Useful overview of new ways of thinking about the role of library discovery systems in the context of the networked environment.  Highlights the necessary changes to the function of library catalogs now that discovery, location, request and retrieval can be separated from one another. 

 

"Much of the discussion is about improving the catalogue user's experience, not an unreasonable aspiration. However, we really need to put this in the context of a more far-reaching set of issues about discovery and about the continued evolution of library systems, including the catalogue, in a changing network environment. In this environment, users increasingly discover resources in places other than the catalogue."

A Columbia Librarian posted a long article about tagging systems and their use in libraries. Interesting reading.

I love Cites & Insights, but I swear I just read the last one last night -- they're coming too often. Anyway, I look forward to Walt Crawford's take on the whole Library2.0 craze.

Very clear and short. Perhaps reverse the order in the list below. But, a nice start.

The gray bit over at the side is a little hidden, but provides most of what we want.

A nice layout that includes the most popular indexes plus the subject indexes. Also allows space for ILL and journal lists.

This is great. The popular databases along the side and nothing on the page except the choose a topic. Quite nice.

UIUC has a nice basics guide for articles.