Library Planet writes some afterthoughts about switching from Movable Type to WordPress. There’s been some buzz in my circles about switching or choosing blog software. (For the record, I am not considering switching. I’m fairly happy with the three platforms I blog on and don’t have the time, energy, or patience to consider exploring a [...]
Bob Stepno reminded me of his piece explaining RSS feeds from a few months back. At first, I was shocked that he didn’t mention my terrific intro to RSS article everyone’s sick of reading about, but then I noticed he constructed the page before that was published. I like his wine and fish metaphor: "Q: [...]
Miami Herald journalist Margaria Fichtner makes what William Walker, University of Miami University Librarian, does in his job sound incredibly exciting. The Otto G. Richter Library is supposedly so popular, the students call it Club Richter and some hang out there until 1 am. One of the collection rooms even has rocking chairs. He shares [...]
The Chronicle of Higher Education’s 2004 Almanac came out earlier this week. It contains lots of nifty data about American institutions of higher learning and college students. For example, it’s common knowledge that Harvard University has the largest endowment, though Yale is trying hard to catch up. It’s not as commonly known that it does [...]
and all the things she could do with the many she’s received. I recently heard a colleague who’s been on the market for a while mention an e-mail she got thanking her for letting them review her credentials, but informing her the position was no longer available. “Thank you for giving us the opportunity to [...]
Our server administrators plan to do some maintenance at 3 am EST this morning, 8/24, for about an hour that requires the server to come offline. Addendum 10:22 am: It looks like the server’s back up okay this morning. I have a few hits between 3 and 4 am in the Hourly Hits, so it [...]