Category Archives: Misc

Emerging public librarian roles and skills: A literature review

By | 5 de Maio de 2007

http://emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/09680819710159727 Emerging professional roles for public librarians are considered , including such job labels as the net navigator, the educator, the information consultant, the gatekeeper, the electronic intermediary, the community network administrator and the social information worker. Finally, attention is given to the need for initiatives and catalytic efforts in the European arena for the purpose of upgrading… Read More »

A emergência da Cidadania 2.0

By | 5 de Maio de 2007

“You’d rather see Digg go down fighting than bow down to a bigger company, […] We hear you, and effective immediately, we won’t delete stories or comments containing the code, and will deal with whatever the consequences might be. If we lose, then what the hell, at least we died trying.” Source: http://blog.digg.com/?p=74 Com todos os vectores da… Read More »

Neil Gaiman tem um cão

By | 4 de Maio de 2007

E em vez de esperar-mos pela sua biografia, para saber como o cão entrou na vida dele, e provavelmente apenas em segunda mão e com a história algo deturpada, sabemo-lo da boca (caneta (teclado)) do ilustre escritor acompanhado por imagens do belo canídeo que agora tem um dono que gosta de passear ao invéz de um que o mantinha… Read More »

Sobre o Horizon Report 2007

By | 29 de Abril de 2007

“Information literacy increasingly should not be considered a given. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, the information literacy skills of new students are not improving as the post-1993 Internet boomlet enters college. At the same time, in a sea of user-created content, collaborative work, and instant access to information of varying quality, the skills of critical thinking, research, and… Read More »