Inventory control is a huge issue no matter the size of your library. But if your library is one the world's largest research institutions with 135 million items in its collection, the problems of the typical library get multiplied at an exponential rate. According to the article linked to above, the Library of Congress has […]
The Real-Time Google Alphabet passes the letters of the alphabet to Google Suggest in real time to create a constantly updated list of the things that the Google algorithm thinks users are searching for.
One of the big ways that librarians amuse themselves is debating whether to call the people who come into their buildings “patrons”, “clients” or “customers”. (I wish I was joking about this. I'm not.) I happen to be firmly in the “patron” camp but do recognize that each term does have reasons why librarians choose […]
My mom retired this year after 33 years as a registered nurse – three years in Regina, four years off to have kids then thirty years at the Indian Head Union Hospital. Shea, Pace and I went to the local health district's annual long service & retirement tea (well, actually “dessert bar” so I wasn't […]
…aka an “Easter Egg” for anybody not down with the kid's lingo. It's easy to get your own “Facebook Friends” collage.1. log into Facebook2. click on the “Friends” tab at the top of the page 3. click on the first “—” separator after “Online Now”. Cool, eh? (via Stephen's Lighthouse)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has put up over 13 000 segments going back to 1999. That's pretty cool…or at least it would be if I could get any of the videos in the archives to load. Maybe the site's just being hammered with traffic because it's so new. But it almost makes you […]
Would you work for this library? I would in a heartbeat. (See the end of the post for the Internet company I cribbed this hiring manifesto from. I've re-worded it so it sounds like a library wrote it.)Our Library delights peopleIt is satisfying to work at a company that people love. When you wear Library […]
John M. has posted some reflections on reaching the halfway point of the MLIS program as a part-time student. He started in the same term as me which was Jan 2006 but because he's only taking 1-2 classes per term, he isn't scheduled to finish until August 2009. As someone who did the program in […]
This site is pretty cool. It gives you a visual depiction of what your salary is on a hourly/weekly/yearly basis and even shows a ticker of how much money you earn as you look at the page (especially fun if you look at it while at work!)In other work-related news, I wore a cardigan to […]
Whether you believe unions still have a role to play in society or not, this is pretty surprising. Frank Stronach, the owner of the multi-billion dollar auto parts manufacturing company, Magna International has agreed to a deal with the CAW to allow unionization in his factories. (Hey, if his daughter can flip-flop, why can't dad? […]
