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Swiss Army Librarian » Pinterest is the New Black :: Brian Herzog — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:03:28 +0000

[...] bibliographies, or whatever), and I think people respond better to pictures than text (witness the Online Newsstand) – so of course this is something to look [...]

By: Brian Herzog

Brian Herzog — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 02:52:17 +0000

@Emily: true, I hadn’t thought of it like that. I totally agree.

@Rosemary: if it helps at all, the number is growing quickly. A few months ago there was just maybe twelve, but now it’s up to I think twenty-eight titles. I believe a few more Gale libraries are coming on board soon, and I’m hoping this post generates even more interest. Portsmouth uses Ebsco and they’ve been building that library longer, which is why there are more titles available there – but hopefully we Gale customers won’t be too far behind.

By: Rosemary

Rosemary — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 23:23:56 +0000

This is brilliant! I wish there were more libraries using Gale. I think I’m going to have a hard time convincing folks this is a good idea when there are only a dozen or so titles linked.

By: Emily Weak

Emily Weak — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:31:21 +0000

I’m actually kind of glad vendors *aren’t* offering something like this, because I think some of the lessons we are learning with e-books and exorbitant vendor pricing is that librarians need to find ways to create value/content themselves. A solution like this which is collaborative, yet not overly time consuming or complex is a very good start, and in line with emerging 21st century library values. Librarians need to filter, curate and collect, instead of just providing access.

By: Brian Herzog

Brian Herzog — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:45:43 +0000

@Emily: it really is. It’s too bad vendors don’t just offer something like this, but it’s great that Steve could pull it together as he has.

@Joe: I don’t think the images are updated right now. We pull them from the theonlinenewsstand.org server, and perhaps as more libraries come on board, the project could expand to updating those with new issues as well. I can only tell you how it works for my library (which is, very well!), so for more background, check with Steve at sbutzel@gmail.com

By: Joe Montibello

Joe Montibello — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:40:31 +0000

This is a good idea, and I agree with Emily that the collaborative nature of it is awesome. Libraries need to do more of this kind of thing – helping ourselves instead of waiting for vendors to solve our problems.

Are the cover images current? Where do they come from? More background on how it works for libraries who see this would be great!

By: Emily Weak

Emily Weak — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:46:22 +0000

That’s a great tool! What I really love is how it is set up collaboratively though. It is such a simple solution with exponentially valuable results. Very elegant.

By: The Online Newsstand Project | Walking Paper

The Online Newsstand Project | Walking Paper — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:40:05 +0000

[...] just learned about this via The Swiss Army Librarian where he writes: So, instead of libraries paying to use the Online Newsstand, participating [...]