Discussion and comparison of these two providers of office/productivity applications that are web-based. A formal table comparing features and products followed by a lengthy list of posts about people’s experiences working with both. Created by the folks at Life Hacker.
From Caleb Tucker-Raymond’s L-Net NewsletterOregon Virtual Reference Summit podcasts are onlineI posted podcasts of two of the sessions from the 2007 Oregon Virtual Reference Summit June 1 in Bend.Marie Radford’s plenary sessionwww.oregonlibraries.net/audio/ovrs2007_radford.mp3What do students want, What do schools want (panel of teen librarians, school librarians, and teens in school) www.oregonlibraries.net/audio/ovrs2007_teens.mp3Each are about 12 MB and 50-60 minutes long.
An interesting analogy between banks and libraries - Who Drives Change? - blog posting about analogy heard at a library meeting.
New report from the American Council on Education: Framing New Terrain: Older Adults and Higher Education (PDF)
Nothing specifically about library services to older students, but a first report of an ongoing research project on the educational needs of older adults. One interesting statistic:
Nearly 70 percent of adults aged 50 to 64 use the Internet, as well as more than half of adults aged 65 to 74, and nearly one-quarter of adults 75-plus.