Daily Archives: 3 March 2008

R.I.P. Len Lindquist

Posted on 3 March 2008 by Rick Mason

Len Lindquist, Manager of Technology Services for the Prairie Area Library System, died last Thursday.  This is a sad loss for everyone connected with the system, because not only was he great at his job, he was an excellent person … Continue reading →

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Diffusion and Concentration in Web 2.0

Posted on 3 March 2008 by Rick Mason

Lorcan Dempsey of OCLC has a great post that differentiates Web 2.0 (and by doing so, Library 2.0) into two types of applications, those that diffuse information to users, and those that concentrate information from users. I won’t go into … Continue reading →

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Elsevier’s Intermediate Print Copy ILL Policy

Posted on 3 March 2008 by Rick Mason

Kind of an interesting post on Open Access News over the weekend.  It seems that the license requirements for Elsevier’s electronic journals include printing a copy of the article, then scanning the article, before a library can provide that article … Continue reading →

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Elsevier’s Intermediate Print Copy ILL Policy

Posted on 3 March 2008 by Rick Mason

Kind of an interesting post on Open Access News over the weekend.  It seems that the license requirements for Elsevier’s electronic journals include printing a copy of the article, then scanning the article, before a library can provide that article … Continue reading →

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