Kyrillidou, Martha, and Mark Young. “ARL Library Trends.” 27 Sep. 2005. Association of Research Libraries. 19 Nov. 2005 <http://www.arl.org/stats/arlstat/04pub/04intro.html>. This latest installment of ARL’s statistics from 123 large academic and research libraries uncovers trends, usage patterns, and expenditures from the 2003-2004 time frame, as well as long-term changes that have occurred since 1986.

 

Levine, Jenny. The Shifted Librarian. 28 Nov. 2005 <http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/>. Technology-related blog discussing the growing need for and usage of Web 2.0-related technologies, among other library concepts and issues.

 

LibDev: For Libraries by Libraries. 21 Nov. 2005 <http://libdev.plymouth.edu/>.

LibDev is an online bulletin board for librarians discussing technical developments, including the implementation of XML-based catalogs using web services like Amazon.com; RSS feeds; user-contributed data; OPAC standards, and more.

 

“Libraries: How They Stack Up.” 2003. OCLC Online Computer Library Center. 19 Nov. 2005 <http://www5.oclc.org/downloads/community/librariesstackup.pdf>. Although a bit dated, these statistics provide a unique glimpse of the aggregate holdings, expenditures, staffing, circulation, and number of library users around the world.

 

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA). EBSCO. 28. Nov. 2005 <http://www.epnet.com/thisTopic.php?topicID=205&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;marketID=20>. EBSCO’s “gift” to the library community is free access to this A&I database containing articles and information related to the library profession.

 

Library Journal. Reed Business Information. 10 Nov 2005 <http://www.libraryjournal.com/>. This online version of the printed monthly, advertiser-supported Library Journal includes all the printed features and departments, as well as access to back issues. Coverage includes issues and news pertaining to all types of libraries, along with reviews, commentaries and lists of “most borrowed” books.

 

Library Literature (LibraryLit). OCLC FirstSearch. 8 Nov. 2004 <http://www.oclc.org/support/documentation/firstsearch/databases/dbdetails/details/LibraryLit.htm>. This subscription database, accessed by the author through the University of Maryland’s library subscription, provides abstracts for articles from 360 library journals and publications since 1980.

 

“Library of Congress Gets $3 Million from Google for World Digital Library.” American Libraries Online 23 Nov. 2005. 26 Nov. 2005 <http://www.ala.org/al_online>. News story on November 23 discussing the donation of $3 million from Google to the LOC to begin the World Digital Library book digitization project.

 

Ludwig, Logan, and Susan Starr. “Library as Place: Results of a Delphi Study.” Journal of the Medical Library Association 93.3 (2005). 28 Nov. 2005 <http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1175798>. A study of experts reveals that the health sciences library of the future will emphasize digital collections, require librarians who are knowledge managers, and house rich IT services and e-learning capabilities.

 

Maatta, Stephanie. “Closing the Gap—Placements and Salaries 2004.” Library Journal. 15 Oct. 2005. 20 Nov. 2005 <http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6269428.html>.

 

Mann, Thomas. “Google Print vs. Onsite Collections.” American Libraries Aug. 2005. 26 Nov. 2005 <http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/selectedarticles/googlevsonsite.pdf>. Mann discusses the potentially irreparable loss of “serendipity,” whereby scholars accidentally find invaluable resources by physically browsing the stacks, if book collections are warehoused off-site due to the growing impact of Google.

 

Marcum, Deanna B. “The Future of Cataloging.” Address to the Ebsco Leadership Seminar. Boston. 15 Jan. 2005. 25 Nov. 2005 <http://www.loc.gov/library/reports/CatalogingSpeech.pdf>.

 

Martell, Charles R. "The Ubiquitous User: A Reexamination of Carlson's Deserted Library.” portal: Libraries and the Academy 5.4 (2005): 441-453. Project Muse Abstracts. 12 Dec. 2005 <http://muse.jhu.edu/cgi-bin/access.cgi?uri=/journals/portal_libraries_and_the_academy/v005/5.4martell.html>. The author cites university statistics of declining library usage, commenting that they may be much deeper than actual reports, and describes how declining usage is taking place against a backdrop of periodical price increases and the need for university libraries to find a new paradigm.

 

Miller, Paul. “Web 2.0: Building the New Library.” Ariadne 45 (2005). 28 Nov. 2005 <http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue45/miller/>. Talis “Technology Evagenlist” Paul Miller discusses the participatory nature of Web 2.0, the need for libraries to respond with a more participatory web services infrastructure dubbed Library 2.0, and Talis’ role in creating a commercial system that meets these needs.

