This is what you’ll find in the March/April 2020 isssue
WHAT’S NEW:
* The Informed Librarian Online is partnering with Emerald Publishing to bring you full-text access to Emerald’s library journals. At all times you have free access to all of the Emerald journals and the backfiles of these titles. You can read them, print them, and search for articles at their site. To view and link to the titles, go to <https://www.informedlibrarian.com/emeraldaccess.cfm>
Every month we will also be highlighting a large number of must-read Emerald articles for you to access full-text. Those links will also be found at <https://www.informedlibrarian.com/emeraldaccess.cfm>
* The redesigned Informed Librarian Online web site is now live at <https://www.informedlibrarian.com/>. Take a tour!
Highlights – expanded access for free members:
– The archives are open to everyone without a password. The full-text of the articles in the archive are still password-protected for Premium Members only.
– ILOSearches are open to everyone without a password and will allow you to see how many results (hits) are in the database.
– There is an ILOSearch box on every page of the site to make searching easier, or you can click directly on the Advanced Search link to get to the full search page to do more complex searches.
– All of the Picks of the Month found on the left of each screen (with the exception of the Featured Articles), are open to everyone.
– The icon at the top of each page will tell you if you are logged in or out.
– Our tech column has a new name – Tech Talk.
* We are also now on Facebook! If you “like” us, please “like” us on Facebook at
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The April 2020 issue of The Informed Librarian Online is now up at our web site.
To view the issue, with all the journal links and all the articles and reports of interest,
go to <https://www.informedlibrarian.com/this_month.cfm>
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CELEBRATING OUR EIGHTEENTH YEAR OF ONLINE PUBLICATION (2003-2020)!
368,000 ARTICLES INDEXED IN ILOSEARCH!
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This month’s highlights:
* TECH TALK –
This month’s column is by Howard Trace, director of the American Legion Library & Museum Division. He discusses self-service in libraries.
Read the latest article at <https://www.informedlibrarian.com/bitofbytes.cfm?FILE=bb2004.html>
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* FEATURED LIBRARY –
Your library can be profiled here!
If you would like to have your library profiled in The Informed Librarian Online, please contact me at arlene@infosourcespub.com
Our latest profile is of the New York Society Library, New York, NY.
Read the latest profile at <https://www.informedlibrarian.com/featuredlibrary.cfm?FILE=flib2004.html>
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* FEATURED BOOK –
Peiss, Kathy. Information Hunters: When Librarians, Soldiers, and Spies Banded Together in World War II Europe. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2020. 296pp.
<https://www.informedlibrarian.com/featuredBook.cfm?FILE=fbk2004.cfm>
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* GUEST FORUM –
This article is written by Jennifer Fielding, Coordinator of Library Services for the Lawrence Campus at Northern Essex Community College in Massachusetts. Jennifer discusses the evolving pedagogy around identifying mis- and disinformation.
<https://www.informedlibrarian.com/guestForum.cfm?FILE=gf2004.html>
Coming next issue: Nathan Rosen returns as our special guest!
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* OTHER ARTICLES OF INTEREST –
<https://crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/article/view/24334/32165>
Academic Librarian Publishing Productivity: An Analysis of Skills and Behaviors Leading to Success
<https://crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/article/view/24336/32167>
Core Knowledge and Specialized Skills in Academic Libraries
<https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/24318/32131>
Finding the Finals Fairy: Outreach and stress release during finals
<https://journals.tdl.org/llm/index.php/llm/article/view/7404/6536>
Leading Others To Lead: The Importance Of Staff Empowerment In Times Of Change
<https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ital/article/view/11519/9933>
Meeting Users Where They Are
<https://er.educause.edu/articles/2020/2/the-new-library-user-machine-learning>
The New Library User: Machine Learning
<https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/10309/9400>
A usability evaluation of Web user interface scrolling types
<https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ital/article/view/11369/9923>
Virtual Reality: A Survey of Use at an Academic Library
Premium Members get ENDLESS PREMIUM FULL-TEXT CONTENT available from Emerald, plus full-text articles from Elsevier (ScienceDirect), IOS Press, Sage, IGI-Global, University of Toronto Press and Information Today, that are normally restricted to paid subscribers to these journals.
* FEATURED ARTICLES –
Application of Quality in Use Model to Evaluate the User Experience of Online Banking Software
Artificial Intelligence is Not the Future, It is the Now
Changes in Academic Libraries in the Era of Open Science
Data Security: The Misuse of Technology and Points of Vulnerability in Everyday Information System
Direct Effects of Knowledge Management Practices on Organizational Performance
Employee Information Security Practices: A Framework and Research Agenda
Keep the Books on the Shelves: Library Space as Intrinsic Facilitator of the Reading Experience
Opening Virtual Doors: Developing a Virtual Library Open House
Play-and-Learn Spaces: Leveraging Library Spaces to Promote Caregiver and Child Interaction
Supporting Library Operational Needs With In-House 3D Printing
Trends and Cycles in the Publication of Solo Papers in Business and Economics Journals
Usability Evaluation of a Library Website with Different End User Groups
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