Archive for August 17th, 2005

Hhhmmm … a funny model for an about page

Wednesday, August 17th, 2005

For a while now, I’ve been ruminating what information I should stick on an ‘about’ page. I really like the humor in The Library Despot’s about page and its concise nature.
I know many of you want to know "Question, the Third: How did you start blogging?," "Question, the Fourth: Can I call you [something besides [...]

Library Loans People as Sources of Information

Wednesday, August 17th, 2005

The Library Despot mentions a program at a Swedish library to loan out people as a way to combat prejudice.
This program seems to be attracting a lot of interest. After queuing the post, two different people mentioned it to me.
I’m sure there are plenty of thoughts floating around about getting certain Swedish people through interlibrary [...]

Worms Eat Media Outlets Computers

Wednesday, August 17th, 2005

The Boston Herald reports on challenges several media organizations faced when a computer virus infected their systems.

Fictional Characters in Wikipedia

Wednesday, August 17th, 2005

LISNews has a bit about fictional characters in Wikipedia. I haven’t looked at all of the materials, so I haven’t really figured out what’s happening in this particular case. I just wanted to point out that Wikipedia includes entries on other fictional characters, like Bilbo Baggins. Why shouldn’t it, especially for major figures that are [...]


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