{"title":"On the Ethics of Working with Library Technology: The Case of the Open Journal Matcher","authors":"M. Eaton","doi":"10.1080/19322909.2021.2013387","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19322909.2021.2013387","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Through the methodological lens of a case study, this practical communication aims to capture and analyze one aspect of the multi-faceted ethical concerns that arise with building with technology in libraries. I define and deploy the concept of “pervious” technology (the opposite of impervious technology) as a way to think through how librarians work with technologies in their workplaces. I describe how pervious technologies are readily manipulable tools that librarians can reach into (metaphorically, hence “pervious”), giving them a greater say in how they engage with their library work. Specifically, I examine the ethical implications of pervious and impervious technologies in library workplaces by analyzing a specific, librarian-built application, named the Open Journal Matcher.","PeriodicalId":54091,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Web Librarianship","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47532598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Uncertain Archives: Critical Keywords for Big Data","authors":"J. Rodzvilla","doi":"10.1080/19322909.2022.2044639","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19322909.2022.2044639","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54091,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Web Librarianship","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48630153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Forged in War: How a Century of War Created Today’s Information Society","authors":"B. Eden","doi":"10.1080/19322909.2021.2007623","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19322909.2021.2007623","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54091,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Web Librarianship","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43397523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Academic Library Instruction in the Time of a COVID-19 Pandemic – Lessons Learned","authors":"Nancy Shin, Sally Pine, Carolyn Martin, Tania Bardyn","doi":"10.1080/19322909.2021.2015046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19322909.2021.2015046","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study examines the experiences of academic library instructors when shifting from primarily in-person to primarily online instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. A 20-question survey was distributed to academic and medical librarian listservs. Questions asked 244 participants about various aspects of their experiences providing library instruction during the pandemic. Results indicated that most respondents experienced a successful transition to online instruction during, though many found the experience challenging. Open-ended responses revealed areas where instructors felt online instruction was more effective than in-person instruction, and areas where they felt it was not. Many instructors indicated an intention to continue to provide online instruction options into the future. Based on these survey results, a few key areas of recommendation are proposed where academic libraries can better prepare their instruction librarians for future emergent situations.","PeriodicalId":54091,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Web Librarianship","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49157076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Creating Accessible Online Instruction Using Universal Design Principles: A LITA Guide","authors":"Robert J. Vander Hart","doi":"10.1080/19322909.2021.2007628","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19322909.2021.2007628","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54091,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Web Librarianship","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44137195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Knowledge Management: A Practical Guide for Librarians","authors":"Mat T. Wilson","doi":"10.1080/19322909.2021.2007630","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19322909.2021.2007630","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54091,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Web Librarianship","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48181830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Digitization and Digital Archiving, 2 nd ed","authors":"William Schultz","doi":"10.1080/19322909.2021.2007626","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19322909.2021.2007626","url":null,"abstract":"Digital archiving and the need to digitize in general is pervasive, not only across libraries and archives, but increasingly among individuals as well. Archives have collections that warrant digitization for a variety of reasons, including the inability to allow objects to be regularly handled because of brittleness, or as a result of the demand for photographs that exist only in print. Furthermore, digital archiving projects may tackle courageous endeavors like the preservation of institutional web pages or serve to make tedious formats like microfilm accessible in an online environment. Solutions, strategies, and workflows to these sometimes-complicated objectives are abundant in the literature. Finding a resource with content that matches the particular needs of the user is important. Part of the process is having a basic understanding of fundamental aspects of digital storage options, or, for example, the differences between the various types of digital audio or video files. This foundation building is the underlying strength of Elizabeth Leggett’s Digitization and digital archiving, 2nd ed. In the Preface, the author acknowledges the short timespan between the first and second editions of her book (six years) but justifies the apparently quick turnaround citing technological and economic developments such as the dramatic drop in prices of data storage. Among the three new chapters in the second edition are Chapter 6 (“Storing born digital”) and Chapter 7 (“Floppy disks and optical media”). Other chapters carried over from the first edition contain generally minor edits and slight revisions. Most chapters introduce the reader to the basics of various aspects of technology and computer function. This includes description of the inner workings of hard disk drives, descriptions of various types of computer ports and cables, and clear explanations of concepts like compression and bit depth when it comes to image and audio files. Information is often placed in a historical context that provides the reader with a foothold in how we have arrived at where we are today with regard to digital storage and archival practices. This can be valuable for novices in the realm of digital stewardship. The chapters of Digitization and digital archiving can certainly be read out of order and cherry-picked to satisfy individual needs. One of the most useful and engaging chapters is the one on copyright, which provides a concise, strategic crash course in the most relevant copyright concepts and issues. Chapter 16 (“Drawing up policies”), which is a revised version of the “Putting it all together” chapter in the first edition, provides a solid, though general, overview of what librarians and archivists would need to consider as digitization projects are planned. More specific examples or case studies would have been helpful here. Overall, this book is an improvement over the first edition but probably reserved as an introductory text for those who may be new and la","PeriodicalId":54091,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Web Librarianship","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43936263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Open Praxis, Open Access: Digital Scholarship in Action","authors":"Bradford Lee Eden","doi":"10.1080/19322909.2021.1934274","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19322909.2021.1934274","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54091,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Web Librarianship","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46404007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bold Minds: Library Leadership in a Time of Disruption","authors":"B. Eden","doi":"10.1080/19322909.2021.1973247","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19322909.2021.1973247","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54091,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Web Librarianship","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44305109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Denzer, J., & Sharona, G. (2020). Terrific Makerspace Projects : A Practical Guide for Librarians","authors":"Dena L. Luce","doi":"10.1080/19322909.2021.1973251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19322909.2021.1973251","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54091,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Web Librarianship","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47476865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}