I must apologize for a toss-away comment I made on Tuesday in my post about U.S.News & World Report’s library rankings. I cracked that scorn was an emotion reserved for the French. I was gently chided for this comment in a personal email, and I agree. It was a cheap shot, not even supported by […]
As my contribution to the Infinite Trackback Project, I am now commenting on a blog that links to FRL’s main page with the comment, “podcasting seems silly to me.” A lot of things seem silly to me, including braille pads on drive-through ATMs,”fruit punch” without fruit, and most box wines. But I’d be careful to […]
If you’ve read today’s Library Journal you know the cat’s out of the bag. Michael Gorman has resigned and I have been asked by a coalition of bloggers to run for ALA president. Making this more complicated is that based on my recent theorizing about improvements to search engines for directory-style engines, Google called with […]
I’m at La Posada in Albuquerque. Lovely old hotel, great margaritas, no broadband. Loving my Treo 650 for its ability to snag all my email and grab my feeds. Will try to remember to take a picture of this afternoon’s audience to share with FRL’s readers! Bookmark to:
At today’s board meeting for My Place of Work, we made reference to Google so often as we discussed planned upgrades to our system it might as well have been an article of speech, as in “May I Google you another cup of coffee?” or “I need to Google the projector closer to the screen.” […]
At last! Wikipedia’s Growth Comes with Concerns is a news story about Wikipedia that interviews librarians and discusses Wikipedia from the users’ point of view, not just in terms of the quality of the content but in terms of what’s included. It’s a balanced perspective, and Laura Sydell’s conclusion that in the future “the traditional […]
I’m pleased to say Free Range Librarian is now worthy of PR enquiries. In my capacity on this blog as Queen Of All She Surveys, I’ve been asked to announce an upcoming conference, Internet Librarian International, which is “a unique conference for information professionals who want to update their skills and learn about new strategies, […]
Already some good karma from Webcred. I’ve received a request for input and advice about FactCheck.org, a fact-checking site made famous during the Presidential debates (when Cheney made reference to it). Now this excellent site is looking for advice on how to do their job better. You can post your suggestions here, or reach Brooks […]
A spoof site from… the FTC? How I love the Internet! http://wemarket4u.net/fatfoe/ Bookmark to:
This should be a post of Dot sleeping in the guest room window. I’m uploading it with Flickr. Let’s see how well this works! Bookmark to: