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Beyond the information commons : a field guide to evolving library services, technologies, and spaces / by Forrest, Charles,1953-Editor(DLC)n 2008061925; Halbert, Martin,Editor(DLC)no2007047001;
Part I: The Information Commons -- Origin and evolution of the commons in academic libraries / Liz Milewicz -- Surveying the landscape / Joan Lippincott -- 21st century library service design / Elliot Felix and Matthew Swift -- Integrating technology into the Information Commons / Parke Rhoads -- Designing flexible spaces / Summer Cook and Betsy Maddox -- Tying it all together / Kelly Brubaker -- Part II: Field Guide Entries -- Introduction to the Field Guide Entries / Kristi Burns -- Field Guide Entries -- Appendix A: Field Guide Entry Survey Form -- Appendix B: Timeline of Information Commons Development."This new book updates this review of current practice in the Information Commons and other new kinds of facilities inspired by the same needs and intents. This book is an attempt to answer the question: 'What might be the next emerging concept for a technology-enabled, user-responsive, mission-driven form of the academic library?'"--.
Subjects: Information commons.; Academic libraries; Information commons; Academic libraries;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Common as air : revolution, art, and ownership / by Hyde, Lewis,1945-(CARDINAL)165526;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-292) and index.Defending the cultural commons -- What is a commons? -- The enclosure of culture -- Framing a commonwealth -- Benjamin Franklin, founding pirate -- Liberty to communicate -- The common self -- The common self now -- Enduring commons.Kirkus StarredLibrary JournalPublisher's WeeklyBooklist, July 2010Kirkus Starred, June 2010Library Journal, June 2010Publisher's Weekly, June 2010Examines debates over cultural ownership, discussing the battle over the rights to intellectual property, and tracing the history of the idea of "the commons" as a possible solution to the problem.AdultAdult
Subjects: Information commons.; Arts.; Culture.; Intellectual property.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Super smart information strategies shared creations : making use of Creative Commons / by Rodgers, Emily Puckett.(CARDINAL)401931; Fontichiaro, Kristin.(CARDINAL)482945;
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.What is copyright? -- Non-copyrighted works : public domain, trademarks, and patent -- Sharing copyrighted works with Creative Commons -- Marking the license and giving credit -- Finding Creative Commons materials for your class projects.Explains copyright, discusses the use of Creative Commons, and describes how to mark the license and give credit.940L
Subjects: Creative Commons (Organization); Copyright; Public domain (Copyright law); Copyright licenses; Information commons;
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Common focus : an exchange of information about early adolescence. by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Center for Early Adolescence.(CARDINAL)161040;
Subjects: Child development; Child psychology;
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On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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The misinformation age : how false beliefs spread / by O'Connor, Cailin,author.(CARDINAL)826568; Weatherall, James Owen,author.(CARDINAL)339877;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-250) and index."Why should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite consequences for the people who hold them? Philosophers of science Cailin O'Connor and James Weatherall argue that social factors, rather than individual psychology, are what's essential to understanding the spread and persistence of false belief. It might seem that there's an obvious reason that true beliefs matter: false beliefs will hurt you. But if that's right, then why is it (apparently) irrelevant to many people whether they believe true things or not? In an age riven by "fake news," "alternative facts," and disputes over the validity of everything from climate change to the size of inauguration crowds, the authors argue that social factors, not individual psychology, are what's essential to understanding the persistence of false belief and that we must know how those social forces work in order to fight misinformation effectively."--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Errors; Errors; Truthfulness and falsehood; Truthfulness and falsehood; Information behavior.; Information behavior; Information behavior; Common fallacies.;
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The book of incredible information : a world of not-so-common knowledge / by Kelley, J. K.;
Subjects: Curiosities and wonders.;
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The idealist : Aaron Swartz and the rise of free culture on the internet / by Peters, Justin,author.(CARDINAL)814194;
Noah Webster and the movement for Copyright in America -- A Tax on Knowledge -- A Copyright of the Future, a Library of the Future -- The Infinite Librarian -- the Case for the Public Domain -- "Co-opt or Destroy" -- Guerilla Open Access -- Hacks and Hackers -- The Web Is Yours -- How to Save the World."A smart, lively history of the Internet free culture movement and its larger effects on society--and the life and shocking suicide of Aaron Swartz, a founding developer of Reddit and Creative Commons--from Slate correspondent Justin Peters. Aaron Swartz was a zealous young advocate for the free exchange of information and creative content online. He committed suicide in 2013 after being indicted by the government for illegally downloading millions of academic articles from a nonprofit online database. From the age of fifteen, when Swartz, a computer prodigy, worked with Lawrence Lessig to launch Creative Commons, to his years as a fighter for copyright reform and open information, to his work leading the protests against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), to his posthumous status as a cultural icon, Swartz's life was inextricably connected to the free culture movement. Now Justin Peters examines Swartz's life in the context of 200 years of struggle over the control of information. In vivid, accessible prose, The Idealist situates Swartz in the context of other "data moralists" past and present, from lexicographer Noah Webster to ebook pioneer Michael Hart to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. In the process, the book explores the history of copyright statutes and the public domain; examines archivists' ongoing quest to build the "library of the future"; and charts the rise of open access, copyleft, and other ideologies that have come to challenge protectionist IP policies. Peters also breaks down the government's case against Swartz and explains how we reached the point where federally funded academic research came to be considered private property, and downloading that material in bulk came to be considered a federal crime. The Idealist is an important investigation of the fate of the digital commons in an increasingly corporatized Internet, and an essential look at the impact of the free culture movement on our daily lives and on generations to come"--Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-317) and index.
