My primary interest is in selecting materials for children and teens.
A great source for information about books, materials, and services for children is the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) website:
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/index.cfm
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) website is the teen version:
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/yalsa.cfm
Both websites offer awards and top pick lists of books. Both website are easily found on Google, so I won't have to worry about remembering the website addresses!
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Multimedia
I found a couple of videos describing tools for analyzing collections in a library.
This an ad for a Capstone publisher produced tool. I can see how it might be useful...
Capstone CollectionWiz
This presentation describes a similar tool produced by Bowker. I would feel more confident using it over the Capstone tool.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7696703215170417804&hl=en
This an ad for a Capstone publisher produced tool. I can see how it might be useful...
Capstone CollectionWiz
This presentation describes a similar tool produced by Bowker. I would feel more confident using it over the Capstone tool.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7696703215170417804&hl=en
Image
This picture represents what I enjoy the most about the prospect of selecting children's books for a library. I have a couple of these boxes in my cubicle at work. I can't get rid of them.
The Harry Potter phenomenon was interesting to watch from the Acquisitions standpoint as well as the devoted fan aspect. When the 6th book came out we pre-ordered about 200 copies for the system, we usually only order about 80 copies for the most popular bestsellers. A week before the release date there were nearly 400 requests. So administration decided to order an additional 400 unprocessed copies. The entire Technical Services department had to process them on the Friday before the release. As a fan I was over the moon to have the chance to touch the book ahead of time... I even read a sentence or two! When the 7th book came out, Acquisitions pre-ordered about 600 copies. We didn't have to process those, but I still had an opportunity to take a peek when they were being boxed up for distribution to the branch libraries.
I truly hope that there is another book like Harry Potter. A book that excites millions of children to read and captivates the attention of all ages. I started reading the books after my mom asked me to get them for my dyslexic little sister. My mom had heard that kids who never read books were reading Harry Potter. It worked, she read them all and even went on to read other books for fun. I want to be a part of a child's discovery of a book.
Pearl Growing strategy (Snowballing) in Library Literature
Thesis for the paper that I am working on:
Theoretical models and demographic data reveal that human information seeking habits remain generally the same regardless of the interface in which information is sought
At this point I am specifically looking for information on the information seeking behaviors of people using digital information sources.
Pearl:
I have used this report extensively in my paper so far. I had to find an edited version of it that was available in a database. This is the same report, just slightly edited for journal publication.
I found the article in the Library Literature database. The subject terms given for the article were:
Microcomputers/Children's use
Internet searching/Evaluation
Information retrieval/Social aspects
Virtual library
S1 (using All - Smart Search field):
(Internet searching/Evaluation) and (Virtual library) = 19 hits
None of the hits were really relevant, so I tried again.
S2 (using Subject(s) field):
(Internet searching/Evaluation) and (Information retrieval/Social aspects) = 2 hits
The first article was my pearl, the other wasn't quite what I wanted. I decided to modify one of the terms.
(Internet searching) and (Information retrieval/Social aspects) = 11 hits
The results of the 3rd search were better.
Citation:
Aula, Anne, and Käki, Mika. "Less is more in Web search interfaces for older adults" First Monday [Online], Volume 10 Number 7 (4 July 2005)
Theoretical models and demographic data reveal that human information seeking habits remain generally the same regardless of the interface in which information is sought
At this point I am specifically looking for information on the information seeking behaviors of people using digital information sources.
Pearl:
University College of London. (2008). Information behaviour of the researcher of the future. London: University College of London. Retrieved from http://www.bl.uk/news/pdf/googlegen.pdf.
I have used this report extensively in my paper so far. I had to find an edited version of it that was available in a database. This is the same report, just slightly edited for journal publication.
Nicholas, David (08/01/2008). "The Google generation: the information behaviour of the researcher of the future.". Aslib proceedings (0001-253X), 60 (4), p. 290.
I found the article in the Library Literature database. The subject terms given for the article were:
Microcomputers/Children's use
Internet searching/Evaluation
Information retrieval/Social aspects
Virtual library
S1 (using All - Smart Search field):
(Internet searching/Evaluation) and (Virtual library) = 19 hits
None of the hits were really relevant, so I tried again.
S2 (using Subject(s) field):
(Internet searching/Evaluation) and (Information retrieval/Social aspects) = 2 hits
The first article was my pearl, the other wasn't quite what I wanted. I decided to modify one of the terms.
(Internet searching) and (Information retrieval/Social aspects) = 11 hits
The results of the 3rd search were better.
