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What a wonderful Wiki world
If 2004 was the year of the blog, I think 2005 will be the year of the Wiki. Wikis first came to my attention in 2003 in the form of…
The cool yellow pages
If you haven't already, go check out A9.com, a yellow pages for the future. More a reference work than simply a "phone book", A9 allows users to not only search…
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Cool tool for bookmarklet multitasking
Are you torn between using furl, del.icio.us, and the growing number of similar sites? Well worry no longer friends! Steven Cohen just posted about one of the cooler bookmarklet tools…
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Tech support by the book
Right now, my hubby, Adam, and I live right near his parents and, like many people in our generation, Adam is their tech-support guy. Since we're moving to Chicago in…
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OSS Patent Search
For those interested in developing open source software based on the patents offered for free by IBM and others, PatentCafe has come out with OSS Patent Search Engine, a natural…
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Open source in Brazil
NPR this morning had a great story about how Brazil is switching 300,000 government computers from Windows to Linux. Not only are they switching to Linux, but they are dropping…
Giving the patron what s/he wants
Steph at TechnoBiblio wrote about an interesting observation at a recent panel discussion she attended: The final panelist came forth with a statement that seemed to take the audience by…
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Lots to listen to!
So many great library related things to listen to online! Libraries of the Future From WBEZ (soon to be my public radio station -- woo hoo!) a fabulous discussion about…
Posted inour digital future
Folksonomies: Bringing it all together
TangognaT turned me on to Cheap Eats at the Semantic Web Café from Burningbird. It's mega meta-post on folksonomies and the Semantic Web. Technorati tags, controlled vocabulary versus folksonomies, the…
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The future of virtual reference services
I've been reading a lot of great articles and posts about the viability of virtual reference and how we can make it better for our patrons. The Library Journal article,…
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The place of the ALA in Salinas
Michael McGrorty is an ALA Councilor and a man of conscience. He is one of the few people who has made more than a mention about the Salinas libraries and…
Posted injob search libraries
A day in the life…
Curious about what a library web manager does in an average day? Dave King offers us a glimpse into his work at the Kansas City Public Library: Checked email, bloglines,…
Administrative blogs and wikis
During one of my interviews this week, I asked the interviewers what some of their biggest challenges were at their library. One of the challenges they mentioned was keeping all…
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Changing corporate image with open source
In light of IBM's offer to allow use of 500 of their software patents for open source applications, Sun is now freely offering 1600 of its own patents for open…
Posted injob search
Networking basics
We all know what networking is, but as an MLS student or a new librarian with few connections, it is difficult to know where to begin. It can be particularly…
Philadelphia’s library problems
People have been up in arms about the news that the Philadelphia Free Library system is running 20 of its 49 libraries without professional librarians. I think it's awful too,…
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Libraries in the frozen north
I'm back from Chicago with two more interviews under my belt. It's lovely to see that Illinois really seems to value their libraries -- or at the very least, the…
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So is there a librarian shortage or isn’t there? Part 2
There are a few bloggers who have spent a lot of time questioning the library shortage due to their own experiences in library school and on the job hunt. Dorothea…
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So is there a librarian shortage or isn’t there? Part 1
From the PLA Blog, I learned that the ALA is planning to launch a recruitment website to attract more future librarians to the profession. I’ve written a whole bunch about…
Not to throw cold water on it…
David King at Dave's blog asks some valid questions about Sirsi's new RSS offering: But for me, there are some questions I'll need to answer to become completely satisfied with…