It's funny – you do a post you think will get lots of responses and then, ..not really. But then you do a bit of a throwaway post albeit on a fairly interesting hypothetical question and you get tons of thoughtful, passionate responses. So inspired by Cenobyte who said she was going to pose that […]
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Cha-Cha, New Human Powered Search Engine
A fellow FIMS student pointed me to a new human-assisted search engine called Cha-Cha. It allows you to do regular searches but if you're stymied, you can also click on the “Search With Guide” button, a chat box pops up and you're quickly connected with one of their guides. Who are the guides? It doesn't […]
Universal Books?
Last night, while thinking about the vast publishing industry and the fact that you could never read even a fraction of the books published each year, even in a lifetime of reading, I wondered “Are there any books that you could be sure that almost every single person who is a reader has read?” I […]
Friday Fun Link – March of the Librarians (Feb 16, 2007)
I said last week that I love getting something in my in-box on Friday morning that I can turn around and use as a Friday Fun Link later that same day. (In fact, feel free to e-mail me if you know a site that is funny, unique or thought-provoking. I can’t guarantee I’ll use it […]
The Ten Largest Databases in the World
Library of Congress comes in at #10 on a list of the ten largest databases. It might be a surprise who is listed as #1 but at the same time, you should take this list with a grain of salt as a lot of these numbers are speculative guesses. (via DiggieFilter which has some discussion […]
The Myth of Prodigy and Why It Matters – Malcolm Gladwell
I was laying in bed last night trying to figure out what my blog is about now that I'm out of library school (which was 90% of my focus for the past year.) I came up with: 1. library-related stories2. technology developments 3. baby stuff …with a side helping of politics, Saskatchewan news bites and miscellanous […]
Freedom to Read Week Event at FIMS – Monday February 19, 2007
See below for a call for readers and audience members for a Freedom to Read Week event forwarded by the esteemed Michelle Lake. I organized the event last year and on a personal note, I think it's a great experience to participate in something like this – to learn more about freedom of expression issues, […]
Public Humiliation (aka the Public Library Game)
Here's a goofy idea I had for a fun (yet embarrassing) entry… I've been going to public libraries since I was a kid. I've visited libraries across country like they were tourist attractions (which I guess means that they are – at least for me!). I've just finished my Master of Library Science degree. And […]
The OPAC – A Question (Mark)
For many library users, the OPAC is the source of connection to their library – how they find books, movies, CD's, etc. And it's a well-known issue in libraryland that OPAC's frequently aren't all they should be, something that's increasingly in the spotlight because of how much better Web 2.0 sites like Amazon and LibraryThing […]
Dad's Filing Cabinet
My dad has a heavy old, four-drawer metal filing cabinet. When I was a kid, that filing cabinet was one the most fascinating things for me in our entire house. Many times, when my sister and I would play school or store, the filing cabinet had a part in the story. And it's probably not […]