Archive for November, 2006

Copyright Issues

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

Question?
How do you deal with copyright as related to multimedia,specifically using music in multimedia projects.

Which Is It? Selection, Censorship, or Collection Development

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

 The recent discussion on the listserv has prompted this posting.  What is your definition of selection, censorship or collection development? 
Last year, Gail Dickinson from ODU wrote a wonderful explanation of the difference.  I am going to ask her for permission to reprint it.  And Carrie Gardner from Catholic University serves on the Intellectual Freedom committee [...]

What does your library’s brand say about you?

Friday, November 3rd, 2006

What is your libraries ‘brand’ saying?
In a recent report by OCLC entitled Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources, http://www.oclc.org/reports/2005perceptions.htm information regarding library usage was reported and the information was both enlightening and alarming. Consider these facts:

84 % of respondents use search engines

1% begin their search on a library web site

Respondents do not trust purchased information [...]