Archive for January 15th, 2006
Try Something At The Learning Buffet
Whether it might be for your own edification or possibly for use in your staff training, I recommend you take a look at the New Technologies Learning Buffet. This was created by Tom Foster (Chandler-Gilbert Community College) and Alan Levine (Maricopa Community College Learning Center). This happens to be a great example of how a [...]
Posted: 15 January, 2006 in Professional Development, Technology Issues.
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A “Befuddling and Often Capricious Crapshoot”
This is how Rick Montgomery characterizes the conduct of peer review in his front-page article in the Kansas City Star, Fraud Proves that Science Journals Can Be Fooled (1/14/06) (temporarily freely available online). While Montgomery’s analysis of the peer review process is limited (e.g., focusing solely on the conduct of peer review for science journals), [...]
Posted: 15 January, 2006 in Information Ethics, Scholarly Communications, Worth Reading.
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Professional Prize Proliferation
Ever think there are just way too many prizes and awards being handed out in the library profession. From the top of the heap (I see Library Journal just named its “Librarian of the Year“) to, well, just name it – there’s an award for just about everything in this profession (ILL, serials, book reviewing…) [...]
Posted: 15 January, 2006 in Just Thinking.
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Your Cheatin’ Heart
The New York Times Week in Review is awash in metaphysical questions this morning – what is truth? how do we know? The Million Little Pieces controversy is one of those moments in the news cycle when society seems to collectively pause to assess whether it’s been had or not. Randy Kennedy examines the public’s [...]
Posted: 15 January, 2006 in Information Ethics, Scholarly Communications, Worth Reading.
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