Shimon’s comment the other night provides a nice segue into a post I’ve been mulling for a while, but haven’t had the time to write. A few weeks ago, some librarians and I were talking about the premise of whether “it’s okay” for people in an organization besides the librarian to do the searching. Some [...]
A few days ago, Shimon, a programmer and developer, wrote about the importance of documentation. Many times during a project, I do not have time to create documentation for what I’m doing. Yesterday, I used a database I created over a year ago for the first time perhaps since I created it. I designed it [...]
One of my beat areas, if you will, is numbers and statistics related to my employer. Most of the sources I use are online, but if you don’t know where to go to find the reports, they’re very difficult to find. Navigating the world of institutional data and institutional research is not easy, especially for [...]
When I mentioned the RSS(sm): Rich Site Services site last week, I failed to mention the bibliography of articles and presentations about RSS. It includes pieces by such notables as Bob Stepno, Jenny Levine, and Steven Cohen. from that secret blog for an ASIST panel on blogging and seen on several other blogs, too (It [...]