Monday, 2 April 2012
facebook and librarians
Given the apparent universal adoption of facebook.com as a means of corporate and individual promotion, librarians appear have no choice but to adopt the current paradigm.
Podcasts
Podcasts are usually MP3, ocassionally alternate audio files, accessableby a RSS feed.
The range of subject matter is extrodinary and ranges from music to political broadcasts.
The range of subject matter is extrodinary and ranges from music to political broadcasts.
For librarians, podcasts are a positve attempt to redress client difficulties, in partcular distance and poor eyesight.
Furthermore, with the wide-spread adoption of wi-fi, these files are highly moblie.
It is important for librarians to make their clientel aware of these resources, perhaps via the use of the library blog or a dedicated page on the library's web site.
Monday, 19 March 2012
Book Review: Blainey
Blianey: Short History of Christianity
While the work is well written, and on occassions demonstrates some unusual insights, clearly the less than rigorous account of the life and death of the founding philosopher id detrimental to to overall success of the work.
Gray: Zappa
Depite Uncle Frank's reputataion for radical musicial composition and performance, the book shows him as a relatively uninteresting personality bouncing between the extremes of high art and gutter trash.
Of most interest to this blog is the reported consultation with Dylan (circa ?) in preparing the what would eventually be released as Infidels, an album which Gray (at this point) considers minor.
See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infidels
While the work is well written, and on occassions demonstrates some unusual insights, clearly the less than rigorous account of the life and death of the founding philosopher id detrimental to to overall success of the work.
Gray: Zappa
Depite Uncle Frank's reputataion for radical musicial composition and performance, the book shows him as a relatively uninteresting personality bouncing between the extremes of high art and gutter trash.
Of most interest to this blog is the reported consultation with Dylan (circa ?) in preparing the what would eventually be released as Infidels, an album which Gray (at this point) considers minor.
See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infidels
Wikis - An Assessment.
Certainly the well-known and widely used (if not universally praised) Wikipedia has created a highly useful online resource.
While there is is no doubt value to be had from institutions adopting this technology for in-house consultation, its success maybe somewhat mitigated by the varying levels of techological sophistication by the staff contributors.
Certainly the well-known and widely used (if not universally praised) Wikipedia has created a highly useful online resource.
While there is is no doubt value to be had from institutions adopting this technology for in-house consultation, its success maybe somewhat mitigated by the varying levels of techological sophistication by the staff contributors.
Monday, 12 March 2012
Delicious
Delicious
A quick search of Delicious for twotopics of personal interest found some amazing information to my immediate advantage.
This site would probably warrant furtner investigation..
I eagerly await the deep and meaningful consultation with my learned my fellow students.
A quick search of Delicious for twotopics of personal interest found some amazing information to my immediate advantage.
This site would probably warrant furtner investigation..
I eagerly await the deep and meaningful consultation with my learned my fellow students.
LibraryThing
LibraryThing
http://www.librarything.com/
A quick search of Library Thing for three topics of personal interest found nothing to my immediate advantage.
I do not consider useful,
I would not use it.
However, after deep and meaningful consultation with my learned my fellow students, the consenus may indicate that Library Thing is a resource that libraries should consider.
http://www.librarything.com/
A quick search of Library Thing for three topics of personal interest found nothing to my immediate advantage.
I do not consider useful,
I would not use it.
However, after deep and meaningful consultation with my learned my fellow students, the consenus may indicate that Library Thing is a resource that libraries should consider.
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