Archive for October 8th, 2003

Shoot. I Missed an Important Blogging Holiday.

Wednesday, October 8th, 2003

Someone was ragging me about always having holidays and whatnot on my blog. Here’s one I missed (’cause I didn’t learn about it until about 5 minutes ago): Post a Picture of a Cat on Your Blog Day. It’s going in my calendar for next year. (By then, maybe I’ll have some […]

Father and Sons Visit Every Chicago Public Library

Wednesday, October 8th, 2003

An attorney decided a few years ago that a way to broaden his sons’ horizons would be to visit every public library in Chicago. The family finished their travels a little while ago and shared their photo album and experiences with a Chicago Tribune columnist.
“”We found that you’re always welcome at any library,’ said […]

Michael Has Some Great Ideas for Blogging in the Medical World

Wednesday, October 8th, 2003

No, I’m not just saying this ’cause he calls me reliable and lovely. (Don’t worry: I’m sure everything else on his blog is true.)
I read part of his discussion with Enoch Choi on Enoch’s blog about the problems doctors have with communication when several specialists are caring for the same patient. […]

Archiving Printed News: Digital Files vs Microfilm

Wednesday, October 8th, 2003

At BloggerCon, I had a conversation with someone about whether digital files will replace traditional archiving methods. I told him about the perspective of many news librarians: microfilm is still the standard, but we’re paying attention to digital technology. As if right on cue, today someone raised the issue on Newslib (an e-mail […]


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