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The Post’s Unsung Sleuths

This is an incredible article about the librarians at The Washington Post.  Fellow colleague, Derek Willis is given a full paragraph.  Way to go Derek!
The Post’s Unsung SleuthsBy Deborah HowellSunday, July 2, 2006; Page B06
"The reporting that appears in The Post is supported by an infrastructure of research that readers do not see, except as [...]

SLA 2006 – Bits and bobs

A few final thoughts from my experience at SLA:

text messaging is a lifeline (how did people ever find each other before it?)
laptops are a must
the local arrangements committee for every conference from now on must publish a list of wi-fi spots near the conference centre
you can never drink enough water (this particular conference centre was [...]

Technology Review Advisory Group Recommendations

My speech to the joint cabinets (Chapter Cabinet and Division Cabinet) went very well.  The recommendations of the Technology Review Advisory Group were well received.  The full report is available to SLA members only, so I am publishing only the recommendations here.  If you would like to access the full report or the executive summary, [...]

SLA 2006 – Day 2

News Researchers in the newsrooom
Derek Willis is Research Database Editor with the Washington Post and author of The Scoop.  By far, Derek’s presentation intrigued me the most at SLA.
The notion that information professionals are becoming dependent on software they haven’t built themselves (hint: vendors) Derek calls "crutchware."   By using scripting, open-source software and a bit [...]

SLA in Baltimore

I leave tomorrow for Baltimore, this year’s host of the annual Special Libraries Association Annual Conference.  The conference is already underway and by some reports, it’s already off to a great start.  As mentioned in a previous post, I’ll be presenting the findings of the Technology Review Advisory
Group at a joint meeting of the Chapter [...]