Check out the startled reaction a n3wb who has discovered that librarians blog.
I was looking for reviews of a show that we’re going to see tomorrow. I found one. I clicked on it. And do you KNOW what I found?
There’s an ENTIRE SUBCULTURE OF LIBRARIANS WHO BLOG out there. A sad, bizarre subculture….
I’m am scared. Hold me.
Honestly what do people think that knowledge workers, surrounded by information resources do?
Ex Libris Group, the maker of the SFX link resolver has announced that it is being merged with Endeavor, the maker of the Voyager ILS.
Kenton Good’s Fearless ILS Predictions turned out to be half-right!
From the announcement it looks like it will be business-as-usual through 2007, with the next major release of both companies ILS products coming out as scheduled. I predict that ALEPH will be dropped, and Voyager kept, and that SFX functions will be integrated into a future version of Voyager.
A UCLA student was tasered by police after being asked to leave a library computer lab and creating a disturbance on his way out. Another student in the library took a video with a cameraphone and capture some shocking footage. The police tasered the man and then demanded he get up. Bystanders pleaded with the police to let the man rest since he had be tasered. The police then threatened the man saying he would be tasered again if he did not get up. They then tasered him. Bystanders asked for police identification but none was produced.
Today, LOPSA (The League of Professional Systems Administrators) turns one year old!
I attribute, in part, the growing movement to turn Systems Administration into a profession to Tom Limoncelli. I believe his short “happy birthday lopsa” post explains LOPSA’s goal better than I can:
For those of you that don’t know, LOPSA is the League of Professional System Administrators. The goal is to become like the AMA is to doctors, or the APA is to shrinks. That is, work on building the professionalism of our community. If you aren’t a member, I highly recommend that you join. Heck, it’s free to just register.
LOPSA grew out of SAGE, the System Administrators Guild. If you work as a System Administrator and believe your job is more about professional practice, standards, and ethics than it is about knowing the right command or configuration file, you should join!
The great scholar Daniel Dennet recent had some serious heart trouble that required he undergo surgery wherein his heart was stopped completely. He has written about the experience and reflects on famous deathbed epiphanies that result in atheists succumbing to religiosity. He admits having an epiphany of his own but remains an atheist.
Dennett’s fans will find it a interesting quick read.