 

Minmo, David, Gregory Crane, and Alison Jones. “Hierarchical Cataloging Records: Implementing a FRBR Catalog.” D-Lib Magazine 11.10 (2005). 10 Nov. 2005 <http://www.dlib.org/dlib/october05/crane/10crane.html>. The authors discuss a recent initiatve by the Perseus Digital Library to create a new catalog using FRBR for what they describe as a “small collection that includes many works with multiple versions.”

 

Neblett, Vanessa, Cassandra Shivers, Nils Thingvall, and Bobby Tsui. “The Digital Access Architect.” Library Journal 1 Nov. 2005. 10 Nov. 2005 <http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6277393.html>. This article highlights the activities of the Digital Archive Architects at the Orange County Library System in Orlando, FL, which include designing new, advanced electronic services to meet patrons’ growing preference for Internet-based resources. Their job requires not only an MLS degree, but advanced technological training.

 

“Number of Libraries in the United States: ALA Fact Sheet 1.” American Library Association. 28 Nov. 2005 <http://www.ala.org/ala/alalibrary/libraryfactsheet/alalibraryfactsheet1.htm>. Facts on the number of libraries compiled from different sources by the ALA.

 

OCLC. “2003 Environmental Scan: Pattern Recognition.” 2003. OCLC Reports. 12 Dec. 2005 <http://www.oclc.org/membership/escan/introduction/default.htm>. Broad analysis of information use patterns and their impact on libraries, documenting users’ preference for Web searching, strong association of libraries with books, and potential marginalization of libraries in an Internet-dominated environment.

 

OCLC. “2004 Information Format Trends: Content, Not Containers.” 2004. 13 Dec. 2005 <http://www.oclc.org/reports/2004format.htm>. Research report from OCLC documenting information use changes away from print as content is unbundled, born digital, and accessed from a growing variety of mobile and computer devices.

 

OCLC. Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources (2005): A Report to the OCLC Membership. 2005. 9 Dec. 2005 <http://www.oclc.org/reports/pdfs/Percept_all.pdf>. Seminal study by OCLC of 3,300 people’s information and library use patterns and preferences. Results show many people around the world have a favorable image of the library, which they associate with books. However, information searching is now dominated by search engines, with Google leading the pack by a wide margin.

 

OCLC Newsletter. OCLC Online Computer Library Center. 26 Nov. 2005 <http://www.oclc.org/news/publications/newsletters/default.htm>. Non-profit library research and service provider OCLC’s quarterly newsletter depicts trends and research affecting the current state and future development of libraries.

 

Olsen, Stephanie. “The College Library of Tomorrow.” ZDNet News 3 Aug. 2005. 26 Nov. 2005 <http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5817291.html>. Olsen profiles efforts underway at leading research libraries to make more digital resources available with graphic interfaces, the move towards a more bookless environment, the growing digitalization of books and resources, and the need for libraries to manage vast collections of digital resources.

 

Outsell. FutureFacts: Information Industry Outlook 2006. 2005. 14 Dec. 2005 <http://www.outsellinc.com/subscribe/FutureFactsIndustryOutlook.htm>.

Outsell provides data, trends and analysis driving most major sector of the publication and information industries.

 

Plutchak, Scott T. “The Impact of Open Access.” Journal of the Medical Library Association 93.4 (2005): 419-421. 28 Nov. 2005 <http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1250314>. The Journal’s editor weighs the incredible reach and growth in readership due to open access against the commercial implications, deciding that, in the end, open access is the only way to go.

 

“Public Library Use: ALA Fact Sheet Number 6.” American Library Association. 28 Nov. 2005 <http://www.ala.org/ala/alalibrary/libraryfactsheet/alalibraryfactsheet6.htm>. Fact sheet describing public library usage and perceptions of libraries, usually from materials and surveys conducted in 2002.

 

Research Information. Europa Science Ltd. 26 Nov. 2005 <http://www.researchinformation.info/features.html>. This free, online journal, edited by Dr. Tom Wilkie, covers new technologies, trends, and issues that impact scholars’ ability to conduct research.

 

Roncevic, Mirela. “The E-Ref Invasion—Reference 2006.” Supplement. Library Journal 15 Nov. 2005. 11 Dec. 2005 <http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6284316.html>. Overview of developments in e-reference, with special focus on how electronic resources are replacing print resources and the impact of this development on both publishers and libraries.

 

“RX for Medical Libraries.” Blog posting. The Krafty Librarian. 16 Nov. 2005. 28. Nov. 2005 <http://kraftylibrarian.blogspot.com/>. The “Krafty Librarian” is a medical librarian whose blog touches on news, issues, developments and information related to medical and health sciences librarianship. On Nov. 16, the Krafty Librarian responds to the “RX for Medical Libraries” article in Library Journal.

