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 [...]
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Developing LeadersDr. Ken Haycock is Director of the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University. His presentation, Developing Leaders: outlined the differences between management and leadership defined leadership; and described the characteristics of leaders. According to Haycock, there are four competencies of good leaders: managing attention managing meaning managing trust managing [...]
Read more →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 [...]
Read more →Rocky and Caddyshack in 30 seconds, re-enacted by bunnies
Yet another two classics from Angry Alien Productions: Rocky Caddyshack
Read more →Young Newspaper Readers
Young Canadians who are frequent readers of newspapers are also more likely to vote in elections, volunteer time in community service, and be more socially active than less frequent readers, according to a national survey released this week by the Canadian Newspaper Association (CNA). Reading Between the Lines: Debunking Common Myths about Young Newspaper Readers [...]
Read more →Friday Fun – Orisinal
DISCLAIMER: The author of this post is not responsible for any damages (especially time loss) due to using the website recommended below. The amazing artist Ferry Halim has one of the cutest and most enjoyable games sites out there – Orisinal. The games are not only beautiful, they are also challenging and just the thing [...]
Read more →CUFTS journal search tool
I have seen a few posts lately on a number of different dicussion lists that reference the now-defunct JAKE database. For folks looking for journal titles and the electronic collections that index them, CUFTS, developed at the Simon Fraser University Library, is another excellent tool to use. (As far as I can tell, JAKE is [...]
Read more →Trendio.com
Trendio.com is reported on in the Wall Street Journal today. Similar to Google Trends, but with a twist, Trendio gives every user $10,000 in play money to purchase shares of words. As the popularity of the words increase in the news media (based on Yahoo! News sources) the shares’ value increases. Users’ portfolios of shares [...]
Read more →Toronto at sunset 2
Toronto at sunset 2 Originally uploaded by YankeeInCanada. I snapped this photo while trying to capture some of the fireworks being set off to celebrate Victoria Day. Alas, I didn’t get the fireworks, but the picture is neat nonetheless.
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