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I'm trying to turn over a new leaf, make a fresh start, etc now that I'm back at work. Step one: start using our task management software.

April 22 from Advanced Tweets - Comment - Like - Share

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what do y'all use for that? - RepoRat

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Do.com. It used to be Manymoon. - Sarah G.

I looked at Do. I think it was one of my favorites, but we ultimately went with Asana. I think because it was better for us in terms of being able to add sub-tasks. - Laura H.

thanks! I'm teaching my lib-tech course online for the first time this fall. Part of what this means is that their groups for group projects will have to work remotely, so I plan to insist that they use a project management tool. Building a list. :) - RepoRat

That will be a good skill to learn! I'm finding writing dates on a wall calendar and notes scattered around my two offices doesn't help my coworkers in Atlanta or Minneapolis. - Sarah G.

I've heard really good things about Asana. I've committed to TeamBox and that is helping me tremendously. - Hedgehog

c.a.j.

Why Amazon Prime Could Soon Cost You Next to Nothing | Wired Business | Wired.com - http://www.wired.com/busines...

April 22 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"Over the past few years, the arithmetic behind Amazon Prime has become one of online shopping’s most familiar math problems: Do I buy enough from Amazon to justify paying $79 per year for unlimited two-day shipping? But this calculus could soon change. Amazon makes so much money off Prime customers, according to a new report, that the company could drop the fee by dozens of dollars and still come out ahead." - c.a.j. from Bookmarklet

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I might like Prime too much. My first filter is to see if an item is Prime Eligible or not. - c.a.j.

^Yep. - Kelli H.

"At the same time, CIRP’s market research found those Prime members annually spent more than twice as much on average ($1,224) than non-Prime customers ($505). Adding in the $79 membership fee, Prime members bring nearly $800 more in sales per customer to Amazon. After subtracting all the additional costs of doing business with Prime customers — mainly greater expenses for sales,... more... - c.a.j.

"To put that figure in context: Amazon’s average operating income last year per each of its 182 million total customers came to less than $10. In other words, every Prime member is about eight times as valuable to Amazon as a non-Prime member. Put yet another way: More than one-third of Amazon’s profits before interest and taxes came from fewer than four percent of the people who buy stuff on Amazon." - c.a.j.

I'm not sure what non-free cost of Prime would make it worth it to me, but it would have to be almost negligible. But I think this analysis is is a bit flawed. It assumes that people who don't now use Prime but who would switch if it became cheaper would suddenly convert to highly profitable customers - buying more often and/or buying more profitable items. Step 1: Prime; Step 2: ?; Step 3: Profit! - Tinfoil 2.0

Yeah, someone mentioned that in comments as well. I don't think there is a good way to figure that out. I know we order more since shipping is "free" and everything gets to us quickly. - c.a.j.

Ordering more may not be the key, it has to be some profitable items too. People who don't pay for prime now may be more cost-sensitive, or less time-sensitive. And there's also a threat if more competitors offer cheaper / faster shipping as a response. Clearly it's a complex calculus that I'm sure Amazon will tweak, but I see it as by no means guaranteed. The article conclusion says... more... - Tinfoil 2.0

laura x

First driving lesson

April 22 from email - Comment - Like - Share

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...but he's not eight yet, and I'm willing to bet that's not a Buick... - Catherine Pellegrino

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It's a 1981 Subaru. - laura x from BuddyFeed

It doesn't scan right. :) - Catherine Pellegrino

I regret to say they then drive up and down the driveway. - laura x from BuddyFeed

I'll be sure to tell the poet, aka Daddy. - laura x from BuddyFeed

Er, drove, not drive. Stupid phone. - laura x from BuddyFeed

Does he at least have a dime in his hand? Edit: oh, wait, that's probably a choking hazard. - Catherine Pellegrino

God, I hope not. But I wouldn't put it past him. - laura x

Bill Mason

Do you think? Parenthood will be revolutionized. "Babies Calm Down When Carried [STUDY]" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013...

April 21 from Advanced Tweets - Comment - Like - Share

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shorter version: duh. - Starmama from FFHound(roid)!

I know! - Bill Mason

laura x to laura's feed, LSW

What is the thing at your job that you are best at and proudest of?

