Off the Mark

Travis Ennis of Travis Ennis’ Weblog asks "Why do we blog? MLS/IS Student bloggers that is."
This question seems to be one that I have to constantly revisit myself as it recurs across the blogosphere in different contexts, and in my own life.  The answer is an ever evolving one for me, although I believe [...]

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The Carnival and I need your help!  The 12 or so folks who read this regularly, and even those of you just recently dropping by.  We seem to be hitting a trough here and I’d like to aim for at least a slightly higher plateau than we’ve been to yet.
I simply cannot read many more [...]

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Steven Cohen of Library Stuff asks about "Using Blogs as a Recruitment Tool"? 
I posted a comment, but thought I’d expand a bit more here.
As a current LIS student, I just don’t see how this would work without
some serious censorship, self- or school imposed. I don’t know any students who are always upbeat about [...]

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Looks like I’m the host for next weeks Carnival of the Infosciences #9.  So get those posts written, and submit them to me at mark dot lindner at insightbb dot com.  Recommendations of others’ writings are also encouraged.  But really, you can write well too.  I have no doubts.
Again, we need more hosts, hostesses, ring [...]

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Carnival of the Infosciences #8 has hit the midway and Dave, The Industrial Librarian, has done a bang-up job!
I’m looking forward to reading many of the articles as there are a bunch I haven’t seen yet this week.  Awesome!
We’re still looking for a host for next week.  I have actually told Greg I’d do it [...]

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I’m sitting down by the highway
Down by that highway side
Everybody’s going somewhere
Riding just as fast as they can ride
Well I guess they’ve got a lot to do
Before they can rest assured
Their lives are justified
Pray to God for me babe
He can let me slide
Well I’ve been up and down this highway
Far as my eyes can see
No [...]

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Took myself to Crane Alley for a couple Guinness and beet chips with goat cheese dip while sitting outside working on my Collection Development assesment and evaluation plan.
I’m writing up a plan that considers the UIUC LIS Library collection, along with online materials available through the UIUC Library Gateway, for support of cataloging and classification [...]

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When these folks have donated more than $5 billion between them, then come ask me for more.
US wealthiest worth $1 trillion
That’s 400 Americans who are worth $1.13 trillion dollars between them.  Individual wealth.
That shit ain’t even funny.  Nobody, and I mean nobody is worth that kind of money.  Nor, in my opinion, should they [...]

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"But hang it, Jim, you’ve clean missed the point—blame it, you’ve missed it a thousand mile."
"Who? Me? Go ‘long. Doan talk to me ’bout yo’ pints. I reck’n I knows sense when I sees it; ; en dey ain’ no sense in sich doin’s as dat. De ’spute warn’t ’bout half a chile, de ’spute [...]

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If you haven’t done so yet, go read Comrades-in-Arms: The Professor and the Librarian by Rochelle at Random Access Mazar and then Joining the Club by Dorothea at Caveat Lector.
It is a healthy discussion of the highly variable relationship between the teaching/research faculty and the academic librarian.    I find it funny that Dorothea and [...]

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