Top Five Topics for the Social Software Showcase

Posted by coombsk | Uncategorized | Tuesday 27 May 2008 2:26 pm

The following topics were the top five vote getters for the Social Software Showcase:

  • APIs (WorldCat, Google Book Viewability, LibraryThing, Open Library)
  • Social Capabilities (or not) of Library Software
  • Live conferencing software and sites
  • OpenID
  • Citation Bookmarking Tools

These topics along with several other will be part of this year’s Showcase. Look for more information later in the week on final Showcase topics and presenters!

Showcase Voting Closed

Posted by coombsk | Uncategorized | Friday 23 May 2008 10:55 pm

Voting for topics for the Social Software Showcase has closed. We will announce the top 5 topics with the most votes next week.

Open access books: a personal anecdote

Posted by Stephen Francoeur | Uncategorized | Tuesday 20 May 2008 11:10 am

Choosing between self-archived articles and the publisher’s version

Posted by Stephen Francoeur | Uncategorized | Thursday 15 May 2008 10:23 am

Vote for Showcase Topics

Posted by coombsk | Uncategorized | Wednesday 14 May 2008 6:03 pm

BIGWIG is polling to see what topics people would like to see as part of the 2008 Social Software Showcase. Go to http://www.yourbigwig.com/showcase/vote to rate the various potential Showcase topics. A rating of 5 is the highest possible and a rating of 1 is the lowest possible. Please note that you don’t need a YourBIGWIG account to vote.

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Open access journals in Library Literature

Posted by Stephen Francoeur | Uncategorized | Wednesday 14 May 2008 12:57 pm

Referring patrons to open access resources

Posted by Stephen Francoeur | Uncategorized | Monday 12 May 2008 4:50 pm

Video of my presentation on social networking sites and reference services

Posted by Stephen Francoeur | Uncategorized | Monday 12 May 2008 3:35 pm

Reference desk scratchpad

Posted by Stephen Francoeur | Uncategorized | Tuesday 6 May 2008 11:25 am

How Wikipedia stacked up against subscription databases

Posted by Stephen Francoeur | Uncategorized | Monday 5 May 2008 4:25 pm

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