http://information-innovation-exchange.com College of Information and Computer Science, Long Island University Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:59:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As reference content continues to be reimagined in increasingly dynamic ways—with immediacy, multimedia, and social networking at the fore—it is more than just evolving. It is getting wholly reinvented, by all. Library Journal asked reference publishers and librarians to share their expectations for the future by coining their own definition ... http://information-innovation-exchange.com/2008/11/23/reference-future-present/ Academic librarian Rebecca Metzger finds that power doesn’t come from an imposing desk in an office but from those you help and the respect and even affection they give in return. Read the full article here Share This http://information-innovation-exchange.com/2008/11/23/nextgen-embracing-my-authority/ Motoko Rich writes: “When President-elect Barack Obama appeared on 60 Minutes November 16 in his first interview since winning the election, he mentioned having read ‘a new book out about FDR’s first 100 days’ without specifically naming a title or author. That tantalizing reference set off a scramble for the ... http://information-innovation-exchange.com/2008/11/23/for-books-is-obama-the-new-oprah/ This issue's theme is Web 2.0. Articles include: Science Experiments: Reaching Out to Our Users, Web 2.0 as Catalyst: Virtually Reaching Out to Users and Connecting Them to Library Resources and Services, An Undergraduate Science Information Literacy Tutorial in a Web 2.0 World, Making Research Guides More Useful and ... http://information-innovation-exchange.com/2008/11/23/new-online-issues-in-science-and-technology-librarianship-fall-2008/ U.S. News & World Report is proud to publish our first ever World’s Best Colleges and Universities rankings. These rankings are based on data from the THE-QS World University Rankings, which were produced in association with QS Quacquarelli Symonds. QS Quacquarelli Symonds, one of the world’s leading networks for careers ... http://information-innovation-exchange.com/2008/11/23/us-news-world-report-%e2%80%94-world%e2%80%99s-best-colleges-and-universities/ Columbia University’s Rick J. Block, an adjunct at both the Pratt Institute and Palmer School of Library and Information Science, is the 2008 winner of the ProQuest-sponsored LJ Teaching Award. Come meet him. Read the full article here Share This http://information-innovation-exchange.com/2008/11/23/library-journal-teaching-award-2008-rick-j-block/ From Facebook to smartphones, advances in technology are changing the way we work and communicate. Professor David Yoffie led three experts in a recent panel discussion on “The Technology Revolution and its Implications for the Future” at the HBS Centennial Business Summit. Key concepts include: • A lot of growth potential ... http://information-innovation-exchange.com/2008/11/23/social-media-leads-the-future-of-technology/ This year’s annual Reference supplement introduces a new resource that is every reference librarian’s dream: E-Reference Ratings, a master list of nearly 180 subscription-based electronic resources in 14 categories evaluated by scope, writing, design, bells & whistles, ease of use, and linking. To be updated quarterly; you’ll wonder how you ... http://information-innovation-exchange.com/2008/11/23/library-journals-reference-2009-e-reference-ratings/ The Library of Congress and the National Library of China have concluded an agreement to cooperate in developing the World Digital Library. The two libraries agreed to provide content to the World Digital Library and to cooperate in such areas as the development and maintenance of the Chinese-language interface, the ... http://information-innovation-exchange.com/2008/11/23/library-of-congress-national-library-of-china-sign-world-digital-library-agreement/ The British Library in London is among more than 1,000 cultural organizations making contributions to a European online library. The free multimedia venture, Europeana, will also see input from the European Commission and the Louvre Museum. Internet users will be able to access more than two million books, maps, recordings, ... http://information-innovation-exchange.com/2008/11/23/european-online-library-launches/