Time for a change?

Very interesting article by Tamar Sadeh.

"The purpose of this paper is to offer some insight into changes that are occurring in the expectations and behaviour of researchers seeking scholarly information and the ways in which libraries and vendors are addressing these changes in light of the availability of Web 2.0 technologies. "

Internet Resources Newsletter

Issue 155 (October 2007) now out. Prepared by Roddy Macleod at Heriot Watt university.

Final report into establishing a Scottish Higher Education Digital Library for Scottish Universities

The Final Report of a study into the establishment of a Scottish Higher Education Digital Library has been released. This study was sponsored by SCURL, and funded by the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow. It can be found on the front page of the SCURL website.

The future of the profession?

Matin De Saulles has published an interesting article on where he feels the profession is headed as an Information Science lecturer, and how they are changing the qualification to meet the needs of the future. Charting a New Course: The Future of Information Work is available on Freepint.