Not sure if I agree with this... 'Indeed, knowledge workers of the nineties (teachers, librarians) are nowadays a kind of blue collar workers.'
- Joe Kraus
Not sure if I necessarily agree with his statements, but it is worth thinking about.
- Jill O'Neill
The following video discussion of Google’s book scan project on LISNews and notes that ”…James J. Duderstadt [President Emeritus, University of Michigan]…argues that academics are starting to realize that knowledge ’should be given away to the world as a public good’…”
- Joe Kraus
Trying out lazyfeed. Eh, it is ok. Don't think it will replace FF for me. Thanks to Louis Gray for the trial password. http://friendfeed.com/louisgr...
Good review of Wolfram Alpha. 'Basically, MM [the author of this blog] thought search was lame. It reminded him uncomfortably of "library and information science."'
- Joe Kraus
Hey @ashuping, I am another not@ala. How should we gang up? I think you be the plenary speaker for the virtual notala unconference?
awesome! the 1st talk will be held with your favorite drink in hand entitled "best practices to avoid spilling your beverage on your electronic device"
- Sir Shuping
I will teach the 5 "L's" of Librarianship. They are learning, listening, lectronic resources, laughing and learning.
- Joe Kraus
@jezmynne Mmmmmmm, love the smell of bookrot in the morning.
Certain corners of the Internet have been erupting in argument in the past weeks following an announcement by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York that it will henceforth require scientists who blog to ask the permission of presenters before firing up computers or mobile phones and publicizing their findings.
- Joe Kraus
Ray then explained why we probably won't ever be able to know for sure [about machine or computer consciousness], as there is no way to verify "consciousness," in humans, machines, or anything else.
- Joe Kraus
TRAIL is a Greater Western Library Alliance initiative lead by the University of Arizona in collaboration with the Center for Research Libraries and other interested supporting agencies to identify, digitize, archive, and provide persistent and unrestricted access to federal technical reports issued prior to 1975.
- Joe Kraus
The first twitter device actually came out in 1922.
- Joe Kraus
"Upon closer inspection, however, an uneasy sensation of looming menace begins to manifest itself. Composed of a wiry, nervous line, these creatures bear a resemblance to birds only in their beaks and feathered silhouettes; they appear closer to deformations of nature. The hand crank conjures up the idea that this "machine" is a music box, where the birds function as bait to lure victims to the pit over which the machine hovers."
- Christina Pikas
Joe would rather assign quizes to students than take quizzes over FB. Sorry for not taking your quizes...
Which is worse? Tweeting during the half of a critical NBA game, or tweeting while on the reference desk in between library patrons? http://sports.espn.go.com/nba... @CV31
I'm going to celebrate it when it's *really* 7/8/9, in August. ;-)
- Deborah Fitchett
PDAs, Handhelds and Mobile Technologies in Libraries: How the academic library is using PDA technologies:Resources and Sample Projects - http://web.simmons.edu/~fox...
I'll bet 50% of undergrad students have never even touched a floppy disk... Do they even know what floppy disks are?
- Joe Kraus
Sure, they do.My youngest is 20 years old, a senior in college and used to give his *dad* floppy discs for Christmas every year. They know what floppies are; they are a form of old technology used by their parents. Can anything make floppies more obsolete than that?
- Jill O'Neill
From digital media to job tips, libraries expand offerings. They are transforming into community centers and job banks. They are lending electronically and marketing in ways that dare their commercial bookselling counterparts to stay competitive. They're even offering to let folks come in and play video games.
- Joe Kraus
And such an original headline! Amazing nobody ever thought of that before! (Ducks...) Unfortunate that it labels libraries and bookstores as competitors, but never mind. [The article's excellent, actually...]
- Walt Crawford
Headline probably didn't come from the article writer. I wish writers could tell their editors "write whatever headline you want, but I will SHOOT YOU if you use [cliche]."
- D0r0th34
Dorothea: Yeah, I assume the writer wasn't responsible for the headline. (Even with magazine articles/columns, my titles get changed fairly often--with newspaper stories, I assume it's SOP.)
- Walt Crawford