Ocean state librarian - Bridging Information Resources
The information structure, architecture of Ocean State Librarian brings together traditional methods of information access with current best practices in technology. Knowledge pathways include: government & law , health sciences , historical societies , government and private archives, databases (using the broadest interpretation), libraries and museums , mapping , news , Rhode Island cities and towns , library marketing techniques and various iterations of search.
The central focus of OceanStateLibrarian.com is the information resources located in Rhode Island, USA with knowledge pathways leading to and from there. The peripheral focus is knowledge management systems and experimental user interface designs (UI).
Databases ☼ will be bound to the portal as they are developed. Special attention will be given to providing end users with the guidance needed to effectively navigate the knowledge pathways.
Directional links will be provided through the where icon : ![]()
Budgetary/ financial elements will be indicated with the money icon : 
Ocean State Librarian Research Link of the Week
How Twitter can make History - with Clay Shirky
Clay Shirky author of Here Comes Everybody discusses how social media has changed the political landscape:
This timely presentation looks a how to effectively use social media - Facebook, Twitter and other tools to convene and convey a message with a pattern of 'many to many'. The message of this brilliant lecture is the tradition of one-way authoritative delivery of information is becoming extinct.
- Research Link of May 18- Show Me the Money - Using Gimp
- Research Link of May 6- Reinforcing Creativity
- Research Link of April 27- The King
- Research Link of April 20- The Thing
- Research Link of March 15 - The Sixth Sense
- Research Link of March 2 - A Tale of Two Catalogs
- Research Link of February 22 - How to Control Space and Time
- Research Link of February 15 - Understanding how to Help
- Research Link of February 8 - Understanding the Elements
- Research Link of February 1 - Understanding Comics
- Research Link of January 25 - TARDIS v Library
- Research Link of January 18 - Photosynth : Checkerboard Buddha on the Rocks
- Research Link of January 11 - Paul Neave : Interactive Game Design
- Research Link of January 4 - Jay Walker's Library of Human Imagination
- Research Link of December 28 - Steven Strogatz on Sinc
