My reading this month was dominated by one topic: Google+. So much so that it started to eclipse this list. I therefore decided to remove the links completely and will post separately on that topic. Digital scholarship Digital scholarship recognition – the debate – Martin Weller presents his side of the keynote debate at the recent EdMedia conference addressing the question of when digital scholarship will reach the same status as traditional scholarship. Digital Research Tools Wiki – this wiki collates information on tools which can be used by researchers to enhance their work processes. Academics and libraries Collaborating with [...]
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Reading round-up: June
June has been a month of heavy reading. There have been so many links that I could have shared below. In an effort to keep the list relatively short (and therefore manageable) I’ve narrowed down to what I consider the most interesting. For any of you with extra reading time on your hands you can take on Kathryn Greenhill’s challenge of the 100 articles every librarian should read. Technology Don Norman and Jakob Nielsen – Gestural interfaces: a step backwards in usability Richard Nurse (libwebrarian) – Discovery Solutions Thoughts on Content Maria Popover (BrainPicker) – 7 Must-Read Books on the [...]
Reading round-up: May
I’ve been using Read It Later as a tool for some time to mark blog posts and articles that I want to come back to in order to read them properly, rather than just scanning. In the past few weeks I have become woefully behind (my list extends to 7 pages!) and so I’m spending some time this evening catching up. Quite a few blogs I read have weekly reading round-ups where the authors share a selection of the stuff they have been reading. I kind of like this method as a way of mopping up things I might have [...]
