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Search Engine Watch October 31, 2006 Chris Sherman |
Rampant Malpractice Among Health Searchers Although most internet users turn to general-purpose search engines to find health related information, the majority don't bother to check the source and date of the information they find, according to a new study from the Pew Internet Project.  |
PC Magazine April 4, 2008 |
Have You Googled Yourself Today? Internet use in the U.S. is evolving, as shown by a recent Pew study.  |
Information Today October 20, 2011 |
Pew Research Center Unveils New Initiative on Libraries in Digital Age The Pew Research Center announced plans to study how the role of public libraries is changing in the digital age and how library patrons' needs and expectations are shifting.  |
Search Engine Watch January 24, 2005 Chris Sherman |
Survey: Searchers are Confident, Satisfied & Clueless The vast majority of searchers say they are confident about their searching skills and are successful at finding what they're looking for far more often than not, yet most don't understand how search engines work or present results.  |
Information Today November 19, 2012 |
New Findings Reaffirm Library Borrowers Are Also Buyers An extensive online poll of library ebook readers finds that these patrons purchase an average of 3.2 books (both print and ebooks) each month, and a majority would consider purchasing books discovered on a library website.  |
Information Today June 5, 2014 |
EBSCO and Infotrieve Combine Solutions Their mutual customers can use a single platform for searching, econtent access, rights management, and document delivery.  |
Search Engine Watch February 5, 2001 Danny Sullivan |
WebTop Search Rage Study A study conducted on behalf of search engine WebTop in the middle of 2000 sheds light on how often Internet users in the United States search, what they look for and the satisfaction or frustration they encounter, when searching.  |
InternetNews August 30, 2010 |
Older Americans Flock to Social Networking New report from Pew Internet Project finds that older Americans are gravitating to social sites like Facebook and LinkedIn at a staggering rate, much faster than the young.  |
PC Magazine September 1, 2009 Chloe Albanesius |
Logging on in Tough Times A new study finds recession-hit Americans turning to the Web.  |
Search Engine Watch July 12, 2005 Chris Sherman |
How Americans Search A recent study shows that over 50% of online users use a search service every time they go online. Common search goals include health and medical information, directions and maps, and news.  |
Information Today December 10, 2013 |
Three Library Associations Shut Down The Communications Group announced the end of its association management division, which manages three national library associations.  |
Information Today November 22, 2010 |
SirsiDynix Launches BookMyne 2.0 iPhone Application BookMyne features mobile access to in-demand library information, holdings, and services.  |
Search Engine Watch January 3, 2001 Danny Sullivan |
12 Minutes To Search Rage How long is too long until searching the web drives you crazy? Apparently, 12 minutes, according to a new survey commissioned by search engine WebTop.com...  |
Information Today October 15, 2001 Barbara Quint |
Factiva Scrambles to Fix Date-Ranging Glitch in Publications Library In an end-user searching world, traditional information industry firms can no longer rely on professional searchers serving as their early-warning system. The firms may have to do more in-house technical checking and build in more protective procedures to avoid such glitches...  |
InternetNews November 24, 2010 |
Pew Finds Deep Income Disparities in Tech Usage A new report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project highlights the digital divide by income, with higher-earning households reporting heavier Internet usage, more gadgets.  |
Information Today September 14, 2009 |
IMLS Grant Will Help Libraries Help the Unemployed Job seekers have packed libraries around the country during recent months, searching online job sites, building resumes, making use of a wide range of other employment services and resources. More help is on the way.  |
Information Today March 25, 2010 |
Summon Discovery Service Adds Database Recommender Feature ProQuest's Serials Solutions (www.serialssolutions.com) has added a new feature to its Summon web-scale discovery service that leads searchers to specialized databases in a library's collection.  |
Information Today September 15, 2015 |
Innovative Lays Out Strategic Goals Innovative released a set of strategic goals for the following areas: library success, employee success, product leadership, and library partnership.  |
Information Today August 26, 2010 |
The British Library to Offer Free Access to Bibliographic Records The U.K. national library has around 14 million catalogue records comprising a wealth of bibliographic data. The initiative will help expose this vast dataset to users worldwide.  |
Information Today July 9, 2012 Paula J. Hane |
The Challenging Landscape of Ebooks in Libraries The overall growth in digital content of all kinds, and in particular, the growing importance and acceptance of ebooks, has clearly presented great opportunities for libraries, as well as plenty of challenges.  |
Information Today March 17, 2015 |
TLC Displays Reading Levels in Its ILS Products The Library Corp. added Reading Level Integration to its Library*Solution and Library*Solution for Schools.  |
D-Lib Nov/Dec 2011 Michalis Gerolimos |
Academic Libraries on Facebook: An Analysis of Users' Comments This paper examines users' comments on the Facebook pages of 20 American academic libraries and subdivides them into 22 categories.  |
InternetNews September 17, 2010 |
Study: Mobile Phone Users Largely Ignore Apps Pew Research Center study finds majority of cell phone owners don't bother using any of the apps embedded on them.  |
AFP eWire May 29, 2012 Derrick Feldmann |
You Get More With Facebook Than You Give -- Is Your Organization Stepping Up to the Challenge? Here are three suggested applications for non-profit organizations that use Facebook.  |
Information Today November 12, 2015 |
OCLC Research Shares Patron Behavior Study Findings It offers an overview of user-behavior findings for librarians, information scientists, and library and information science students and researchers so they can plan for future user-centered library services.  |