 

Seaman, Scott. “Another Great Dissolution? The Privatization of Public Universities and the Academic Library.” Journal of Academic Librarianship 31.4 (2005): 305-309. Seaman writes, from a first-hand perspective, how the declining state support for state universities has created even more financial pressure on libraries. He notes that state universities are becoming more tuition-driven, and faculty, departments and students are having more direct impact on how much money is funneled to a library.

 

Seavey, Charles. “Musings on the past and future of government information.” American Libraries 36.7 (2005): 42-4. Seavey reflects on the demise of Federal Depository Libraries due to the move away from print publications, the intrinsic flaws of the program, and their possible rebirth on a more massive scale if public libraries will become knowledgeable about government resources and house digital collections that are truly accessible to the public.

 

Seelye, Katharine. “A Little Sleuthing Unmasks Writer of Wikipedia Prank.” Seelye, Katharine. “A Little Sleuthing Unmasks Writer of Wikipedia Prank.” New York Times. 11 Dec. 2005. 11 Dec. 2005 <http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/business/media/11web.html>. (Registration required). News story on finding a Wikipedia “prankster,” who knowingly submitted false information about another person, caused damage to that person’s reputation, was tracked down by a cybersleuth, and recognized the impact of his actions. The developments bring to light the ability of people to publish false information easily on new social software like wikis.

 

Sherwell, John. “New Tools for Libraries Bring Chapter of Innovation.” Research Online July/Aug. 2005. 26 Nov. 2005 <http://www.researchinformation.info/special2005libraries.html>. Sherwell describes the changing look and feel of library management systems that give users a more Web-like search interface, direct access to full-text holdings in disparate, licensed databases, and customizable portals, as well as the growing trend of LMS hosting by third parties.

 

Shreeves, Sarah L., Thomas G. Habing, Kat Hagedorn, and Jeffrey A. Young. “Current developments and future trends for the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting.” Library Trends 53.4 (2005).

 

“Staying in the Game! How to Create Environments for Boomers and Gamers in Your Library.” OCLC Newsletter 267 (2005). 21 Nov. 2005 <http://www.oclc.org/news/publications/newsletters/oclc/2005/267/stayinthegame.htm>. John Beck, a digital future expert, provides ideas on how libraries can tailor spaces, services, and resources to meet the needs of boomers and gamers.

 

Stephens Michael. Blog posting. “Do Libraries Matter: On Library & Librarian 2.0.” ALA Techsource Blog 18 Nov. 2005. 28 Nov. 2005 <http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/blog_detail.php?blog_id=95>. Blog posting discussing vendor Talis’ white paper on Library 2.0 (Do Libraries Matter? The Rise of Library 2.0) and its concept for a more participatory library management system, as well as the impact of the latest web technologies and their need to be incorporated into library services.

 

Stephens, Michael, and Michael Casey. “Where Do We Begin? A Library 2.0 Conversation with Michael Casey.” Blog posting. ALA TechSource 15 Dec. 2005. 15 Dec. 2005 <http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2005/12/where-do-we-begin-a-library-20-conversation-with-michael-casey.html>. Two technology-oriented librarians discuss Library 2.0, its potential impact, and ongoing barriers to implementation.

 

Storey, Tom. “The Big Bang.” OCLC Newsletter 267 (2005). 19 Nov. 2005 <http://www.oclc.org/news/publications/newsletters/oclc/2005/267/thebigbang.htm>. OCLC describes how the two largest demographic segments, Baby Boomers and Gamers, will require different types of services.

 

Storey, Tom. “The Long Tail and Libraries.” OCLC Newsletter 268 (2005). 19 Nov. 2005 <http://www.oclc.org/news/publications/newsletters/oclc/2005/268/thelongtail.htm>. OCLC examines the impact of Wired magazine editor Chris Anderson’s theory of “The Long Tail” on libraries. Specifically, Anderson documents the growing niche audiences for works of all kinds, from many time periods, and OCLC infers the powerful collections libraries have to meet this growing demand.

 

TechCrunch. Blog. 30 Nov. 2005 <http://www.techcrunch.com/>. A blog dedicated to “obsessively” updating readers on new Web 2.0 services, technologies and applications.

 

United States. Dept. of Education. Natl. Center for Education Statistics. Public Libraries in the United States: Fiscal Year 2003. Sep. 2005. 28 Nov. 2005 <http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/2005363_1.pdf>. A census of the 9,211 public libraries, including data on their size, location, funding, collections, expenditures and circulation activities.

 

Yahoo Answers. Yahoo. 13 Dec. 2005 <http://answers.yahoo.com/;_ylt=AuEjYRGLfzZ8hRMNe4a0hKwezKIX>. New web reference service from Yahoo, where users post and answer each others questions.