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This is my blog on library and information science.
Christina K. Pikas is a science and engineering librarian in a special library as well as a doctoral student in information studies.
Any opinions expressed here may not even be her own and certainly do not represent those of any organization willing to be affiliated with her.
Where am I?
August 29, 2009
Category: public communication & engagement
So often we hear of large studies like the GSS being used for attitudes towards science. We also hear the results of science achievement metrics and are disappointed. This article provides a great mix between generalizable quantitative understanding gained through...
Posted by Christina Pikas at 1:59 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 28, 2009
Category: publishing
I love the DOI. It's the best thing since sliced bread. Actually, it's better than sliced bread - I can slice my own bread - but I can't do what DOIs do so easily. If you've been living under a...
Posted by Christina Pikas at 10:25 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 25, 2009
Category: Information Science
BTW: any half decent librarian who knows her reference collection can answer a lot of fact-type questions faster with the right books with decent indexes than with the major search engine. Yay, indexers!
Posted by Christina Pikas at 9:10 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 24, 2009
Category: publishing
In case you can't read this screenshot of an e-mail (source, via), I'll quote it for you: "Are you on a first name basis with the librarian? If so, chances are, you're spending too much time at the library....
Posted by Christina Pikas at 9:44 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 23, 2009
Category: publishing
On one side, there are some who say the future of scholarly communication in science is databases - or, rather, more or less shared and curated data sets. Some of the folks in this crowd go farther to say that...
Posted by Christina Pikas at 11:12 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: librarians
Dr. Free-Ride answers the question about what credentials are needed to become a philosopher. It's interesting to note, actually, that in library schools - places where one goes to study to become a librarian - folks might have a PhD...
Posted by Christina Pikas at 1:26 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 20, 2009
Category: Off Topic
I've used a citation managers/ bibliographic managers for years - ever since I came to my current job in which I do in-depth literature searching for scientists and engineers. I report my results as an annotated bibliography with analysis. To...
Posted by Christina Pikas at 9:55 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 14, 2009
Category: libraries
Here are some things academic libraries are doing to cope. The primary caveat is that I have less experience in this area (my research lab is affiliated with a university, but we're different). I have heard a lot about this...
Posted by Christina Pikas at 10:05 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 12, 2009
Category: online communities
Why Friendfeed's acquisition by Facebook concerns this user. The title is an imitation of Walt's Monday, old, and insufficiently paranoid. I love friendfeed. It's really the porous boundaries between the groups that really does it. You get to know people...
Posted by Christina Pikas at 7:28 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 9, 2009
Category: comps
Now that I'm not scared to look at my responses... This one doesn't look so bad, so I'm sharing. Please do keep in mind that this was written in 2 hours, by a tired person, with tired fingers! --- Christina...
Posted by Christina Pikas at 1:28 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Tim Lambert 11.22.2009
PZ Myers 11.19.2009
PZ Myers 11.22.2009
Ed Brayton 11.22.2009
Greg Laden 11.22.2009
