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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Dewey Decimated: A Bibliomystery (6/27/2006) Just finished reading a fun murder mystery called Dewey Decimated  , by Charles Goodrum, who worked at the Library of Congress from 1948 to 1978. As the title suggests, the murder takes place in a library, the fictional Werner Bok in Washington D.C. I don't think librarians are much different from other folks in our appreciation of good fictional takes on our profession. A vanity search revealed 1511 WorldCat libraries and 102 CalCat libraries in possession of this title. Other Werner Bok mysteries include The Best Cellar , Carnage of the Realm , and A Slip of the Tong . In the realm of "bibliomysteries", I consider myself a dabbler, having read and loved A.S. Byatt's Possession : A Romance  many years ago (and then despising the movie ). However, now that I have this wonderful reading list compiled by Abby Alpert at the Evanston Public Library, I've got more than enough titles for a full immersion in this sub-genre for the summer.
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Bloggers Are Journalists (6/21/2006) Apple Computer's recent attempt to force bloggers to disclose confidential sources was thwarted by the ruling in O'Grady v. Superior Court (2006 Cal. App. LEXIS 802), in which the Sixth Appellate Court of the Court of Appeal of the State of California ruled that bloggers and citizen journalists are entitled to the same legal protections as journalists. |
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"If Amazon sucked like our old OPAC" (6/15/2006) David Walker, Web Development Librarian at California State University, San Marcos, created this hilarious parody site that makes plain how far library OPACs have fallen behind in the development of search environments. |
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Microsoft Live Labs' RFP draws academics to the search question (6/06/2006) Along with cash grants of between US$35,000 and $50,000, the 12 winners will be given access to "15 million real-user queries, with click-through information" on MSN to use in their research, said Evelyne Viegas, Ph.D., program manager for External Research & Programs at Microsoft Research. |
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