Off the Mark

In my previous post I stated that "Your choice of education, just like mine, comes with a whole set of
advantages and disadvantages, many of which overlap or are exactly the
same."  This was in reference to Ms. Glover claiming that her "online degree is more valuable than a traditional one."
Here’s one for me.  Again,  it doesn’t [...]

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"Don’t Discredit My Online Degree" is an article in Library Journal by Karen Glover.
OK, I agree Ms. Glover, I won’t.  But I’ll ask you the same thing, don’t discredit my on campus degree.
This is an article that had great potential.  It points out that many employers still undervalue and may even devalue online degrees, that [...]

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This song is dedicated to the views behind a recent comment that was made to me in a class. 
I know that it was made in the spirit of well-meant, constructive criticism but it made me very mad nonetheless.  I was told that my "posts, while insightful, at times have been highly provocative."
Well, provocative maybe?  [...]

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Now here’s a "quiz" that fits me just fine!  How Much Is My Blog Worth? found at The Gypsy Librarian.

My blog is worth $0.00.How much is your blog worth?

Given my distaste for much of consumer society this is a perfect result!  Hehehee $0.00.  Of course, that should be the answer for 99.9% of all [...]

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I went and saw Serenity tonight.  Yes, for the 1st time.  As an aside, I waited until the 17th week before I went and saw Star Wars in 1977.  I see no need to be in a hurry for something that’ll be around for a while.
OK, I’ll pause while some of you pick yourselves up [...]

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Updated 8 Nov 2005: Links to audio and video at bottom of post.
Yesterday, Roy Tennant presented the Fall 2005 Phineas L. Windsor Lecture at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.  It was entitled, "The Academic Library in a Googlezon World."
Before the lecture, Roy met with with [...]

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It looks like I struck out on a ‘definitive’ (pun intended) explication of ‘confessor.’
It seems that ‘confessor’ is used for both the one confessing, as in the normal use of the -or in English, and as the one, usually a priest, to whom confession is made.  I discovered this Sunday evening when I was replying [...]

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It seems I have 5 draft posts already in the queue, although one has been there for months and doesn’t really count.  I should try to get some of them out into the wild.
I also have several other ideas already.  For one, I want to say a few things about Jacob Nielsen’s thoughts on [...]

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Ryan, Michael T. “Among the Disciplines: The Bibliographer in the I World.” In Recruiting, Educating, and Training Librarians for Collection Development, edited by Peggy Johnson and Sheila S. Intner, 99-112. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994. Read 6 Oct 05.
Abstract/Synopsis
THE I WORLD
The “I word” = interdisciplinarity

All-pervasive
Consequences everywhere:

curriculum,
hiring decisions,
research,
organization of institutions

Is a subject in its own [...]

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Carnival of the Infosciences #11 is up over at Christina’s LIS Rant.
Another outstanding job with lots of interesting tidbits for mental stimulation.
Next week the Carnival stops at Frequently Answered Questions.  Isn’t it time you became more than a voyeur?

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