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Mendeley and librarians building bridges to make academic researchers more social and more productive
In this interview, William Gunn, Mendeley’s Head of Academic Outreach, discusses Mendeley as an academic social network. He also talks about the librarian’s role in teaching researchers to use Mendeley, and how librarians are using Mendeley themselves to connect with colleagues with similar professional interests.
"... the tech community has a metadata schema that’s optimized for high availability and scalability, while the librarian community has a metadata schema that’s optimized for preservation and access and interoperability. So it’s really been neat to take librarians on as advisors and bridge the varying needs."
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The Journal of Academic Librarianship focuses on open access with its January issue
With the first issue of 2013, The Journal of Academic Librarianship focused on the open access (OA) debate. As new editors, we hoped that this issue would communicate the diversity of opinions and experiences that the topic merits.
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Authoritative researcher metadata in one place via VIVO
This Q&A describes the experience of implementing VIVO at Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC). VIVO is an institution-driven, semantic tool for accessing authoritative data about faculty and researchers.
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Hungry for more than knowledge at SLA in San Diego?
San Diego locals offer up restaurant ideas for SLA....read more
To post or not to post?
Now that being social is part of just about everyone’s job description, one question in particular comes up again and again. To post or not to post?....read more
12 fast and inexpensive ways to market your library
With press coverage of National Library Week reaching your user communities and sponsors through all levels of media, it is a great time to draw attention to your library with these quick and easy marketing tactics. If you are located in another country, consider piggybacking on coverage of (or even starting!) your own local or national library event. ....read more
