Life and libraries is always changing and evolving. A lot of our standard practices date back decades, but as the environment changes, we librarians should always consider if our tools or practices are in the need of a change or if they can be reused to tackle the same problem in a different form. I've recently being inspired by the arguments and evidence from various blog

2009 to 2013 was a exciting time for library discovery as University Libraries starting rolling out so called Web Scale Discovery services.

This post has been revised substantially 26th May 2018 with valued advice from David Shotton, Director, OpenCitations, though responsibility for any misstatements that may still exist are solely mine.

It's 2018 and perhaps you are looking for interesting new tools to add to your repertoire.

In my final blog post of the year, I'm going to talk about some of the developments in librarianship and the related domains that caught my eye.

One of the major issues with institutional repositories is that it is difficult to get researchers to self-deposit their work.

CC BY-SA 3.0 Nick Youngson When I first started in academic libraries, one of the most popular questions I got was "what database should I use to find articles on X". Today ten years later, I still get such questions but to a far lesser degree. This is due to a combination of better discovery from all in one tools like Google Scholar, various library discovery services and just more digital material out there that is much more findable.

Edit : For a fuller guide on authenication methods for electronic resources refer to "Access to Online Resources - A Guide for the Modern Librarian" by Kristina Botyriute who is at OpenAthens at the time of this post.

I recently attended the Crossref Live17 event in Singapore. I discovered that these events often have a heavy publisher presence, who make up most of Crossref's membership.

As a generalist with hands in many pies, I'm prone to throw around terms I barely understand.

I'm actually a pretty big fan of Google Scholar, which in some ways is better than our library discovery service ,but even if you aren't a fan, given it's popularity it's important for librarians to keep up with the latest developments.