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It’s About Time, It’s About Place: Designing Interoperable Modular Web Applications for Delivering Online Library Instruction

October 31st, 2006 by Joy Weese Moll

Debra A. Riley-Huff, Web Services Librarian, University of Mississippi
The biggest cost for web-delivered library instruction is staff time. The software is cheap or free. Being able to use modules in different contexts (interoperability) or re-use structural pieces with new content (modularity) saves time and, therefore, money.
One of the things to know at the outset [...]

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The Internet and the Experience Effect: A Closer Look

October 31st, 2006 by Joy Weese Moll

Rachel Kirk, Middle Tennessee State University
Steve Bales, University of Tennessee
The Pew Center Internet and American Life Project published a report in 2001 called “Getting Serious Online” that drew a conclusion that as Internet Users become more experienced, they engage in more serious pursuits on-line, moving from games to banking, for example. As a project for [...]

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