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May 30, 2009
See what a "test essay" is in the introduction to my previous essay. This is a question another doctoral student was assigned. The question asked for a lot of details, so nothing is covered very thoroughly. I did only minor editing just now, and those edits are marked with []. The question: "A…
May 29, 2009
Seems like I was at the wrong session at the wrong time - I missed Bilder's comments and others that have traveled widely on twitter. Search for #ssp09. The opening keynote today was by the current head of href="http://www.arl.org">ARL, the Association of Research Libraries, Dr Charles B.…
May 28, 2009
I wasn't complete sure what to expect with this conference. There were some old acquaintances from the society publishers who spend a lot of time with the Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics Division at the Special Libraries Association (Hi Tony! Hi Terry!). I also spoke with a representative of IMLS,…
May 28, 2009
Re-architecting Science: A Vision for STM in the 21st Century by Adam Bly Opening Keynote, May 28, 2009 - this is live blogged, basically notes on what he said... analysis to follow. Where the world is today, where science is, at a high level.. Need to solve problems using a systems approach.  …
May 27, 2009
It's right up the street, there are discounts for librarians, several sessions talk about collaborations between libraries and publishers (we'll see), and lots of interesting stuff. This page has the program. I probably won't live blog, but I'll certainly post some summaries and wrap up…
May 27, 2009
This is the third in a series of test essays I'm doing to prepare for my comprehensive exams.  The questions for these essays come from 3 places: ones I've made up based on my readings, ones assigned to previous doctoral students, and ones my advisor makes up based on my readings.  I'm assuming the…
May 25, 2009
What happens when you href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087332/quotes">cross the streams? Or, norms in online communities, how journal commenting is different, and waving the flag on potential issues when aggregating web comments with journal articles. There have been a couple of interesting…
May 25, 2009
Here in the United States, it's Memorial Day. This is a day set aside to remember and be thankful for the sacrifices of the men and women who gave their lives for our country and way of life. So, thank you! And thank you to all of the wounded veterans for your sacrifice. And thank you to all of…
May 24, 2009
And now for something a little different. I'm continuing my preparations for comprehensive exams from my old blog.  There will be some test essays and also some continuing notes on readings.  Typically, I don't mark my notes on readings as "Research Blogging" because the articles are some what…
May 22, 2009
I believe in libraries and librarians. I think it was Dana Roth who posted this quote to a listserv: "To ask why we need libraries at all, when there is so much information available elsewhere, is about as sensible as asking if roadmaps are necessary now that there are so very many roads." ~Jon…
May 22, 2009
So there I was... merrily blogging along for 5 years... when all of the sudden... the borg needs librarians (and who doesn't?). Please allow me to introduce myself. I am a librarian in a university-affiliated research lab. Our lab does mostly physical sciences and engineering. My favorite things…