The article deals with the rapidly spreading phenomenon of collective tagging and its impact on library community. The term collective tagging implies the method of organization which is used in order to organize, preserve, search, and exchange the c...
Altmetric measurements derived from the social web are increasingly advocated and used as early indicators of article impact and usefulness. Nevertheless, there is a lack of systematic scientific evidence that altmetrics are valid proxies of either impact or utility although a few case studies have reported medium correlations between specific altmetrics and citation rates for individual journals or fields. Finally, the coverage of all the altmetrics except for Twitter seems to be low and so it is not clear if they are prevalent enough to be useful in practice.
Bedingt durch historische Sammelpraxen sehen sich Bibliotheken mit Beständen konfrontiert, die koloniales und rassistisches Gedankengut beinhalten. Ein progressiver Umgang ist nötig
Below are my prepared remarks for the ALA MidWinter President's Program, billed as a debate on the question of Are Libraries Neutral? I was on the Hell No side. Please be sure to also read Emily Drabinki's remarks -- she was a designated commenter and she slayed. There will apparently be a video available later,…