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Latest blog posts from The Gypsy Librarian

Article Note: On BI in a small campus
Citation for the article:br /br /Brothers, Mark and Dianne Richardson, "Bibliographic Instruction: A Cooperative Approach." span style="font-style: italic;"The Southeastern Librarian/span 54.1 (Spring 2006): 12-19.br /br /Read via WilsonWeb.br /br /br /This is probably the best LIS article I have... Read more...
Published 4 days ago

Happy Blog Day 2008
div style="text-align: center;"a href="http://www.blogday.org/" target="_blank"img src="http://www.blogday.org/images/badge_yellow.gif" alt="Blog Day 2008" width="155" height="130" //abr //divbr /br /I barely made it this year. What between the holiday weekend and the fact that I have been busy... Read more...
Published a month ago

On looking for a feed reader again
Let's be direct: I am sick and tired of Bloglines' consistent poor performance. I would say now that for the last two months or so, the site has been slow, sluggish, and just plain dysfunctional. One of these things usually happens:br /br /ulliThe site does not log the user in: When you go the... Read more...
Published a month ago

Article Note: On blending IL and English Composition
Citation for the article:br /br /Sult, Leslie and Vicki Mills. "A Blended Method for Integrating Information Literacy Instruction into Composition Classes." span style="font-style: italic;"Reference Services Review/span 34.3 (2006): 368-388.br /br /Read via Emerald.br /br /br /This article... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Booknote: The Teaching Library
a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/171111764"The Teaching Library: Approaches to Assessing Information Literacy Instruction/a is a collection of essays on assessment of library instruction and information literacy programs. It is basically a collection of case... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Article Note: On Information Literacy as a Sociopolitical Skill
Citation for the article:br /br /Andersen, Jack. "The Public Sphere and Discursive Activities: Information Literacy as Sociopolitical Skills." span style="font-style: italic;"Journal of Documentation/span 62.2 (2006): 213-228.br /br /Read via ABI/Informbr /br /br /The article provides a... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Learning about (re)inventing archives
Last Friday, I had a good opportunity to hear one of my colleagues, our archivist, practice a presentation that she is working on. Her topic is on "(Re)inventing special collections through outreach and reference." I think what she does, in essence, is to bring what seem to be diverse worlds... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Article note: On alternatives to ERIC, and a few extra thoughts
Citation for the article:br /br /Strayer, Jean-Jacques. "ERIC Database Alternatives and Strategies for Education Researchers." span style="font-style: italic;"Reference Services Review/span 36.1 (2008): 86-96.br /br /Read via Emerald.br /br /br /I am in the middle of a weeding project for the... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Article Note: On collaborative partnerships
Citation for the article:br /br /Jackson, Lydia and Julia Hansen. "Creating Collaborative Partnerships: Building the Framework." span style="font-style: italic;"Reference Services Review/span 34.4 (2006): 575-588.br /br /Read via Emerald.br /br /br /br /This is another article on collaboration. I... Read more...
Published 3 months ago

Article Note: On Non-use of the academic library
Citation for the article:br /br /Toner, Lisa. "a href="http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLIP/article/view/1330/1241"Non-use of Library Services by Students in a UK Academic Library/a." span style="font-style: italic;"Evidence Based Library and Information Practice/span 3.2 (2008):... Read more...
Published 3 months ago

Guybrarians are not freaks of nature
I recently saw a href="http://www.theledger.com/article/20080621/NEWS/806210359/1326amp;title=_Guybrarians____An_Overdue_Phenomenon_at_Many_Libraries__and_a_Fine_Career_Choice"this article/a from span style="font-style: italic;"The Ledger/span in Florida about Guybrarians. So am I kind of a... Read more...
Published 3 months ago

Article Note: On reference services and digital environments
Citation for the article:br /br /Buckland, Michael K. "Reference Library Service in the Digital Environment." span style="font-style: italic;"Library and Information Science Research/span 30 (2008): 81-85.br /br /Read via ScienceDirect.br /br /br /This small article is an attempt to look at... Read more...
Published 3 months ago