The summer News Library News, the newsletter of the Special Libraries Association News Division, is now available. Most of the issue focuses on the News Division activities of the Special Libraries Association 2004 Annual Conference. Blog reader and Vormelker-Thomas Student Award winner Amy Disch reports on her experience as a first-timer at the conference. I [...]
This item about the lifespan of digital information looks like it’s worth a read. British Library and Joint Information Systems Committee Partnership Manager at the British Library Neil Beagrie talks about the survival of information in electronic formats. “[D]igital information will never survive and remain accessible by accident: it requires ongoing active management.” It reminds [...]
A few people are looking for blogs about the Olympics. Someone pointed me to Stuart Hughes of the BBC. Word is spreading about Indianapolis Star photographer Robert Scheer’s Summer Olympics blog. A rumor guesses Olympians may not be allowed to blog because it violates certain press rules. Scott Goldblatt, a United States swimmer, is keeping [...]
BusinessWeek’s latest issue includes another article about blogging in the corporate world with an update about how Sun Microsystem’s president Jonathan Schwartz has been fairing as a blogger. It also includes some interviews with other corporate bloggers and makes the point that blogging can be a better way to reach people than by relying on [...]