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New Faculty Orientation
August 27, 2007
Boston University Libraries
Digital Information Resources- the view from inside and from outside
New Faculty Orientation
August 27, 2007
Boston University Libraries
Digital Information Resources- the view from inside and from outside
http:/www.bu.edu/library
New Faculty Orientation
August 27, 2007
Boston University Libraries
Digital Information Resources- the view from inside and from outside
http:/www.bu.edu/library• Gateway to all that BU has to offer
New Faculty Orientation
August 27, 2007
Boston University Libraries
Digital Information Resources- the view from inside and from outside
http:/www.bu.edu/library• Gateway to all that BU has to offer• Multiple links
to selected rich resources requiring prior knowledge and context
New Faculty Orientation
August 27, 2007
Boston University Libraries
Digital Information Resources- the view from inside and from outside
http://google.com
New Faculty Orientation
August 27, 2007
Boston University Libraries
Digital Information Resources- the view from inside and from outside
http://google.com• All-knowing blank search box
New Faculty Orientation
August 27, 2007
Boston University Libraries
Digital Information Resources- the view from inside and from outside
http://google.com• All-knowing blank search box• Gateway to
the uncertain and unknown
New Faculty Orientation
August 27, 2007
Boston University Libraries
Digital Information Resources- the view from inside and from outside
http://google.com• All-knowing blank search box• Gateway to
the uncertain and unknown
• Effective use requires prior knowledge and context
New Faculty Orientation
August 27, 2007
Boston University Libraries
Digital Information Resources- the view from inside and from outside
Which do you want your students to rely upon?
http:/www.bu.edu/library• Gateway to all that BU has to offer• Multiple links to selected rich resources
requiring prior knowledge and context
http://google.com• All-knowing blank search box• Gateway to the uncertain and unknown• Effective use requires prior knowledge
and context
New Faculty Orientation
August 27, 2007
Boston University LibrariesDigital Information Resources- the view from inside and from outside
What we are up against
New Faculty Orientation
August 27, 2007
Boston University Libraries
Digital Information Resources- the view from inside and from outside
You can tell your students where to go
New Faculty Orientation
August 27, 2007
Boston University Libraries
Digital Information Resources- the view from inside and from outside
You can tell your students where to go
New Faculty Orientation
August 27, 2007
Boston University Libraries
Digital Information Resources- the view from inside and from outside
Why Grit? Because we’ve lost you!
”72% of scholars …confessed to using Google to find scholarly literature on the web.”
“…in June 2005 Google would account for over 56% of referrals to research articles in HighWire journals, while PubMed Central, a renowned life sciences repository,
would account for less than 9%“
"Journals in the time of Google: while the struggle over open access plays out, librarians, vendors, and publishers continue to trade within a market dominated by all things electronic,” Lee C. Van Orsdel and Born Kathleen Library Journal, April 15, 2006
New Faculty Orientation
August 27, 2007
Boston University Libraries
Digital Information Resources- the view from inside and from outside
A tenuous link
“…digital library resources reside outside …the course management system.”
Educating the Net Generation
New Faculty Orientation
August 27, 2007
Boston University Libraries
Retain personal control over your own published scholarship in today’s information rich environment
New Faculty Orientation
August 27, 2007
Boston University Libraries
The only web usability studies on campus
New Faculty Orientation
August 27, 2007
Boston University Libraries
The library’s scholarly resourcesthe two most prominent features
New Faculty Orientation
August 27, 2007
Boston University Libraries
Reference LibrariansOnline, on the phone and in person
New Faculty Orientation
August 27, 2007
Boston University Libraries
Reference Librarians
We CAN point students to the best two or three online databases and teach students how best to use them
Send your student to us
New Faculty Orientation
August 27, 2007
Boston University Libraries
Reference Librarians
• Meet one-on-one with a librarian
• Identify and recommend online research tools for your students
• Bring a librarian to class
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