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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.
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October 30, 2009
Category: Conferences
Today was a little better. To be honest, it’s probably just that I was a bit more tolerant after I slept in a couple of hours before showing up in the middle of the second session. I started out in:...
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Category: Conferences
It's always strange to go to a conference outside of your own primary research area. This conference had a lot of historians and philosophers as well as social scientists in every other category including media studies and information science. I...
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October 28, 2009
Category: Conferences
I hope to be blogging this meeting over the course of the next few days. Last STS meeting I attended computer note-taking was completely frowned upon but hopefully this one will be more modern. I'll be talking tomorrow in session...
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October 26, 2009
Category: Information Science
(I'm posting things from my old blog while I'm on a much-needed vacation) This originally appeared December 21, 2007 Implications of newer models of popularization of science for science library collection development* When we look at science communication - communication...
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October 24, 2009
Category: scholarly communication
(I'm posting some classics from my old blog while I'm on a much needed vacation) This originally appeared February 26, 2006 The reference interview in a scientific research setting: question pairs establish intellectual identity (This is thinking out loud stuff...
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October 21, 2009
Category: libraries
(while I'm on a much-needed vacation, I'm re-posting some things from my old blog) This appeared January 5, 2007. On Weeding... Weeding, variously called "pruning", de-selection, de-accessioning, collection management, is a vital part of maintaining a healthy, vibrant, welcoming library...
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October 20, 2009
Category: Off Topic
I think sometimes the widget on the left side doesn't work. Here's the direct link to support one of the projects I've picked. I think these are some great things that will help students in my state, but if you...
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October 19, 2009
Category: librarians
A couple colleagues (Joe and Sara) wondered if support for the new name is divided between corporate and academic members. Actually, I've heard from folks from research labs (gov't, private, and corporate) really who really hate the name, too. My...
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October 17, 2009
Category: social computing technologies
Here are some ways to define the format/genre/communication channel... etc. I usually go back to Mortensen, Torill and Walker, Jill. (2002). Blogging thoughts: Personal publication as an online research tool. In A. Morrison ed. (Ed.), Researching ICTs in context (1...
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Category: finding information
Cross-language information retrieval is an important research area with lots of activity. There are all kinds of elaborate algorithms and ways of doing it. There's a lot of domain specificity and connotation kind of things that have been really improved...
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