The University of North Carolina at Greensboro campus just launched the Journal of Learning Spaces with support of the University Libraries. First off, it’s great to see a university library system hosting their own open access journals and, secondly, the interdisciplinary focus of the publication, I think, will allow for some pretty interesting intersections of topics: [...]
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I'm Kyle Jones, a PhD student in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I use this site to share my professional development and thoughts about my progression in my program. I also tend to write a lot about WordPress, a techy interest of mine on the side.
21
Oct
The Power Shift in Patron Privacy
In response and extension of Sarah Houghton’s livid take on the patron privacy in the wake of the Overdrive and Amazon eBook agreement, I suggest that we use the opportunity not to reform commercial privacy issues but instead to educate library users on the issues at hand.
14
Oct
Matt Mullenweg (of WordPress) & Dries Buytaert (of Drupal) Have a Chat
It’s a long interview but enlightening (see SCHIPUL for more info). I appreciated the candor from both founders on how their historical roots influence how their products continue to run and be influenced by past decisions for better or for worse. Mullenweg on how his focus on usability continues to dominate some of the design decisions [...]