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komputer kog, or “I got an MLIS for this?”

Speaking of my job, I would like to chime in with a hearty “hear hear!” to this sentiment.

”Research-related issues are within our job parameters,” said [librarian] Nevin Gussack… “Signing people up and making up numbers [to log on], as a professional, is kind of demeaning. I don’t like being a disciplinarian. I like being the purveyor of information. I would rather teach than be a policeman.”

geeks + librarians = ?

Posted on 25Mar04 by jessamyn

I have always wondered if you can make geeks and librarians happy at the same time. At my library the answer is “not yet” but that may change, hopefully before my contract expires. Kendall Clark has a new article about classifiying one’s personal collections in his series “Hacking the Library”.

“If you’re like me, you will never live the pure, weightless all-digital media lifestyle. Our media collections weren’t born digital.”[lisnews]

core competencies for librarians

Posted on 16Mar04 by jessamyn

I love lists. These lists are great: The Top Ten Things a new Sci/Tech Librarian Should Know. I am sorry I missed this in Toronto.

9. You might get a lot of colds (working with the public).
10. You won’t be expected to do everything you promised in the interview.
11. Your colleagues are just as clueless or insecure as you are.

XML wrap up from Miss Eli

Posted on 03Mar04 by jessamyn

When Miss Eli graduates, I am sure she will get this technology/library thing working right. Here is her summary of Roy Tennant’s SLA talk about XML. All acronyms identified, mouseover to learn.

+free +porn

Posted on 03Mar04 by jessamyn

Sethf is right on the money. Remember how I said that 350 pages of “pornography” that everyone is always telling us about, belong to me, thanks to N2H2 and their stupid overblocking? This is something like that, only it’s the lawyers talking, look out!