One for my homies.

Here's an interesting story that relates to the OCLC's stance on record ownership, even if those records are created outside their oversight, that many people in the library community have been worried about.

If it doesn't make sense to non-librarians, you can either choose to learn more or ignore it. Trust me, if you learn more you might find out we do more than reshelve books. That's right, don't make me use my librarian voice.

Going Luddite

I'm having one of those technology days. You know...those days.


I bought a USB hard-drive reader to pull some of the information off old hard-drives and onto my new external storage. Too bad it only reads SATA drives and most of the ones I really need read are IDE. Back to the mwave store I guess.

The best though was my quiz this morning. I had about five tabs open and so switching over to email and clicking on a link took me out of the quiz--can't get back in. Cleared my cookies and files, cold-reboot. No love. The system recorded that I started the test so have a nice day.

I also got my new 19" flat-screen monitor yesterday. I think I'll leave it in the box until tomorrow.

Artsy-Fartsy

Much to my pocketbook's discontent one of my favorite things, and a possible area of librarianship interest, is art. I'd rather go to a museum (or aquarium, but that's another story), than nearly anything else.

As such, although not a Catholic, I love what the Vatican has done with their Web site and their links to their archives, library and especially museum are fascinating.

Note: the images don't seem to want to load in Firefox but do load well in Explorer. The Egyptian and Etruscan rooms might not be something you expect from the Vatican, but there they are. I hope they take the time to upload more images and add more interactivity. The one thing they do well is give information about each piece.

On the other hand the Met has a wonderful Web site which allows you to search their permanent collection and the zoom function on the pieces is pretty amazing.

Oldie but a Goodie

I had to link to this here even though it is relatively old. It made me smile.

Happy Thursday. Now Check This Out!

Flickr isn't all about creating cool Moo cards, oh no! The Library of Congress has a new project that is--dare I say it?--brilliant! Historical photographs which until now were only available by visiting the actual Library of Congress are now posted to Flickr in high-res and without the full-cavity search necessitated by air travel.

This is only one example of history on celluloid. The only drawback I'm seeing is that anyone with a Flickr account can not only comment on the photo but tag the photo and like anything else public, someone is likely to be an asshat.

Ask Not What Your Library Can Do For You...

...because I'm about to tell you.


If you live in Louisville our library is a wonder of technology available free of charge (so pony up on those taxes you slackers!).

• Books-on-tape your style but you want to step into the 21st Century? Check out free downloadable audio books!
• Use your RSS feed to find out about new releases (and trust me, our library gets 'em the same time as the bookstores).

Don't worry my Southwest friends, you are not forgotten.
Tucsonans, use the QuickLinks on the left-hand side of the Pima County Library site to find out different technology options. (I think my card is still good so I might try it out too. Nice when distance doesn't make a difference... Heh, just did that and maybe it isn't so good. I still owe $4.50!)

Handily enough they also have a Facebook page so you can keep up while you are killing time at work. Check out the bottom of the homepage for additional links to MySpace and Flickr among others.


Ah, home sweet home! I should have known when I called this library and they were so helpful, that they weren't the same old library I remembered from my childhood. The Las Vegas-Clark County Library has all the options above plus an interactive site that includes online book clubs and free downloadable music.

So, my fellow Americans, enjoy this inaugural day and celebrate your freedom with a trip to your library, or at least your library's Web site.

Beg, Borrow and Steal

One area of information science I'm pursuing is in medical informatics. So, here I plan to post some links that can help people looking for medical information for themselves or others. Some of it will be for a consumer; some of it will be technical. Almost all of it will be brought to my attention from somewhere else. Consider me the b3ta of the medical information Internet.

Classmate Pam Duncan brought this gem, on how surgeons can prevent medical errors, to light.

Our esteemed instructor, Dr. Huber, also recommended this site from the US Department of Health and Human Services with several links to patient safety and judging your hospital.

Welcome

Welcome to my blog which will document some of my travels through library school, the technologies I encounter and think you might find interesting, and probably some whining and moaning along the way.

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