Ages ago I got a copy of Zotero: a guide for librarians, researchers and educators by Jason Puckett with the intention of reading it and reviewing it. Soon after I was hit with medical problem after medical problem and even though I read it cover to cover in practically no time at all, the book [...]
Today I finished my column for the next issue of the Collaborative Librarianship Journal and in it I talk about collaborative research tools. One of those tools is Zotero and I have plenty more to share about Zotero so I thought I’d share a review of the newest version with you all. Short version of [...]
I got this email from a cousin of mine and I really wanted to share it with you all and see what you’ve experienced. Just got back from the library choosing a couple of “relaxing” books. As I browsed, I had these thoughts and then decided I’d send them to the family librarian . Has [...]
My obsessing over genealogy research has paid off. ALA has published a bookmark and a poster with my tips for genealogy research online. Now I have to figure out where to hand out the copies I got of these two guides I have way more than I’ll ever need.
I am working on some very very broad research on open source use in libraries for a book I’m working on. The focus of the book will be on software you can use that is open source. If you have a chance to answer this brief survey to help me out that would be greatly [...]
If your library is using Drupal or Joomla you might want to help another librarian by answering these 5 questions about why you chose the system you chose. I was going to answer the survey, but it assumes that I’m talking about my experience in a library – and I never used either in a [...]
I have been doing genealogy research for my family for about a year now and I often get frustrated because it’s hard to figure out what name my Italian ancestors used before coming to America. Today I got a great tip from Ancestry.com: My grandmother whose first name was Bertha was enumerated in 1910 as [...]
Okay – it’s time to use my mother as the focus of a post again. First, some background. My mother is taking a paralegal course online. Once she got the hang of the online tools used in the class she was very excited and was learning all kinds of new things. Her newest course however [...]
One of the common concerns I heard earlier this week at the NFAIS conference was costs. The digital natives want free information – but the publishers have to worry about their bottom line. Of course, being who I am, I’m all about reworking your business model to make open source, open content, and open access [...]
As someone who worked as a cataloger for special collections – and cataloged the entire library of an important figure in the college’s history – this new project from LibraryThing sounds pretty darn awesome!! Have you ever wondered what books Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson had in their personal libraries? How about 18th-century [...]
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