Librarians 'suffer most stress'; Preserving Electronic Documents and Records
Professional Reading Shelf Digital Preservation--Bibliography
Source: Alaska State Library Preserving Electronic Documents and Records (PDF; 116 KB)
Annotated bibliography covers Threats to Digital Materials, Specific Concerns for Archivists & Records Managers, Review Articles, Examples of Specific Approaches to Aspects of Digital Preservation, Suggested Internet Resources.
-- Librarians--Stress
Source: BBC News Librarians 'suffer most stress'
"Fighting fires may sound taxing, chasing criminals demanding, but a new study says that working in a library is the most stressful job of all. Librarians are the most unhappy with their workplace, often finding their job repetitive and unchallenging, according to psychologist Saqib Saddiq."
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Internet--Censorship--China
Source: BusinessWeek (via SEW Blog) BusinessWeek Article Offers Look at Net Censorship in China
Must read!
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User Interfaces--Research
Source: University of Maryland Dissertation: Children's Interface Design For Searching And Browsing
A PhD dissertation by Hilary Browne Hutchinson. From the abtract: "Elementary-age children are among the largest user groups of computers and the Internet, so it is important to design searching and browsing interfaces to support them. However, many interfaces for children do not consider their skills and preferences. Children can perform simple, single-item searches, and are also capable of conducting Boolean searches involving multiple search criteria. However, they have difficulty creating Boolean searches using hierarchical structures found in many interfaces. These interfaces often employ a sequential presentation of the category structure, where only one branch or facet at a time can be explored. This combination of structure and presentation keeps the screen from becoming cluttered, but requires a lot of navigation to explore categories in different areas and an understanding of potentially abstract high-level categories."
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