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Tuesday, 18th November 2008

New Online: Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, Fall 2008

Direct to New Issue

Theme: Web 2.0

Articles include:

Science Experiments: Reaching Out to Our Users
by Maureen Nolan, Lori Tschirhart, Stephanie Wright, Laura Barrett,
Matthew Parsons, and Linda Whang, University of Washington and Dartmouth
College

Web 2.0 as Catalyst: Virtually Reaching Out to Users and Connecting Them
to Library Resources and Services
by Norah Xiao, University of Southern California

An Undergraduate Science Information Literacy Tutorial in a Web 2.0 World
by Jeanine Marie Scaramozzino, California Polytechnic State University

Chat Widgets for Science Libraries
by John J. Meier, The Pennsylvania State University

Making Research Guides More Useful and More Well Used
by Michal Strutin, Santa Clara University

Geospatial Technology Support in Small Academic Libraries: Time to Jump
on Board?
by Carrie M. Macfarlane and Christopher M. Rodgers, Middlebury College

Podcasting the Sciences: A Practical Overview
by Eugene Barsky and Kevin Lindstrom, University of British Columbia

Refereed Articles

Dissertation Citations in Organismal Biology at Southern Illinois
University at Carbondale: Implications for Collection Development
by Jonathan Nabe and Andrea Imre, Southern Illinois University

Electronic Resources Reviews

DOE Data Explorer: The Data
by Meredith Ayers, Northern Illinois University

Book Reviews

The MLA Essential Guide to Becoming an Expert Searcher
Reviewed by Thomas Harrod, University of Maryland

Digital Literacy: Tools and Methodologies for Information Society
Reviewed by Jane Duffy, Dalhousie University

Tips from the Experts

Nanotechnology
by Charles F. Huber, University of California, Santa Barbara

Viewpoints

An Old Fogey Looks at the Reference (R)Evolution
by Linda Shackle, Arizona State University


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