Last week I bought a refurbished Blackberry 8700c from Cingular. I wanted it for a number of reasons yet wondered if it would live up to my expectations. I was worried, for example, if I would be able to work … Continue reading →
I just came across an insightful article by Michael Calore of Wired News that describes his attempt to transition away from desktop-based office applications in favor of Google’s web-based applications. Mainly this involved switching from tools like Microsoft Word in … Continue reading →
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Life is hard. Do you ever feel so overwhelmed, so downhearted that you find it hard to literally and figuratively put one foot in front of the other? When doing even the most routine and little things seems impossible or … Continue reading →
Recently my mentee at UIUC GSLIS asked me to look into my crystal ball and articulate some thoughts about what lies in store for technical services librarianship. What follows is my response. I publish this here because although my points … Continue reading →
These are my links for April 6th through April 16th: LIBRA: LIBrary Reports and Announcements – An occasional PDF publication of The University of Chicago Library. I like to read this whenever a new issue is published because it helps … Continue reading →
The latest issue (Spring 2007) of LIBRA: LIBrary Reports and Announcements, is now available. LIBRA is a publication of The University of Chicago Library. I like to read each issue because that helps me keep informed about what’s going on … Continue reading →
A belated note that UKSG has a conference blog open for their annual conference and they are already reporting some good summaries of conference presentations from today’s session (today is the start of the conference). Check it out at http://liveserials.blogspot.com/index.html. … Continue reading →
I was excited to read the news last night that Chicago was picked over Los Angeles as the site nominated by the U.S. for the 2016 Olympics. How cool would it be to live near the Olympics, if Chicago happens … Continue reading →
