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The article reports on the author's initiative to design and share fun, paper-based math games for diverse age groups, utilizing tools like LibreOffice Calc, and details the evolution of the Pairs Math Game, its varied versions, and potential uses in educational and community settings. The author also emphasizes promoting playful conversations about numbers and fostering a sense of agency in students to invent their math questions.

The article focuses on the challenges and complexities associated with citations in research papers. It highlights the importance of citations in validating information and guiding further research, but acknowledges the confusion and difficulties students face in understanding different citation styles and formats. It also discusses the role of citation generators in helping students create accurate citations and mentions several popular citation generator tools.

The article explore the usage and potential of ChatGPT plugins and data analysis. It discusses the evolution of ChatGPT, from its early limitations in generating inaccurate information to its improvements through the introduction of plugins. It explains that plugins provide ChatGPT with the ability to access real-time information, enhance its functionality, and reduce the generation of inaccurate data.

The article offers tips on patron-centered Web site design, based on the process of rebuilding the site of Johnson County Library (JoCoLibrary) in Kansas City, Kansas. The secret to patron-centered web design is said to be usability studies. If one is implementing a hosted web application, rebuilding an entire site or just looking for a good label for a new online service, talking to patrons and staff members as well as conducting tests are recommended. In conducting card sorts for the JoCoLibrary site, the designers focused their studies on identifying the homepage categories and main navigation buttons.

The article explores the significant issue of link rot in scholarly publications, detailing the challenges faced by academic scholarship due to broken or inaccessible digital resources. Topics discussed include the prevalence of broken links and Digital Object Identifier (DOIs) across various disciplines, highlighting the inefficacy of current DOI systems and proposing solutions like persistent identifiers .

The article offers information the U.S. Census Bureau, a free data mine available through the internet. The U.S. Census Bureau offers a number of opportunities including improved collection management, improved library programming and enhance grant proposals. Data being provided by Census include school projects and homework, professional reports and college research papers.

The article focuses on videoconferencing as a tool for professional development and professional practice, and mentions of the use of videoconferencing in library system. It mentions of the use of Google Hangouts to connect presenters from the U.S. and Queensland, Australia, to the annual Reference seminar by the New South Wales (NSW) State Library's Reference and Information Services Working Group (RISG) in 2014.

The article focuses on the impact of generative artificial intelligence (AI), specifically ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs), on the search technology landscape. It discusses the advancements made by OpenAI with the release of ChatGPT 4. It further highlights the potential implications of generative AI for various professions, such as writers, journalists, educators, artists, students, lawyers, and more.

The article informs that a federal lawsuit against the Escambia County School Board for book removals can proceed, ruled by a U.S. district court judge in Florida. Topic include Plaintiffs, including PEN America and banned authors, have been granted standing under the First Amendment, challenging the removal of books based on ideology, with classic literary works like The Bluest Eye and Slaughterhouse-Five among those targeted.

The article offers information about the few trends in the content marketplace including the atomization of content and the rise of the article-based economy. It discusses the article-based economy is gaining interest among publishers, the author remains skeptical about its potential impact on collection design and use patterns. It also provides a brief history of the evolution of online searching and the importance of granular metadata.

The article discusses the challenges of accessing scholarly literature beyond graduation and highlights several Open Access (OA) resources for finding academic sources. The author recommends directories like DOAJ, new tools like Internet Archive Scholar, databases like Dimensions, and platforms like Core and Google Scholar, while also addressing the rise of preprints, OA books, and the limitations and challenges associated with paywalls in academia.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of using optical character recognition (OCR) and machine learning in digitizing rare American Civil War letters and make them accessible to library users.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of being took a quiz to see if using best practices such as strong passwords.

The article presents the tools being useful in the office for assigning and monitoring the workflows for successfully interacting and collaborating while teleworking. Topics include highlighting research showing the additional mental load women carrying compared to men; primarily useful in education terminology for students in a classroom setting; and containing short descriptions, relating attachments and links, due dates, and activity notes.

The article offers information on the findings of a library usability test conducted at the University of Georgia's Alexander Campbell King Law Library (UGA Law Library). It mentions that based on practice runs, the estimated time for completing all parts of the usability test was between 5 and 6 minutes, with the maximum duration for any given part clocking in at 2 minutes 10 seconds; and also mentions the process has allowed to locate certain aspects that need attention.

In the article, the author discusses issues on copyright. Other topics include how to use images based on the fair use doctrine, the resources from the Center for Media & Social Impact about fair use for academic and research libraries, the things libraries to consider regarding the sharing of online content, and the need for libraries to consider copyrighting their collections like images.

In the article, the author discusses some strategies to ensure users are enjoying digital library services amidst the coronavirus pandemic, particularly the use of library metrics. Also cited are their use of targeted access and information counseling to reach potential users, the faculty outreach programs of the University of California--Berkeley (UC-Berkeley) library, and the user training sessions covering topics like information literacy and the future of publishing.

