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Whats a blog and why should you care?

Have a look at Amy Gahrans excellent overview and also RSS: A Learning Technology By Eva Kaplan-Leiserson.


1.Vocational Awards

Vocational awards are poised for change, as the QCA proposes a new, simpler framework.

2. PN Evaluation

National evaluation reveals impact of People's Network
Users of the People's Network (PN) are overwhelmingly positive about ICT in libraries, and the majority say that without the library service it would be difficult or impossible to access the Internet, says a report published by the Big Lottery Fund on 25 November.

3. "Librarians are incredibly poor marketers,"

Librarians vs. technology Expertise in an age of amateur researchers By Sue Bowness
Presenting with Confidence: 10 Tips for Librariansby Robin Ewing
…can be found here

4. Google Scholar: a new service from Google

http://scholar.google.com/

Lots of coverage of this new service.

… and a good article “Google Scholar Focuses on Research-Quality Contentby Barbara Quint” here.

5. Privacy Advocates Promise to Fight Electronic Tags in Library Books

A plan to put radio frequency identification (RFID) tags into San Francisco public library books has drawn sharp criticism on grounds ranging from privacy for library patrons to the health and safety of library workers. They are obviously a bit worried about this as this page demonstrates!

6. Librarians are all-knowing and all-seeing

A little humour after all this heavy stuff…