[Review of:] Susie Andretta: Information Literacy. A Practicioner's Guide. Oxford u.a.: Chandos, 2005. xxii, 208 S. (Chandos Information Professional Series). ISBN 1-84334-065-8, 1-84334-066-6

Review of Susie Andretta: Information Literacy. A Practicioner's Guide. Oxford u.a.: Chandos, 2005. xxii, 208 S. (Chandos Information Professional Series). ISBN 1-84334-065-8, 1-84334-066-6. This Volume is a helpful and concise handbook for those who design and conduct courses on information literacy

Schwerpunktthema "ODOK in Leoben 2010 und in Wels 2012" [Editorial]

Editorial of issue 1/2013 of "Mitteilungen der Vereinigung Österreichischer Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare

Produktion sowie Nutzung von Forschungsdaten und das Datenmanagement Forschender: eine empirische Analyse

Hochschulbibliotheken oder andere forschungsunterstützende Serviceabteilungen, die sich mit Forschungsdatenmanagement befassen, verfügen häufig nicht über umfassende Informationen darüber, welche Arten von Forschungsdaten an der jeweiligen Hochschule gesammelt, verwendet, produziert und verbreitet werden. Ein umfassender Überblick über die Forschungsdatenlandschaft ist Voraussetzung für die strategische Planung und Entwicklung geeigneter, lokal angepasster Serviceleistungen. Diese Fallstudie beschreibt die Erhebung der Produktion und Verwendung von Forschungsdaten an der WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien und darauf aufbauend die Etablierung und Koordination des Forschungsdatenmanagements durch die Universitätsbibliothek. Die Studie führte einerseits zu interessanten und für die Serviceentwicklung relevanten Ergebnissen. Andererseits wurde die hierbei verwendete Herangehensweise in ein Vorgehensmodell überführt, das auch an anderen wissenschaftlichen Einrichtungen anwendbar erscheint.University libraries or other service departments involved in research data management often do not have comprehensive information about what types of research data are collected, used, produced and disseminated within the institution concerned. A comprehensive overview of the research data landscape is a prerequisite for the strategic planning and development of suitable, locally adapted services. This case study describes the survey of the production and use of research data at the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business and, based on this, the establishment and coordination of research data management by the university library. On the one hand, the study led to interesting results relevant to service development. On the other hand, the approach used here was converted into a procedural model that also appears to be applicable to other academic institutionsPeer Reviewe

Schwerpunktthema "ODOK in Leoben 2010 und in Wels 2012" [Editorial]

Editorial of issue 1/2013 of "Mitteilungen der Vereinigung Österreichischer Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare

[Review of:] Fachspezifische Internetrecherche: Für Bibliothekare, Informationsspezialisten und Wissenschaftler. Anne-Katharina Weilenmann. - München: K.G. Saur, 2006. (=Bibliothekspraxis Bd. 38), 205 S., ISBN 3-589-11723-X

This volume is a good collection of starting points for web searching. Especially reference librarians in scientific or large public libraries will find this collection of web resources useful

[Review of:] Bell, Suzanne S., Librarian's Guide to Online Searching, Westport: Libraries Unlimited, 2006. xvii, 268 S. ISBN 1−59158−326−8

This is a really good and comprehensive textbook which covers all relevant aspects of online retrieval and bridges a gap in the market. For academic libraries this book is a must-have, at least for internal use. For library schools, it is recommended to use it as textbook in class in the undergraduate studies

[Review of:] Greg R. Notess, Teaching Web Search Skills: Techniques and Strategies of Top Trainers. Medford: Information Today 2006. xix, 334 S. ISBN 1-57387-267-9

Review of Greg R. Notess, Teaching Web Search Skills: Techniques and Strategies of Top Trainers. Medford: Information Today 2006. xix, 334 S. ISBN 1-57387-267-9. Those who start their web teaching carreer are strongly encouraged to consider this outstanding book. Moreover, also teaching professionals will find useful hints to improve their lessons

[Review of:] Just, Peter (2006) E-Books für Bibliotheken. Eine Bestandsanalyse. Berlin: BibSpider, 69 S., € 19.90, ISBN 3-936960-15-1

Review of Peter Just (2006) E-Books in Bibliotheken. Eine Bestandsanalyse. Berlin: BibSpider, 69 S., Euro 19.90, ISBN 3-936960-15-1. This book is an exploratory study on the usage of e-books in libraries. It can serve as starting point for further and more detailed analysis of this topic

The management of an international open access repository : the case of E-LIS

E-LIS is the largest open access repository in the field of library and information science and is maintained voluntarily by an international team of librarians and information professionals. As from April 2009, it contains at about 9000 full text documents in 37 languages from more than 5600 authors from 90 countries. Additionally to the provision of services to authors and associations in the field, the management of policy issues is crucial for the repository administration. Thus E-LIS has, inter alia, completed a policy audit and intends to formulate and communicate its policies in a standardized way

Zwei Jahre österreichische Beteiligung an E-LIS : Status quo und Perspektiven

E-LIS: E-prints in library and information science is an international open access repository in the field of library and information science. It was founded 2003 and contains more than 7.000 full texts. Since 2005 at about 200 Austrian documents have been included (numbers: December 2007). Compared with other countries this is a remarkable achievement, but related to the amount of relevant literature published in Austria a significant increase of contributions seems possible. This paper describes E-LIS and its organisation, its relation to other open access repositories in this field, the benefit for authors, and challenges that have to be faced. Finally, cooperations and concepts in order to increase the Austrian contribution to E-LIS are outlined