The article takes a look at the Vermont Library Association's (VLA) Passport to Vermont's Libraries program. It notes that the program aims to incentivize people who visited the most number of libraries from June to August, 2015. It outlines the mechanics of the program which involved making 1,000 copies of the passports for participating libraries, promoting through posters and the Vermont Public Radio, and using online tools for access to maps and generating mailing lists .

The article evaluates Digital Commons, a product of bepress.

The authors convey their response to a group assignment for the introduction to the information profession course at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Topics mentioned include the aim of Library Freedom Project (LFP) to address the problems of surveillance, how implementation of stronger encryption of websites can protect browsing in libraries according to LFP founder Alison Macrina, and brief information on a ransomware called Onion.

The article discusses the Maker Party hosted by the Open Rights Group Birmingham which was held in New York in 2017 based on the restrictive copyright law hampering citizens in the European Union. It presents views of digital artist Antonio Roberts on intersection of copyright, culture, and free expression. It mentions the European Parliament is researching and reviewing an updated copyright framework; and librarians' role in educating their communities and sparking grassroots action.

The article reviews several library and research Web sites, including Soshiku located at www.soshiku.com, Zotero located at www.sotero.com, and CiteULike located at www.citeulike.com.

The article offers information on The Wikipedia Library (TWL) as a gateway for the world's library that provides information and reference services for everyone with internet access. Topics discussed include TWL program funded by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation, the TWL program now having 51 partners including JSTOR, Oxford University Press and Project Muse, and TWL promoting the Resource Exchange project.

The article cites the increasing number of genealogy researchers and ways through which librarians can serve them by pointing out various digital resources for their search. Topics covered include the HeritageQuest Online with U.S. Federal Census data from 1790 - 1940, Fold3 with military records of American history and the GenealogyBank with historical newspapers from 1690. Alos mentioned are other websites including Cyndi's List, OneGreatFamily and Find A Grave.

Discusses the efforts of San Francisco State University to create a Web-based tutorial on information literacy known as Online Advancement of Student Information Skills (OASIS). Topic of library skills instruction; Need for a self-paced, Web-based tutorial; Implementation team of librarians; Need to formally assess OASIS and its impact on the information literacy of students.

Considers how distance education and virtual-reference products are affecting libraries in the United States. The type of educational technology used in distance education in the early 21st century; The role of the World Wide Web in distance librarianship.

Presents a three-part lesson plan formulated to help users of the Web gain the critical thinking skills needed to successfully evaluate Web resources. Five criteria traditionally used to evaluate print resources; Demonstrating Web pages; Unique characteristics of Web pages; Checklist for an informational Web page; Conclusion.

The article contends that the Web still links people in surprising ways. The author admits that it was a surprise how well people can use the Web to connect in times of crisis. Through the Web, he claims to have heard about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the death of singer Michael Jackson, the uprising in Egypt, and the earthquake in New Zealand. The author also finds it surprising how poorly some Web applications can make connections for people, how such links can entangle people in knots, and how difficult these knots can be disentangled.

The article discusses predictions on the popularity of electronic book readers (e-readers) and on the impact of tighter budgets on libraries in 2011. Factors that have contributed to the growth of e-readers include the Kindle's lower price and better quality. Librarians are advised to consider exporting data stored inside a web-based product to another service to prepare for the possible failure of their current service, in the light of news that Yahoo! may decide to close some of its popular sites following the hundreds of layoffs made by the company.

This article discusses the some of the author's projects at home. The projects include work on the Library Technology Guides (LTG) site, additions to the lib-webcats online directory of libraries, and applications created for managing his family's photographs. He recently implemented a redesign that went away from using tables to manage the layout of the site to using an all-cascading style sheet approach. While it is not perfect, it gave him a chance to try this technique out on his own before we tackle such a change at Vanderbilt library.

This article discusses four strategies to boost Weblog outreach. The first strategy is to know your audience and trust your instincts. Create a Weblog that gives people the information they want. The second strategy is to evaluate whether you should be blogging or just working in HTML with Web pages. The third strategy is to build and audience and continue building. Marketing should never end. Committed bloggers monitor the places and ways that they can promote their blogs and enliven them. The fourth strategy is to keep the blog simple yet steadily going.

Explains that there is an abundance of library-related Weblogs which librarians and Internet users can explore. Information about Weblogs; Importance for libraries to have Weblogs; Discussion on how Weblogs fit into library services; Reasons for the growing popularity of Weblogs.

Discusses library consortia in an online world as of April 1998. The location of consortia online; The Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries; What the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is; The move toward accessibility; Possibilities.

The article offers library news brief as of October 2019. Topics discussed include Cambridge University Press released its open content platform Cambridge Open Engage, Virginia's academic library consortium will use the Wiley Open Access Account to allow VIVA researchers to publish in gold OA journals using a central fund for article-processing charges and Biblionix has improved the capability of its Apollo ILS/LSP Reserve Express feature.

The article reviews several web sites including SearchEngineWatch.com, The Daily SearchCast and The Library of Congress Portals Applications Issues Group.

Asserts that the growing use of the World Wide Web as a research tool is not necessarily good. Possibility of researchers suffering technological overload; Drawbacks of the Internet as a research resource; Questioning of the reliability of some online information.