April 17 - Comment - Like - Share

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I'm usually fearless about trying new things; technology, services, programs, etc. The worst that can happen is failure, but there is always a lesson in that too. - Running Slow

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I guess... doing stuff that's a bit different. And acting on equal terms with academics. - Pete #TeamMonique

The varied ways my students are using things I taught them to change the world and the profession for the better. - RepoRat

I am exceptionally good at talking to--or rather listening to--patrons with mental health problems. Your delusional, your anxious, your paranoid--bring them to me, give me some time, and we won't have to call the cops. - laura x

Helping a wide array of people learn a wide array of things. - Marianne

Running classes that are more spontaneous and conversational rather than overly-scripted. - Steele Lawman

Getting things done. - SteVe C

I am really good at translating concepts into, and out of, the language of science/technology/computers. So I love to do research consultations about, like, the polar equations of Gothic cathedral windows, or analog methods of systematically capturing human movement, when people are like, "You are the first person who understands what I'm talking about, and does not think I am crazy." - Meg V. Meg

I'm really good at being a liaison from my library to departments and groups on campus where no conversations are happening at all (but should be), especially making that essential first attempt at outreach. - Lily

I'm really good at getting the babies to laugh - Jason - The Opaque from Android

That I am respected and my projects and ideas are given the green light more often than not. - LibrarianOnTheLoose

Being a change agent and helping staff push the envelope on service to children. - Marge LW

Giving people confidence. - Andy

Reference. Not just finding stuff, but connecting with patrons on an individual basis. - maʀtha

Conceptualizing new spaces, managing projects, and wearing heels. - Kathy

I like our anarchist organizational style. I'm good at anarchy and mutual aid. - barbara fister

I...am really not sure. I'm good at lots of things, but best at? I have no idea. I'll have to think about this. - Catherine Pellegrino

Figuring out doable solutions to problems and talking people into mascot costumes. - Heather

Connecting and working with people who don't seem to know all of the resources available to them and making them comfortable in using them. - Derrick

product and process design for transportation vertical :)- - Peter Dawson

Been informed about what the rest of the library world is doing and bringing in new stuff which succeeds more often than not. I am particularly proud of the chat reference service, I know other libraries has had it for a decade but still proud of managing to get it adopted widely here and the compliments it brings in daily. - aarontay

Best at? Being able to suss out where a problem is occurring and offering a temporary work around while I (or the appropriate person) contact the vendor(s) involved to suggest a workable fix. - awd from Android

Containing the damage from intra-staff blood feuds. - Mark Kille

I try really hard to support my colleagues, especially newer folks, and I think/hope they find it beneficial. I'm a good project manager, too. - Rachel Walden

I put together meaningful worship services and preach good sermons (usually). - Friar Ticket to Ride

Hard to say. I *am* pretty awesome. - Chris Z.

translating between arcane library jargon and human patron language (i.e., LCSH to "tags") - $tephanie•Cog$ciLibrarian

organizing internal documentation and working with vendors. They drive everyone else crazy, but I've come to find a certain amount of zen with them all (random hair-tearing events aside). - MontglaneChess

Being a partner with staff to provide efficient and effective solutions, and accomplish goals. Other than that... knowing how to install an operating system onto any kind of computer? - Julian

Pushing information to faculty who had no idea that the information existed, or that anyone cared that it existed. - Larry Schwartz

Building relationships with faculty; seeing across library silos to where we can make improvements in services or communications - RudĩϐЯaЯïan

Designing assessments that prepare students for the real world AND teach them how to think critically and express themselves in academic discourse AND have very clear expectations AND are easy to submit and to mark. - Kathryn is Blake in Hindi

Wow. I want to do all of this ^^^^ - maʀtha

Amit Patel

Archiveteam - http://archiveteam.org/index...

