Professional Reading Shelf
Students–Research
Source: Library Journal
Columbia Study: University Students Gravitate to Electronic Resources
From the article: “For a while, librarians and others in the scholarly community have been saying that college students often try Google first and may miss more serious sources available via the library or its web site. Now some statistics back that up. The Electronic Publishing Initiative at Columbia (EPIC), as part of a longer project on electronic resources, recently released the results of its study of 1,223 undergraduate and graduate students around the country, specializing in the fields of political science, international affairs or earth/environmental science. The results, which made the front page of the June 21 New York Times, led EPIC to point out the need to train students on how to evaluate resources, as well as the need to provide better access to full-text digital sources.”
Read the Executive Summary
Read the study [PPT]
See Also Gary’s views on the article that appeared in the New York Times
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Libraries–Filtering
Source: Managing Information
American Library Association To Launch USA Patriot Study
From the article: “The American Library Association (ALA) announced during its 2004 Annual Conference in Orlando (June 24 to 30) that it is seeking funding to conduct this fall an in-depth, longitudinal study of Law Enforcement Access to Library Records and Technology. The study seeks to make clear the extent to which a variety of law enforcement tools are used to gather data on individuals through their interaction with public and academic libraries in the wake of the USA PATRIOT Act.”
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Intellectual Property–Digital Rights Management
Microsoft Research DRM Talk
Transcript of speech given by Cory Doctorow to Microsoft’s Research Group on why digital rights management systems “don’t work…are bad for society…are bad for business…are bad for artists…are a bad business move for Microsoft”.

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