Archive for August, 2007
Random House Makes UnRandom Donation
August 27th, 2007Newsday - “Random House is loosening its purse strings with a $1 million donation to First Book, a nonprofit literacy organization. The gift, a multiyear commitment announced today, is the largest single philanthropic contribution ever made by the house, the world’s largest trade book publisher.”
Jennifer Garner goes to LAPL
August 27th, 2007I sense a READ poster in the works…
Trusting Humans…Again
August 27th, 2007Scott Karp - “When you place a big bet on a new model, it’s always nice hear that smart people are thinking about the big trends that underlie that model. So it was great to hear Robert Scoble, Paul Graham, and Larry Kramer thinking about human-driven information filtering on the Web — and particularly the [...]
In Your Facebook
August 27th, 2007Brad Grier - “While other public and private organizations and corporations are analyzing, examining, testing and ignoring, the Edmonton Public Library soft-launched it Facebook application today.”
(Thanks Estelle)
It’s Email Overload Day
August 27th, 2007WSJ - “Thanks to the avalanche of messages they receive every day, many professionals and office workers say they suffer from email overload. It doesn’t have to be that way.”
In Google We Trust
August 27th, 2007PCWorld - “University students may be encouraged to be critical but they don’t seem to question Google’s ranking system, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. The experiment involved 22 undergraduate students (with various majors) from Cornell University, USA. It found that overall, the students had an inherent trust in [...]
Yet Another Online Photoediting Tool
August 27th, 2007I’m head over heals in love with Picnik, but I’m always on the watch for others. I’ll have to try out FotoFlexer when I get a chance. (via)
Another Happy Blogging Librarian
August 27th, 2007Christopher Harris - “The thing is, I am very happy with my job. Our department gets to work sort of like a startup company with flexibility to try new ideas that can later be transitioned into production in another part of the organization”
Shelf crash 1
August 27th, 2007
Shelf crash 1
Originally uploaded by library_mistress
More here.
Dealing With Email
August 27th, 2007Sarah Milstein - “It’s unfashionable to admit these days, but 14 years after getting my first account, I still like email. Of course, the volume is crushing, and so lately, I’ve been experimenting with email reduction. I’m getting good results with two key concepts that hardly anyone talks about and that focus on your sending [...]
Quint on Google Scholar Updates
August 27th, 2007Barbara Quint - “In its own quiet way, Google Scholar has become a major force in scholarly communication. For many researchers, faculty, and students, it is the first search tool used, challenging the popularity and utility of veteran databases licensed—often at considerable cost—by academic and corporate libraries. Yet announcements about changes in the constantly evolving [...]
Commenting on Outsourcing Libraries
August 27th, 2007Mark Dahl - “It seems to me that you’d lose some of that local connection to the community by having a library run in a McDonalds style fashion.”
New Bloglines
August 27th, 2007Rats. I actually have to log in and check out the new Bloglines (Must. Remember. Password.) Can RSS reading get better, easier, and quicker than Google Reader? Doubtful, but there needs to be competitors in the market.
Not a Librarian?
August 27th, 2007Palm Beach Post - “The American Library Association went in search of a 100-year-old librarian this year to help celebrate the centenary of American Libraries, its professional magazine. Instead, it found Frieda Greene, part-time staffer at the Boynton Beach City Library. “I’m not a librarian!” she tells you straight off. You have to have a [...]
Library Databases - Use Them
August 27th, 2007The Record - “Importantly, the information is all good quality, unlike much of what turns up by Googling, said Brooks Kirkland.”
Copyright Warnings
August 27th, 2007Maura Corbett - “Did it ever occur to you that, in many cases, these serious, ubiquitous warnings may not actually be accurate? Perhaps they’ve just been around so long that they’ve been accepted as fact, but in many cases, as very recently pointed out by the Computer and Communications Industry Association, they are at best [...]
New Babies
August 26th, 2007Congrats TangognaT
Meredith Gives Us A Taste
August 26th, 2007From her survey results, she says: “Want to be happy? Well, you may want to become a school librarian, work in a law library or work for a consortium or library system, because those three got the highest scores for job satisfaction. Corporate and public librarians had the lowest levels of job satisfaction.”
Yay for Law [...]
Display of “1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die”
August 26th, 2007
Display of "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die"
Originally uploaded by DC Chelovek
Odd marketing.
Learn from OA Librarians
August 26th, 2007OA Librarian - “This means that librarianship is already 30% of the way on the gold road, full open access publishing.”
We Need More Maps!!
August 26th, 2007How can librarians help Miss Teen South Carolina:
Update From New Orleans
August 26th, 2007Times-Picayune - “Two years after Katrina, the New Orleans public library system remains in flux. But a new leadership team is determined to rebuild it, one branch and bookmobile at a time.”
Background Checks on Volunteers
August 26th, 2007AP - “Some volunteers at Fargo’s public library will be subjected to background checks. The library already conducts background checks on new employees.
INSANE Book Store 2 (SALEM, MA)
August 26th, 2007
INSANE Book Store 2 (SALEM, MA)
Originally uploaded by mistermajik2000
A librarians nightmare…or dream come true.
More on WikiSkanner
August 26th, 2007The Slate on Virgil Griffith (via)
Is Your Library Card Outdated?
August 26th, 2007CNN - “Sick of your wallet bulging with plastic? So are a lot of other consumers who carry, on average, nine credit, debit and loyalty cards, according to financial research firm Celent. Tech entrepreneur Jonathan Ramaci spied an opportunity in those overstuffed wallets to sell a slim, secure gadget that could mimic all of the [...]
Into Coffee?
August 26th, 2007Illustrations of various espresso drinks. Cafe Americano. Yummy! (via)
Lots of Library Blogs
August 26th, 2007Walt blogs more about his new book.
Good libraries create a sense of community
August 26th, 2007Mike Klocke - “I still remember sitting on Grandpa’s lap as we read books from the shelves of the downtown public library he so proudly had designed in the late 1950s.”
Stop the Downloading
August 26th, 2007Joseph S. Enoch - “Comcast has warned broadband Internet customers across the country to curb their downloading or wind up on the curb. (via)