One of my colleagues forwarded me this email from her son in college. She had sent this around to the rest of our reference department as well, hoping to get answers from our staff. Her son writes: Hey Mom, I've got a kinda silly reference librarian question for you concerning the validity and accuracy of... Continue Reading →
Playing with New Themes
I was getting kind of bored with the old look of Library Voice, so I've been tinkering with a few new themes. The latest incarntion is using the stock version of a theme called Connections, which I downloaded from the WordPress Themes Directory. Connections was created by Patricia of Vanilla Mist, and it appears that... Continue Reading →
A Wiki for 6 Strings
I was looking for some *cough* free *cough* guitar tabulature for a particular song that our church praise band is playing on Sunday. I checked out the usual guitar tabulature sites, and then discovered The Tab Wiki. After poking around a bit, I was pleased to see that there were a few songs from The... Continue Reading →
Biz Wiki Update
Fall quarter starts at my university in two weeks, and I think the Biz Wiki should be ready for prime time by then. I had a test run two weeks ago when I introduced the wiki to a class of business communication students. In looking at the most popular pages in the Biz Wiki, many... Continue Reading →
New Library Blog
Scott Pfitzinger has a new blog. He writes on his original blog: I have decided to create a new blog. Its purpose is to contribute to the professional discussions about how technology is affecting libraries and learning. This will also allow me to keep my professional and personal blog posts separate. Not that the personal... Continue Reading →
Seeing Dollar Signs
One of the most challenging things that many librarians face is shrinking budgets, or perhaps budgets that have not increased with the pace of inflation. Couple that with student and faculty demand for more and better resources, and your budget will have you seeing red. This can be very difficult to deal with, as often... Continue Reading →
IM, Email, and “Who am I talkin’ to?”
The 'brary Web Diva wants to know "should staff who share a "departmental" IM screen name identify themselves when responding to an IM?" Stop by her blog and leave a comment. It's an interesting question, and her post prompted me to think about the issue a little more. We've been using Trillian with our IM... Continue Reading →
Email is for Old People
The Pew Internet Study on Teen's and Technology is now available. Of particular note is the section on IM. An excerpt follows: For many years, email has been the most popular application on the internet - a popular and “sticky†communications feature that keeps users coming back day after day. But email may be at... Continue Reading →
Getting Things Done
Michael and Bill are Getting Things Done, although from the looks of Bill's office, he has some catching up to do. 😉 I've ordered the book as well and hope to use it to get better organized. Like Bill, I will share my successes and failures with getting things done.