The Future of the Deep Web
This is an exercise in the literal. Librarians have long warned that you can't find everything that is on the Web on search engines. The part of the Web that is not searchable through these engines is known as the...
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November 22, 2006
November 20, 2006
The Coming End of Completed Publications
The prospect of publishing books and articles on wikis has got me thinking about the future of scholarly research in a world in which publications need never be completed. Of course, I don't know for sure if this will happen,...
November 16, 2006
Students on Library Committees
I'm still thinking about committees and about how we can involve students in library operations. Now that I've got students functioning as Wal-Mart greeters and roving helpers, how about putting them on some of our committees? Now, a part of...
November 14, 2006
Wal-Mart Greeters in the Library
Wal-Mart is well known for all kinds of things, both good and bad. Its greeters are one of the stores' most recognizable features. Make fun of them if you will (and maybe you don't) but these greeters do help to...
November 12, 2006
Committees
The title of this entry says it all. We librarians have plenty to say about the over-abundance of committees in our lives. If I were really clever, I'd make up some new jokes. I'll never forget hearing Shane Nackerud speak...
November 08, 2006
A Librarian's 2.0 Manifesto
I will recognize that the universe of information culture is changing fast and that libraries need to respond positively to these changes to provide resources and services that users need and want. I will educate myself about the information...
November 06, 2006
A Library 2.0 Election Day
Tomorrow is Election Day. I've been considering how an academic library might recognize the day with a Library 2.0 approach. The library is the intellectual center on campus. We can make it relevant to our constituencies in a way that...
November 02, 2006
Publishing Books and Articles on Wikis
I've been thinking about the e-mail message recently making the rounds that solicits chapters for successor books to Google and Libraries (aka Internet Reference Services Quarterly Vol. 10, No. 3/4). One of these books will focus on Google Scholar and...