eclectic librarian

n. a strong aversion to endless news reporting about friggatriskaidekaphobia on Friday the 13th.

Ever since vendors started selling electronic resource management systems (ERMS), there has been a session or a round table at NASIG that discussed various libraries’ implementations of their ERMS. A few more hands were raised this year when the room was asked to indicate if they feel like they’ve finished implementing their ERMS, but it’s [...]

Earlier today, my friend Kaia posted a comment on FriendFeed about wanting to “like” an email she’d received, and it got me thinking.
Due to regular use of FriendFeed, Facebook, and Twitter, I’m getting used to using the “like” or “favorite” options to give my friends a pat on the back without having to say anything [...]

Earlier this week I shared with you recommendations of webcomics that the panel at RavenCon recommended, which were, for the most part, new to me. Here is my current list of must-reads:

Alien Loves Predator – using action figures from the Alien and Predator movies, this comic tells the story of two guys who are friends [...]

One of the panels I attended last weekend at RavenCon was about webcomics. It was moderated by Bryan Prindiville and included Ahlen Moin, Rob Balder, and Eric Kimball. I took some notes:

Abominable Charles Christopher
Basic Instructions – funny how-to illustrations, great writing
Bear Nuts – the Care Bears they didn’t tell you about
Big Fat Whale – political [...]