Wednesday 9 May 2012

Top library technology related issues in UK Higher Education?

Looking at the HELibTech page view statistics the following issues are the most viewed pages:
Shared Services
Discovery
E-books

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Wednesday 7 March 2012

E-Textbook provision - New opportunities for libraries to get involved

I have added a short piece on a new initiative by publishers and vendors in the area of e-textbooks. They are approaching faculty directly at present. I have added a link to an article by a University of Leeds on this subject.

Thursday 2 February 2012

Discovery Services - Code of Practice

Information obtained from the NFAIS "Code of Practice: Discovery Services Review of Draft":

The National Federation of Adanced Information Services (NFAIS™) is releasing a draft Discovery Service Code of Practice for review and comment by March 16, 2012:


NFAIS is inviting all members of the information community to review the draft and submit questions and comments for consideration by the Code Development Task Force. Are there other issues to be considered? Who do they impact? What solutions should be considered? All comments are welcome and can be submitted online at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RV257LM.