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September 05, 2008
Who's doing what, and with who?
Published by Library Journal (May 2008) Information With A Twist provides us with a comprehensive snapshot of the going-ons in the world of scholarly communication.
This article provides a condensed version of what is happening with well known (and not so well known) sources that provide scholarly (and maybe not so scholarly) communication. Included are updates from resources such the socially contributable Wikipedia, news of language additions for Encyclopedia Britannica and Oxford Dictionary, to the digitization of older volumes for PubMed and news about everything in between. We are briefed about what some sources are doing to enhance interfaces and promote collaboration. New information is covered in the areas of training and planning tools for librarians, online books, to the recent mergers and acquisitions of databases, such as ProQuest and CSA. Also covered are recent changes in copyrights, subscriptions, and what info resources have changed from open access to subscription based, and vice-versa.
This is a comprehensive article that puts perspective on the overwhelming resources that are out there, but does not overwhelm with too much information. So if you're looking for an overview of what is going on in the world of scholarly communications have a look . Make sure to check out the many company profiles with direct links at the end of the page. I'm going to take note of them and I hope you will too!
---posted by Dawna Beasecker
Carol Tenopir (ctenopir@utk.edu) is Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee (UTK), Knoxville, and LJ's Online Databases columnist; Gayle Baker (gsbaker@utk.edu) is Electronic Services Coordinator, UTK Libraries; and Jill E. Grogg (jgrogg@bama.ua.edu), a 2007 LJ Mover & Shaker, is Electronic Resources Librarian, University of Alabama Libraries, Tuscaloosa
Posted by colldev at September 5, 2008 09:18 AM