OK - 10 minutes after I set up that feed, another six articles came flowing in. After looking at them more closely - I decided to add the Academic Libraries descriptor to the search. Should be more relevant and less voluminous.

Ebsco feeds

I set up a feed from Academic Search for the Subject heading :DE "INTERNET in library reference services" After browsing a lot of articles related to reference service in academic libraries and technology, it seems this subject heading combined several features I was looking for. It also didn't have a huge amount of articles associated with it, so I shouldn't be deluged, plus the articles seemed interesting!

We'll see how it goes! I also set up a separate folder in the Google reader to corral these references should they become overwhelming.

students and it

This is interesting - from the LIS News blog:

Students and IT

from LISNews - Librarian And Information Science News by Martin

A report just released by the Educause Center for Applied Research offers some interesting factoids on how today’s college students are using information technology. A sampling:
• More than 80 percent own laptops, an increase from 65.9 percent in 2006. More than 70% of entering freshmen have a laptop less than one year old.
• 85% are using social network sites, primarily Facebook, and most do so daily.
• Almost 84% use text messaging regularly, and instant messaging is used by almost 74%.
• Students consider themselves quite Internet savvy. Almost 80% say that they can use the Internet to effectively and efficiently search for information. Half say they are “very skilled” and one-third claim to be “experts.”