April 20 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"Archive Team is a loose collective of rogue archivists, programmers, writers and loudmouths dedicated to saving our digital heritage. Since 2009 this variant force of nature has caught wind of shutdowns, shutoffs, mergers, and plain old deletions - and done our best to save the history before it's lost forever. Along the way, we've gotten attention, resistance, press and discussion, but most importantly, we've gotten the message out: IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY." - Amit Patel from Bookmarklet

"This website is intended to be an offloading point and information depot for a number of archiving projects, all related to saving websites or data that is in danger of being lost. Besides serving as a hub for team-based pulling down and mirroring of data, this site will provide advice on managing your own data and rescuing it from the brink of destruction." - Amit Patel

Monique the crochet freak

#TeamMonique #TittyTimeshare #RadiationTwerk (that last one courtesy of beanie) #TeamFuckCancer #TeamYouPickedTheWrongOneSon #TeamIGotThis

April 20 - Comment - Like - Share

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Marie

Just ate my body weight in Ruffles and French onion dip. #fuckyeah

April 19 - Comment - Like - Share

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TheNextWeb Forum

Y Combinator’s Paul Graham chooses healthcare non-profit Watsi as his first board seat - http://thenextweb.com/insider...

April 19 from The Next Web - Comment - Like - Share

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TheNextWeb Forum

Google is testing One Today, a mobile app for giving $1 micro-donations to good causes - http://thenextweb.com/google...

April 19 from The Next Web - Comment - Like - Share

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Twitter for Websites will kill IE6 and IE7 support on May 13, allowing for ‘simpler, faster, smaller code’ - http://thenextweb.com/twitter...

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Katy S to Katy's feed, LSW

Library of Congress wins special Grammy Award - Yahoo! News - http://news.yahoo.com/library...

April 18 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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Also, James Billington is up for Best Spoken Word Album for his "The Librarian of Congress Reads the Lyrics of Barry White." Classic classic classic. - Chris Z.

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I've gotta google ^that! - Heleninstitches

There are huge discrep[ancies in the numbers reported, so... which is it: "So far, 375 audio recordings have been preserved..." or "The recordings are housed at the library's Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation built partially in a bunker in Culpeper, Va. The facility houses more than 6 million items, including about 3.5 million sound recordings." - awd

L-Space is flexible. - Katy S

TheNextWeb Forum

Box adds editing and document creation functionality to its cloud storage service - http://thenextweb.com/insider...

April 18 from The Next Web - Comment - Like - Share

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Bitchfest: Derrick

Sometimes you just have to accept "That bish cray." and move along.

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I need that on a t-shirt. - LB: #TeamMonique

LSW: lris

The Digital Public Library of America launches today at noon eastern time: http://dp.la/

April 18 - Comment - Like - Share

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Stephen le Francoeur to Stephen's feed, LSW

Happy birthday to the LIS Host/LIS News empire builder, Blake Carver!

April 17 - Comment - Like - Share

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I for one congratulate our WordPress overlord! - RepoRat

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Happy Birthday, Blake!! - WebGoddess

happy birthday blake! - Sir Shuping is just sir

Happy birthday, good sir! - Derrick

Happy birthday! - Pete #TeamMonique

May your Wordpress be always upgraded, Blake. - barbara fister

Happy B'day, and you'll be glad to know I changed my admin name to Admin and the password to Password, just as you instructed. "1234" was getting old. - Walt Crawford

Happy Birthday Blake! - Hedgehog

Happy birthday! - Galadriel C.

Happy birthday! Let's all celebrate by updating our Wordpress plugins! - Andy

Happy birthday! - Catherine Pellegrino

Woo! I'm going to change my passwords in your honor today. - lris

I was about to pay you, but I'm afraid it might entail asking for my password. So I'm going to wait and do that another day. Instead, I shall just wish you the happiest of birthdays! - laura x

Happy birthday, Blake! - Katie

Happiest birthday! - maʀtha

Happy birthday, Blake! (Yes, I updated my Wordpress. Just for you.) - Betsy #TeamMonique

Blake will be glad to know that thanks to many, many e-mails we (i) have the latest install and (ii) no longer have an 'admin' username - Pete #TeamMonique

Happy birthday, Blake! - Meg V. Meg

Time for Blake's annual update. Happy birthday! - Steele Lawman

Me

Welcome to your Awesome Robot: instructional robot-making comic now out in the US - Boing Boing - http://boingboing.net/2013...

April 17 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"Welcome to Your Awesome Robot is a fantastic book for maker-kids and their grownups. It consists of a charming series of instructional comics showing a little girl and her mom converting a cardboard box into an awesome robot -- basically a robot suit that the kid can wear. It builds in complexity, adding dials, gears, internal chutes and storage, brightly colored warning labels and instructional sheets for attachment to the robot's chassis." - Me from Bookmarklet

t-ra: not givin up

Feeling the need to focus on positives this morning. So...

