Someplace for me to put my thoughts on libraries, librarians, library 2.0 and books
- Town blocks voter approved budgetWhat the people want is not what the town officials are giving. The people of a town in New York, Philipstown, had voted to increase funding to the town’s library, Julia Butterfield Library. But town officials have come out to say that voters were ‘bamboozled’ into voting for the increase […]
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I felt a chill run down my spine when I read the headline of this news article in The Daily Times. The library at Wor-Wic Community College in has gone totally electronic. There are no books to be found in the library, or it’s better known as the Media Center. So, instead of books, the […]
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Ever needed to search for science fiction and fantasy books or articles? Well, here’s a wonderful Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database by the Texas A&M. To date, they have about 75,000 records. Here’s the write-up from their ‘Introduction’ page: The Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database provides indexing to articles, books, news reports, obituaries, […]
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A chief librarian who plays World of Warcraft very regularly, goes on Second Life and promotes gaming in the library. Didn’t think there’ll be such a librarian? Well, think again. The head librarian of MacMaster University, Jeff Trzeciak, is one such librarian. You can read more about him transforming the university library since he joined […]
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