TV (& Online?) Viewer Metrics Wrong for 35 Years?

"So exit demographics, and, just in time, enter psychographics."

Marty Kaplan: The Naked Nielsens - via The Huffington Post

National Poetry Month + National Library Week = This...

“A library is a bricks-and-mortar version of a poem: all about structure and organization….A library is a big, inclusive, magnificent poem.” - Robert Wrigley

Another Ebook Provider Trial: Emerald eBooks; Content/interface Comments Welcomed!

A new e-trial for Emerald eBooks provided by Emerald is now available at:

http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/general/ejournals/ejnfree.htm  -- look for the link to New E-Resource Trials (a log-in is required if you are off the WSU campus). Please send me any comments you might have about this resource (interface, content, etc), as well as the other ebook database trials for Springer and ebrary  (oenglishATwsu.edu or wsulorena @ Skype, Twitter, Yahoo Chat, etc.) or just leave a comment to this blog post. This is a great opportunity to access resources that we may not have, and to see how the various ebook providers/formats work for you. 

 

[yes, you are right - almost every blog posting is in a different font or font size...I'm trying to decide which one I like. This one is Trebuchet, which is a great name and evocative of washing machines being catapulted across garbage dumps...]

It's Poem in Your Pocket Day!

Today is Poem in Your Pocket Day! Take a few minutes and come over to the Holland and Terrell Libraries to celebrate. You can browse the poetry collection in the Ruth Slonim Poetry Corner, grab a poem to go & more. Remember: Keep a poem in your pocket / and a picture in your head / and you'll never be lonely / at night when you're in bed! (Can't make it over? Create your own poem the DaDa way: http://bit.ly/XlppP)

 

Today (4/12) is Library Snapshot Day! Fill Out a Comment Form!

Today - Tuesday, April 12th -  is Library Snapshot Day at WSU Pullman and libraries all around the State. Come in to one of our six libraries: you can research, read, work together in groups, take a quiet nap, or ...? Fill out a comment form about what you did at the libraries and how you feel about the libraries and on April 30th our WSUP data will join libraries all over the state in a Washington State Library Snapshot...(and we'll have a few actual snapshots up on Flickr too). 


Not in a physical library? Fill out the following, print it out/scan.copy'n'paste it (or take a screenshot), and send it to me: oenglish@wsu.edu (I promise to ignore email addresses!) - or just write a comment to this blog post....

Library:  The Washington State University Pullman Libraries 

Which Specialized Library?  ___ Holland & Terrell  ___Owen  ___Education  ___Animal Sciences  ___ Agricultural  ___Architecture

What did you do at the library today? Check all that apply.

__ Checked out materials. Number: _____ __ Got help from Librarian/Library staff __ Used a computer for entertainment              (email, Facebook, etc.)

__ Searched research database, catalog,  or       other online resource for class work __ Read a magazine, journal, or newspaper __ Attended a library instruction class

__ Used Course Reserves __ Studied alone or with a group __ Attended Snapshot day event  __ Other (please specify)

Share your comment about your library here: (use back if necessary) ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

__ Undergraduate   __ Graduate/Professional   __ Faculty/Staff  __ Community User      __ Other: _______________________

Optional: Name: _________________________________________________________________

Thank You!   Snapshot Day is a project of the ALA, and a host of Washington State Library Associations.

Want to know more? Ask your librarian or check us out on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/walibrarysnapshot

  

"The Revolution Will Be Televised" - a webcomic about the Egyptian Revolution

The fact that my image is a picture of me in a Galactus hat, and my LibGuides icon is a drawing of me by web comic creator Jeph Jacques  should give you the clue that I like comics; also my not-quite-relentless flogging of my current exhibit, Comic Society: Reflections, in the WSU Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives & Special Collections (Go see it if you haven't yet! Take a friend! Take your Mom!). My friend Karen Green (Columbia University's medieval studies and comics librarian extraordinare) alerted me to this via her Twitter feed - this comic is by an American graduate student and his cartoonist friend who were in Egypt earlier this year during the demonstrations/revolution. It's an ongoing project - as of now there are seven pages, but the story is barely beginning...
http://www.act-i-vate.com/126-1-1.comic

Social Sciences Electronic Resources Trials - Use them while we have them!

Trials provide temporary access to resources that we are taking a look at. I'd appreciate your feedback about these resources - send me an email, IM, or whatever. You can access them here (WSU NID required if off-campus).

CQ Press - International Affairs (ends 4/28)

• CQ Global Researcher Plus Archive - unbiased and comprehensive reports on critical international issues dating back to 1923.
• Resort to War, 1816-2007 - the benchmark reference for understanding the phenomenon of war.
• World at Risk - presents thirty-two essays, written by experts in their fields, that provide in-depth analysis on such key topics as demographics and settlement; economics; the environment; education, health, and welfare; politics and governance; and security.

 The Springer Ebook Collection (ends 5/15)

Access to more than 24,000 eBook titles. Please note that titles are divided into twelve subject collections ranging from Behavioral Science to Professional and Applied Computing.

Instantaneous and convenient access to book content wherever and whenever needed.

The trial includes access to all English/International language content from 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 as well as book series dating back to 1997. This constitutes close to 20,000 titles. These are the eBook Packages that are currently being marketed in the Americas. Trial is provided by Springer eProducts.

 ebrary Ebook Trial (ends 5/3)

Women and Social Movements (trial ends 5/30)
Women and Social Movements Scholar's Edition is a resource for students and scholars of U.S. history and U.S. women's history. Organized around the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000, this collection seeks to advance scholarly debates and understanding about U.S. history generally at the same time that it makes the insights of women's history accessible to teachers and students at universities, colleges, and high schools. The collection currently includes 100 document projects and archives with almost 3,950 documents and 150,000 pages of additional full-text documents, written by some 2,150 primary authors. It also includes book, film, and website reviews, notes from the archives, and teaching tools. Provided by Alexander Street Press.

Oxford Handbooks Online
Oxford Handbooks Online from the prestigious Oxford Handbooks series are now available online as a collection in four subject modules – Business & Management, Philosophy, Political Science, and Religion. Each handbook takes an aspect of its discipline and unpacks it, explaining the key issues, the classic and contemporary debates on those issues, and setting the agenda for how those debates might evolve. Introductory and yet sophisticated, the handbooks offer authoritative and trustworthy guides to the scholarship that defines the field. Provided by Oxford University Press.