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Comment on I iz officially a librarianz! For realz. by morgan

morgan — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:23:32 +0000

Congratulations Lisa! That sounds like a good break which will really help you get your foot in the door.

Comment on Indexing the Internet by ninthspace

ninthspace — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:24:05 +0000

One of things I did immediately after graduating from university was to destroy most of my textbooks and all of my course notes. I did this primarily as a symbolic action. My parents were furious and my friends were bemused.

Little did I know then that I now work in an industry (web design and software engineering) that bears almost no relevance to my degree (microelectronic systems engineering), using technology and techniques that didn’t exist back then, even though much of what was taught was cutting edge stuff. Moreover, even within the last three years, everything in this industry has changed dramatically. Not just its implementations but many principles too.

A few months ago I dumped almost all of the technical books I used in my job (dozens), leaving just eight - and most of those are beginning to date too.

Everything we need to know now and that which is up to date and relevant can be found on the internet. That’s why RSS feeds are important and I consume around 120 of them daily in order to be kept informed of new things. I have to, otherwise I miss out on opportunities.

Learning from old practices and articles gives relevance to what follows, although it’s sad to see teachers stuck in the past. Maybe there is intention behind this - can you find out?

Few of my friends and none of my business clients know how to research online. My flippant response to many queries is this: “Google is your friend.” But even armed with this knowledge, they don’t know how to search, nor do they know how to filter and aggregate the responses they receive. To me, that should be one core aim of future librarians.

Comment on NPR’s All Songs Considered Mix on Pandora by lib schooled. - Internet rockstar for all of 5.2 seconds.

lib schooled. - Internet rockstar for all of 5.2 seconds. — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:09:20 +0000

[...] my twitter updated with this entry, pandora_radio on Twitter caught it and broadcast it to the masses. I was talking with Lucia, the [...]

Comment on a brief and quick update. by haphazardry

haphazardry — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:28:34 +0000

See, the whole “so you want to be a librarian” series sounds like the sort of thing that would help me quite a bit. I’m looking forward to reading it!

Comment on Tweet tweet: Lisa 2.0 or something very similar. by Recent URLs tagged Tweet - Urlrecorder

Recent URLs tagged Tweet - Urlrecorder — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:01:05 +0000

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Comment on lib schooled: first month impressions. by lib schooled: first month impressions.

lib schooled: first month impressions. — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:22:55 +0000

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Comment on Librarians engaging in “personal intercourse.” by Books and Magazines Blog » Archive » Librarians engaging in “personal intercourse.”

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:52:52 +0000

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Comment on Stuff White People Like: White is the new black. by indie

indie — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:38:31 +0000

indie…

Well, it’s time. Time to continue the tradition of ripping off other people’s indie 2007 top song, band and album picks for the past year. (See 2006 top songs, bands, bums and 2005 top songs, bands, bums for blasts from the past) Not only is it fun, …

Comment on Tweet tweet: Lisa 2.0 or something very similar. by Books and Magazines Blog » Archive » Tweet tweet: Lisa 2.0 or something very similar.

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:57:43 +0000

[...] Original post by and lisa! she’s got plans! [...]