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A blog (short for weblog) is a web-based publication consisting primarily of periodic articles (normally in reverse chronological order).  Most blogs, including these, are syndicated using RSS.  You can find more blogs on Technorati or Google's Blog Search (still in beta).  LIS Feeds maintains a list of library-related RSS feeds. You can also read our article about blogs and RSS.

NSLS is experimenting with this technology as a means to get fast, focused content to our members, as well, to reflect on ongoing issues facing libraries. Below are the most recent posts. See all NSLS blogs here.

 

Recent Posts

ALA part 1: I paid for an ARC!

I couldn't decide what to write about first, but hearing my son's laughter coming from his room decided the question for me--I have to write about the first time I have ever paid for an Advanced Reader Copy... [More]

From Something Different Every Day, July 3, 3:10 PM

 

Flash Files . . . Not so Invisible Anymore

CNET reports that Adobe has partnered with both Google and Yahoo! to help make Flash content indexable... [More]

From Perennial Searcher, July 1, 4:03 PM

 

Is Google Making Us Stupid?

Nicholas Carr's provocative piece: "Is Google Making Us Stupid?".

No doubt an interesting article about the malleability of the human brain and how technology reshapes it... [More]

From Perennial Searcher, June 30, 10:03 AM

 

100 Useful Niche Search Engines

Laura Milligan catalogs 100 Niche Search Engines. They cover the gamut of subjects (e.g.,.. [More]

From Perennial Searcher, June 30, 9:52 AM

 

Referential treatment

Who knew the reference desk was so much fun? Seasoned librarians are probably laughing their heads off thinking "You are SUCH a virgin!" But to me, the neophyte who's only been on the desk a handful of times,.. [More]

From The Book's the Thing, June 26, 11:17 PM

 

P.S.: To all of you in Anaheim this week for ALA ...

I.
Am.
Totally.
And.
Completely.
JEALOUS.

[More]

From The Book's the Thing, June 25, 3:30 PM

 

Things they don't teach you in library school

One resourceful librarian catches a thief:

From http://www.calgarysun.com/index.shtml:

" He's the dastardly villain from a librarian's worst nightmare, slashing rare books with a razor and stealing priceless tomes off lenders' shelves... [More]

From The Book's the Thing, June 25, 11:39 AM

 

More on a topic that gives me the grumps

This from The WashingtonPost.com:

" Amazon ( NSDQ: AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos has been famously tight lipped on anything to do with data on the Kindle... [More]

From The Book's the Thing, June 24, 4:42 PM

 

Summer reading challenges for border line ADD sufferers

Okay, I've signed up for summer reading and not just because I lust after the book bag that's the final prize for turning in my completed form. I've also felt like such a loser not signing up before,.. [More]

From The Book's the Thing, June 24, 11:55 AM

 

Guybrarians: Check 'em Out!

Loved this article about the new generation of male librarians trying desperately to break out of the traditional librarian mold. I'm not sure what the male equivalent of "frumpy" is, maybe "geeky" or "nerdy"?.. [More]

From The Book's the Thing, June 23, 4:37 PM

 

Censorship is as censorship does

I find articles like this incredibly irritating. Someone decides he doesn't like certain books so he declares them "garbage" worthy of being burned. Then he opens up comments and others list books they'd throw onto the pyre.

And,.. [More]

From The Book's the Thing, June 23, 4:19 PM

 

You know what I hate?

Okay, I realize that is a negative way to start a blog entry, but the fact is I got up from lounging on my bed and beginning to read Princess Ben (by Catherine Murdock) to write this entry, and that is a measure of how much I hate something.

I hate the trend in using photographs on fiction covers... [More]

From Something Different Every Day, June 20, 9:36 PM

 

P.S.: I'm not (entirely) senile

I just realized I've written two almost identical posts in the past week or so, both talking about my Virtual Reference class. I wish I could say that's abnormal for me, but lately I do stuff like this all the time... [More]

From The Book's the Thing, June 19, 11:04 AM

 

Book News Around the World

Interesting concept - multi-media story site for children. Though I'm a book purist, this sounds like a pretty good idea to get kids interested. That's really the main point, after all.

From Publisher's Weekly:

" When Lisa Holton left her post as president.. [More]

From The Book's the Thing, June 19, 9:45 AM

 

Virtual Reference

My summer grad school course is on Virtual Reference. I'm hoping that'll be handy working on the reference desk this summer and beyond... [More]

From The Book's the Thing, June 18, 3:24 PM