Off the Mark

Tomorrow, Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 2 - 3:30 PM
Library Colloquium: Michael Gorman : Are Libraries Still Vital to Research?
Why do we keep bringing him here?
And, yes, I am well aware of his connection to UIUC. But, honestly, you’d think people might have outgrown him by now. Perhaps if more of our students could learn to [...]

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I know I’ve been pretty quiet lately. Lots going on and not so well physically. I just seem to stay sick anymore.
Lots of things happening, though.
Bibliography class
I have a topic for my Bibliography class and I’m making great progress collecting things and entering them into Zotero. I’ve read a few previously and I [...]

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Sunday, 2 Sep
Bade, David. “I Know Where I Am Going, Do You?” Remarks at the ALCTS Serials Section, Continuing Resources Cataloging Committee, Update Forum “Continuing Resources Cataloging: Where in the World Are We Going?” ALA Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, June 25, 2007. [pdf available at E-LIS]
You folks do have the E-LIS feed in your readers [...]

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Perhaps there are “better” ways to affect change than those I sometimes use. The truth is, I did not really expect any change on my behalf; I did want it for others, though. But, it seems my griping was noticed and change is happening.
I got a nice phone call today from Mary Taylor, Executive Director [...]

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Perhaps I missed this in earlier editions, but according to my ALA Editions Spring/Summer 2007 catalog that arrived a few days ago I see that AACR2r is an ALA Bestseller! [That ! is their's, not mine.]
While I have no doubt that this is factually true—my guess is that it is even their biggest bestseller of [...]

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Originally uploaded by MiddleEarthTraveller
Photo by my friend, MiddleEarthTraveller, of the UIUC GSLIS booth at ALA Annual 2007.
It looks like I made an appearance and didn’t even know it. Perhaps all of my friends who I missed—or at least UIUC folks—saw me here.
Go Team Awesome! And “Hi” to all the other fine folks represented [...]

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A couple hours ago I wrote and sent off an email that I found very difficult to write.
This weekend I received an email asking me to sit on a panel at ALA to help discuss a topic of current concern to some. But, unfortunately and for various reasons, I decided early in the year not [...]

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Note: Some commentary will be provided (by me) via notes from another attendee, Kathryn La Barre. I will do my best to give proper attribution when necessary, but if she is really just corroborating something I remember easily enough then probably not. I will give attribution to all folks as best I can from between [...]

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Blogging, or not so much
I’m sorry—although mostly to myself—for my non-blogging lately. There are things I’d like to write (e.g., Green on following Humanities sources) and some I even started on (e.g., Hope Olson) amongst others. But I’ve been working hard at keeping on a reasonably even keel emotionally and mentally, while trying to get [...]

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Sickness and death
Been having odd sick-like things going on for a couple months now. Went to the doc last week. Sinus x-rays showed an infection and I’m a third of the way through 20 days of antibiotics. My electrolytes were also off and I had to have them retested. Go back Monday [...]

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