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Maggie Verster

Rethinking research in the Google era - 1 views

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    As the internet replaces library databases as students' primary research option, a new discussion is emerging in academic circles: Is the vast amount of information at students' fingertips changing the way they gather and process information for the better--or for worse?
Maggie Verster

Internet2 and School Libraries: The Time Is Now (More Than Ever) - 0 views

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    Does the word Internet2 conjure images of a mythical realm off-limits to the masses of web-surfing plebeians? A forbidding place where computer engineers and the academic research elite speak in esoteric computer programming dialects and move terabytes of data through big pipes at the speed of light? At Horace Mann Elementary School in West Allis, Wis., Internet2 is helping transform the school library into the heart of digitally enabled innovation and learning. So what is the real Internet2, and why does it matter to K-12 schools and libraries? James Werle and Louis Fox have the answers!
Maggie Verster

Use BUBL to find websites catalogued by the Dewey Decimal System. - 1 views

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    Selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas according to the DEWEY system.
Maggie Verster

HSRC Press: Lots of great South African ebooks here - 0 views

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    HSRC Press is South Africa's open access publisher committed to the dissemination of high quality social science research based publications, in print and electronic form. The Press publishes the research output of the Human Science Research Council and externally authored works. A formal peer-review process guarantees the highest academic quality and the Press has a very active local and international marketing programme, in addition to collaborating with foreign publishers on specific titles.
Maggie Verster

Open education resource database - 0 views

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    This resources database is an open database of resources about OER; for example, papers in academic publications, newspapers articles about OER, interviews, etc. This is not a database of OER, although we do encourage resources about OER to themselves be open. A list of OER blogs can be found on the News in Open Education page.
Maggie Verster

21st Century Academic Library: Free and Open resources - 0 views

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    This talk was given at the launch of Library Week in the foyer of the Wits library. During this week stakeholders will celebrate and promote library and information services throughout South Africa with the theme: "Access for all @ your library".
Maggie Verster

Free academic databse assesment tool - 0 views

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    It enables you to compare different subscription online resources, making it easier for librarians to make informed decisions when subscribing to online resources. Although it is aimed at HE it is free to use for anyone.
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