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Item Library News From Around the State(H.W. Wilson Company, 2006) Indiana State LibraryItem The Well-Read Librarian: NextGen Resources(H.W. Wilson Company, 2006) Priddis, MarissaItem Using a Wiki to Enhance Library Instruction(H.W. Wilson Company, 2006) Matthies, Brad; Helmke, Jonathan; Slater, PaulA wiki is a type of social software that allows users to write, share, and edit content in real-time, with only rudimentary skills in Web page creation. Moreover it is safe to say that most of what is being written regarding wikis in librarianship tends to focus on wiki-based reference sources, their questionable credibility, and how this question of credibility may impact information literacy. Outside of this contentious topic are a wide range of multidisciplinary articles that focus on the collaborative uses of wikis. However, so far, the library literature appears to lack articles that discuss the application of wikis in library instruction. This article hopes to address this deficiency by chronicling Butler University Libraries' use of a wiki in librarian instruction.Item Liberty, Security, and Indiana Libraries(H.W. Wilson Company, 2006) Archer, J. DouglasUntil recently, most library literature on intellectual freedom and censorship focused on external efforts to restrict access to materials already owned or made accessible by libraries. With 9/11 and the passage of the USA PATRIOT Act, the defense of patron privacy and the confidentiality of patron records, long a growing concern, has jumped to the fore. Self-censorship by citizens afraid to exercise their freedom to read out of fear that someone may uncover their reading habits and subject them to social or state sanctions has become a major issue. ("Read" is used throughout this essay for "read, view, listen to, or access.") In legal terms such fears exert a "chilling effect" on the exercise of First Amendment liberties.Item A Collaborative Effort: Importance of the Relationship Between School Libraries and the University(H.W. Wilson Company, 2006) Young, RobynAlthough media specialists know that they will take additional classes to maintain their teacher certification, for many, there is never a second thought about a university once the graduation ceremony is complete. Most media specialists are too busy with day-to-day work to consider the ways in which a relationship with a university might be of benefit. This is unfortunate because a relationship between the school library program and a university can be beneficial to both parties. Universities are looking for a place to conduct action research and to apply the tools of the trade within a practical application. School library media specialists often need help with the research process to answer their questions. Taking these two different perspectives into consideration, the affiliation can be one of mutual benefit.Item Friends Make a Difference(H.W. Wilson Company, 2006) Straw, John B.While many people think in terms of Friends groups for public libraries, such groups also play an important role in academic libraries. The first Friends organization for an academic library dates back to Harvard in 1925. The idea for a Friends group at Ball State University was proposed at a luncheon at the dedication of the Alexander M. Bracken Library, named for then president of the Ball State University Board of Trustees, on March 28, 1976.Item Notes(H.W. Wilson Company, 2006) Indiana LibrariesItem In Step With Indiana Authors... Featuring an Interview With Tony Perona(H.W. Wilson Company, 2006) Wright, ElizabethAfter seeing the photos of Tony Perona at his website, tonyperona.com, which I perused in preparation for this interview, I wondered which man I would be meeting. Would it be the clean-cut businessman in a conservative suit, or the mysterious sword-wielding man with the wry grin who came through the door at Starbucks that afternoon? It was neither. The Tony Perona I had the pleasure of meeting drove up in a minivan and bounded through the door with a warm, friendly smile. He looked like any active dad out running errands in suburban Indianapolis on the weekend and, in fact, was fresh off the slopes from skiing the previous day with his church group.Item Westminster Village: A Theme-Based Approach to Teaching Seniors About the Internet(H.W. Wilson Company, 2006) Kerico, JulietIn the fall of 2004, the Indiana State University Library's Reference Department decided to venture out into territory normally reserved for public libraries. We began an instructional outreach program called Bits 'n Bytes to teach basic computer and Internet searching skills to a selection of seniors within our community. What makes this program so special is that it has served as a point of outreach to a community of patrons often forgotten by academic libraries. With the educational initiatives of our university in mind, which encourage community outreach and engagement with the community, we developed this program and tailored it specifically to seniors in our area. Currently, the Bits 'n Bytes program at Westminster Village Retirement Community in Terre Haute serves as an example of how academic libraries can, and should, remain connected to the educational needs of the seniors in their communities.Item Blurring of Lines: Academic and Public Libraries Revisited(H.W. Wilson Company, 2006) Steele, Patricia AnnAmong the conclusions reached in Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources: A Report to the OCLC Membership in 2005, was the following: "The similarity of perceptions about libraries and their resources across respondents from six countries is striking. It suggests that libraries are seen by information consumers as a common solution, a single organization - one entity with many outlets - constant, consistent, expected." Does this mean that many of the traditional differences between public and academic libraries also are blurring? In this pieces, I would like to explore that thought informally and then suggest some approaches libraries of all types need to take.
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