Librarian props
</modesty> Taken from: Chapman, J. (2009) Issues in contemporary documentary (with additional research by Kate Allison). Cambridge: Polity Press [Google book preview] And: Taken from: Chapman, J....
View ArticleAnonymised library book circulation data for the academic year 2008/2009:...
mosaic.2008.level1.1265378452.0000001.xml The University of Lincoln collected one academic year’s worth of its own library book circulation data (“user activity data”) for the JISC-funded MOSAIC...
View ArticleLibraryThings (can only get better)
I’ve recently rekindled my relationship with LibraryThing. Enough to pay the $25 suggested fee for lifetime membership. I’ve commented in the past that I don’t understand why more library people—even...
View ArticleAlgebra, Boole, Computers, Display
There’s a small book display on the ground floor of the GCW University Library to mark the end of Boolefest (“a celebration of the life of George Boole“), a week-long arts and sciences festival which...
View ArticleMy library ‘footprint’
Very slightly inspired by a recent blog post by Joss Winn: A couple of things have reminded me recently that it might be useful to describe how I use libraries. Historical interlude: my first...
View ArticleA LNCD booklist
We have been able to buy a number of useful books on agile software development / rapid innovation of technology for education, aimed particularly at developing student skills and participation in...
View ArticleThe things that I used to do
In searching the web the other day, I found this, from 2007. When I was a subject librarian I used to create one of these new book lists every month, writing the HTML and CSS in Notepad. It was...
View ArticleAn Orbital project reading list
The Orbital project has now formally begun. As ‘lead researcher’, I’m making a start by building a reading list of material related to research data management. In fact, we’re going to be setting aside...
View ArticleReading lists now show real-time book availability
The University of Lincoln’s online reading lists now show the live, real-time availability of books in the Library. If you go to an online reading list (here’s an example) and click on one of the...
View ArticleBookmark articles on to Reading Lists directly from Find it at Lincoln
Academic staff at the University of Lincoln – it’s now possible to use the reading list “bookmarklet” to add books, journal articles, etc. to your reading lists, directly from Find it at Lincoln....
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