Information Today March 31, 2008 |
NTIS Launches Improved Search Engine The National Technical Information Service's new search engine features enhanced retrieval speed and new advanced searching capabilities  |
Information Today September 4, 2014 |
GPO Designates First Digital-Only FDLP Member Sitting Bull College Library became the first digital-only member of the U.S. Government Printing Office's Federal Depository Library Program.  |
D-Lib May/Jun 2010 Xihui Zhen |
Overview of Digital Library Development in China The greatest challenges for Chinese national digital library projects are digital resource construction and a design of services provision.  |
Information Today October 8, 2015 |
Bibliotheca Takes On 3M Library Systems Bibliotheca's shareholders, One Equity Partners, completed the acquisition of 3M Library Systems' North American business, including its security, productivity, and cloud solutions.  |
Information Today October 15, 2015 |
Bibliotheca Puts Cloud Library First On the heels of its acquisition of 3M Library Systems, Bibliotheca revealed that the 3M Cloud Library will become its primary digital product.  |
Information Today July 23, 2015 |
Innovative Publishes Report on Libraries and the Web Innovative released a survey report of 4,000-plus academic library users in the U.K.  |
Information Today February 2, 2012 |
Infotrieve Launches New Features for Mobile Library Infotrieve, Inc. announced a new release of its cloud-based Mobile Library, updated with an improved search function, additional features for Personal & Shared Libraries and general user interface enhancements.  |
Information Today December 19, 2013 |
National Library to Digitize Norway's Books The entire digital collection is available for researchers working on-site at the National Library. The library estimates that it will spend 20-30 years digitizing all titles.  |
Information Today August 18, 2008 |
WebJunction Launches New Social Learning Site OCLC announced that WebJunction, the online learning community for librarians and library staff, has launched a new social and learning experience  |
PC Magazine February 15, 2006 Sebastian Rupley |
Net to the Rescue How critical has the Internet become in helping people make key decisions?  |
Information Today November 17, 2015 |
TLC Highlights Newest Developments The Library Corp. introduced enhancements to its Library*Solution, CARL*X, and CARL*Connect products.  |
InternetNews December 9, 2010 |
Pew: 8 Percent of Americans on Twitter Pew produces its first Twitter-only study, offering insights into the user base of the popular microblogging service.  |
Information Today September 5, 2013 |
Polaris Streamlines ILS Migration Quality assurance and new structure for the implementations team helped Polaris Library Systems streamline its integrated library system migration process.  |
Information Today February 19, 2009 |
WebJunction Offers Guide to Library Management Competencies WebJunction, the online learning community for librarians and library staff, has released Library Management Competencies, to help library managers be more successful in their work.  |
D-Lib Jul/Aug 2002 James Ghaphery |
My Library at Virginia Commonwealth University: Third Year Evaluation My Library is a personalization tool that allows the library user to consolidate frequently used library resources and services. Since 1998, My Library has been available as a web page to users of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries.  |
Information Today January 7, 2008 |
Pew Internet Project Issues New Report on Information Searching The report said that recent national survey results challenge the assumption that libraries are losing relevance in the internet age. Here are some statistics from the survey.  |
T.H.E. Journal November 2002 Mahesh S. Raisinghani |
Wireless Library Aids Student Productivity A wireless network permits a library to give all of its users high-speed access to the Internet as well as to its online resources. Students access the resources using laptops with wireless connections to the Internet and the library's intranet.  |
Information Today April 15, 2014 Barbie E. Keiser |
National Library Week 2014: Lives Change @ Your Library The United States has celebrated National Library Week during the second week of April (aka School Library Month) since 1958. This year, it's being celebrated April 13-19, with author Judy Blume serving as honorary chair.  |
Information Today June 25, 2012 |
Penguin Group Launches Library Lending Pilot Program Penguin Group, The New York Public Library, and 3M Library Systems announced a pilot project that will make Penguin eBooks available to patrons of both The New York Public Library and the Brooklyn Public Library.  |
InternetNews August 12, 2010 |
Americans Doubt Government Role in Broadband Latest research from Pew Internet Project highlights American uncertainty about the government's role in promoting broadband, while adoption rate stalls.  |
Information Today November 4, 2010 |
University of Pittsburgh Library System Joins HathiTrust This library is the newest member of HathiTrust, a partnership of major academic and research libraries collaborating in a digital library initiative to preserve and provide access to the published record in digital form.  |
InternetNews March 1, 2010 |
Online News Second Only to TV, Pew Finds New nationwide survey by Pew finds that TV and the Internet rank as the favorite outlets for news distribution, while highlighting the increasing social and participatory dimension news has taken on in the online era.  |
ONLINE November 2000 Mick O'Leary |
Grading the Library Portals The ideal library portal will have the most thorough coverage possible in several areas of the library profession for all types of libraries...  |
Information Today June 26, 2014 |
3M Cloud Library App Gets a Makeover 3M Library Systems plans to release a new version of its 3M Cloud Library app for ebook and e-audiobook lending in August 2014.  |
Information Today August 26, 2010 |
"Geek the Library" Campaign Now Available to All U.S. Libraries The campaign is designed to highlight the vital role of public libraries in today's challenging economic environment and to increase local library support.  |