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Searcher's voice: stormy seas and piracy.
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Things are getting ugly out there, but they could get uglier. With the threat of unemployment seeming to loom over everyone in the nation, it seems we might start looking at colleagues or clients as competitors or even as enemies. Euphemistic names for the ...
Free tools for job seekers.
Jun 01, 2009; ... "Can you help this patron with her resume?" my colleague asked. "Sure!" I answered jauntily. After all, at work I am Computer Answer Girl, able to solve the most vexing problems with a flick of the mouse or a toggle of a power button. But this one left me scratching my head. Our ...
The perils of federal publishing and the benefits of SaaS project management services: or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the audit.(TOOLS OF THE TRADE)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Halfway through working on my original column last week, I received an email from the government that is most people's worst nightmare (including mine). It read: <Pre>The [insert agency name] has requested an audit ofwork performed since 2007. </Pre> I left out the ...
Survival lessons for libraries: corporate libraries--a soft analysis and a warning: when a library closes or suffers drastic reductions, is it suicide or murder? And what happens to the survivors? Our series continues with case studies of corporate library reductions and closures and what you can do to minimize your chances of becoming a victim.
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When the internet as a popular research tool began affecting the lives of librarians and information professionals and their clients, accountability for contributing to the mission (i.e., bottom line) of one's parent organization --whether a for-profit or ...
Financial information literacy services at your library.
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Many people don't like to talk about their finances. And, even though personal finance is on everyone's mind now, that doesn't mean we are all equipped ...
All (almost) on the internet: freely available science information resources on the Web.
Jun 01, 2009; ... The recent economic downturn has caused, and undoubtedly will continue to cause, cutbacks in the budgets of libraries worldwide. While some savings may come out of operations, many cuts will need to come from collections and may include indexes, databases, data sets, journal ...
Thinking about culture and language: the European Library and Europeana.
Jun 01, 2009; ... Just as I was beginning to wonder whether the world really needed Europeana [http://www.europeana.org], the ambitious new digital repository of Europe's art treasures, to construct its site in 22 different languages, there comes a press release announcing that The European Library has ...
The art of the deal: negotiating in times of economic stress.
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Samford University Library Negotiating for products and services can be a tricky business in the best of times. Information professionals and vendors might both make a knee-jerk assumption that in the worst of times--such as the economic ...
Contacts.(Directory)
Jun 01, 2009 ... 37signals LLC (BaseCamp) 400 North May St., Ste. 301 Chicago, IL 60622 (312) 239-0165 URL: http://37signals.com American Library Association (ALA) 50 E Huron St. Chicago, IL 60611 (312) ...
Searcher's voice: nag, nag, nag.(Editorial)
May 01, 2009; ... Nightmares of a threatening future loom over all our heads. Reductions in staff and funding affect extant operations, making it necessary to do more just to do less. Long-standing institutions, which have always seemed eternal and now seem needed more than ever, stagger under threats to ...
Grow your own: home horticulture on the Web.
May 01, 2009; ... I'm beginning to understand why Aunt Bert still wraps even the smallest leftovers in tin foil to freeze. The stress of the Depression permanently shaped her mind so that she automatically acts as if sudden deprivation lurks. That behavior seemed maladaptive in the prosperous decades ...
Resuscitated! The EPA libraries' near-death experience.(Environmental Protection Agency)
May 01, 2009; ... In February 2006, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), facing its preliminary 2007 fiscal year budget, announced a series of library closures intended to save the agency money. The Bush administration's proposed FY 07 budget for EPA regional libraries was $500,000, an 80% ...
Celebrating evolution the web way.
May 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 'Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution' --Title of Theodosius Dobzhansky's American Biology teacher article (March 1974). No scientific theory has been as controversial as that of biological evolution. The ...
The medical blogosphere: how social networking platforms are changing medical searching.
May 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] About a year ago, I noticed a significant change in media monitoring requests from my clients, mainly healthcare public relations agencies, whose primary clients are pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. The PR firms started asking us to ...
The 51st state: the state of Online: election 2008--it's a wrap.
May 01, 2009; ... Election 2008 witnessed many firsts, including the first African-American candidate to win the nomination of a major political party and ultimately the national election and the first serious woman candidate who became the candidate to beat--for a while. Along the way, we ...
U-content: 'everyone's a critic' so share your reviews.
May 01, 2009; ... Criticism is easy to dish out, and when it's aimed at us, we may not want to take it. Unless, that is, it's about something that might save us time, trouble, or--better yet--money. Criticism can make you or break you. In Tim Burton's 1994 film Ed Wood, Johnny Depp as the title character ...
How did they get all that stuff inside? The Incredibly Shrinking Computer, Part 2.(Viewpoint essay)
May 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Since I finished part 1 of this article (February 2009, pp. 12-15, 51-54), my smartphone has begun changing my life. It is making me smarter and more connected, supporting my travel time, keeping me apprised of current events such as stock market prices ...
Contacts.(Directory)
May 01, 2009 ... ABBYY P.O. Box #54 Moscow 129301 Russia +7 (495) 783 3700 +7 (495) 783 2663 (fax) Internet: office@abbyy.com URL: http://www.abbyy.com ABBYY USA Software House, Inc. 880 North McCarthy ...
Searcher's voice the news hole.(EDITORIAL)
Apr 01, 2009; ... In newspaper parlance, the term "news hole" refers to the amount of space in an issue devoted to news content, as opposed to advertisements, for example. Fearless editors fight tooth and nail to keep that space as broad as possible for the copy their heroic and brilliant reporters bring, ...
New improved Internet job search: now with social networking.
Apr 01, 2009; ... There have been periods in my library career when I have felt discontented, underappreciated, and even bored. But with news reports showing unemployment running higher than it has in 50 years, my former "daily grind" now gleams like a golden ticket, a precious jewel, a shiny blessing. I am ...