April 16 - Comment - Like - Share

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last night I had an amazing dinner with delicious wine. The wine went straight to my head, and the rich dinner went straight to my bowels, but the combination had me in bed by 11pm and when I woke up this morning I realized I had smoked one less cigarette than my ration for yesterday. That's kinda huge. It shows me I might actually get to the weaning phase successfully. Eventually. - t-ra: not givin up

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the bills are paid. - t-ra: not givin up

it's a gorgeous warm sunny day outside. - t-ra: not givin up

started playing Words With Friends with a dear friend back in Baltimore, and it's like I get to talk to her every day. plus tonight we have a phone date and I actually will get to talk to her. - t-ra: not givin up

my Boston people have checked in and are okay so far. - t-ra: not givin up

my FFeeders are awesome and keep me in good spirits about the state of humanity overall. - t-ra: not givin up

the professional development course I'm taking is challenging and useful, and doing it will be a great boon for my skills set and expertise. And my job paid for it. - t-ra: not givin up

I will eventually, one day, find my way out of this funk/rut/limbo/daze. And when I do, I will be that much better for it, remembering what I'm truly capable of and how far I've come. And when that happens, I will be a force to be reckoned with. - t-ra: not givin up

I thought I had cracked my glasses, but it turned out they were just really dirty. - t-ra: not givin up

next weekend I'll be at the Arbonne annual meeting in Vegas, surrounded by amazing positive generous people from all over the world who are taking life by the reins. And reuning with some friends I haven't seen in years. - t-ra: not givin up

great artists are creating great art, big and small, in all kinds of ways and media, all over the world every day. - t-ra: not givin up

pink and white azaleas are blooming in the front yard. - t-ra: not givin up

I found 2 skeins of the discontinued yarn I need to finish a project on ebay, and they will be here on Friday. - t-ra: not givin up

TheNextWeb Forum

Echo360 acquires ThinkBinder to add online collaboration tools to its distance learning platform - http://thenextweb.com/insider...

Echo360 Acquires ThinkBinder To Improve Its Distance Learning Platform

April 16 from The Next Web - Comment - Like - Share

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Google begins shipping first Glass prototypes to Explorer test team - http://thenextweb.com/google...

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Sean McBride

America's Leading High-Tech, Venture Capital Centers - Jobs & Economy - The Atlantic Cities - PandaWhale - http://m.pandawhale.com/post...

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The power of graphs to get to the heart of the matter. - Sean McBride

holly #ravingfangirl

Fried Cucumbers with Sour Cream Dipping Sauce Recipe - Saveur.com - http://www.saveur.com/article...

April 15 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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... cucumbers? *quizzical dog* - holly #ravingfangirl from Bookmarklet

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i mean, i guess it's not that different from zucchini, but... - holly #ravingfangirl

Huh. I think I'd rather have fried zucchini? - Jennifer Dittrich

I had fried avocado strips last Friday, they were AMAZING. - Andy

*makes face* - holly #ravingfangirl

If they can dip it in batter, they can fry it. - Andy

there's just so much moisture in cucumber. it just seems weird. AVOCADO IS ICKY. - holly #ravingfangirl

I'm with you on the moisture thing ... that's gotta be a 'duck and run' fry job. - Shannon - GlassMistress

AVOCADO IS NOT ICKY. YOU TAKE THAT BACK. - Andy

MAKE ME. - holly #ravingfangirl

They both sound gross to me. Contrary to the beliefs of carnival vendors, not everything is meant to be deep fried. - Trish R

Oh, I will make you! MARK MY WORDS. MARK THEM. GET OUT YOUR MARKER RIGHT NOW. - Andy

++ Trish - Jennifer Dittrich

Trish speaks knowledge. - Derrick

i am totally craving deep-fried zucchini now. i curse myself. - holly #ravingfangirl

Catherine Pellegrino to Catherine's feed, LSW

Just forwarded to me by our director: Announcing a New (and Free) Database of Open Access Scholarship - http://ala.informz.net/Informz...

