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Tech vs. Traditional in Library School and Libraries

I'm probably grossly oversimplifying this, but I think there are two types of librarians: those who embrace technology and those who are antagonistic towards it or ignore it. I have…

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Great American History bibliography

December 2004's American Heritage magazine features America Unabridged: The Definitive Guide to the Greatest Books About Our Past. This annotated bibliography covers a wide variety of topics and all of…

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What about open source in libraries?

I couldn't agree more with what Aaron Schmidt wrote about in his Ten Things to Stay Tech Current, but I think he should add a number eleven to his list:…

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Commonsense tech advice for libraries

Everyone working at or interested in libraries should read Top Ten Things to Stay Tech Current by Aaron Schmidt at Walking Paper.

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Paraprofessional jobs?

This month's LIScareer.com has an article about taking a paraprofessional job once you have your MLS. This is something I've certainly been thinking about now that I'm 2 weeks away…

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Freevo is looking better and better

A couple of months ago, I was impressed by how well TiVo was courting consumers by lowering their price and marketing to busy people rather than to couch potatoes. But…

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A-List Weblogs

I recently read an interesting article for my Information Retrieval course about Power Laws and Weblogs, which I found very interesting in light of my recent forrays into blogging. The…

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RSS and the death of print newspapers

The Washington Post, in a series of focus groups, discovered that young people are far less likely to subscribe to newspapers than people 35 and over. Frankly, that wasn't a…

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Counting and counting and counting

According to Wired, the GAO is going to investigate how the vote was counted and during the election, particularly in hotly contested states like Ohio and Florida. This comes on…

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Google scholar buzz, consolidated

If you want to read as much as you can about Google Scholar all in one place, there is now a blog devoted entirely to the subject. It's interesting to…

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The great librarian shortage debate

I came across this article in the Ocala Star-Banner, courtesy of a link from LISNews.com. It states that in Ocala, a city north of Orlando and about 3 hours north…

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Ah but California…

My hubby and I got married in the Napa Valley about 4 months ago and spent our honeymoon travelling around the CA coast. My dream is to live out there,…

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would you like cream cheese with that?

I see some interesting wildlife outside my office window, but this one had me running for the camera!

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Visionary libraries

I've been applying for jobs since late September as I'll be graduating in just a couple of weeks with my MLS (or whatever my school calls it). I'm not the…

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Google Scholar Buzz

Wow, Google must be thrilled by all the free press and panic they're getting from librarians with their brand new offering, Google Scholar. I'd put in my two cents, but…

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PSA

I just wanted to encourage everyone to watch series of lectures on C-SPAN organized by the Library of Congress entitled The Digital Future. There are some great people who are…

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It was bound to happen

One of the many wonderful things about RSS feeds is that they are blissfully devoid of advertising. That may not be the case much longer. According to Wired News, "a…

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Grrrrr…

Our servers were down for almost seven hours today. This is really unprecedented. At first I thought I'd somehow caused it, but fortunately (or not) it was not my fault.…

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If it didn’t work for the RIAA…

The MPAA has filed their first bunch of lawsuits against people who offer movies for download. Apparently they were inspired by the rousing success of the RIAA's campaign to sue…

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Glad they didn’t have these when I was in school!

Cutting class -- almost a right of passage in high school -- is no longer an option for Houston area students. According to the NY Times, children in Houston area…