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Garrett Eastman

Program Overview | 2012 e-Science Symposium - 0 views

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    Fourth Annual University of Massachusetts and New England Area Librarian e-Science Symposium Wednesday, April 4, 2012 Hoagland-Pincus Center Shrewsbury, Mass. features presentations and posters
Garrett Eastman

From Dominance to Decline? The Future of Bibliographic Discovery, Access and Delivery - 2 views

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    A review of four bibliographic utility studies on library catalogs points out that the library catalog is no longer the starting point for students and researchers and that it has been eclipsed by easier-to-use and more convenient tools such as Google Books, Google Scholar, and LibraryThing. The author suggests that catalog developers learn from these tools and draw on their metadata; include "social" enhancements such as tagging, comments, and reviews; develop systems that are user-focused rather than librarian-focused; forsake the local catalog for the union catalog to reduce duplication of effort
Garrett Eastman

Publishing Practices of NIH-Funded Faculty at MIT - 1 views

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    MIT librarians report results of a survey of NIH-funded faculty members and researchers on their experiences with the publishing process. Possible areas of library support and partnership are considered.
Garrett Eastman

Representation and Recognition of Subject Repositories - 0 views

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    Two UMass librarian authors review the literature and study of online respositories dedicated to particular subjects and find study,and guidelines lacking for such entities. They point out: "subject repositories are frequently cited as highly successful scholarly communication initiatives, especially in relation to institutional repositories."
Garrett Eastman

Transforming Roles for Academic Librarians: Leading and Participating in New Partnerships - 0 views

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    One of a new Research Library Notes issue on 21st century academic library workforce
Garrett Eastman

Scholarly legitimacy - 1 views

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    What is authority in scholarship and what is the role of librarians?
Garrett Eastman

5 Universal Truths That All Librarians Can Agree Upon Right Now | LISNews - 0 views

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    Perception of information is changing, but library core principles remain the same among others
Garrett Eastman

Electronic Scientific Data & Literature Aggregation: A Review for Librarians - 2 views

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    Considers the integration of publications and data as representing potential for realization of the semantic web
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