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Annotation #1: Gendreau, R. (2007). The new techno culture in the workplace and at home. Journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge, 11(2), 191-196. Explores the rise of technology in American society and the resulting changes in daily work and home life. Discusses various societal complications created by technology and coping strategies for dealing with rapid change and advancement. Annotation #2: Dearstyne, B. (2007). Blogs, mashups, & wikis: Oh my! Information Management Journal, 41(4), 25-31. Addresses the challenges faced by records and information management professionals due to the increasing use of web-based services. Introduces these services and summarizes certain issues faced by professionals. Includes discussion on ways to overcome problems and to capitalize on the benefits of these new services. Annotation #3: Fagan, J.C. (2006). Usability testing of a large, multidisciplinary library database: basic search and visual search. Information Technology and Libraries, 25(3), 140-150. Discusses the integration of visual and basic search tools in library research databases. Examines the results of university-run EBSCOhost basic and visual searches to determine program usability for the purpose of aiding users in research and information retrieval. Annotation #4: Chapman, A. (2007). Resource discovery: catalogs, cataloguing, and the user. Library Trends, 55(4), 917-931. Examines library resource discovery from the perspective of the visually impaired. Discusses the need for easier information access in catalog systems. Provides suggestions for possible enhancements and improvements for both visually impaired and sighted patrons. Annotation #5: Beszteri, I., & Vuorimaa, P. (2007). Vertical navigation of layout adapted web documents. World Wide Web, 10(1), 1-35. Discusses layout adaptation issues in various digital devices. Introduces both an XML for web clients that supports adaptation and a navigation method for combining several web documents into one page. Includes appendices with flowcharts and XML code examples. Annotation #6: Kurniawan, S.H., King, A., Evans, D.G., & Blenkhorn, P.L. (2006). Personalising web page presentation for older people. Interacting with Computers, 18(3), 457-477. Examines different ways of aiding older people with using the World Wide Web. Discusses age-related functional impairment issues and describes possible web design solutions for circumventing them. Includes results of pilot studies teaching older adults to navigate the web. Annotation #7: Rains, S., & Scott, C. R. (2007). To identify or not to identify: A theoretical model of receiver responses to anonymous communication. Communication Theory 17(1), 61–91. Presents a theoretical model for explaining receiver responses when the communication source is anonymous. Focuses on the message receivers rather than on the anonymous sources. Discusses issues influencing source identification and the potential benefits and drawbacks of source anonymity. Annotation #8: Myburgh, S. (2002). Strategic information management:Understanding a new reality. Information Management Journal, 36(1), 36-40. Discusses the increasing demands for technological literacy in records and information managers. Introduces the concept of strategic information management to aid in the development of such literacy. Defines how this concept works to integrate the various disciplines and technologies necessary for modern information management. Annotation #9: Jones, R., Peters, K., & Shields, E. (2007). Transform your training: Practical approaches to interactive Information Literacy teaching. Journal of Information Literacy, 1(1), 35-42. Discusses integration of interactive methods into information literacy training at a British university. Explores the various preferred learning styles of adult students and provides several examples of low-technology interactivity methods. Annotation #10: Barnett-Ellis, P., & Charnigo, L. (2005). Wireless networks in medium-sized academic libraries: a national survey. Information Technology & Libraries, 24(1), 13-21. Focuses on the adoption and use of wireless technology by medium-sized academic libraries in the United States. Discusses the number of libraries already using wireless technology and whether this technology has proven beneficial to those institutions. Annotation #11: Drew Jr., W. (2003). Wireless networks: New meaning to ubiquitous computing. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 29(2), 102-106. Describes the increased use of wireless local area networking in academic libraries. Presents methods for installing wireless programs and discusses their potential security risks. Also discusses the benefits and drawbacks of implementing wireless networking in libraries. Annotation #12: Taddeo, L. (2006). Information access post September 11: What librarians need to know. Library Philosophy and Practice, 9(1), 1 -22. Discusses the history of information flow during wartime and prior efforts at information censorship and restriction in the United States. Examines the role of librarians in information access from past wartime up through the September 11th era. Includes recommendations and guidelines for determining how librarians should deal with information restriction. Annotation #13: Swanson, T. (2005). Teaching students about information: information literacy and cognitive authority. Research Strategies, 20(4), 322-333. Discusses the recent shift in student information-searching with the rise of web-based information availability. Presents a model for use by librarians and teachers to enable them to teach students how to search for information. Annotation #14: McKenzie, P. (2003). Justifying cognitive authority decisions: Discursive strategies of information seekers. Library Quarterly, 73(3), 261-288. Provides an introduction to the concepts of cognitive authority, constructionism, and the positioning theory and discusses the integration and use of these concepts with each other. Analyzes interview transcripts to determine the techniques used by information seekers in determining the cognitive authority of peer and professional sources. Annotation #15: Fallis, D. (2007). Information ethics for twenty-first century library professionals. Library Hi Tech, 25(1), 23-36. Introduces concepts and resources essential for library professionals in studying information ethics. Emphasizes the importance of ethics in the profession and discusses various ways in which ethical dilemmas might be resolved. Recommends methods for aiding library professionals in learning and applying codes of ethics in their careers. |