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Searching in 2005
Here is an interesting article on the year in review for search engines. 2004 saw many major players (Yahoo, Google, and MSN in particular) kick their competition up a notch…
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If the NY Times says it…
The New York Times has an article on how libraries are reaching out online and about the resurgence of e-books. It's not exactly earth-shattering, but so nice to see the…
Posted injob search
Reflections from the job hunt
I've been applying for jobs now, primarily in academic and public libraries, since late September. I had professors and students alike tell me that if I'm geographically flexible and have…
Posted inlibraries our digital future
Public library computers for me but not for thee?
I remember years ago, when I would travel and wanted to keep in touch with my friends and family, I would just pop into the local library and use the…
Posted inour digital future reference search
Bringing LexisNexis to the masses: LexisNexis Ala Carte
LexisNexis is now offering its articles ala carte, which allows regular folks who are not affiliated with an institution of higher learning to search LexisNexis and buy the full-text if…
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Why we blog
Steven Cohen has written a concise explanation of why he blogs, which perfectly describes what I hope to get out of blogging: When people ask me why I put so…
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Making digitization easier
Wow! File this under amazingly cool tools for digitization. Some computer science folks from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have come up with a took that can search handwritten…
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Holiday gifts for geeks (like me)
Can't think of what to get for the geek on your list? Take a look at some of the holiday product guides and 2004 best of guides from Wired, Ars…
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Library education in the 21st century
I think our ALA president-elect, Michael Gorman, has the right idea on what the ALA should be focusing on. Education. According to the Library Journal, in a meeting entitled "The…
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The Librarian
Wow, that was a bad movie. Every cheesy action movie and librarian cliche were stunningly in evidence, and I really feel that I should strongly caution Noah Wylie not to…
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On Being a 21st Century Librarian
Yesterday, at my job interview, I was asked to talk about the 21st century library and what I would bring to it. I wish I had read this article by…
Posted inintellectual freedom
Kahle vs. Ashcroft
I don't have anything to say about the case that hasn't been said before, but I am really saddened by the fact that this case, challenging the Sony Bono Copyright…
Posted inlibraries
Librarians asking for more
Rory Litwin has an excellent editorial in Library Juice this month. Undone by Flattery is about what librarians give up because we are so susceptible to flattery. After suffering daily…
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First holiday as a married couple
This year, my husband and I hosted Thanksgiving for the first time and it was a rousing success. Here is a picture of the table before the guests arrived. And…
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Hope for those with Linux-compatibility issues
I'm surprised I hadn't heard more about this news before I found this encouraging CNET article via Librarian’s Happen. Apparently, Adobe is moving into open source software development and marketing.…
Posted inour digital future reference
Libraries and RSS
Tame the Web this week has a great little guide on Teaching RSS to Reference Librarians. He's got great links to other resources that will educate and inspire librarians to…
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What are libraries looking for?
I'm back from my wacky wild trip into our legal system. I'll just say that I hope I'm never on the other side of the law, because it was nerve-wracking…
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Shelter from the storm?
Michael McGrorty has an eloquent article about the homeless and public libraries in his blog today. This is a really tough subject in public libraries. As librarians, we really don't…
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Recent articles on blogging (some great, some not so great)
There have been a number of recently published or written scholarly articles on blogging. Communications of the ACM has devoted most of their December 2004 anniversary issue to articles about…