January 22 from Bookmarklet - Comment - Like - Share

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"Bepress Digital Commons invites you to explore a new database of open access scholarship (600,000+ articles) [...] This new resource for researchers includes scholarship from hundreds of universities and colleges, including peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work." - Catherine Pellegrino from Bookmarklet

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BePress annoys me kind of a lot, but there's no denying they know their marketing. - RepoRat

Is this Old News? I'm trying to figure out where exactly all this stuff is coming from. BePress is/makes repository software, right? So is it a compilation of all the OA stuff in BePress-powered repositories? - Catherine Pellegrino

prolly, yeah. which, why haven't they had this all along? - RepoRat

Okay, it would have been helpful if they'd, you know, said that in their vague ooh-shiny marketing copy. - Catherine Pellegrino

interesting/odd/I'm confused - lris

My director's going to see if she can touch base with them at Midwinter, to get a clearer answer to "where is all this coming from, anyway?" and "can it be set up as a target in SFX?" - Catherine Pellegrino

Hmm, might need to add those to my list of questions to ask too... I got that email as well - Hedgehog

They do a variety of things including IR, journal platform, and space for special collections/archive-type stuff. But "open access scholarship" could mean many different things. (They do have prodigious marketing. They also aren't cheap. But lots cheaper than hiring staff to build your own.) - barbara fister

I'm just thinking, if we can somehow get our link resolver to know about this, then that will save our users one annoying Google Scholar work-around to get at this content, which: WIN. - Catherine Pellegrino

I am doubtful the number of people who will go to this site to search. Realistically speaking, this should (is?) already found in Google Scholar and should be indexed in Summon etc. Trying a sample finds yes! it is ... - aarontay

Oh yeah, there's no way I'm sending anyone here to actually search for articles, any more than I would send someone to DOAJ to search. (Though my colleagues include it on our list of databases, which...never mind.) I'm thinking more about the user who discovers an article by searching in one of our licensed databases, and the article happens to be included here...how does the user connect with that article? Hopefully via our link resolver. - Catherine Pellegrino

I can actually see there are two entries/packages for Digital Commons in the serialssolutions knowledgebase. All should be open access?I am also requesting for it to be turned on too to try. - aarontay

My colleague asked this question of this endeavour, that I thought was interesting. There are publisher license arrangements that allow for deposit in an institutional repository... but not a subject one. Does this reframing of existing content violate those agreements? - copystar

Very interesting thought. But the publishers will have to go after BePress, because the authors did deposit the papers into institutional repositories. It's BePress that's repurposing the work. But then, the BePress IR software doesn't provide authors with an option to indicate restrictions on redistribution when they are depositing content, which is a defect in their system. - DJF

The other optic that more annoys me than disturbs me, is that it looks like libraries put all the labour associated with building their small local institutional repository and then BePress re-purposes all the articles into something larger, flashier and all about BePress. I know that OA means being able to re-purpose work and I'm cool with that. Still, it just seems that libraries are *paying* in $$$ and labour for the privilege of populating BePress's new OA IR, and that seems like we are chumps, somehow. - copystar

It'd be really hard to argue with a straight face that BePress has a DR. The stuff in there is gonna be all over the disciplines. - RepoRat

Not sure about the legal thing, but I am not sure how much BePress gains from this really. It's an aggregator that they probably won't/can't charge for, and pretty much everyone won't use anyway. - aarontay

It's pretty common for metadata from IRs to be aggregated into eg nationwide search place thingies (it's afternoon, my brain's fried; but like nzresearch.org.nz and oaister and stuff) which just link back to the original IR for the full-text. If that's all BePress is doing, not copying the full text, then I wouldn't think the publishers could complain. (If they were copying the full text then o.O because copyright, but it doesn't look like they are.) - Deborah Fitchett

well, "copying fulltext" is moot when they have all the fulltext in a big bag on their server and this is just reorganizing it. - DJF

they seem to be matching full-text though... that counts as copying (well at least using)? Actually if what they are doing is illegal, than Google scholar would be the same? - aarontay

With second thoughts, I realize that I'm just sore that BePress costs us so much $$$. If this was an open source IR, I'd have no problem with this reframing. - copystar

