Stephen Abram, president of the Special Libraries Association, just gave a special presidential citation to Gary Price for his work advancing our profession, with the ResourceShelf, all of his speaking engagements, and everything else he’s done for us. Stephen joked that as president, he can do all sorts of things he’s always wanted to do, […]
The Special Libraries Association just gave Sabrina Pacifici, whom you might know from her online resources LLRX.com and beSpacific, a very prestigious award for her innovative use of technology. I’ve linked to resources she points out many times. Congratulations, Sabrina!
The best thing about which I’ve learned by coming to the Special Libraries Association Annual Conference is that SLA has an online space where members can play with and learn about all kinds of technology called the Innovation Laboratory. It’s just the thing we need to get our fingertips wet with the latest and greatest […]
Just in time for trips to Seattle for the Special Libraries Association Annual Conference to begin, xkcd reminds us about how to behave at the airport.
Amy Disch sent out a note asking for suggestions for an open forum Derek Willis and I are moderating about technology at the Special Libraries Association Annual Conference. Want to discuss something nifty? Have a favorite tool we should mention?
“We want this to be a high-energy, interactive session that will, as Derek put so well, […]
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society announced their new status as a Harvard University-wide initiative instead of being a part of Harvard Law School. This change should make it easier and more official for Berkman’s affiliates to do work in areas besides legal arenas. Many folks are already doing work that seems closer to […]
On Tuesday, June 3, Walter Bender, formerly of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) and now of Sugar Labs, gives the lunch talk at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. His presentation should be webcast and archived.
Folks might be chatting about it on Babbledog and in #berkman on freenode.net.
Walter’s opening with a […]
It’s time to register for the Digital Commonwealth Annual Meeting on Wednesday, June 18th from 1:00 - 4:00 p. m. at the Worcester Public Library. Liz Bishoff, recently named Director of Digital and Preservation Services at BRC (Bibliographical Center for Research), will give the Keynote Address: Digitization: Pitfalls and Potential. Liz was the Executive Director […]
Rich here
I read j’s posting about Jon’s problem finding a book at the Brookline Public Library:
http://civilities.net/Who_moved_my_book
Some of the library processes are automated such as “Checkout”, “Checkin”, “In Transit” while others such as “Bindery”, “AV Repair”, “Missing”, “Tech Services”, “Unshelved” are done manually by a staff member. While “Unshelved” is unhelpful to a library patron,the […]
One of my best moments at BarCamp Boston 3 was when a woman walked up to me to ask for whom I worked. I guess my Babbledog jersey wasn’t obvious enough for her, kinda like how I didn’t guess the fellow wearing the Google shirt actually worked for Google.
When we started talking a bit more, […]