Archive for May, 2006

dream of the children’s materials OPAC

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

Tomorrow morning I leave, not exactly bright and early, for the WYLD Annual Meeting in Sundance, Wyoming. Sadly, this is not the site of the eponymous film festival, which is actually held in Park City, Utah, but it is near Devil’s Tower, the U.S.’s first national monument, which I probably will not have time […]

privacy: another chapter

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006

Update: the first link should actually go to the post in question now–thanks to Mark for noticing the error.
Awhile back I wrote a preface.
I just got back from teaching my final digital photography class of the season at the library. Our summer hours start on Tuesday, and we won’t be open again in the […]

keep your laws off MySpace

Wednesday, May 17th, 2006

Once in awhile, ALA does something well, and it is largely because of that (well, that and that I’m still a student and so my dues are cheap) that I am still a member. One thing they’ve done nicely is the new Legislative Action Center. Okay, so it’s not all 2.0. It […]

so much for spellcheck

Tuesday, May 16th, 2006

or, adventures in book ordering. . .
I just searched Amazon for Specters in the Smoke, which is how the title was spelled in the May 1st issue of Booklist.  These results were not terribly helpful.  A search for the author, Tony Broadbent, revealed that the book was actually Spectres in the Smoke.  I guess it’s […]

happy belated, and many more

Tuesday, May 16th, 2006

I’m not quite sure how I missed it, but lis.dom turned 1 year old the Sunday before last. Its purpose has changed somewhat since that first post (for the real wayback feel, here’s the Blogger version), but then, my life has changed somewhat in that time, too. Here’s a brief year in review:
May […]

the techie mission and the library mission

Monday, May 8th, 2006

I don’t consider myself a techie, much less a geek or a nerd, by these definitions or any others. That’s not meant to denigrate any of the terms–I simply don’t feel skilled enough to claim any of the titles. I’m still at the “take the server out of the box” phase.
I’ve been thinking […]