Archive for March 20th, 2007
Digidipity?
Some people seem to think that serendipity and digitization are at odds with each other. For example, here’s a reviewer commenting on the newYale Book of Quotations: I suspect that the continuing digitization of libraries will diminish the number of serendipitous discoveries made by those of us who now spend hours sifting through stacks of [...]
Posted: 20 March, 2007 in Research Issues, Student Issues.
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Trial Databases
Spring Break is behind many of us and the end of the semester is rapidly approaching. It is a time when everyone looks forwarded to warmer weather, graduation, and days out on the quad. Also, for some reason, it is also the most popular time to trial databases from publishers. Over the course of my [...]
Posted: 20 March, 2007 in Professional Development, Uncategorized.
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