Thanks to everyone who generously answered the call and sent in screen shots for my article. You guys rock. This is my first kick at the pro publishing can and I've been jumpy about everything. Draft 1 leaves my trembling hands in four days and I thought the worst would be over then but no, because then starts the waiting. I have all sorts of new-found awe and appreciation for all those prolific librarians out there (you know who you are!) who make it look so easy.
How does your institution support the information needs of its graduates [PDF]? In my experience, once you graduate, you're pretty much a member of the community at large when it comes to access to your alma mater's electronic resources (as opposed to having any special privileges). I'd agree that more needs to be done to bridge the gap between student and graduate, which will mean putting the screws to database vendors, for the most part.
Books to cure what ails your kid.
Green library:
"It's not easy being green, but it's the right thing to do," said City Librarian K.G. Ouye. "We are going to see thousands of people every day. And we think this is going to be a building people will want to come to, just to visit."
published Friday, September 26, 2003 @
Well, well, so much happening in the library world this week...
Banned Books Week, this week.
Raise a Reader day in Canada tomorrow.
New librarian? Take the survey.
I might have heard about this before but I can't remember. At any rate, LoC is working on an archive of video images.
WILL, or "What's in London's Libraries", is a new union catalogue for all of London's libraries.
I can't quite get over this whole Dewey thing. I first read about the Library Hotel about a year ago and I recently made a note to self to have a peek at it when I'm in New York in a few weeks (sidebar: their Erotica package is in the erotic lit room).
published Wednesday, September 24, 2003 @
OK, so I guess I shouldn't judge all aggregators by one aggregator, or all experiences by one bad experience. Bloglines has been great so far. I especially like that I never have to see the same thing twice, it only updates stuff I haven't seen. Bear with me folks, these are tentative steps I'm taking here.
Also, I know there have to be people out there who are posting to their library-blogs with something other than Blogger. If so, I'm looking for screen shots of the main interface for my article on libraries and blogs. Most particularly Movable Type, but I'm interested in any others too. Just one shot per CMS, anyone...? Thanks in advance.
published Friday, September 19, 2003 @
Hmmm, "tracking reading habits would betray our high regard for the First Amendment", Ashcroft on the "baseless hysteria" librarians are causing with all their anti-PATRIOT Act talk. It seems as though, from Ashcroft's point of view, librarians are being brainwashed by perverse groups (like the ACLU) with nefarious intentions (like truth-telling). Not for the faint of heart: his speech.
Two other things, entirely unrelated:
Not specifically library-related, but book-related enough I think, Booker Prize nominees have been announced.
published Tuesday, September 16, 2003 @
So much for more frequent posts and things looking up. I've decided to give the whole aggregator thing another go. About a year ago, I dabbled a bit, installed various bits of software, suffered a hard drive meltdown and proceeded to uninstall everything with reckless abandon. I'm running a pretty tight ship these days, no downloads unless I absolutely need it, so I'm sampling some web-based aggregators and enjoying the experience thus far. This week: Bloglines.
A bibliography of Canadian libraries. [via LISNews]
I was recently reminded of this delightful resource: The Researching Librarian. [via infomuse]
I've been doing some reading on the "One City, One Book" phenomenon. What a great idea.
What better time to let your favourite medical info pro know how much you love 'em than during National Medical Librarians Month, next month.
published Monday, September 15, 2003 @
Back to back posts, things must be looking up. A few weeks ago I mentioned chairing a committee on writing for publication. People have sent me a bunch of great resources which I will be posting here as well, I don't want to just hoard these resources until I get my butt in gear and put up a website for the committee. All this is to say that things are going to be taking on a certain publication flavour around here, at least for a while. And keep the suggestions/resources coming.
If you are a member of NMRT you may or may not already know this: Footnotes, the round table's newsletter, is now being published online.
published Wednesday, September 03, 2003 @
I'm hoping for a September that is far more bountiful than August was around here. Sorry about all that maddening silence.
I've probably linked to this before but a re-link might be timely: plagiarism resources on the web. [via listserv]
It's probably not a good idea to link to something you haven't seen yourself but this sounds promising and I figured that if somebody can get it to load and play, they can tell me what it's all about.
My old library school is making great strides in the wonderful world of wiki. [via librarian.net]
published Tuesday, September 02, 2003 @
You used to know bibliolatry.net as a library news/resource blog. Well, I'm now posting library news/resources at LISNews.com (albeit sporadically) and bibliolatry.net is where I talk about the library lit I'm reading. Have something I should read? Let me know. Have something to say about an article I talk about? Leave a comment. For more about me, go here.
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