Just featured in Internet Resources Newsletter today:
Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP) is a peer reviewed, open access journal published quarterly by the University of Alberta Learning Services, using the OJS Software. The purpose of the journal is to provide a forum for librarians and other information professionals to discover research that may contribute to decision making in professional practice. EBLIP publishes original research and commentary on the topic of evidence based library and information practice, as well as reviews of previously published research (evidence summaries) on a wide number of topics.
http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLIP
(Also distributed via discussionlist `Evidence based practice to librarianship and information science` EVIDENCE-BASED-LIBRARIES@JISCMAIL.AC.UK )
Current issue articles:
Adding SPICE to a Library Intranet Site: A Recipe to Enhance Usability
Lisa Cotter, Larnich Harije, Suzanne Lewis, Ingrid Tonnison
Employing Evidence: Does it Have a Job in Vocational Libraries?
Cecily Martina, Bradley Jones
Name Authority Challenges for Indexing and Abstracting Databases
Denise Beaubien Bennett, Priscilla Williams
Persuasive Evidence: Improving Customer Service through Evidence Based Librarianship Wendy Anne Abbott
Evidence-Based Marketing for Academic Librarians
Yoo-Seong Song
Here a short overview of all new updates around the Journal apps we are supporting. Personally I am most excited about the anouncements of " docwise " making big steps to keep up with BrowZine & Read (Integration -"Open in"- with Dropbox, Evernote and more, save and email full text articles), but making a hug jump with unique features, like shareable Folders with docwise users ánd a RSS reader feature (boldly called Google Reader replacement!). Bring it on! BrowZine : just published the Android Version of their App to which the CMB UMCG now has a subscription. To be downloaded from Google Play Store or Amazon App Store the following publishers have been added Project MUSE Cambridge University Press American Marketing Association Academy of Management Royal Society of Chemistry Institute of Physics American Physical Society Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) American Geophysical Union International Society for Optics a...
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