Tag Archives: electronic resources
OK City
I’m in Oklahoma City exhibiting and presenting at the MPLA/OLA joint conference. Since yesterday was the 15th anniversary of the bombing (see Disasters-Federal Building Bombing) at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building I felt I should go and take a look … Continue reading
Don't Forget the Schools
A colleague of mine, Lisa Holmberg, recently gave me some data from a small study by Horizon High School library staffers, Jennifer Alevy and Sara Poinier, showing huge increases in students’ use of reliable resources after library instruction. I’d originally considered being a school … Continue reading
Public Libraries Advisory Group – 3rd Meeting
We had our third meeting of the Public Libraries Advisory Group (click on the tag to see other posts on this group) this week and I’d love to get feedback from you on the discussion we had about involving the community in … Continue reading
COUNTER and SUSHI for Usage Statistics
Trying to get usage statistics has long been the bane of electronic resources collection development librarians. Some databases are so costly that you want to make sure they are really being used and serving the needs of patrons. And these … Continue reading