Apparently they *will* index material in other IR platforms as well (there was a thread on some repository list) but you have to meet a list of requirements that would not be easy for most other platforms. - Sarah

what requirements are those? - RepoRat

I'd have to figure out which listserv, but one was that the metadata records be clearly marked whether or not they were open or restricted, which, of course, DSpace doesn't do. Don't know about EPrints. We have way too many restricted items in IDEALS these days (digitized theses and dissertations) to try to figure that out. - Sarah

*cusses DSpace* *cusses OAI-PMH* *cusses generally* It should be find-out-able even in DSpace with a SQL query to the DB ("which items in the DB contain content bitstreams that don't have Anonymous as an access group?"), but exposing that is the problem. Does BePress suggest how? Because, I mean, creating a custom metadata field and populating it with SQL would be doable. - RepoRat

Let me see if I can dig the email out - though I delete a lot of them. But yes, it's annoying. And OAI-PMH is, I would guess, a big part of the issue. There was a *FANTASTIC* talk by Herbert Van de Sompel at IDCC this year basically reflecting back on the progression from PMH to ResourceSync. Very interesting. - Sarah

Okay - here are the requirements. And they are way more onerous than just whether it's open or not - also needs to have download counts (hahahahahahaha) - Sarah

The Digital Commons Network is dedicated to open access. For this reason, every record must have a full text that is completely free of restriction. We believe in associating all records with the branding of the institution that made them available. We would ask for the approved logo of every participating institution. In each Commons of the Digital Commons Network, we feature several... more... - Sarah

That's from a Jan 10 email to SPARC-OA Forum from Kenneth Gleason. - Sarah

wtf is a "reciprocal path to the scholarship of others"?! - RepoRat

I think basically they want you to put a link to the digital commons network in your metadata record. - Sarah

uh......... NO. Zero relevance to the item in the repo. - RepoRat

As for download counts, though, I'm actually kind of glad that BePress is forcing that issue. It's BEYOND time. - RepoRat

yes but they are so unreliable - particularly if you are bringing together download counts from different platforms together. But I agree that this could force the issue other places. - Sarah

I'm kind of over their unreliability. The people demand numbers, give 'em numbers, and an explanation of how the numbers were arrived at. - RepoRat

We're trying to look at the code for integrating google analytics into the display - work that was done in Scotland - see http://goo.gl/fCZyL - will also help with standardizing stats with many other library services. - Sarah

*taking notes* - aarontay

This just came back around our library's email chain. Has anyone gotten an answer about whether/how it can be set up as a target in link resolvers? I was stupid and forgot to stop by their booth at ACRL. - Catherine Pellegrino

Oh, wait, our serials librarian says that everything in here (at least, all the peer-reviewed journal articles) is or should be already in DOAJ, and DOAJ is in our link resolver, so we don't need to worry about including this as well. Is she right? Pre/post-prints from toll-access journals wouldn't be in DOAJ, would they? - Catherine Pellegrino

They may not be in DOAJ, but they might be in other places. Since BePress isn't in SFX, I can't run an overlap report there to find out. - Kirsten

The problem with DOAJ is not everything in DOAJ is openly available - awd

awd: If it isn't openly available, it doesn't belong in DOAJ, since you can't be OA without being, well, openly accessible. (Not saying it doesn't happen; saying it should be reported to DOAJ.) - Walt Crawford

Starmama

Lasagna makes him happy. - http://starmama30.tumblr.com/post...

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The Strangest Tradition of the Victorian Era: Post-Mortem Photography - http://io9.com/the-str...

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"After the invention of daguerrotype, the memorializing habits of people have changed: they've chosen the cheap, higher quality photographs instead of expensive and not so lifelike paintings. Painting dead people was common for centuries, so it's no surprise that, in the Victorian Era, post-mortem photos also came into fashion. Here are some of the strangest ones." - Jessie from Bookmarklet

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Oh hell no - Mo Kargas

How sad. - Anne Bouey

There is a kind of dark beauty to them. Different time. - Mary Carmen from iPhone

I think this is a great visual indicator of what infant and child mortality rates were like in that era. Statistics can only tell us so much. - Jessie

Dark and terrible beauty. Some of them are absolutely devastating. - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

I was first introduced to these by the film Wisconsin Death Trip. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Spidra Webster