Subjects: Swartz, Aaron, 1986-2013.; Information commons; Freedom of information; Intellectual freedom; Copyright; Internet;
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The hype machine : how social media disrupts our elections, our economy, and our health--and how we must adapt / by Aral, Sinan,author.(CARDINAL)838399;
"Social media connected the world--and gave rise to fake news and increasing polarization. Now a leading researcher at MIT draws on 20 years of research to show how these trends threaten our political, economic, and emotional health in this eye-opening exploration of the dark side of technological progress. Today we have the ability, unprecedented in human history, to amplify our interactions with each other through social media. It is paramount, MIT social media expert Sinan Aral says, that we recognize the outsized impact social media has on our culture, our democracy, and our lives in order to steer today's social technology toward good, while avoiding the ways it can pull us apart. Otherwise, we could fall victim to what Aral calls "The Hype Machine." As a senior researcher of the longest-running study of fake news ever conducted, Aral found that lies spread online farther and faster than the truth--a harrowing conclusion that was featured on the cover of Science magazine. Among the questions Aral explores following twenty years of field research: Did Russian interference change the 2016 election? And how is it affecting the vote in 2020? Why does fake news travel faster than the truth online? How do social ratings and automated sharing determine which products succeed and fail? How does social media affect our kids? First, Aral links alarming data and statistics to three accelerating social media shifts: hyper-socialization, personalized mass persuasion, and the tyranny of trends. Next, he grapples with the consequences of the Hype Machine for elections, businesses, dating, and health. Finally, he maps out strategies for navigating the Hype Machine, offering his singular guidance for managing social media to fulfill its promise going forward. Rarely has a book so directly wrestled with the secret forces that drive the news cycle every day"--Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-365) and index.The new social age -- The end of reality -- The hype machine -- Your brain on social media -- A network's gravity is proportional to its mass -- Personalized mass persuasion -- Hypersocialization -- Strategies for a hypersocialized world -- The attention economy and the tyranny of trends -- The wisdom and madness of crowds -- Social media's promise is also its peril -- Building a better hype machine.
Subjects: Social media; Information society.; Social interaction.; Propaganda.; Common fallacies.; Social media.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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What's wrong with my plant? : expert information at your fingertips : pests, diseases, common problems / by Bradley, Steve,1952-(CARDINAL)686402;
Subjects: Garden pests.; Plant diseases.;
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Mayo Clinic A-Z health guide : what you need to know about signs, symptoms, diagnosis & treatment / by Nanda, Sanjeev,editor.(CARDINAL)679793; Mayo Clinic,issuing body.(CARDINAL)139544;
Includes bibliographic references (page 376) and index."Allergies, breast cancer, hyperthyroidism, PTSD, shin splints - when you've got questions about health conditions, you want quick, clear answers. You'll find them in the second edition of Mayo Clinic A to Z Health Guide, with information on identifying, treating and preventing a wide range of medical problems from experts at the top-ranked U.S. hospital."--
Subjects: Encyclopedias.; Informational works.; Health; Medicine, Popular;
Available copies: 20 / Total copies: 24
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