I’ve already stated my choice for president in this U.S. election: John McCain.  I still doubt that he’ll win, and there are things about him that I question, but I hope he will win.  His chances rose immeasurably, in my view, when he surprised a lot of people by choosing Alaska’s governor, Sarah Palin, as [...]

Whoohoo! I was quite excited to stumble upon the news that the CARLI consortium here in Illinois is trying out the VuFind software as a new front end for its Ex Libris Voyager catalog. I had no idea they were doing this; I knew (thanks to one of my students) that they were also [...]

I’ve noted here several times in the past that I have long wanted to pursue a PhD in librarianship. I’ve pretty much given up that possibility though, for a number of reasons. I feel like I’m too old, and I question my own ability to meet the challenge. More importantly I have a wife [...]

Sad but true…

I am a contributor to another blog, for the Special Library Association’s Information Technology Division. This morning I became aware of a really embarrassing situation: I found out that two personal posts were published to the SLA IT Division’s blog from my contributor account. They were posted accidentally by my two littlest [...]