Instructional Design for Flow in Online Learning “This tutorial describes how the instructional design of an online course can facilitate an optimal learning experience for the student.”

Deep Thinking about Weblogs is a nice, non-techy-oriented explanation of blogs with some RSS thrown in.

Conducting a Dialogue talks about software used to monitor a website visitors actions and automatically sends them emails afterwards based on those actions to encourage them to come back. I can see this being good for libraries to learn about usability problems and to direct patrons to less obvious services.

The Directory of Open Access Journals is pretty much what it sounds like, a subject categorized directory of journals available for online access for free. They require that the journals to be peer-reviewed or have editorial quality control and publish research papers.

North Carolina Libraries online: ISSN 0029-2540 from the North Carolina Library Association puts its newsletter online in PDF format. The Spring 2003 edition includes an article by H. Jamane Yeager called “Career Resources for Librarians/Information Professionals” with a lengthy bibliography and Webliography.

How a Travel Site Raised Sales Conversions 30% With 26 Little Site Design Tweaks This might not look relevant to libraries but with the increasing importance of the Internet in disseminating information, the library’s website is becoming as important as the physical building for serving patrons. Optimizing the experience can bring users back again and [...]

Reference on the Road: A Roving Librarian in Loker Commons Brings Library Services to Students describes a rather interesting outreach program. The undergraduate libraries at Harvard are sending reference librarians with wireless inabled laptops to the public areas where students actually gather to offer research help. Gives new meaning to “telecommuting,” doesn’t it? It’s a [...]

“Beyond Productivity: Information Technology, Innovation, and Creativity examines the dynamic intersection of information technology with the world of the arts and design. This intersection has already yielded results of significant cultural and economic value, including innovative architectural and product designs, computer animated films, computer music, computer games, interactive art installations, cross-cultural experimentation, and Web-based texts. [...]

Wikis, like blogs, are an Internet communication tool. They are meant to be created and maintained by more than one person, often as a repository for collected knowledge. In Quickiwiki, Swiki, Twiki, Zwiki and the Plone Wars Wiki as a PIM and Collaborative Content Tool, David Mattison talks about his research on and experience with [...]

HIGHTOWER: Shredding Ashcroft is a opinion column talking about librarians and the USA Patriot Act. It’s very encouraging that someone is listening.