Monthly Archives: June 2006

My unofficial principles of licensing

Tonight’s class session focused in large measure on the topic of licensing and the role it plays in selecting and acquiring electronic resources for libraries. As part of that discussion, and as a result also of the assigned readings, I … Continue reading

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Storm in the night

Early this morning a thunderstorm came through our area. As is his habit, Tristan had already made his way from his bed to the floor next to our bed. The lightning flashed across the sky and when that happened, he … Continue reading

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Fun at Chain O’ Lakes State Park

Yesterday we went for a drive, just to get out of the house for a while. We took the kids to a playground at Chain O’ Lakes State Park and here is a set of photos taken while we were … Continue reading

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Brinley with hairbrush stuck in her hair

I love this photo of Brinley, taken by Michele. Brinley decided to help herself to some hair gel. She used such a generous amount that her hair was stiff as a board!

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…and these people expect to be taken seriously?! [Updated]

This afternoon I read a report of some kind of panel discussion at the American Library Association between three well known and highly visible librarians on the issue of “who controls the future of search.” Things were fairly ok up … Continue reading

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Enabling blog updates via email

Of course this blog has an RSS feed that enables updates to get automatically transmitted to subscribers. But most people are still unfamiliar with RSS feeds, aggregators, and all that stuff. These people continue to feel more comfortable with using … Continue reading

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Finally getting to investigate some much-hyped services

I’ve finally dipped my toes into a couple of much-hyped social web services: MySpace, and Skype. Actually I’ve had a MySpace account for several months but haven’t really used it because, frankly, I have little use for what seems like … Continue reading

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Flock beta version released

Last week (or maybe the week before, I forget), the first public beta release of my favorite web browser, Flock, was released. Naturally I was eager to put it through its paces. I’m glad to say that this is an … Continue reading

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This summer's class

The following is a group photo of this summer’s technical services functions class, which I am teaching. They are a great group of people!

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Recent photos of some of the Obergs

My second oldest brother, Tim, and most of his family (missing: Ben). Nils, my oldest nephew, with his fiancee, Emily. My oldest niece, Britta, and her husband, Roger, now married for a little over a year.

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