Category Archives: search

Regardless of age, everyone googles

12 February 2008 – 6:03 am

A study by the British Library and the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) concludes that “research-behaviour traits that are commonly associated with younger users – impatience in search and navigation, and zero tolerance [...]

By Margaret L Ruwoldt | Also posted in online, research, users | Comments (0)

Physical spaces for scholarly information

2 February 2008 – 6:13 am

This week’s VALA 2008 conference in Melbourne includes a series of presentations about designing physical and virtual spaces for scholarly activity.
Scholarly activity happens in many different kinds of places. Perhaps the most obvious is the library building.
What does a library look like? Here are photos of two libraries that look like giant bookshelves: temporary construction [...]

By Margaret L Ruwoldt | Also posted in spaces, users | Comments (0)