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Discovering Librarianship.

Recently, I have read in some of the major library journals about how concerned library professionals are because there aren’t enough young people joining the profession. Some say it’s because it can be difficult to go to library school, either for financial reasons or geographic reasons. There aren’t that many graduate [...]

Citing Internet Resources

How students should reference online sources in their bibliographies
Research. It’s one of the major reasons students use the Internet. Elementary and secondary students now rely on the Internet as a major fact-gathering tool. Just as students cite the books and periodicals they use to support their research, so must they also cite their online sources [...]

Schools that are using the Internet: who are they?

Over one-third of all public schools are known to be using the Internet according to preliminary numbers from Market Data Retrieval’s (MDR) 1996 K-12 technology survey. In addition, almost three-quarters of all districts have at least one school on the Internet.
From November 2000 until June 2005, MDR surveyed 10,400 public school districts concerning the specific [...]

Internet Tips.

How to copy or save a GIF Image from Netscape
Hold down the mouse button on the image for one or two seconds and a pop-up menu will appear. Select “save this image as. . .” or “copy this image.” Save the image to your disk or temporarily leave it in the clipboard if you plan [...]

Guidelines for Using the Internet.

A few basic tips can go a long way in making sure students and staff have a successful Internet experience. These guidelines are intended as a checklist and reminders of some of the things to consider before implementing a class project. They were developed by myself and Mary Alice Anderson is a Media Specialist at [...]

Take the Internet Challenge: Using Technology in Context

 Picture this: A slick salesman-type person, broad smile on his face, open arms, extolling, “Technology is the answer, of course. Now what was the question?”
Technology for technology’s sake. This is a common lament in education circles. And we aren’t alone in this. Businesses and government agencies also suffer from the same concern: technology being touted [...]

Internet Manual for Librarians

If you watch TV, listen to the radio, or read a newspaper, you’ve probably encountered an advertisement that includes the unmistakable “http://” of a Web address. At work or after hours, you’ve very likely heard people exchanging tales of their Internet adventures or been offered a business card which includes an electronic mail address. The [...]

Managing electronic library services: current issues in UK higher education institutions

Managing the development and delivery of electronic library services is one of the major current challenges for university library and information services. This article provides a brief overview of some of the key issues facing information professionals working in higher education institutions (HEIs). In doing so, it also picks up some [...]

e-Business No Longer An Either-Or Technology Decision

Many thought it was archaic and dying, but after almost three decades years of existence, one of the most widely deployed standards for conducing e-Business transactions is as strong as ever, and even continuing to grow. At the same time, newer standards are evolving and competing for ubiquity in an ever-changing [...]

Tips for Wanna-be Librarians

Few years back, a reputed librarian shared her from the exhibit halls at the ACRL ( Association of College and Research Libraries) Conference in Denver. At these time these tips seem invaluable, practiced and proved. Though changed in nature over the time. She shared- a modern perspective (for that era), highly [...]