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ONLINE
Sep/Oct 2002
George R. Plosker |
Conducting User Surveys: An Ongoing Information Imperative Remaining relevant to users is critical to library survival. What better way both to ascertain what users desire and to inform them of capabilities they are unaware of or don't use? Practical tips and suggestions on how to go about doing such a survey   |
Searcher
August 2002
Cynthia L. Shamel |
Building a Brand: Got Librarian? Librarians need to do a better job of getting their message out (and conveying a sense of their usefulness) to the business community at large. |
National Defense
March 2010
Fennelly & Epstein |
Defense Contractors Must Effectively Monitor Consultants As corporate ethics and compliance programs are reviewed and strengthened to meet increasing competition and government requirements, companies may not recognize the risks posed by consultants and other agents. |
Searcher
June 2005
de Stricker & Olesen |
Is Management Consulting for You? Part Four- Practitioners Call the Shots Results of an informal study among information consultants on what makes this field a happy, productive career choice. |
AskMen.com
Roberto Rocha |
Do You Need An Image Consultant? Behind every great man is a rich advisor. From presidents and CEOs to rap stars and basketball icons, all men of grand stature have likely profitted from the advice of an image consultant. |
CIO
July 30, 2013
Jennifer Lonoff Schiff |
What to Look for When Hiring an IT Consultant How do you find the right IT consultant for your business and specific technology needs? IT executives share their tips and advice. We also suggest five questions you should ask all prospective candidates. |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2011
Robert A. Schrier |
Digital Librarianship & Social Media: the Digital Library as Conversation Facilitator One of the ways digital librarians can cultivate a broader awareness of their collections is through social networking. |
D-Lib
September 2006
Choi & Rasmussen |
What Is Needed to Educate Future Digital Librarians: A Study of Current Practice and Staffing Patterns in Academic and Research Libraries Digital libraries are the future of academic and research institutions, and digital professionals will be required to have more breadth and depth of knowledge and skills across the dimensions of traditional library knowledge, technology, and human relations. |
ONLINE
May/Jun 2011
Danielle Becker |
Usability Testing on a Shoestring: Test-Driving Your Website Would you buy a car without driving it first? Probably not. Then why would you consider launching a library website without at least taking it out for a test-drive? |
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2005
Lee Draper |
Funder's Little Shop of Horrors Grantees look to funders for support in overcoming entrenched financial and management challenges, but they also want to be acknowledged for their expertise in running organizations, delivering services and relating to their constituencies. |
Searcher
August 2002
Mary-Ellen Mort |
The Info Pro's Survival Guide to Job Hunting An effective online job search strategy you can adapt to your own career focus and industry target. |
D-Lib
Jan/Feb 2012
Mitchell & Suchy |
Developing Mobile Access to Digital Collections The latest challenge for libraries and museums is to adapt and grow our digital collections to meet the needs of an increasingly mobile user. |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2015
Linek & Baessler |
The Role of Libraries in Science 2.0: Focus on Economics The presented empirical study explores the role of modern libraries in Science 2.0. The main focus lies on the researchers' needs for an optimized use of Web 2.0 for scientific work. |
Information Today
May 2002
Ana Arias Terry |
Ninth National PLA Conference The Public Library Association, an organization with more than 9,000 members, hosted nearly 7,900 participants and 400 exhibitors at its national conference in Phoenix. I found the programs educational and the general session keynote speech an unexpected treat... |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2009
Khoo, Buchanan & Cunningham |
JCDL 2009 Workshop Report Lightweight user-friendly evaluation knowledge for digital librarians. |
Information Today
April 29, 2013
Barbie E. Keiser |
Survey on U.S. Faculty Use of Scholarly Resources -- and the Academic Library The results provide "libraries, learned societies, and academic publishers with insight into the evolving attitudes and practices of faculty members in the context of substantial environmental change for higher education." |
