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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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Citizen journalism meets the wiki phenomenon
Amateur journalists take note: according to Wired, the makers of Wikipedia have now created Wikinews, which allows anyone to write and edit news articles (subject to a similar review process…
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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…
