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
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
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
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
…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”
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
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
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
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
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
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