librarianship Archive

New job, new direction


Monday afternoon I accepted an offer to take a job in a different group within the library where I work.  Basically what I’ll be doing is leading efforts to implement and expand search and taxonomy company-wide.  A lot of work has already been done so I’ll need to get up to speed quickly on that.  [...]

A free (yes, free) XML workshop


Few people are as good as Eric Lease Morgan at explaining technical things in a way that is easy for just about anyone to understand. Eric has been at this for a long time and has a rich history of innovative applications for libraries and I like the way that he is so passionate [...]

What I want to be when I grow up


You know how you were often asked the question when you were in grade school, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I hated that question, because I really didn’t know for sure. And the only answer I could come up with at that time was that I wanted to [...]


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