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Internet Librarian 2011—Considering the Possibilities
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by Cindy Shamel
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The advent of ebooks, the role of play in keeping current and continuous learning, and the adoption of new strategies for online searching challenged participants at Internet Librarian 2011, held Oct. 17-19, 2011, in Monterey, Calif. More than 1,050 information professionals gathered to tackle these topics among others. Some 200 speakers shared insights, ideas, and experiences to help participants consider the possibilities.
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Open Access Week 2011 Opens Oct. 24
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Open Access Week, the annual event celebrating the global movement toward Open Access (OA) to research and scholarship, kicks off for the fifth time on Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. Coordinated by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) and organized by more than 2,000 advocates in countries around the world, the event provides an opportunity to learn about the benefits of OA, share new ideas and strategies, and inspire wider participation in establishing OA as the norm in scholarly communication.
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ACM Announces Innovative Article Linking Service for Authors
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The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is introducing a new service called ACM Author-Izer. It enables ACM authors to post links on either their own webpages or institutional repositories for visitors to download the definitive version of their articles from the ACM Digital Library at no charge. ACM Author-Izer also enables the dynamic display of download and citation statistics for each "authorized" article on the author's personal page.
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Cengage Learning to Improve Interoperability With Sakai Courseware Management Platform
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Cengage Learning, a global provider of teaching, learning, and research solutions, announced a strategic partnership with Unicon to improve interoperability of Cengage Learning's digital content and solutions within the open source Sakai courseware management platform. The integration will enhance the implementation of the IMS LTI standard (Learning Tools Interoperability) that is developed and maintained by the Sakai community. All source code developed in this partnership will be contributed back to the Sakai project under an open source license.
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Mine the Web Like a Journalist
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by Paula J. Hane
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I recently had the opportunity to sit in on two webinars aimed at journalists. One was sponsored by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, titled "Beyond Google: Mining the Web for Company Intelligence." The other was a "LinkedIn for Journalists" training session, which is offered frequently by Krista Canfield, senior manager of corporate communications at LinkedIn. Both proved to be well worth my time. I thought I might share some of the best suggestions I picked up that are applicable for many researchers, journalists or not.
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