D-Lib
December 2003
Connaway & Lawrence |
Comparing Library Resource Allocations for the Paper and the Digital Library: An Exploratory Study The research reported in this article is an attempt to identify resource allocations for an all-paper library and the all-digital library that provides ejournals, eBooks, electronic maps, and digital audio, video, and images, based on information gathered from a group of research librarians. |
ONLINE
September 2000
Thomas Pack |
Fulfilling the Vision of the Virtual Library The Cutting-Edge WebLibrary at Compaq Computer Corporation |
Food Processing
April 2011
Pisciotta & Ramsey |
Is Your Manufacturing Plant Secure? With the new Food Safety Act, it's time to perform a physical security checkup. |
Linux Journal
July 2000
Ralph Krause |
Book Review: Getting Started in Computer Consulting by Peter Meyer The siren call of a career in computer consulting: leaving the anonymity of a big company, being your own boss, and surviving by your wits. With today's good economy and the growth of Linux, you may think the time is right to take the plunge.... |
Information Today
July 21, 2008
Barbara Quint |
Voters and Public Library Funding: An OCLC Market Research Report Public libraries are in trouble. Costs and demands for their services continue to rise, while revenue and support for maintaining, much less increasing, financial support continue to sink. |
D-Lib
March 2003 |
Clips and Pointers Preserving Our Digital Heritage: Plan for the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program... Report Examines Copyright Issues in Digital Archiving, Council on Library and Information Resources... Surveying the Digital Future: Year Three... etc. |
D-Lib
October 2008
Markey et al. |
The Effectiveness of a Web-based Board Game for Teaching Undergraduate Students Information Literacy Concepts and Skills To teach incoming undergraduate students information literacy skills, a research team at the University of Michigan School of Information developed the Defense of Hidgeon, a web-based board game |
Searcher
April 2012
Steve Coffman |
Feature: The Decline and Fall of the Library Empire The past 30 years of library history is littered with projects and plans and sometimes just dreams of ways the library might play a more pivotal role in the digital revolution that continues to transform the information landscape around us. |
D-Lib
September 2001 |
Clips and Pointers Building and Sustaining Digital Collections... Trust in Cyberspace... Selection and Presentation of Commercially Available Electronic Resources... Attributes of a Trusted Digital Repository... Feasibility Study for a National Union Catalogue for the UK... etc. |
Search Engine Watch
April 20, 2011
John Lynch |
How To Hire an In-House SEO A four-step guide to hiring a good SEO. Marketing managers: consider yourself equipped to make the right hire. |
D-Lib
October 2001 |
Clips and Pointers Proceedings of the First ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries... Knowing What Students Know: The Science and Design of Educational Assessment... CORDIS Focus Results Supplement on Multimedia Content and Tools... etc. |
ONLINE
Mar/Apr 2002
Holly K. Grossetta Nardini |
Lessons for Librarians Working with Web Designers While working with a graphic design firm was successful and produced more attractive results than we could have achieved ourselves, it also presented challenges. The lessons we learned provide helpful guidance for other organizations that consider outsourcing Web design work... |
D-Lib
April 2006 |
In Brief The DIDET Project - bringing digital libraries into the classroom for Design Engineering students... Modular Emulation... CLOCKSS: Controlled Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe - Large Dark Archive Initiative... etc. |
Information Today
August 2002
Elisabeth Winter |
E-Libraries Comes into Its Own Pamela Cibbarelli served as E-Libraries conference chair, and as in past years her expertise brought diversity and timeliness to the slate of presentations. |
D-Lib
Jan/Feb 2016 |
In Brief and In the News Should there be a right to be forgotten?... Registration underway for Digital Library Federation's eResearch Network... The Digital Liberal Arts Exchange... |
D-Lib
Nov/Dec 2014 |
In Brief and In the News Federal Grants of $30 Million Awarded to Support Museums across the U.S... Knowledge Managers' New Role in Making Open Scholarship Mainstream... 2014 Digital Preservation Training Needs Assessment Survey... |
