Comments for Information Matters - Library and Information Studies at the University of Brighton

Comment on Building on our research by Juliet Eve

Juliet Eve — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:44:06 +0000

but always good to see and hear David in action again!

Comment on Student wins SLA Europe award by Martin De Saulles

Martin De Saulles — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:15:00 +0000

thanks, Sarah – yes, congrats to Chris Rhodes as well.

Comment on Student wins SLA Europe award by Librariansontheloose

Librariansontheloose — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:15:07 +0000

That’s such great news, I am very pleased for him. My pal Chris is the other person who won a place there!

Comment on Technological change and the information professional by Martin De Saulles

Martin De Saulles — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:46:44 +0000

thanks, John.
I agree – users will expect more from information services (whether libraries or something else) – Google is helping create a generation expecting instant information gratification

Comment on Technological change and the information professional by John Hardy

John Hardy — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:31:33 +0000

Great article.

The challenge is going to be moving from merely providing access to material (the primary purpose of libraries for millenia) to technology that helps us locate the one leaf we need in a forest-full

Comment on Collection Management by Steve

Steve — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:38:35 +0000

Katie

Don’t worry – we keep theses in perpetuity (although they are also starting to be digitised by the British Library).

Comment on Collection Management by Steve

Steve — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:36:51 +0000

I should also have added that we consulted, and obtained the agreement of, the primary ex-users of this material before proceeding with the disposal (including the Dean of Science & Engineering)!

Comment on Collection Management by Martin

Martin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:56:02 +0000

thanks, Steve – I’m sure there are academic libraries up and down the country doing similar things. I probably only consult paper journals once or twice a year – online access via the PC is the future.

Comment on Collection Management by Steve

Steve — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:51:19 +0000

Despite appearances i.e. the fact that the stuff is in a skip, we are in fact recycling this material which consists of a run of Chemical Abstracts which haven’t been consulted in years but were cluttering up our closed stack.

Comment on Collection Management by Katie Piatt

Katie Piatt — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:43:47 +0000

What are all those green books? At least they’re not blue (the PhD theses – I know nobody reads them in print like that but would be sad to see them disposed of…) Will ask some friendly blogging librarians to post a comment here and enlighten us!