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Monthly Archives: March 2006
It’s about customer service, folks [Updated]
[Update: I forgot, dumb me, to link to the original post. Fixed.] In a Slashdot posting read this a.m., entitled “Why Everyone Loves Apple,” I found some words that I think are very relevant to libraries, technology, debates about Library … Continue reading
Posted in apple, blogging, family man librarian, ipod, rss
Tagged energy, relevant new technologies, technology services
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Notes on another presentation about tagging
I’ve pointed several times to the You’re It! blog because there is a lot of useful information to be found there about tagging in a context that is much broader than the library world. (In fact, I have yet to … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, cataloging, family man librarian, tagging
Tagged author, Missing Chapter, Rashmi Sinha
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UKSG to offer conference blog at this year’s conference and exhibition
UKSG, sister organization of (and somewhat of a foster parent to) NASIG, announced today that they are adding something new to the mix for their upcoming conference and exhibition: LiveSerials, a blog which will provide up-to-the-minute reports from conference sessions. … Continue reading
Winners of NASIG 2006 election
Today, the winners of this year’s NASIG election were announced: Vice-President/President-Elect (3 year term) Char Simser-Kansas State Univ Secretary (3 year term) Joyce Tenney-Univ of MD, Baltimore County Members at Large (2 year term)-in alpha order by first name) Alison … Continue reading
Posted in family man librarian, nasig
Tagged Alison Roth-Swets, Baltimore County, Bob Schatz-Coutts, Char Simser-Kansas State Univ, first petition candidate, Joyce Tenney-Univ, Maryland, Nevada, Rick Anderson, Rick Anderson-Univ, SECRETARY, Univ of Nevada, VICE-PRESIDENT /PRESIDENT-ELECT
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I must be a ‘lametard’
What is a ‘lametard’? Not sure, but I must be one. I was reading a posting about MySpace just now and the blogger’s thesis was that if you don’t "get" MySpace, then you are missing something big. Something bigger than … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, family man librarian
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Thoughts on reports from conferences
I was thinking today, after reading through the many different reports about the recently concluded Computers in Libraries conference, that after having read all of them, I feel as if I did not miss much by not attending. This is … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, faith, family man librarian, flickr, oclc
Tagged Alabama, communications ecosystem, Lorcan Dempsey, roy tennant, Walt Crawford
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Dealing with criticism
I was reading Meredith Farkas’s report from the Computers in Libraries conference and spotted a criticism of MPOW. She writes: "Other vendors send salespeople to conferences who don’t know their products. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense! Question: would … Continue reading
A slow Saturday
So far, nothing of any note has occured today. Most of the time that is the way I like it because I feel the need for down time from a hectic work week. Today, however, I’m feeling rather antsy and, … Continue reading
Mobber, a new Web 2.0 service with some library uses
Via the Mashable! blog comes word of yet another new Web 2.0 application, called Mobber. The idea for this is to enable you to see who is on a particular webpage, and to chat with that person or persons in … Continue reading
The catalog is the library: a perspective
Today I found an interesting post via Pubsub, written by an ex-librarian, discussing the role of the online catalog for libraries in the (near) future. Basically he posits that the online catalog IS the library, and goes on to describe … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, family man librarian, tagging
Tagged librarian, online catalog, Paul Miller, writer
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