D-Lib
June 2000
Diane Nester Kresh |
Offering High Quality Reference Service on the Web Today's researchers need to find quickly information that is usable, relevant, authoritative and verifiable. To meet that need, libraries must adapt our traditional strengths of acquiring, describing, and serving information to an environment that is not bound by time or physical place... |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2007
John J. Bowen |
Living Dangerously In today's hazardous world, affluent clients are looking to financial advisors for help in protecting more than their financial assets. |
D-Lib
Nov/Dec 2011
Michalis Gerolimos |
Academic Libraries on Facebook: An Analysis of Users' Comments This paper examines users' comments on the Facebook pages of 20 American academic libraries and subdivides them into 22 categories. |
Searcher
March 2011
Matarazzo & Pearlstein |
Survival Lessons for Libraries: Educating Special Librarians -- "The Past Is Prologue" When we began writing this series of articles addressing survival lessons for special libraries, we had more questions than answers; this is still the case. |
Information Today
February 3, 2015
Brandi Scardilli |
Five Librarian Bloggers to Follow If you already know about these passionate authorial librarians, read on for some insight into why they started their blogs and what advice they'd give to those thinking about blogging. |
D-Lib
Mar/Apr 2010 |
In Brief and In the News HumBox... CACAO project overview... Digital Classicist Summer Seminar Series 2010... The Wellcome Arabic Manuscript Cataloguing Partnership... Frontiers of science: Science fact in a comic strip... etc. |
D-Lib
March 2003
Susan Gibbons |
Building Upon the MyLibrary Concept to Better Meet the Information Needs of College Students Librarians cannot afford to be complacent in the knowledge that college students consider it easier to find resources using the Internet than by using the library. |
Searcher
May 2010
Matarazzo & Pearlstein |
Survival Lessons for Libraries: Staying Afloat in Turbulent Waters -- News/Media Libraries Hit Hard A discussion of the events and circumstances affecting media organizations and their libraries under difficult economic conditions. |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2013 |
In Brief and In the News Europeana releases first free iPad app... IMLS and Webjunction convening examines continuing education for library professionals... ALA Task Force releases digital literacy recommendations... |
D-Lib
Nov/Dec 2015
Chapman et al. |
Developing Best Practices in Digital Library Assessment: Year One Update In the face of limited resources and increasing demand for online access to digital library content, we need to strategically focus our efforts and better understand users, impact, and associated costs. |
D-Lib
Jan/Feb 2009 |
In Brief Contributors offer updates on various digital library research and initiatives. |
Entrepreneur
March 2004
Marc Diener |
On Your Terms To protect and control your interests, keep these tips in mind when negotiating with consultants. |
D-Lib
October 2000
John V. Lombardi |
Academic Libraries in a Digital Age Students increasingly see the library as mostly irrelevant, while faculty and librarians of a certain age cling to the security of an authoritative collection and familiar classification systems... |
Searcher
August 2002
Rebecca T. Lenzini |
The Graying of the Library Profession A survey of our professional association and their responses. |
PC Magazine
August 8, 2008
Oliver Rist |
Managing Your IT Consultant Hiring consultants is often a terrific option for small businesses, but you need to know about the pitfalls before you get started. |
D-Lib
April 2007 |
Setting the Foundations of Digital Libraries: The DELOS Manifesto The DELOS Network of Excellence on Digital Libraries now envisions a Digital Library as a tool at the center of intellectual activity having no logical, conceptual, physical, temporal, or personal borders or barriers to information. |
D-Lib
November 2001 |
Clips and Pointers Strategies for Building Digitized Collections... Digital Curation: Digital Archives, Libraries, and e-Science... Proceedings of the 2000 Sino-United States Symposium and Workshop on Library and Information Science Education in the Digital Age... etc. |
D-Lib
January 2002 |
Clips and Pointers IMLS Issues Two Digital Library Forum Reports for Comment... Portals to the World, Library of Congress... Legal Deposit, Preserving Access to Digital Information... etc. |
