Category: acad lib future
Or, Twitter & blogs as ways of knowing, Part 2. A month or so ago, I poked a little gentle fun at social media extremists, basically exploring the idea that engaging online is the be-all and end-all of the library...
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Category: culture of science
Following along in the tradition of Bora's introductions of the various attendees for the upcoming Science Online 2010 conference, I thought I'd list all the library people that are attended. I'm not going to try and introduce each of the...
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Category: book review
TVOntario has produced a very fine documentary based on the life of geometer Donald Coxeter, who lived in Toronto and worked at the University of Toronto for many years. It's called The Man Who Saved Geometry and is based on...
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Category: acad lib future
As I mentioned in my previous post, I did a little Q&A about the new outsourcing arrangement that CISTI has negotiated with Infotrieve. Q1. What's the effect on jobs at CISTI from this move? As you may know, NRC-CISTI is...
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Category: academia
It's time for the annual Mocking of the Thomson session. Check out my previous iterations of this amusing pastime: 2002, 2006, 2007a, 2007b, 2008. Yes, I've been at this for a while, but to no avail. My main point in...
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Category: acad lib future
Keywords of a Librarian is the title of a new blog by academic librarian Mary W. George. What's very interesting about the blog is where it's being hosted. It's part of InsideHigherEd's BlogU community so Mary George is a fellow...
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