Students and professionals in library and information science should know about E-LIS: Eprints in Library and Information Science. It is a discipline-specific, open-access repository containing thousands of scholarly articles on library and information science.
Joint conferences this fall in Washington D.C. offer networking and good learning opportunities.
I went to one of my favorite bookstores the other day. I have been awaiting the release of E. E. Knight’s Winter Duty. Looking at the overhead signs for sections, I realized that this is the beginning of a taxonomy....My realization that the bookstore is using a taxonomy made me realize that taxonomies are merely a way of grouping information together in a way that is relevant to the user.
New referencing site provides value to librarians' role.