I think I would have opted for closed eyes. - Eivind

That movie has a great companion book. - Mary Carmen from iPhone

:( - Monique the crochet freak

Intellectually, I sort of understand. In every other way, oye. - Micah

i love the photo of ludwig among them. i think i even had it in a feed. some of the corpses look smiling or even alive by the way! in the photo with two young girls i really can't see which is dead and which is alive. - grizabella

Going through some very old photos from my maternal grandmother (born in 1900) and my paternal grandfather (born in 1880) I came across a number of 'casket photos.) Apparently it was common into the early 1900's to take photos at such times. However, none of the photos identified the deceased, so the notion of 'remembering' them after their death via the photos didn't hold up for more... more... - Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ

In Mexico and some European countries this is still done. - Anika from Android

We had to attempt to create one in one of my classes: http://www.flickr.com/photos... - Derrick

about 30 years ago, I was at a funeral where widow brought in professional photographer to set up lights and shoot series of the body in casket... only time I ever saw it done in modern times. I'd seen casket pictures but never these "real life" shots Very odd - WarLord

The "eyes painted on eyelids" is the most disturbing part of this for me. I prefer the shots where the deceased person is posed as if they were asleep. - Jessie

the propped up bodies are also very creepy. - Roux

When I was trying to be a semi-professional photographer a few years ago I was contacted by an organization that does this here in the Bay Area. They have a list of photographers on-call to rush to hospitals and do portraiture for (primarily Hispanic) families who lose newborns. I think I have the photographic chops but I don't think I could handle it. - Brian Johns

I first heard of this in that movie The Others. I definitely can't stand the eyes painted on eyelids look. Eek. - Yvonne from FFHound!

I find the pix fascinating, if creepy. - LB: #TeamMonique from Android

Andrew C (✓) to Andrew's feed, Foods

Skillet-Roasted Chicken and Stuffing Recipe - Cook's Country - http://www.cookscountry.com/recipes...

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One pan meal! ... I tried to alter it by swapping four chicken leg quarters for a whole chicken, so fingers crossed. - Andrew C (✓) from Bookmarklet

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Halfway there. I should have bitten the bullet and moved it into a bigger baking pan. Four leg quarters weigh as much as a whole chicken, but they lay out flat, so the bread doesn't crisp up as well. - Andrew C (✓)

It turned out pretty well! - Andrew C (✓)

Final list of recipe alterations: Used leg quarters instead of a whole bird. Used one onion, not two. Added a cube of my frozen super-caramelized onions I made from long ago. Added a diced carrot. Added 5 whole unpeeled cloves of garlic to the bread mix. (edit: and used corn bread instead of regular bread because of course.) Ended up moving it into a baking pan for more space. - Andrew C (✓)

Made this again. I bought pre-cut mirepoix from the supermarket instead of doing it myself this time. My guilt was assuaged by how much time I saved. - Andrew C (✓)

laura x

#toddlerx learned to turn the knobs on the stove and open the fridge today. I hope this means he'll start doing some of the cooking soon.

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You can but hope ;-) - Heleninstitches

You won't like his food creations. =) - Yvonne from FFHound!

Sarah G.

Just opened my living room curtains and there was a squirrel on the other side of window and we both looked at each other like "OH SHIT."

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That sounds like when I step out of my shower and discover my cat staring in through the bathroom window at me... - Deborah Fitchett

Derrick

I'm often crippled with a lot of self-doubt and insecurities but hot damn, sometimes the planets line up and I'm kind of amazing.

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Sometimes the planets line up and you *realize/remember* that you are kind of amazing. - Steele Lawman

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Well, duh, Derrick. Guess you're the last to know. XO - Mama Lawson

<3 - Derrick

"kind of"? <_< - MoTO #TeamMonique

D-Man is the Master Of The Universe - Johnny from iPhone

*cue Queen* http://www.youtube.com/watch... (prince, master, whatever) - maʀtha

Ha, thanks y'all. We're all kind of amazing, aren't we? - Derrick

D-Love, you're completely amazing. :) - LB: #TeamMonique from Android

you're always amazing! - VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS

t-ra: not givin up

Drinkin buddy wisdoms - me: if he has an extra helmet, it's probably fitted for a twenty something blonde. Him: helmets aren't sized by hair color or age. ×pause× and if they were, a twenty something blonde helmet would totally fit you. Me : thanks for that.

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