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Mon, 20 Jan 2003

Some of the readings for my cataloging class are from the 1968 edition Patrick Wilson's book Two Kinds of Power: An Essay on Bibliographic Control. I want to quote a few lines here which are example not only of his humor but of the new perspective he puts on topics which we have been discussing [...]

ELinks

Mon, 20 Jan 2003

Somebody using ELinks has looked at my site at least twice today. I'm curious about who it is, and what s/he thinks of the site. I guess it must measure up to some standard if it merits a repeat visit. There's also at least one AOL user. I just looked at my blog in AOL 8.0 [...]

Amazon.com as a library catalog?

Mon, 20 Jan 2003

These days, lots of people use Amazon.com as a sort of universal book catalog. For example, I have used it to search for books on programming and web development. However, a new tool called LibraryLookup can make it easier to search your local library catalog for books that you find on Amazon.com! Simply find your [...]

Some are born leaders…

Mon, 20 Jan 2003

Sometime last October, there was a post to the iSchool chat list asking for volunteers to raise $600 for a private non-profit school called First Place. The fundraising was supposed to be completed last fall, so I said sure, I'd help. It turned out that I was getting myself involved in much more than a short [...]