A New Dewey? LibraryThing Proposes The Open Shelves Classification System

An open source, collaborative Dewey replacement?  That sounds pretty cool…The Dewey Decimal System® was great for its time, but it's outlived that. Libraries today should not be constrained

Sometimes When You Get Asked To Volunteer For Something…

You wonder, “Is it because the person asking thinks I'm the best person for the job or they just got the smell of fresh meat?” 😀

Jason's 360 Review

One of the tools that HR departments use these days is the 360 Review where, instead of the traditional performance review by your superior, feedback about your performance

Evolution Proven in Lab

This story's a month old now but I'm not sure how many people saw it – a scientist who studied bacteria for 44 000 generations (since 1988) has

I Scream, You Scream…

…We All Scream For Ice Cream!  It was a very eventful weekend for Pace – hitting the beach, encounters with local celebrities, visiting Wolseley – a nearby town

The Sintalulta Mud Derby

Fifteen years ago, I would've been one of the teenagers  driving through the mud or wrestling in it.  Now I'm (mostly) happy to be a spectator to the

Friday Fun Link – The WTF World of Wikipedia

A pretty revealing list comparing word counts for various topics on Wikipedia:Call of Duty WWII Video Game (13 069 words) vs. World War II (11 884 words) Pokemon

You Know You Work in a Rural Library When…

One of the smaller jobs I do in my position of Branch Supervisor is review the local library board minutes that are sent in by each of our

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