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Thomas, Chuck, and Robert H. McDonald. “Millennial Net Value(s): Disconnects Between Libraries
and the Information Age Mindset.” August 15, 2005. Florida State University D-Scholarship
Repository, Article #4.
http://dscholarship.lib.fsu.edu/general/4
Notable Innovations
Communicating Public Computing Info to Users
Blogs, Bulletin Board/Forums, RSS feeds
Case Western Reserve. KSL Tech Blog
Blog and RSS approach.
http://library.case.edu/ksl/techteam/mission.html
Also see “ITS News.”
http://library.case.edu/ksl/techteam/
University of California, Los Angeles. College Library Instructional Computing Commons
Includes technical bulletins via RSS.
http://www.clicc.ucla.edu/
North Carolina State University. Talk
Online bulletin board with RSS feed available.
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/learningcommons/forum/viewforum.php?f=2
Communication of Policies
University of Iowa. Library Public Computer and Print Management
A remarkably well-written explanation to users regarding why the library implemented desktop
authentication.
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/help/faq/faq-computers.html
University of South Carolina. Authentication Requirement for the Library’s Public Computers
Another example of a well-written explanation to users as to why the library chose to implement the
procedure.
http://www.sc.edu/library/systems/authenticate.html
University of Virginia. “When I go to U.Va...”—The Responsible Computing Video
Unique campus-level policy communication that benefits the library and its users.
http://www.itc.virginia.edu/pubs/docs/RespComp/videos/home.html
and the “Responsible Computing at U.Va.” Web site
http://www.itc.virginia.edu/pubs/docs/RespComp/
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