Open to everyone studying for the BA (Librarianship and Corporate Information Management) through OUA. A social bookmarking group to save and collect sites, interesting links for our degree, units, profession. Consider installing toolbar hwww.diigo.com/tools Change Alert settings to Daily/Weekly as you like

Hayes, G. (2011, August). The Count. Personalize media. Retrieved from http://www.personalizemedia.com/the-count/. The counter below is from June 2012, but still gives an idea of the speed at which content is updated and shared.

Rothman, D. (2011, March 2). Common Sense Librarianship: An Ordered List Manifesto. davidrothman.net, . Retrieved May 14, 2011, from http://davidrothman.net/2011/03/02/common-sense-librarianship-an-ordered-list-manifesto/

Fister, B. (2010). Assessing the (Enduring) Value of Libraries. Inside Higher Ed: Library Babel Fish. Retrieved from http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/library_babel_fish/assessing_the_enduring_value_of_libraries

Blyberg, J., Greenhill, K., & Trainor, C. (2009, April 3). The Darien Statements on the Library and Librarians. blyberg.net. Retrieved October 21, 2010, from http://www.blyberg.net/2009/04/03/the-darien-statements-on-the-library-and-librarians/

Please read the Key Trends and the Critical Challenges sections at the start. The rest of the report is a very easy read if you are interested. Johnson, L., Adams, S., & Cummins, M. (2012). The NMC Horizon Report: 2012 Higher Education Edition. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium. Retrieved from http://www.educause.edu/Resources/2012HorizonReport/246056

Kirkpatrick, M. (2010, October 14). Garnter's [sic.] Newest Hype Cycle: Discuss. Read Write Web. Retrieved October 21, 2010, from http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/garnters_newest_hype_cycle_discuss.php Although this is from 2010, please read it for the way it casts a critical eye over the conclusions to the report

Holland, M. (1997). Diffusion of innovation theories and their relevance to understanding the role of librarians when introducing users to networked information. The Electronic Library, 15(5), 389-394. doi:10.1108/eb045587 Start at part 2. Background and History p.390 

REQUIRED VIEWING ONE: Did You Know 4.0. (2009). . Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILQrUrEWe8

If you want to keep up to date with changes to ebooks - technically and commercially - these two resources are frequently updated by experts and enthusiasts. TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.teleread.com/ MobileRead Forums. (n.d.). Retrieved May 9, 2011, from http://www.mobileread.com/

Clark, J. (2010, March 9). Web Standards for E-Books. A list apart: For people who make websites. Retrieved May 9, 2011, from http://www.alistapart.com/articles/ebookstandards/

This post shows examples of why so many common typographical errors appear in the text of ebooks when they are transferred from print: Clark, J. (2010, March 9). Web Standards for E-Books (Sidebar). A list apart: For people who make websites. Retrieved May 9, 2011, from http://www.alistapart.com/d/web-standards-for-e-books/sidebar.html

Michael Mace was a keynote speaker at the ALIA Information Online conference in February 2011. The interview was recorded just after his talk, so there is very loud music in the background. Michael Mace talks about the future of ebooks. (2011). Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5mm6ahe8B4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Manjoo, F. (2012, September 3). Kindles for free: a report from the future. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved from http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/kindles-for-free-a-report-from-the-future-20120830-252b9.html

Picchi, N. (2011, September 22). A Snapshot of the Kindle eBook Collection of Four Public Libraries. Islandlibrarians blog. Retrieved from http://islandlibrarian.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/a-snapshot-of-the-kindle-ebook-collection-of-four-public-libraries/

Hutley, S., & Harwood, W. (2002). Ebook Readers in Australian public libraries - are they REAL-e worth it? In e. Presented at the VALA, Melbourne Australia. Retrieved from http://www.vala.org.au/vala2002/2002pdf/34HutHor.pdf

Hutley, S., Joseph, M., & Saunders, P. (2001). Follow the eBook road: eBooks in Oz public libraries. In Endless Possibilities. Presented at the ALIA Public Libraries Conference, Melbourne Australia: Australian Library and Information Association. Retrieved from http://conferences.alia.org.au/public2001/hutley.joseph.saunders.html

Kelly, K. (2011). What Books Will Become. The Technium. Retrieved May 9, 2011, from http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2011/04/what_books_will.php

Lankes, D. (2010). The New Librarianship in the Age of the Ebook. Virtual Dave…Real Blog. Retrieved October 13, 2010, from http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/blog/?p=1040