My Dad Sent Me the Seattle Times’ Nancy Pearl Article
Thursday, August 18th, 2005clipped from the newspaper. The photos and layout and everything are wonderful. The online version doesn’t compare to that.
Thanks, Dad & Step-Mom!
Archive for August 18th, 2005
A Look at Skype Near Its Second Birthday
Thursday, August 18th, 2005Knowledge@Wharton takes a look at Skype and its progress since it was created almost two years ago. Skype is pretty nifty software that allows voice-over-IP communication, conferencing, and instant messaging.
Keillor: Libraries Important to National Defense
Thursday, August 18th, 2005Garrison Keillor, the host of the radio show Prairie Home Companion, writes about how English majors need stronger voices so they can improve libraries:
"I belong to an enormous
special-interest group that, unlike Alaskans or hobby pilots, has never exercised much clout, and that is the English-major community. For us, the equivalent of the Gravina Island bridge […]
Demand for AV Materials Stuns Library System
Thursday, August 18th, 2005The Cambridge Chronicle editorializes about the Minuteman Library System’s changes due to an increasing amount of requests for audio and visual materials via their delivery service. I was just talking to someone over the weekend who remarked how sad she thinks it is that many people use libraries just for their videos and Internet connections. […]
My Feedster has an aggregator.
Thursday, August 18th, 2005Duh. I can’t believe I forgot about My Feedster as an option for a private, Web-based aggregator.
I got as far as importing an OPML file before getting interrupted.
As with some other aggregators, feeds without titles proved slightly problematic. I can’t even see them in Manila because it doesn’t show feeds without names, let alone let […]
Working at Harvard=Credibility?
Thursday, August 18th, 2005Several things about the exchange with the person in charge of DMOZ’ directory of librarian/library blogs have been bugging me for a while. I just had an epiphany about one of them that brings me such clarity, I can finally put it in words.
Since this weblog has no direct relationship to my employer, I requested […]
Congrats to the ResourceShelf Crew for Feedster Featuring DocuTicker as the Feed of the Day!
Thursday, August 18th, 2005So I go to read this aggregator, right? And something from the ResourceShelf is on top, then there’s a link to DocuTicker, then there’s more stuff from the ResourceShelf. I blinked before I realized the extra link to DocuTicker was from Feedster. Rah rah! It’s a great site, very useful, and well worthy of being […]