LIBRARIES: WHY DO WE NEED
THEM, WE’VE GOT GOOGLE?
LISA LAMONT
MLAMONT@ROHAN.SDSU.EDU
From Pinterest
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Google 2/7/2012
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Ed Stein, http://edsteinink.com
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The Philosophy Hall, Strahov Monastery Library, Prague, Czech Republic.
Photo from http://www.beautiful-libraries.com/6200-1.html
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Library Hall of the Surgeon General’s office. From the Army Medical Museum and Library
accessed via Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SurgeonGeneral%27sLibrary.jpg
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SDSU Library.
http://library.sdsu.edu/technology-update/group-study-room-upgrade
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North Carolina State University
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/spaces/small-group-study
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From Tumblr
http://poplibrary.tumblr.com/post/63190289642/bibliophilefiles-did-you-know
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From the graphic novel Strangers I Paradise by Terry Moore
http://www.terrymooreart.com/archives/766/look-it-up-katchoo
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From MakeMeNoise
http://www.makemenoise.com/top-5-online-plagiarism-checker-tools/
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Publishing Archeology
http://publishingarchaeology.blogspot.com/2013/12/commercial-greed-triumphs-over.html
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http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/pamphlet/2013/01/29/why-open-access-is-better-for-scholarlysocieties/
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DIRECTORY OF OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS
HTTP://WWW.DOAJ.ORG/
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NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND MAP GEOREFERENCER
HTTP://MAPS.NLS.UK/PROJECTS/GEOREFERENCER/INDEX.HTML
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BUILDING INSPECTOR NEW YORK PUBLIC
HTTP://BUILDINGINSPECTOR.NYPL.ORG/
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CA DIGITAL NEWSPAPER COLLECTION
HTTP://CDNC.UCR.EDU/
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CAPITAL COLLECTIONS – EDINBURGH
HTTP://WWW.CAPITALCOLLECTIONS.ORG.UK
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ARXIV
HTTP://ARXIV.ORG
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D-SPACE AT SDSU
HTTP://SDSU-DSPACE.CALSTATE.EDU/HANDLE/10211.10/1
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Michael Measures. 1996 Geology of the Agua Caliente Region,
Southeast Sierra San Pedro Martir, Baja California Mexico
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SDSU DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
HTTP://IBASE.SDSU.EDU
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The physics laboratory at the San Diego Normal School, 1902
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Chemistry Professor Morey Ring and Doctoral candidate Kathy
Walker, around 1994.
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The library at the San Diego Normal School, 1905
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Junction of 4th Avenue and C Street, 1913
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Google Analytics | All Web Site Traffic | Keyword
Date, 4
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Performances, 2
Top 100 Items Viewed - Flickr
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ARE THE MATERIALS USEFUL?
Research
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Fun
Access
Preservation
History
Interviews 2013
Wordle | Digitization suggestions
SUGGESTED ADDITIONS
Historical Materials
SDSU History
San Diego History
All of Special Collections
Publications
Neighborhood newspapers
Comics and Graphic novels – Comic Con
Annual Reports – local, SDSU affiliated companies
Themes
Immigration
Border issues
Tourism
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CREATIVE
SUGGESTED ADDITIONS
Interactivity
User upload section
Online, interactive yearbook
Knowledge base of guidelines, rules, tips and hints
for library employees
Art
Performances, playbills
Student and faculty works of art and performances
Other interesting
Profiles of successful alumni – oral histories
Radio broadcasts
Local high school yearbooks
DIGITIZATION SUGGESTIONS
Local Companies
Knowledge base for student
employees
Immigration
Interactive Yearbook
Border Region Issues
Graphic novels and Comics
Local newspapers
Art/Performances
Profiles of successful alums
San Diego History
Radio - local public radio
SDSU History
Interviews and Experts suggestions
Tourism
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