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This is my blog on library and information science.
Christina K. Pikas is a science and engineering librarian in a special library as well as a doctoral student in information studies.
Any opinions expressed here may not even be her own and certainly do not represent those of any organization willing to be affiliated with her.
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Category: scholarly communication
This APS rocks! Here's the press release from PAMnet: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APS ONLINE JOURNALS AVAILABLE FREE IN U.S. PUBLIC LIBRARIES Ridge, NY, 28 July 2010: The American Physical Society (APS) announces a new public access initiative that will give...
Posted by Christina Pikas at 11:01 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Information Science
V. brief post. Jonathan Rochkind points out that a lot of libraries are doing mobile sites and things, but he questions if they actually have a reason to think that these services are needed and will be used or if...
Posted by Christina Pikas at 10:07 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: libraries
The following is by Susan Fingerman. She and I were discussing all of the media commentary, so when I heard she actually read it, I asked - no, make that begged - for a review. She was kind enough to...
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Category: librarians
I expect D to have a more thorough take (she always does!), but there's finally a more widespread outcry against Ebsco. A few of us commented about the exclusive rights to magazines and closing access to Ageline. There was also...
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Category: libraries
Libraries and librarians connect people to information. That's what we do. So there's the information part and there's the connecting part. Librarians gather, collect, license, and purchase information in the form of books, scrolls, artifacts, journals, web pages. And there's...
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Category: scholarly communication
This thread is hilarious, yet so true it makes me want to cry....
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Category: libraries
ASME- the American Society of Mechanical Engineers - has a series of journals that are heavily used by mechanical, aerospace, and even civil engineers. Most engineering schools have these all the way back. So in the past couple of weeks...
Posted by Christina Pikas at 7:10 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: libraries
(while I'm on a much-needed vacation, I'm re-posting some things from my old blog) This appeared January 5, 2007. On Weeding... Weeding, variously called "pruning", de-selection, de-accessioning, collection management, is a vital part of maintaining a healthy, vibrant, welcoming library...
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Category: libraries
Sometimes so many things come up at the same time it becomes difficult if impossible to ignore. Here's just a brief list: An oceanographer came to me and asked to see a print copy of an AGU journal article. If...
Posted by Christina Pikas at 10:37 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: libraries
Here are some things academic libraries are doing to cope. The primary caveat is that I have less experience in this area (my research lab is affiliated with a university, but we're different). I have heard a lot about this...
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