Library 2.0: An Academic's Perspective: Standards That Don't Help Us – Yet
Library 2.0: An Academic’s Perspective: Standards That Don’t Help Us – Yet: Here’s a coincidence. Over the past couple of days, I’ve been mulling over the role of standards in our profession and coming to the conclusion that a) existing ACRL standards are inadequate, b) toothless standards are not standards at all, and c) exemplary […]
Read MoreCult Of 2.0
Cult Of 2.0: Confession: I have my own religious mental picture of librarians and libraries and the primary symbol has always been the monk and the monastery. People driven by and dedicated to structure and fundamentals. That’s not all a library is but in truth I believe the majority of what constitutes a library is […]
Read MorePaper Daisies: NYC
Paper Daisies: NYC: These things happen all the time I’ve always said (well, since I moved here 4 months ago) that NYC smells like a toilet. Apparently, though, these things happen all the time. I didn’t notice this today, but I guess many others did. ——- This is an interesting post… for those interested in […]
Read MoreYouTube – A Librarian's 2.0 Manifesto
YouTube – A Librarian’s 2.0 Manifesto: —— This is an interesting library 2.0 manifest from the standpoint of a librarian.
Read More33 reasons librarians are still extremely important
33 reasons librarians are still extremely important: A no-nonsense list, good for any sort of situation. My favorites are 24) The internet is subject to manipulation, and 32) Libraries are a stopgap to anti-intellectualism. [thanks forrest] —- i know several anti-intellectual and more sinister anti-academic oriented librarians in training. they seem to have a strong […]
Read MoreHow you can get a library job, too
How you can get a library job, too: More on successful library job searches over at Wanderings of a Student Librarian. —– not to dissimilar from my opinions.
Read MoreTop 10 Online Databases for General Research « FMU Online
Top 10 Online Databases for General Research « FMU Online: When writing papers for school, it’s always good to start your research online. Many academic journals publish their articles onlineâ€â€which can give you a head start on research prior to heading to your local library. —— it is not always good to start online…. but […]
Read Morethesecretmirror.com » Blog Archive » The State of Open Source Archival Management Software
thesecretmirror.com » Blog Archive » The State of Open Source Archival Management Software: The State of Open Source Archival Management Software —— a nice analysis from the secret mirror.
Read MoreSpringer Book on Wikis free to download
Springer Book on Wikis free to download: http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-3-540-29267-8/ In English —– I’ve not read this yet, but it looks like a good howto-type outline.
Read MoreLibrarian's Ultimate Guide to Search Engines
Librarian’s Ultimate Guide to Search Engines: Librarian’s Ultimate Guide to Search Engines is a helpful starting point for anyone – librarian, professor, or student – wanting to get a lot more out of web search. By Scott Hawksworth for DegreeTutor —— again this is very handy… for more than librarians.
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