Citation:
Aula, Anne, and Käki, Mika. "Less is more in Web search interfaces for older adults" First Monday [Online], Volume 10 Number 7 (4 July 2005)
Successive Fractions search in Project Muse
Thesis for the paper that I am working on:
Theoretical models and demographic data reveal that human information seeking habits remain generally the same regardless of the interface in which information is sought
At this point I am specifically looking for information on the information seeking behaviors of people using digital information sources.
Facets:
Information seeking behaviors
Digital information sources
I browsed the subject headings in Project Muse to identify subject terms. I didn't find many relevant subject headings, so I did a preliminary search on each one to see how many records each one retrieved by itself to identify the broadest term.
Subject Headings search (articles only):
Internet 166
Information behavior 20
Electronic information resource* 30
Electronic journals 12
Online bibliographic searching 4
World Wide Web (Information retrieval system) 4
Online library catalogs 8
Online information services 3
Successive Fractions search (all searches were in Subjects Headings field and limited to Articles only:
S1: (Internet) = 166 hits
The results were too broad, so I added another term. I chose Information behavior because Electronic information resource* could be considered a synonym for Internet.
S2: (Internet) and (Information behavior) = 4 hits
The second search didn't return many results, but I immediately found a useful article.
Dresang, Eliza T. (2005). Access: The information-seeking behavior of youth in the digital environment. Library Trends 54(2), 178-196.
Theoretical models and demographic data reveal that human information seeking habits remain generally the same regardless of the interface in which information is sought
At this point I am specifically looking for information on the information seeking behaviors of people using digital information sources.
Facets:
Information seeking behaviors
Digital information sources
I browsed the subject headings in Project Muse to identify subject terms. I didn't find many relevant subject headings, so I did a preliminary search on each one to see how many records each one retrieved by itself to identify the broadest term.
Subject Headings search (articles only):
Internet 166
Information behavior 20
Electronic information resource* 30
Electronic journals 12
Online bibliographic searching 4
World Wide Web (Information retrieval system) 4
Online library catalogs 8
Online information services 3
Successive Fractions search (all searches were in Subjects Headings field and limited to Articles only:
S1: (Internet) = 166 hits
The results were too broad, so I added another term. I chose Information behavior because Electronic information resource* could be considered a synonym for Internet.
S2: (Internet) and (Information behavior) = 4 hits
The second search didn't return many results, but I immediately found a useful article.
Dresang, Eliza T. (2005). Access: The information-seeking behavior of youth in the digital environment. Library Trends 54(2), 178-196.
Specific Facet search in ERIC
Thesis for the paper that I am working on:
Theoretical models and demographic data reveal that human information seeking habits remain generally the same regardless of the interface in which information is sought
At this point I am specifically looking for information on the information seeking behaviors of people using digital information sources.
Facets:
Information seeking behaviors
Digital information sources
I browsed the subject headings in ERIC to identify subject terms for my facets.
Information seeking behaviors:
Information seeking 2724
User Needs (Information) 3563
Users (Information) 2877
Search strategies 3348
Information Needs 4515
Online Searching 2780
Digital information sources:
Internet 13195
Electronic journals 567
Electronic libraries 1645
Search Engines 643
Online systems 6795
World wide web 6077
Specific Facet search (all searches were in the Subject Phrase field)
I chose the most unique term that really reflected the Digital information sources facet.
S1: (Search Engines) = 643 hits
The results were too broad, but I could tell I was headed in the right direction. I then added a term to reflect the Information seeking behaviors facet.
S2: ((Search engines) AND (Users (Information))) = 0 hits
That didn't work, so I tried another term.
S3: ((Search engines) AND (Information seeking)) = 106 hits
I was satisfied with the results of my 3rd search.
Citation:
Bilal, D., & Kirby, J. (2002). Differences and Similarities in Information Seeking: Children and Adults as Web Users. Information Processing & Management. 38(5), 649-70.
Theoretical models and demographic data reveal that human information seeking habits remain generally the same regardless of the interface in which information is sought
At this point I am specifically looking for information on the information seeking behaviors of people using digital information sources.
Facets:
Information seeking behaviors
Digital information sources
I browsed the subject headings in ERIC to identify subject terms for my facets.
Information seeking behaviors:
Information seeking 2724
User Needs (Information) 3563
Users (Information) 2877
Search strategies 3348
Information Needs 4515
Online Searching 2780
Digital information sources:
Internet 13195
Electronic journals 567
Electronic libraries 1645
Search Engines 643
Online systems 6795
World wide web 6077
Specific Facet search (all searches were in the Subject Phrase field)
I chose the most unique term that really reflected the Digital information sources facet.
