QOTD: the convenience of online
From the blog of Harvard economist, Dani Rodrik:
> An article
[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/magazine/27wwln-idealab-t.
UX
Broadly construed .. how we experience systems, services and interfaces.
333 postsIn the flow - Washington and Wikipedia
In recent presentations
[https://www.oclc.org/research/staff/dempsey/presentations.htm] I have been
referring to the University of
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Universal search and the rich texture of suggestion
There has been some discussion – less than I expected – about Google’s steps to
develop a unified search across its
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Glanceability
Glanceability is about enabling “users to understand information with low
cognitive effort”. And further:
> Glanceability refers to how quickly
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Academic Library Organization
One of the reasons I liked [https://blog.oclc.org/lorcand/archives/001325.html]
Key Perspectives’ report on Researchers’ Use
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A many featured catalogue
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The Powerhouse Museum [https://www.powerhousemuseum.com/home.php] in Sydney has
been doing very
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Fan fiction
The ever-interesting Hitwise blog has a post talking about what 18 to 24 year
olds do online.
> Yesterday I
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A perspective on the academic library
The pattern of central funding for education and cultural areas in the UK has
led to the emergence of a
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Books are technology too
The book as a material object is central, influential and marvelously adapted to various uses. It is the outcome of a technology and design process over many years. This is increasingly recognised in the digital environment and the evolved technology of the book is more apparent.
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Student use
I was very interested to read (via eFoundations
[https://efoundations.typepad.com/efoundations/]) a note on the Ancient Geeks
[https:
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Librarians in the flow
OK, a last note from the CIC Getting in the Flow conference, from which
presentations
[https://www.cic.uiuc.edu/
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Bookspace
Hennepin County Library [https://www.hclib.org/pub/] scored a small coup by
securing the name Bookspace [www.bookspace.org]
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