February 2012
10 posts
Google-Trained Minds Can't Deal with Terrible... →
librarious:
infoneer-pulse:
College and university librarians are concerned about students’ search skills, and no wonder:
At Illinois Wesleyan University, “The majority of students — of all levels — exhibited significant difficulties that ranged across nearly every aspect of the search process,” according to researchers there. They tended to overuse Google and misuse scholarly databases....
Woman in Comedy: A really scary thing happened to...
gabydunn:
Part of me thinks it’s too soon to be writing about this because I don’t think I’ve completely processed how I feel, but I also think maybe this has happened to other women and I should talk about it in as raw a way as possible. I’m still really embarrassed and ashamed and garbled up inside, but maybe this can start a helpful discussion in terms of women and comedy.
Last night, I was...
“And let’s be honest, any deal where libraries are giving publishers money for...”
– Annoyed Librarian on libraries and ebooks and patrons and ebooks and what are we going to do about this because I’m really hoping we gain some ground in the right direction very, very soon. (via thelifeguardlibrarian)
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Random House's New Library Policy
I’m conflicted when reading an article from The Digital Shift discussing Random House’s decision to recommit to library ebook lending…while raising prices on said ebooks for wholesalers who sell to libraries.
I’m glad they’ve decided to keep their entire selection open for library purchase without limitations, unlike the other Big 6 publishers who are either avoiding...
January 2012
4 posts
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Thoughts after the Harvard Libraries Twitter Panic
Maybe the Twitterverse overreacted to the town hall meetings concerning the next step in the Harvard restructuring project. After all, “It is inaccurate to say that all library staff will need to reapply for their positions,” according to a statement made to Library Journal by Kira Poplowski, the library’s director of communications.
Sifting through the tweets, Feral...
Sitting on Empty
Sometimes I wonder if my husband believes he can’t refill the gas tank until the little light comes on to tell him to.
“It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is...”
– Terry Pratchett
Mohandas Gandhi: Dear Customer who stuck up for... →
sweetupndown:
you thought I didn’t really notice. But I did. I wanted to high-five you.
Yesterday I had a pair of brothers in my store. One was maybe between 15-17. He was a wrestler at the local high school. Kind of tall, stocky and handsome. He had a younger brother, who was maybe about…