I’ve been helping my law student boyfriend deal with looking at citation/bibliography software that will do Bluebook formatting, so I was primed and interested to see CiteULike which is a tool for maintaining a del.icio.us-like citation database for academic articles that you find online. Haven’t used it yet, looks intriguing in a taggish sort of way. [nothing]
bathroom graffiti speaks to me on occasion
rudy’s library, monowi nebraska
I’m a sucker for heartwarming stories like the town with a population of one and a library with 5,000 volumes. [thanks tj]
hi – 10feb
Hi. I’ve returned from the scenic wonderfulness of New York City only to hit an all-day snowstorm here. I was pleasantly suprised that at least two of the films I got to review for the Media That Matters film festival mentioned libraries! If you’re a librarian, you might be interested in the ways you can use Media Rights’ films and videos as a resource for your library.
digital divide up close and personal
Check me out! There’s an article this week in my alternative weekly about my email class and technology in general in Vermont’s libraries.
[P]roviding free Internet access and tech support to patrons in a rural state is a real challenge; what Vermont libraries offer varies wildly from town to town. The kind of training users receive depends entirely on who’s behind the desk when they ask for help. And poorer communities — which need this access and support the most — are still often least likely to have it, despite grant funding