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Friday, November 3rd, 2006

This library is just way too full

From Flickr Update: Just to be clear, I didn’t take this photo. I just found it on Flickr and thought it looked cool.

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Thursday, November 2nd, 2006

Research Beyond Google (because Google can’t find everything)

Research Beyond Google: 119 Authoritative, Invisible, and Comprehensive Resources There’s plenty of good information and links here. Some of these resources I knew about, but there are plenty on this list that I didn’t. Google is great for the quick fact check or the shotgun approach to just see what’s out there. But when you [...]

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Friday, April 7th, 2006

What is a librarian?

Library Journal has a short article about a session at the recent PLA conference in Boston, titled “Is the MLS Needed for a Career in Public Librarianship?”. Daniel Walters, director of the Las Vegas–Clark County Library District, sees nothing wrong with hiring non librarians, especially in technical areas such as cataloging. Cataloging is being outsourced [...]

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Saturday, April 1st, 2006

Information Overload and Anomalous States of Knowledge

Too much information? In a stunning breakthrough research librarians have now discovered ‘The Cure for Information Overload‘. Their paper has some interesting findings based in part on Nick Belkin’s Anomalous States of Knowledge.

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