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At times, research from other fields may be of interest--this book, a publication of the ASIST Special Interest Group on Information Needs, Seeking and Use (SIG USE) discusses a new topic of research in the field of Human Computer Interaction: the affective and emotional dimensions in information research. Research into Human-Computer Interaction eventually becomes the basis for the design of information systems (including systems for libraries), especially as design is having an ever increasing emphasis. A weighty, but interesting, read.

Some technical services librarians cringe at the idea of students or patrons creating tags, or access points, in the library catalog--others think it is the wave of the the future, a way to make library catalogs more cooperative and interactive. This article, published in Library Journal, and written by Melissa L. Rethlefsen, highlights libraries that have incorporated social bookmarks and taggs in their library catalogs, and generally promotes their use. To see an example of social bookmarking in a library catalog, check out an example, Penn Tags, created by librarians at the University of Pennsylvania.

If you are a cataloger, perhaps no three letters are as ominous as RDA. What will RDA : Resource Description and Access (i.e., AACR3) mean for the future of cataloging? The Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR (JSC) has posted many documents related to the new rules on their Web site, including drafts of chapters and papers explaining the philosophical framework behind the rules. "Things are not to be feared, only understood".

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