I just got through writing a long post in which I detailed all the reasons that I am likely to cease this blog. And WordPress ate it. A sign? Probably not.
At any rate, there have been three events this year which have made me consider whether I want to continue this blog. All three […]
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Wish you could have been in Oslo this week for the IFLA World Congress? Me too. IFLA is being blogged by Rambling Librarian from Singapore, who explains, as the new Tresurer & Information Officer (IO) for the Children and Young People Libraries section, what happens at standing committee meetings. A Norwegian library blog, Vestærn, is […]
There’s an excellent article in the New York Times about how patients interact with hospitals and medical professionals, In the Hospital, a Degrading Shift From Person to Patient. I was immediately struck by how many of the comments and situations readily apply to libraries too. While we are not looking after patrons’ health, we are […]
Here’s an event I would have liked to know about a little sooner - The Engaging Communities conference is being held this week in Queensland in partnership with the United Nations -
This unique event will explore all issues related to community engagement and address the experiences, challenges and research which affect all citizens, governments and […]
Walt Crawford has clarified his study on the library blogosphere, noting that it only includes English-language blogs in response to a comment from BiblioAcid -
Juste une suggestion pour la prochaine édition, Walt : il n’y a pas que des blogs anglophones…
The data makes more sense in light of Walt’s clarification.
I’ve started filing non-English blogs […]
On measuring the library blogosphere
Published by August 13th, 2005 in General, Library technology and Associations. 2 CommentsWalt Crawford has published the results of his measurement of the library blogosphere [PDF]. He uses an interesting method -
…The next step was to consider “reach” beyond apparent Bloglines readership, particularly because Bloglines numbers can be tricky.
I calculated a “Reach” figure based half on apparent direct readership (Bloglines times 4), half on a […]
More on the Creative Commons
Published by August 3rd, 2005 in Open Access, Open Source and Commons. 1 CommentI’ve been reading a lot of articles lately debating the merits of FOSS, Creative Commons and Open Access. There are some perspectives I agree with, and others I disagree with. But all of them have given me pause to consider my own position. Towards a Standard of Freedom: Creative Commons and the Free Software […]
RAILS2 (Research Applications in Information and Library Studies Seminar) will be held at the National Library of Australia on September 16 and 17. I’m hoping to attend and to discuss initiatives within NLS (site coming soon!) and NGPAG to foster the development of new researchers.
In the mail today I got my Creative Commons Creator pack. Amusingly, I was sent a very-largish men’s t-shirt instead of the smaller women’s shirt. I choose to see this as amusing rather than annoying since I’ll have to rip, mix, and modify the shirt with my sewing machine to get it to fit. Share […]
