random musings from a serialist
Photograph this blog post (including your monitor and its immediate surroundings), and post the resulting pic on your blog. Then the next person photographs your blog post and posts it, and so on. Leave your post URL in the comments so people will be able to follow the chain, and link your image to the … Continue reading “monitor/screen meme”
Photograph this blog post (including your monitor and its immediate surroundings), and post the resulting pic on your blog. Then the next person photographs your blog post and posts it, and so on. Leave your post URL in the comments so people will be able to follow the chain, and link your image to the post you photographed… this way people will be able to zoom into the monitors by clicking.
as seen on mike, i am (.net)
General update about blog stuff and things happening in my life.
My recently read/reading list is gone for a little while. I tried upgrading the plugin last week, and it broke. The author says he’ll have a fix for it sometime this week. I’m heading out to NASIG on Wednesday, so it will probably be sometime next week before I can get it up and running again, if all goes well.
Speaking of NASIG, the hotel this year has free wifi in public areas and some meeting rooms. The conference organizers have a blog available for attendees to post and comment on. If you aren’t able to attend the conference and you have an interest in all things serials, then do keep tabs on the blog. I’ll be attempting to some live blogging both here and there.
As you may know, I write reviews for a website called Blogcritics.org. I’m trying to catch up on the backlog of review items in my house, which is why that’s about all I’ve been posting lately. Hopefully things will get back to normal once I get caught up. You can keep tabs with what’s pending, if you’re interested. I’m really behind on the books. Arg.
Here’s a blogga. There’s a blogga. And a tiny little blogga.
I’m a bit behind on reading the librarian blogs (despite my resolve to keep up with them), so it’s probably all over the librarian blogosphere by now. If you haven’t seen Brian Smith’s tribute to librarian bloggers llama song take-off, what rock have you been hiding under? …Oh. Probably the same one that’s been giving me some shelter. [thanks Library Man]
Karen Schneider makes an argument for notifying readers of extended absences from blogging. This wouldn’t work for me, because I rarely know when I’ll be taking a break from blogging, and these times don’t necessarily occur around holidays and other such things, because often time away from work allows me to catch up and write. … Continue reading “brb”
Karen Schneider makes an argument for notifying readers of extended absences from blogging. This wouldn’t work for me, because I rarely know when I’ll be taking a break from blogging, and these times don’t necessarily occur around holidays and other such things, because often time away from work allows me to catch up and write. Still, if someone is prolific, it makes sense to let readers know that they’ll be gone for a bit. But, don’t expect any BRB notices from me.
Want to make a statement of total geekitude while being hip and retro at the same time? Pull out one of these the next time you need to make a phone call while on the subway or walking down the street.
Want to make a statement of total geekitude while being hip and retro at the same time? Pull out one of these the next time you need to make a phone call while on the subway or walking down the street.
I heard a piece this evening on Future Tense about a website where you can see how you rank against all AIM users. AIM Fight scores you based on how many buddy lists include your screen name. The commentators noted that youth are more likely to have high scores compared to adults since youth use … Continue reading “how popular are you?”
I heard a piece this evening on Future Tense about a website where you can see how you rank against all AIM users. AIM Fight scores you based on how many buddy lists include your screen name.
The commentators noted that youth are more likely to have high scores compared to adults since youth use AIM and other instant message systems to communicate with each other. I wish more of my friends and colleagues were online and using AIM/MSN/Yahoo instant messengers. Sometimes instant message is the best way to contact someone with a quick question or comment.
My score is 647 – what’s yours?
I’m surprised that this unpublished cartoon by Patricia Storms hasn’t made it into a library association publication yet. And she blogs, too.
I’m surprised that this unpublished cartoon by Patricia Storms hasn’t made it into a library association publication yet. And she blogs, too.
It has come to my attention that I don’t have an About page for this blog. I never really thought that I needed one, but perhaps I do. I first learned of blogs and blogging when I read about Jessamyn West in Library Journal. I started reading librarian.net on a regular basis, and I was … Continue reading “about”
It has come to my attention that I don’t have an About page for this blog. I never really thought that I needed one, but perhaps I do.
I first learned of blogs and blogging when I read about Jessamyn West in Library Journal. I started reading librarian.net on a regular basis, and I was inspired to try this blogging thing myself. The first incarnation of my blog was called “because everyone else is doing it” and was powered by Blogger. Wanting to get away from free webhosts and BlogSpot, I took the plunge and purchased my own domain name and hosting through Powweb. Thus, the eclectic librarian was born.
I have worked in libraries since I was an undergraduate student in 1994. By the time I left to begin the master’s program at the University of Kentucky, I had experience in almost every department of a library. At first I thought I wanted to be a cataloger, but the technology classes interested me more, and I began to explore that aspect of librarianship.
My first post-graduate job was as a serials and database cataloger at a medium-sized comprehensive university in Kentucky. It was mainly a paycheck and a foot in the door of academic librarianship, but after I attended a NASIG conference, I gained a better appreciation of the serials and related electronic resources specialty. My responsibilities shifted more towards electronic resources, mirroring the serials industry’s shift to online access and the issues surrounding that.
Now I am the serials department head and electronic resources librarian for another medium-sized comprehensive university, but this one is in Washington. I work closely with the systems librarian to improve service for our electronic resources. I am still quite interested in the technology aspects of the profession and issues related to them, which is evident in the contents of this blog. I don’t write much about serials in particular, and that’s mainly because most of the innovative work is being done on the electronic side of serials publishing, and there are other blogs that specialize in those issues.
I have a wide variety of other interests, including music, internet–based hobbies, and outdoor activities. I am also occasionally politically minded with a left-of-center flavor and a bit cynical.
Lately I have been writing reviews for Blogcritics.org, so you’ll see a few of these pop up occasionally.
Ever since Karen highlighted my blog last week, I’ve felt a bit of pressure to publish, but unfortunately the muse left at about the same time. That, and I caught up on my professional reading and didn’t have much to comment on. Sorry to disappoint all the new folks who have subscribed to the feed. … Continue reading “writer’s block?”
Ever since Karen highlighted my blog last week, I’ve felt a bit of pressure to publish, but unfortunately the muse left at about the same time. That, and I caught up on my professional reading and didn’t have much to comment on. Sorry to disappoint all the new folks who have subscribed to the feed.
I have been rather amused to watch the Gormangate furor spread throughout the blogosphere and other online forums. I wish everyone would credit where they get their news from. I’ve been curious to see who read the Gorman article and commented on it and who saw others comments and wrote their own. Without citations or other indicators, often it is hard to tell what the sources are.
Why is there so much hype about blogs in the library tech world when only 38% of Internet users even know what they are?
Blog readership may be on the rise, but do most people know what a blog is? Jon Gordon discusses this with Pew Internet director Lee Rainie in yesterday’s Future Tense. Rainie said, “It’s still very much a niche phenomenon online. As a matter of fact, we found that 62% of Internet users do not know what a blog is.” This begs the question: Why is there so much hype about blogs in the library tech world when only 38% of Internet users even know what they are?
