About Me
I am a librarian at Cal Poly Pomona. I have an M.S. in library and information science and an M.A. in English. This weblog reflects my interests in library & information science, literature, language, culture, and the arts. Click for my full profile.
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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Chip Set to Replace Mr. Chips (5/20/2004) Indiana has adopted computer grading for a mandatory writing test that students must take to graduate from high school. Although the software correctly evaluates grammar, punctuation, and spelling, teachers question its ability to grade content. Pilot tests in Oregon, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and South Dakota have not yet convinced those states to adopt computer grading. |
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Traits of Gen Y Library Users (5/18/2004) Among the nine information seeking behaviors shared by many people born between 1982 and 2002 is the term "format agnostic". The "Millenial" generation does not differentiate between paper and electronic or books and journals, let alone primary and secondary sources. This is a challenge not only for teaching librarians who work with students but also for library systems administrators who must integrate such diverse content into their online catalogues. |
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Old Movie Set Becomes School Library (5/13/2004) Parents at Kenter Canyon, a charter school in the Los Angeles Unified School District, raised over $700,000 to move the Craftsman-style building used in Life as a House to their campus and turn it into a state-of-the-art library. "It's like a miracle to our school," a student commented. |
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Former Bush Librarian Heads New Clinton Library (5/13/2004) Historian David Alsobrook is the new director of the Clinton Presidential Library, opening Nov. 18 in Little Rock, Arkansas. His previous experience includes directorship of the George H. W. Bush Library in College Station, Texas and archivist at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta, Georgia. This photo shows him with a few boxes of the 80,000,000+ papers, 2,000,000+ photographs, 80,000 objects, and millions of emails that will fill the library. |
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Library of Alexandria unearthed (5/12/2004) A Polish-Egyptian team of archaeologists has unearthed what is believed to be the site of the Library of Alexandria. Regarded by many as the birthplace of western science, it was destroyed by Julius Caesar when his armies took over the city. |
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Copyright and the Public Domain Enhancement Act (5/04/2004) Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig loves copyright, but he also thinks it should end after 50 years. Here's are some good reasons why. |
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