Infomancy n. 1.The field of magic related to the conjuring of information from the chaos of the universe. 2.The collection of terms, queries, and actions related to the retrieval of information from arcane sources.
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Part of embracing gaming in libraries is learning the lingo that accompanies online gaming and the less academic side of [...]
The ALA Student Group at the University of Buffalo has a new blog to highlight news and updates. The UBdlisISBN (in honor of the many TLAs we library students have to memorize) blog covers student attendance at conferences and other information.
As ALA election season kicks off with the verification e-mail to make sure members get their electronic ballots in a couple of weeks, my thoughts keep turning to why I want to run for ALA Council. Some of what I have read and heard about Council might make me want to avoid this at all [...]
“I get about 100 e-mails a day, and so don’t have time to read any blogs.”
“I have a very heavy teaching load and so haven’t been able to follow trends in popular library literature like Library 2.0.”
“I guess I haven’t thought about a dream program. What would your dream program be?”
“I hadn’t thought about doing [...]
Well, last night it was just over $200. That would have been the 15% restocking fee that Sears tried to charge me for wanting to return some appliances after a very unpleasant experience with one that was broken upon installation (and remained broken after a number of repair calls). I was on the phone with [...]