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Blog Post 7 – Advanced Information Services – GIS

Activity 1: Activity 2: Activity 3: Canada 150 Tour

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Blog Post 6 – Open Data

Here is an example of some open data that I have accessed and filtered on Google Fusion Tables.

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Advanced Info – Blog Post 4 – Public Lending Right Program and Creative Commons

Complete Part One and Part Two. Part one:  What is the Public Lending Right Program?  Why was it established? Post your answers on your blog.  Read:  Toronto Public Library sadly embraces ‘culture of free‘ (By: Noah Richler Published on Sat

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Advanced Info – Blog Post 2 – Open Access

In your own words, define and describe Open Access.  How does it impact the services at an academic library?  Identify both points of view about an issue mentioned in the video.  Which point of view reflects your opinion on the

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Advanced Info Blog Post 1: Digital Natives, Grown Up Digital

Read Prensky’s “Digital Natives” article and the excerpt from Tapscott’s Grown Up Digital. How does the concept of digital natives effect the services delivered in the library’s reference department?   The concept of digital natives effect how library reference departments

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