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Entries from May 2008

Some things read this week, 18 - 24 May 2008

May 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Sunday, 18 May 2008

Sutton, Michael J. D. 2001. Proposal for a provisional knowledge management taxonomy. In Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Information Science, Ed. D. Grant Campbell, Vol. 255-266 of, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec http://www.cais-acsi.ca/proceedings/2001/sutton_2001.pdf (Accessed May 4, 2008).

Sunday - Monday, 18 - 19 May 2008

Harris, [...]

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Tags: Articles · Librariana

Make me dizzy with your love little flower

May 24th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Make me dizzy with your love little flower

Originally uploaded by broken thoughts

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Tags: My Life

Gentlemanly me

May 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

You Are 68% Gentleman

You are definitely a gentleman. You’re very considerate and you have excellent manners.
Occasionally, you slip and do something foolish… but usually no one notices!

Are You A Gentleman?
Thanks to Angel, the Itinerant Librarian, for this one. Have to agree with Angel, though, some of these questions are simply silly.

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Follow-up to How Off am I?

May 22nd, 2008 · 4 Comments

Woke up this morning with serious balance issues. I fell three times just trying to get out of bed. Luckily I was always next to something the next several times I fell and was able to catch myself.
I called the clinic as soon as they opened and the Dial-A-Nurse said to come in as soon [...]

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Anyone care to find out how Off I really am?

May 21st, 2008 · 4 Comments

I’m wondering if anyone out there between central IL and central TX might be willing to put me up overnight on Memorial Day or perhaps the next weekend for the return?
As I think I’ve mentioned, I am going down to Fort Hood/Killeen, TX next week to see my son before he leaves for his 2nd [...]

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Tags: Military and War · My Life · Travel

ASIS&T SIG-KNIT here I come …

May 21st, 2008 · 10 Comments

ASIS&T SIG-KNIT here I come …

Originally uploaded by broken thoughts

As I was heading out of cataloging a few minutes ago I got stopped in my tracks. I’m not one for judging a book by its cover–in fact, discussions of book cover images in academic catalogs start my blood to boil–but this one could cause me [...]

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Some things read this week, 11 - 17 May 2008

May 18th, 2008 · Comments Off

Monday - Tuesday, 12 - 13 May 2008

Budd, John. 1992. The Library and Its Users: The Communication Process. New York: Greenwood Press.

Got back to this finally.

Finished ch. 4 : The Library in the Communication Process
Ch. 5 : The Librarian in the Communication Process
Ch. 6 : Noise
Ch. 7 : Conclusion

Finished this Monday, started back [...]

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Tags: Articles · Books · CAS Project · Communication · Language and word issues · My Life

Happy Birthday, Jeremy

May 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Jeremy and me, Christmas 2007

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I guess someday I’ll have to stop calling him my “baby boy.” Or, perhaps not.
Today my son turns 28. I am so very, very proud of him. He has overcome a fair bit of adversity in his life and is far stronger than his father. He even [...]

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Some things read this week, 4 - 10 May 2008

May 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Sunday - Saturday, 4 - 10 May 2008

Wilson, Patrick. 1968. Two Kinds of Power : an Essay on Bibliographical Control. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Ch. III : Relevance (Sun)
Ch. IV : Bibliographical Instruments and Their Specifications (Mon)
Ch. V : Subjects and the Sense of Position (Wed)
Ch. VI : Indexing, Coupling, Hunting (Thu)
Ch. VII : Consultants [...]

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Tags: Articles · Books · Food and Drink · Librariana · Relevance

Shh!

May 13th, 2008 · 6 Comments

I got a quick IM from a friend the other night wondering how I was doing as I have been quiet lately.
Yes. Yes I have.
There are a lot of reasons for this. Some of it is lack of time to do all the things I’d like to. There are probably other reasons, too, in certain [...]

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