MORE 'CONFERENCE-PRESENTATIONS' POSTS
The conference presentation took place in Regina, Saskatchewan from June 1-June 3. Here are the titles of the presentations online today. DO Get Technical! Using Technology in Library Instruction Harnessing New Tools to Provide Quality Instruction through Chat Reference Engaging High School Students in Library Instruction: 10 Tips for Success Mobile Technology and Learning: Information […]
Title: How People use Twitter in Different Languages (2 pages; PDF) Authors: Wouter Weerkamp, Simon Carter, and Manos Tsagkias In: Proceedings of the ACM WebSci’11, June 14-17 2011, Koblenz, Germany (via Web Science Repository) Abstract: In this paper we describe how Twitter is used in various languages. We observe notable differences between languages regarding the use of […]
Susannah Fox from the Pew Internet and American Life Project is giving a short presentation at the Mobile Health 2011 conference taking place today and tomorrow at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA. Susannah’s presentation slides are online and include many useful mobile use/user statistics from Pew Internet research. If you would like to monitor […]
New Conference/Research Paper: "Social Media Ownership: Using Twitter as a Window onto Current Attitudes and Beliefs"
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|Title: “Social Media Ownership: Using Twitter as a Window onto Current Attitudes and Beliefs” Authors: Catherine C. Marshall and Frank M. Shipman Source: Proceedings of CHI 2011 (via Microsoft Research) From the Abstract: Social media, by its very nature, introduces questions about ownership. Ownership comes into play most crucially when we investigate how social media […]
Now Available: Conference Proceedings from ACRL 2011
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|Around 60 full text papers are online at the moment with several more to come. We plan to feature many ACRL 2011 papers in upcoming INFOdocket posts.
Look out Google Scholar. Get ready for the academic/scholarly search war to begin very very soon. We think many info industry database providers will also have an interest in a new service from Microsoft. Here’s why. Since October 2009 we’ve been covering, speaking about and paying very close attention to Microsoft Academic Search. The product […]
From an Electronic Frontier Foundation: California Senator Leland Yee has introduced the Reader Privacy Act of 2011 (SB 602), with backing from the California Affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). The law would bring a much-needed upgrade to match Californians’ reading habits. Under SB 602 the government […]
This new app* (free) is provided by Kansas Grassroots Consulting (KGC). From the KGC Web Site: Key Features: Quick access to most recent versions of House Journal, House Calendar, Senate Journal, and Senate Calendar. Live audio steam of House and Senate floor proceedings. We have many ideas for future updates including Full House and Senate Rosters […]
Research Library Issues (#274) is Now Online
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|From the TOC: The Future of the US Research University David Shulenburger, Senior Fellow, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities Dr. Shulenburger’s presentation was originally delivered at the Association of Research Libraries’ Annual Meeting in Washington, DC on October 14, 2010. To listen to audio from this presentation and access additional information, please visit http://www.arl.org/resources/pubs/mmproceedings/157mm-proceedings.shtml […]
"Government-recorded Hearings Now Being Added to the Video Library"
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|From the C-SPAN Video Library Blog The C-SPAN Video Library now contains committee hearings produced by House and Senate committees. C-SPAN can only record a limited number of committees every day. However, a number of House and Senate committees have installed their own equipment to webcast their committee proceedings. These webcasts are now scattered across […]