[LINK] Masters of the Bibliographic Universe, July 6, Canberra

[Tom Worthington]

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>Masters of the Bibliographic Universe?: The Promises and Pitfalls of 
>Digital Scholarship in the Age of Googlepedia
>A talk for ALIA URLS to be given by Chris Blackall
>Friday, July 6, 2007, 12.30pm
>McDonald Room, RG Menzies Library Australian National University
>
>ABSTRACT: The provision of bibliographic information, and 
>bibliographic instruction, are bread-and-butter issues for most 
>research librarians working with the academic community, but what of 
>the future of bibliography in an era where 'Googlepedia' (Google 
>+Wikipedia) is increasingly used as the first, and sometimes only, 
>step in the information gathering process?  In this presentation, I 
>discuss the impact of Googlepedia on bibliographic practices and how 
>some research libraries are creatively responding to bibliographic 
>challenges it poses. In particular, I demonstrate the use of new Web 
>2.0 bibliographic technologies, such as Zotero [www.zotero.org], 
>that enable academics and students to access, create and exchange 
>bibliographic information to bridge the old and new bibliographic universes.
>
>BIO: Chris Blackall is currently the Development Portfolio 
>Coordinator for the Australian Partnership for Sustainable 
>Repositories (APSR).  His academic background is in the humanities, 
>but he has worked in the Australian higher education and research 
>sector since 1990 as an information technology specialist.  His 
>current work focuses on improving the interoperability of digital 
>repositories to better serve the Australian higher education and 
>research community. With postgraduate qualifications in curatorial 
>studies, he is also interested in museum informatics and 
>preservation of digital cultural heritage in the context of the new 
>national eResearch infrastructure.

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