habitually probing generalist

Recently read: Advances in Classification Research: Proceedings of the 13th ASIST SIG/CR Classification Research Group. I read this primarily for my classification seminar, but also for some insights into interdisciplinary classification issues, hopefully. This SIG/CR Workshop was held at the 65th ASIST Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA on 17 November, 2002. The aim of the [...]

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The mail brought very mixed news today. For one, I still did not get my deposit refund check from my previous real estate agency. By law, they were supposed to have it to me by Friday; that is, the Friday before yesterday (which was the next Friday…). Barr Real Estate sucks; for many and varied [...]

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My Akismet spam filter just caught a message about sexy Halloween costumes. Boy was that ever a tempting one to look at. I mean, seriously, anyone who can sell me a costume to make me look sexy…. Too good to be true.  So I just nuked it; but I did hesitate for a few seconds.

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Thursday afternoon, my classification seminar attended a talk by Anne Balsamo at GSLIS entitled “Taking Culture Seriously.” In case that link dies, here’s the announcement: Professor Anne Balsamo from USC will discuss possibilities for creating interdisciplinary collaborations for the purposes of developing new technologies. Some of the questions to be addressed include: How can researchers [...]

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As some of you “know” [as in I've mentioned it before], I am currently a member of the following professional organizations (along with accompanying student chapters of ALA, ACRL, ASIS&T): American Library Association Association of College and Research Libraries Association for Library Collections & Technical Services American Society for Information Science & Technology Illinois Library [...]

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Ya snooze, ya lose!  Offer is hereby rescinced, as I has a taker.  Alright, it ought to ask, “Are there any Ani fans near me or in the Chicago are who read this?” Or, if you are not a current fan but have been wanting to check Ani out…. All of that would make a [...]

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I have decided to attend this year’s annual ASIS&T meeting in Austin in early November: Information Realities: Shaping the Digital Future for All. What I am still deciding is whether I can afford to go to the 16th Annual SIG CR Classification Research Workshop: Social Classification: Panacea or Pandora? The simple answer is no, since [...]

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Poor and I’m tired Fallin’ asleep Everyone’s praying’ I’ll get back on my feet… Haley Bonar, “go away angels”, …the size of planets I am feeling so completely whelmed lately. Not overwhelmed. Simply, massively whelmed. No doubt much of it is my own doing. That is, as much control over friends leaving as I might [...]

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Hung 23 pictures in my apartment. Read some sociology of science for class: 3 chapters of de Solla Price’s Little Science, Big Science. 3 chapters of Crane’s Invisible Colleges. Read a few articles on classification systems for Pauline’s class, including Ranganathan’s “Hidden Roots of Classification,” Inform. Stor. Retr. 3, 1967: 399-410. I have to say [...]

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I’m just a bit stressed lately. Last night (Tues) that would have been a complete understatement. [Much abridged.] I had been working on a lengthy post, which I just cut all but the 1st sentence from, on how sucky my life has been the last week or so. I was chatting with one of my [...]

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