Comments | bridgetester: [books, technology] Catalog of Errors & Wikipedia as History (Part 1)

bridgetester

[books, technology] Catalog of Errors & Wikipedia as History (Part 1)

Oct 08, 2006 23:35

A catalogue of errors:
Libraries' missing millions
Marc Abrahamshttp://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/research/improbable/story/0,,1880528,00.htmlRead more... )

2006october, technology, libraries, books

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orb2069 October 9 2006, 18:07:44 UTC

I find the idea of Flying Dutchbooks wafting around the stacks of the library amusing, for some reason.

What's the librarian take on RFID tagging, out of curiosity?

the vast plagiarism machine of the Web

That's a really great soundbite. 'Good artists copy; great artists steal' - (...)

In my Eng-102 last semester, I was absolutely floored by the number of people who were apparently unable to cite Wikipedia correctly (MLA).

bridgetester October 10 2006, 13:38:02 UTC

They're like the Flying Dutchman, but no time interval involved.

It varies. Gung ho; oblivious, leery, and cautious. Same as the rest of the world. It would make it really easy to check out and inventory books though. :/

Yes. Everyone builds on something else.

I'd worry more about the people who can't cite anything correctly. Speaking of citations, have you seen Zotero?