Back in mid-January 2007 I started a “feature” entitled “Some things read this week, …”. I have, for a long time now, been unhappy with it. I have rarely addressed the important things in the depth which they deserved and … Continue reading
19 – 31 May 2008 Chia, Mantak and Douglas Abrams Arava. 1997. The Multi-Orgasmic Man: Sexual Secrets Every Man Should Know. 1st ed. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco. Bought this years ago when I had hope that it might come in handy … Continue reading
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, … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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) … Continue reading
Saturday – Sunday, 26 – 27 April 2008 Abbott, Andrew. (2008). “Library Research and Its Infrastructure in the Twentieth Century.” Spring 2008 Windsor Lecture, 12 March 2008 Read the pdf, below. [Note: Audio in Real format.] Windsor Lecture Series “Library … Continue reading
Sunday – Thursday, 20 – 24 Apr 2008 Lodge, David. 1992. Changing Places: A Tale of Two Campuses. New York: Penguin Books. Wasn’t sure if I was going to continue this but I read it on and off on Sunday … Continue reading
Sunday – Friday, 13 – 18 Apr 2008 2007. Running & Philosophy: A Marathon for the Mind. Malden: Blackwell Pub. Ch. 6 : Running Religiously by Jeffrey P. Fry (Sun) Ch. 7 : Hash Runners and Hellenistic Philosophers by Richard … Continue reading
Sunday, 6 Apr 2008 Chan, Lois Mai. 1977. Alphabetical arrangement and subject collocation in Library of Congress Subject Headings. Library Resources & Technical Services 21, no. 2:156-169. Read this for Tom’s presentation/discussion of his project this coming Tuesday (see Tom’s … Continue reading
Note: Not that it matters to anyone but me but my chronology may be a bit off due to Comcast pretty much taking over my life for most of this week and the end of the last one. Sunday – … Continue reading