Thanks to Gary Price for calling my attention to this: last Wednesday the Library & Information Technology Association soft-launched a blog. Apparently they’re planning to blog ALA Annual. And here’s a link to the LITA Blog itself.
When I posted about this the other day, I hadn’t received a reply from Wilson yet. I have now, & here’s the crux of their reply: Library Literature & Information Science (like the other H.W. Wilson databases) indexes the contents of its journal list cover-to-cover. In practical terms, that means that any article of a least half-a-page in length will be indexed. The issue of who retains copyright to the.. Read More
I originally wrote this little rant back in early April, but saved it because posting hot-blooded rants has gotten me into some trouble here & I wanted time to cool off. Then I just ignored it for a while. But now I’m into belated spring cleaning of the email inbox and postponed blog posts. Looking at this again, I’m ok with it, so here goes… Ok, so I’m a little.. Read More
At the end of the day yesterday Duke released the final evaluation report of the iPod First Year Experience. Written by guess who? Yes, Yvonne. It’s already getting some press: from the Chronicle, from the Duke Chronicle, from Inside Higher Ed. Once again, it’s funny to see how the media discusses Duke’s iPod plans for next year: 2 of these 3 say that Duke will be scaling back, the other.. Read More
A while back I wrote that I was going to look into whether it’s possible for me, as an individual author, to submit my own article to be indexed in a database. Well, I finally got off my duff and actually looked into it. Actually I only contacted 2 database vendors: Wilson (re the Library Literature & Information Science db) and CSA (re the Library and Information Science Abstracts db)… Read More
Driving on Franklin St today I saw a car with a bumper sticker that read: oppugn nescient lurdanes What the heck does that mean? So I looked it up. They’re all English words, though archaic. I leave it as an exercise to the reader to look it up for yourself. Extra credit if you can look up all 3 words in any single source other than the OED. Major extra.. Read More
Thanks to Luke for pointing this out: a new memo from Pew Internet & American Life titled Do-it-yourself information online. Some 55% of adult internet users have looked for “how-to,” “do-it-yourself” or repair information online and roughly 1 in 20 internet users — about 7 million people — search for help on a typical day. … More internet users seek do-it-yourself information online than participate in chat rooms (17% say.. Read More
Although it’s apparently been posted for some time, I just found out about this today: the job posting for the NC State Librarian. Salary Range: $52,784 – $88,442. Know anyone who’s interested?
The following is extracted from a mass email to all VRD volunteers (of which I am one), from Blythe Bennett: … the VRD project will end on June 30, 2005. The US Department of Education has had major budget cuts and unfortunately, we are one of the cuts. For those of you familiar with our annual conference, we will still have this year’s conference in San Francisco, but it is.. Read More
Google Maps Make Demographics Come Alive, from AP Geeks, tinkerers and innovators are crashing the Google party, having discovered how to tinker with the search engine’s mapping service to graphically illustrate vital information that might otherwise be ignored, overlooked or not perceived as clearly. …Google charts each point on its maps by latitude and longitude – that’s how Google can produce driving directions to practically anywhere in the nation. Seasoned.. Read More