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http://jculibrarytechnology.blogspot.com/2013/01/removing-library-jargon-from-our-home.html In January I tend to catch up on all my statistics collection for the last year - and if I can, do some cursory analysis. I've been using Google Analytics Campaigns to track the use of links on the Library's home page - which was revamped around this time last year after usability testing with students. After finally biting the 'less library jargon' bullet.

JCU Library Technologies: Removing Library Jargon from our Home page - what Google Analytics tells us

What does the future hold for our university libraries?

Library 2.0

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2012 top ten trends in academic libraries

A review of the trends and issues affecting academic libraries in higher education ACRL Research Planning and Review Committee http://crln.acrl.org/content/73/6/311.full
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Collaboration Ideas

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On the 8th of May I attended an event held by the Northern Division of CILIP ARLG held at Teesside University. An interesting start of missing the original train at Central Station due to delayed metros and then getting into a taxi where the driver decided to drive over some moving bollards.

“Shhhh? The Reality of New Technologies and their Place in Libraries” « louiselib

http://louiselib.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/shhhh-the-reality-of-new-technologies-and-their-place-in-libraries/

How is Google different from traditional Library OPACs & databases?

http://musingsaboutlibrarianship.blogspot.com/2012/05/how-is-google-different-from.html#.UVeDutF-P0M It's a truism in library circles today to say that Google and web search engines (I will use "Google" as a stand in for web search engines) have changed the way users search which in turn affects what they expect from searches in the library.
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