
The Journal of Web Librarianship About to do some serious web server log / Google Analytics? Check out "Understanding User-Web Interactions via Web Analytics" by Jim Jansen:
Morgan & Claypool Publishers - Synthesis Lectures on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services -
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This lecture presents an overview of the Web analytics process, with a focus on providing insight and actionable outcomes from collecting and analyzing Internet data. The lecture first provides an overview of Web analytics, providing in essence, a condensed version of the entire lecture. ...

The Journal of Web Librarianship Fbook now offers "Link Your Page to Your Twitter Account!" Get JWL Fbook updates on Twitter at jweblib, http://twitter.com/jweblib

The Journal of Web Librarianship Forthcoming in 3(4), "Hacking Blackboard: Customizing Access to Library Resources through the Blackboard Course Management System," by Lynda M. Kellam, Richard Cox, and Hannah Winkler
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Abstracts and keywords for articles forthcoming in the Journal of Web Librarianship

The Journal of Web Librarianship Forthcoming in 3(4): "Transcending Library Catalogs: A Comparative Study of Controlled Terms in LCSH and User-Generated Tags in LibraryThing for Transgender Books" by Melissa Adler
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The Journal of Web Librarianship Lesson learned: Filter out developer ip addresses from your Google Analytics! Only applies to new traffic, though.
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The Journal of Web Librarianship Forthcoming in 3(4): "An Analysis of Undergraduate Students' Search Behaviors in an Information Literacy Class" by Hsin-Liang Chen
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The Journal of Web Librarianship In Sep 2009 C&RL, Library Service Perceptions: A Study of Two Universities: "Are the student responses of Institution A/B similar to the responses found in the OCLC study? The answer is a resounding no."
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The full-text of these articles are available to currentACRL members only. You will need your password to access them.

The Journal of Web Librarianship Curious as to how an "old school" print book is made? Despite the rise of e-Books, there's something about watching this process that captures what is still beloved about the pages-in-hand model...
The Making of a Five Million Copy Book - Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Gam
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A multi-contributor blog with the mission of providing information, content, and free ebook downloads to fans of Science Fiction and Fantasy books, movies, and games.

The Journal of Web Librarianship "Soft Skills for Web Project Managers" - all-day ASIS&T 2009 preconf workshop focused on communication, teamwork, and usability for web managers: 5 Nov 2009. Early Bird Registration: 9/25/09
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The Journal of Web Librarianship Tip from Dan Rubin to generate a non-arbitrary color palette for new web design: Get a photo or two that would appeal to target market; use kuler.adobe.com or Photoshop's Pixelate filter to generate palette from photo. Done!

The Journal of Web Librarianship Editorial tip: Always consider a co-author! Studies have shown that single-author mss are more likely to be rejected than those with two or more authors. Find someone who has strengths you lack, perhaps in creating graphs, running stats, or being succinct.

The Journal of Web Librarianship Here's a hot paper from Joe Murphy at Yale University!
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@libraryfuture “Social Networking Literacy Competencies for Librarians: Exploring Considerations and Engaging Particip

Google's Book Search: A Disaster for Scholars - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Educa
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Whether the Google books settlement passes muster with the U.S. District Court and the Justice Department, Google's book search is clearly on track to becoming the world's largest digital library. No less important, it is also almost certain to be the last one. ...

The Journal of Web Librarianship JWL 3(3) has gone to print!! If you think the time between reviewing galley proofs and actual, in-print publication is a complete mystery, join the club! Maybe one day I will go on a tour of a publisher's offices to see why...

The Journal of Web Librarianship Mini-review: I used the UTE this past year to facilitate 45+ usability test sessions. Though pricey (whoa mama!), it saved big in staff time and made analysis more straightforward. Maybe get a mini-grant to pay for it?
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Describes the design and purpose of Bailey's Usability Testing Environment














