The Internet is a mixed blessing for libraries and librarians. One the one
hand , it provides opportunities to add services and expand collection; on the
other, it has increased user expectations and contributed to techno
stress. Today, the Net is challenging librarians' ability to select, threatening
the survival of the book, necessitating continuous retraining presenting new
problems of access and preservation, putting new demands on budgets, and
embroiling information professionals in legal controversies. In Net effects,
librarian journalist, and Internet guru Marylaine Block examines the issues and
brings together a weather a wealth of insights, war stories, solution. Nearly 50
articles by dozens of imaginative librarians---expertly selected,
annotated, and integrated by the editor---suggest practical and creative ways to
deal with the range of Internet "side effects," regain control of the library,
and avoid being blindsided by technology again
Net Effects
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Additional information
| ISBN | 9788170005179 |
|---|---|
| Year of Publication | 2008 |
| Binding | HardBound |
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| Language | English |
Acknowledgments
About the Net Effects Web Page
Introduction
Chapter 1 ---------Regaining control over Selection
Solution: Create Our Own Web Indexes, with Selection Policies for Inclusion
Joyce M. Latham. To Link or Not to Link
Selection criteria: lii. org
Solution: create Our Own Databases
Ron Chepesiuk. JSTOR and Electronic Archiving Solution: chose Your Journal
Titles and Let
Vendors Bid for Your Package
Lawrence Biemiller. California State U. Adopts New Model to Pay for
Journals
Solution: Create Our Own Web Search Engine
Karen G. Schneider. Creating a Yahoo! with Values
Recommended Reading
Chapter 2---------Rescuing the Book
Solution: Easier Access by User-Friendly Cataloging
Roy Tennant. The Convenience Catastrophe
Solution: Easier Physical Access to All Nearby Library Collections
Marylaine Block. The Best Little Library System in the World
Solution: One City, One Book
Nancy Pearl. "If All Seattle Read the Same Book"
Solution: Creating Readers Through Outreach and ESL
Fred J. Gitner. The New Americans Program
Solution: Creating Readers Through Outreach To Boys and Men
Shannon Maughan. You Go, Guys!
Janet L. Balas. Reading Is 'In'
Solution: Partnerships
Marylaine Blook. Making Bookstores Your Partners
Solution: Blogs Personalized Services by E-Mail
The Match Book Program
Recommended Reading
Chapter 3-----Making Them Adapt to Us: Training Our Users
Solution: Teach Them While They're Asking for Information
Marylaine Block. Reference as a Teachable Moment
Solution: Raise the Stakes. Make Them them Care Whether the Information is
Right
Sarah Kaip . It's Not Just for Term Papers Marylaine Block. Teaching Kids
Indirectly
Solution: Co-Opt Them: Let Them Teach Each Other
Elaina Norlin. University Goes Back to Basics to Reach
Minority Students
Peter Jacso. Working with , Not Against, Web-Savvy Users
Solution: Go Where They Area
Molly Susan Mathias and Steven Heser. Mobilize
Your Instruction Program with Wireless Technology
Recommended Reading
Chapter 4-----The Shifted Librarian: Adapting to the changing Expectations
of Our Wired (and Wireless) Users
Jenny Levine. What IS a Shifted librarian?
Solution: User Your Web Site to Attract New Users
Jeanne Holba Puacz. Cataching (and Keeping) E-Patrons
Solution: Weblogs
Darlene Fichter. Blogging Your Life Away
Solution: Use Their Tools of Choice: Chat
Kelly Broughton. Our Experiment in Online Real- Time Reference
Solution: User Their tools of Choice: PDAs
Ken Varnum. Information @ Your Fingertips
Solution: Personalized Services Through Your Web Site
News Brief: Brarydog. net Launches Web Portal for Students
Recommended Reading
Chapter 5----------Access Issues
Solution: Accommodating Disabilities on Our Workstations and Web Pages
Cheryl H. Kirkpatrick and Catherine buck Morgan. Providing Equitable Access
----From
Ergonomics to HTML
Figure 5.1: Specialized Applications on Our Workstations
Figure 5.2: Coding Tips for Making Your web Site Accessible
Solution: Provide a Helping Hand Across the Digital Divide for Young
Adults
Michele Gorman. Wiring Teens to the Library
Solution: Help Seniors Cross the Digital Divide
Jeanne Holba Puacz and Chris Bradfield. Surf's Up for Seniors!
Solution: Partnerships Within the Community to Reach Across the Digital
Divide
Mary Stillwell: Partnerships That Support Public Access Computing
Recommended Reading
Chapter 6------The Techno--Economic Imperative
Solution: Build Your Own Systems
Janet L. Balas. Can You Build It? Yes You Can!
Solution: Open Source Systems and Applications
Eric Sisler. Linux in Your library?
Solution: Support and Contribute to the free Online Scholarship Movement
Peter Suber. Where Does the Free Online Scholarship Movement Stand Today?
Jeffrey R. Young. 'Superarchives' Could Hold All Scholarly Output
Solution: For the High Cost of Systems
Technicians: Grow Your Own
Rachel Singer Gordon. A Course in accidental System Librarianship
Recommended Reading
Chapter 7--------------Running to Stay in Place: continuous Retraining
Marylaine Block. Stop the World, I Want to Catch Up!
Solution: Individual Professional :Learning
Steven J. Bell. To Keep Up, Go Beyond
Solution: An Adequate Dedicated Library Training Budget
James .Casey. The 1.6% Solution
Solution: Systematic Ongoing In -Service Training
Janet Kinney. The Learning System Approach to Staff Development and Training
at Multnomah County Library
Recommended Reading
Chapter 8---------Up to Our Ears in Lawyers: Legal Issues Posed by the Net
Solution: Gather Information
Leigh S. Estabrook and Edward Lakner. Managing Internet Access
Solution: Try to Change the Law
Americans for Fair Electronic Commerce Transactions (AFFECT): Why we
Oppose UCITA
Andrew Albanese. DMCA Revision to Get Net New Push
Solution: Understand What the Laws Require of You
Mary Minow. Filters and the Public Library
Solution: Policies That Deal with Problems AND Honor Library Values
Rob Reilly. Laying Down the Law: Crafting Acceptable Use Policy
Guide to Multnomah County Library's Policies Regarding Internet Use
Solution: Be Prepared
Lynne E. Bradley and claudette W. Tennant. What to Do Before, During
and After a "Knock at the Door"
Recommended Reading
Chapter 9---------Disappearing Data
Solution: Link-Checking
Karen G. Schneider. on the Link Checking Policy of the Librarian's Index to
the Internet
Solution: Have a Technological Disaster Plan
Roy Tennant. Coping with Disasters
Solution: Advise Legislators on the Impact Proposed Laws Will Have
Statement of Julia F. Wallace Before the Joint Committee on Printing, on
"Federal Government Printing and Public Access to Government Documents"
Solution: Standards for preservation of Digital Information
Roy Tennant. Time Is Not on Our Side
Recommended Reading
Chapter 10--------------How to Avoid Getting Blind-Sided
Solution: Scanning Present Indicators to Foresee Future Needs and Dangers
John Guscott. Introduction to the Library Foresight System
Solution: Dream Big
Marylaine Block. The Defect in Realism
Recommended Reading
About the Editor
Contributors
URLs
Works Cited
Index