Archive for September, 2007
My New Desktop Background Image
September 30th, 2007Ari at the beach.
The Results Are In…
September 30th, 2007Take a look. You know what would totally rock? An OPML of the entire list. Psst. Mer…
Open Letter to the ALA Marketing Department
September 30th, 2007To Whom it May Concern:
Please do not send me any more advanced copies of Library Technology Reports. While I appreciate the efforts, I don’t have time to read unsolicited material. Instead, I would request that you send the copies reserved for me to a library that can’t afford to pay the $325 annual [...]
Choosing the Un-Google
September 30th, 2007Wade Roush - “If there’s one thing New England has in great supply, it’s books. And that makes the area one of the battlegrounds in the digital library wars—the competition between commercial entities such as Google and Microsoft and non-profit groups such as the Internet Archive to secure agreements to scan, digitize, and distribute the [...]
More on Banned Books
September 30th, 2007Michael Lieberman - Banned Books and Presidents
More on Starbucks and Libraries
September 30th, 2007Jeffrey Quick adds his thoughts.
Amazon.com V. Librarians
September 29th, 2007Now, who is the better for recommendations?
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Have You Tried Their Passion Tea?
September 29th, 2007Bruce Horovitz - “Five years ago, there wasn’t a college library with a Starbucks. Now, they stretch from California State University, Long Beach to University of South Florida, Tampa. Starbucks has 102 campus units, mostly in student centers, spokesman Brandon Borrman says. “We don’t have a specific target for colleges.”
Libraries and Movie Theaters
September 29th, 2007The Lexy Librarian - “Libraries and movie theaters actually have TWO things in common. Both venues prohibit the use of cell phones and both venues are patronized by individuals who selfishly flout that rule.”
Locating Banners
September 29th, 2007Carlin Romano - “There, in the mirror - a book banner!”
What Others Think Of Libraries
September 29th, 2007Andrea Drusch - “A library is a place where you have to be quiet. All the time. You can’t have things like gum or water or anything made of metal on your person in order to enter. While the setting is clearly not inviting to anyone under 60, chances are it’s the largest room in [...]
Wikipedia Wars
September 29th, 2007David Sarno - “As the 6-year-old encyclopedia project begins shifting from adding articles to pruning them back, arguments ensue, and it isn’t pretty.” (via)
Kat Engaged?
September 29th, 2007He’s way too old for her. Sigh!
End of an Era
September 28th, 2007Walt Crawford - “So for now I’m gainfully unemployed.”
But, there is more work down the pike for Walt. As he eludes to in the next few sentenced.
Another Victim of Too Much Information
September 28th, 2007
Another Victim of Too Much Information
Originally uploaded by animalvegetable
Faster Uploading to Flickr
September 28th, 2007Peter Butler - “If you’re a Flickr user, you can eliminate that delay completely with Foldr Monitr, a free utility that automatically uploads images from specified folders on your hard drive to your Flickr account.”
Suweeeeet!
Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
September 28th, 2007
Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
Originally uploaded by hatcher.library
More on Jackson County, OR
September 28th, 2007Damian Mann - “Prchal is one of many former Jackson County library workers who are applying for jobs with the private company known as LSSI that will operate the 15 branch libraries that have been closed since April 6.”Damian Mann
-Hyphens
September 27th, 2007Simon Rabinovitch - “About 16,000 words have succumbed to pressures of the Internet age and lost their hyphens in a new edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. Bumble-bee is now bumblebee, ice-cream is ice cream and pot-belly is pot belly.
Amazon.com Remodeling
September 27th, 2007A tour of the changes.
Happy 9th Google
September 27th, 2007Skip around the room. Skip around the room. We won’t shut up till you skip around the room.
It’s All Relative
September 27th, 2007A parent’s reasoning for wanting to ban a book - “The teenagers in the book show such a lack of moral integrity,”
Looking Back
September 27th, 2007John Nichols - “Books on trial”
Judge: Parts of Patriot Act Unconstitutional
September 26th, 2007AP - “Two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without a showing of probable cause, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.”
Prisons Reverse Decision
September 26th, 2007Neela Banerjee - “Facing pressure from religious groups, civil libertarians and members of Congress, the federal Bureau of Prisons has decided to return religious materials that had been purged from prison chapel libraries because they were not on the bureau’s lists of approved resources.”
Heck No, We Won’t Go
September 26th, 2007Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett on the decision to cease holds on everything but books - “I don’t think we have to provide better video service than Blockbuster.”
Wait, I Thought It Was All About Technology
September 26th, 2007Jeff Scott - “If we look at the issue in a macro term, we stop thinking about a library and we begin to think about service. We then begin to think about what type of service is best for a community. The 2.0 part is how that service is communicated and implemented. How much control [...]
Bad Library PR
September 26th, 2007An incredible story - “Elizabeth Schaper said she was charged a 50-cent late fee while turning in a book that her late mother had checked out of a Harrison Public Library branch.”
Calling Sony Out
September 26th, 2007Cheryl LaGuardia - “OK, Sony, Here’s What You Can Do to Make It Up to Us.”
Lexis Mega Mega Mega Search
September 26th, 2007Press Release - “LexisNexis, a leading provider of information and services solutions, today announced the launch of an innovative new search functionality on lexis.com® called “Search by Topic or Headnote” that enables legal professionals to perform a single search across multiple sources to efficiently receive faster, better and more relevant results through one unified process.”
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