You have e-mail,what happens next? Tracking the eyes for genre

This paper reports on an approach to the analysis of form (layout and formatting) during genre recognition recorded using eye tracking. The researchers focused on eight different types of e-mail, such as calls for papers, newsletters and spam, which were chosen to represent different genres. The study involved the collection of oculographic behavior data based on the scanpath duration and scanpath length based metric, to highlight the ways in which people view the features of genres. We found that genre analysis based on purpose and form (layout features, etc.) was an effective means of identifying the characteristics of these e-mails.     

Communication skills to develop trusting relationships on global virtual engineering capstone teams

As universities seek to provide cost-effective, cross-cultural experiences using global virtual (GV) teams, the ‘soft’ communication skills typical of all teams, increases in importance for GV teams. Students need to be taught how to navigate through cultural issues and virtual tool issues to build strong trusting relationships with distant team members. Weekly team meetings provide an excellent opportunity to observe key team interactions that facilitate relationship and trust-building among team members. This study observed the weekly team meetings of engineering students attending two US universities and one Asian university as they collaborated as a single GV capstone GV team. In addition local team members were interviewed individually and collectively throughout the project to determine strategies that facilitated team relations and trust. Findings indicate the importance of student choice of virtual communication tools, the refining of communication practices, and specific actions to build trusting relationships. As student developed these attributes, collaboration and success was experienced on this GV team.     

Public Libraries and the Opioid Crisis,Part 2: Community-Centered Responses

This article functions as a research critique of a short, recent IMLS report that tied early childhood success to library card holding. The authors invite a more comprehensive and evidence-based examination of the ties between library card holding, the successes of poor children in school, and the significance of sustained library services to keep kids interested in their own educational success. The article also suggests how youth use of libraries is tied to the realities of local politics, gangs, and crime.     

BOOK REVIEWS

TO FREE THE MIND: LIBRARIES, TECHNOLOGY, AND INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM. Oboler, Eli M. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1983, (137 pp.,) $15.00.

THE ELECTRONIC LIBRARY: THE PROMISE AND THE PROCESS. Dowlin, Kenneth E. New York: Neal‐Schuman Publishers, (Applications in Information Management and Technology Series.), 1984, 212 pp., $24.95.

A READER ON CHOOSING AN AUTOMATED LIBRARY SYSTEM. Joseph R. Matthews, Editor. Chicago: American Library Association, 1983, 390 pp., $35.00.

ONLINE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; USE AND OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS, LIMITATIONS, AND DESIGN ALTERNATIVES. Gerri, Brenda. Arlington, VA.: Information Resources Press, 1983, 230 pp., $24.50.

REFERENCE SOURCES IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES: A GUIDE TO THE LITERATURE. Purcell, Gary R. and Schlachter, Gail Ann. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC‐Clio Information Services, 1984, 359 pp., $45.00.

PERSUASIVE PUBLIC RELATIONS FOR LIBRARIES. Kathleen Kelly Rummel and Esther Perica, Editors. 1983, 199 pp., $20 paper.

DICTIONARY OF LIBRARY AND EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. 2nd ED. REVISED AND EXPANDED. Kenyon C. Rosenberg. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited, Inc., 1983, 197 pp., $24.50.

FICTION, 1876–1983: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF UNITED STATES EDITIONS, 2 VOLS. New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1983, 1053 &; 2328 pp., $99.50.

BOOKS OUT OF PRINT, 1980–1983. 2 VOLS. New York: R. R. Bowker 1983, $59.00.

READING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE: THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA. Dorsett, Cora Matheny, Regional Editor. Chicago, IL: American Library Association, 1983, vii, 150 pp., $15.00.

INTERNATIONAL BOOK COLLECTORS ALMANAC/ NEWSLETTER. J. H. Raymond, Editor. Vol. 1, Issue 1, February, 1984. Vashon Island, WA: Pegasus Publishers, Inc. 10 issues/yr., 24 pp., $36.00.

USING COPYRIGHTED VIDEOCASSETTES IN CLASSROOMS AND LIBRARIES. Miller, Jerome K. Champaign, IL: Copyright Information Services, 1984, 92 pp., $10.00.