S1: (Search Engines) = 643 hits
The results were too broad, but I could tell I was headed in the right direction. I then added a term to reflect the Information seeking behaviors facet.
S2: ((Search engines) AND (Users (Information))) = 0 hits
That didn't work, so I tried another term.
S3: ((Search engines) AND (Information seeking)) = 106 hits
I was satisfied with the results of my 3rd search.
Citation:
Bilal, D., & Kirby, J. (2002). Differences and Similarities in Information Seeking: Children and Adults as Web Users. Information Processing & Management. 38(5), 649-70.
Building Block search in Academic Search Complete
Thesis for the paper that I am working on:
Theoretical models and demographic data reveal that human information seeking habits remain generally the same regardless of the interface in which information is sought
At this point I am specifically looking for information on the information seeking behaviors of people using digital information sources.
Facets:
Information seeking behaviors
Digital information sources
I browsed the subject headings in Academic Search Complete to identify subject terms for my facets.
Information seeking behaviors:
INTERNET searching
ELECTRONIC information resource searching
DATABASE searching
INFORMATION behavior
INFORMATION-seeking strategies
Digital information sources:
Internet
SEARCH engines
ELECTRONIC information resources
WORLD Wide Web
WEB search engines
DIGITAL libraries
Building Block Search (all searches were in the Subject Headings field)
I combined my terms for each facet:
S1: Information seeking behaviors facet
((INTERNET searching) or (ELECTRONIC information resource searching) or (DATABASE searching) or (INFORMATION behavior) or (INFORMATION-seeking strategies)) = 9151 hits
S2: Digital information sources facet
((Internet) or (SEARCH engines) or (ELECTRONIC information resources) or (WORLD Wide Web) or (WEB search engines) or (DIGITAL libraries)) = 133295 hits
I then combined my facets:
S3: (S1 and S2) = 5759 hits
I retrieved too many hits, so I decided to remove some of the terms from the combined Information seeking behaviors facet. I removed the terms that referenced digital sources since those were redundant in combination with the Digital information sources facet:
S4: Revised Information seeking behaviors facet
((INFORMATION behavior) or (INFORMATION-seeking strategies)) = 444 hits
I recombined my facets:
S5: (S4 and S2) = 114 hits
I was satisfied with the results from my final search.
Citation:
Ford, N., Eaglestone, B., Madden, A., & Whittle, M. (2009). Web searching by the "general public": an individual differences perspective. Journal of Documentation, 65(4), 632-667.
Theoretical models and demographic data reveal that human information seeking habits remain generally the same regardless of the interface in which information is sought
At this point I am specifically looking for information on the information seeking behaviors of people using digital information sources.
Facets:
Information seeking behaviors
Digital information sources
I browsed the subject headings in Academic Search Complete to identify subject terms for my facets.
Information seeking behaviors:
INTERNET searching
ELECTRONIC information resource searching
DATABASE searching
INFORMATION behavior
INFORMATION-seeking strategies
Digital information sources:
Internet
SEARCH engines
ELECTRONIC information resources
WORLD Wide Web
WEB search engines
DIGITAL libraries
Building Block Search (all searches were in the Subject Headings field)
I combined my terms for each facet:
S1: Information seeking behaviors facet
((INTERNET searching) or (ELECTRONIC information resource searching) or (DATABASE searching) or (INFORMATION behavior) or (INFORMATION-seeking strategies)) = 9151 hits
S2: Digital information sources facet
((Internet) or (SEARCH engines) or (ELECTRONIC information resources) or (WORLD Wide Web) or (WEB search engines) or (DIGITAL libraries)) = 133295 hits
I then combined my facets:
S3: (S1 and S2) = 5759 hits
I retrieved too many hits, so I decided to remove some of the terms from the combined Information seeking behaviors facet. I removed the terms that referenced digital sources since those were redundant in combination with the Digital information sources facet:
S4: Revised Information seeking behaviors facet
((INFORMATION behavior) or (INFORMATION-seeking strategies)) = 444 hits
I recombined my facets:
S5: (S4 and S2) = 114 hits
I was satisfied with the results from my final search.
Citation:
Ford, N., Eaglestone, B., Madden, A., & Whittle, M. (2009). Web searching by the "general public": an individual differences perspective. Journal of Documentation, 65(4), 632-667.
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