Some musicians and bands have been a fleeting presence in my life, easily evoking a very particular time or experience whenever I hear their music. Others have stayed with me as lifelong friends, following me through college and grad school, into marriage and professional life. Here it seems appropriate to invoke Dar Williams, whose music …
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Modular Is As Modular Does
We work with a lot of different vendors at MPOW (my place of work). Various parts of our e-resource administration and access are powered by products from Ex Libris, Serials Solutions, and III. (We are currently a development partner for Encore by III, but I can’t say any more about that or we’ll all have …
E-LIS E-Prints for Library & Info Science
I had heard of E-LIS but forgot about it. From the site: E-LIS relies on the voluntary work of individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and is non-commercial. It is not a funded project of an organization. It is community-owned and community-driven. We serve LIS researchers by facilitating their self-archiving, ensuring the long-term preservation …
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CrossRef Has a Blog
It’s been around since last August, but it was news to me (via Lorcan Dempsey’s weblog) that CrossRef has a blog. It looks like posting is picking up in the new year. The tagline is “publishers, collaboration, innovation” and apparently any CrossRef member can contribute.
How Do Tag Clouds Work?
Library Journal interviewed Tim Spalding, creator of LibraryThing, for the January 15th edition. The interview includes Tim’s explanation of how tag clouds work. Tim talks about the relative size and bold-ness of the tags and how the software figures out what to display in very non-technical terms. It’s really interesting. He also tells about LT …
Please Update Your Feed
Ab’s Blog is moving to http://www.abigailbordeaux.net/abs/. If you subscribe to my Feedburner feed your subscription will be updated automatically. Otherwise please update your feed or resubscribe, or there will be no more Ab’s Blog for you. 🙁 This move is prompted by the fact that the blog readership has expanded beyond the original audience (BU …
Days 3 and 4: Sunny and Sixty
The Riverwalk was absolutely hopping Thursday night compared to the rest of the week! It finally warmed up and dried out (coincidentally on the day we got out early for lunch) and it was still warm enough to eat outside in the evening. Earlier in the day I visited the Alamo, which has very pleasant …
Bookbinding Exhibit at Bryn Mawr
If you are in the Philadelphia area between next Tuesday and June 3rd, may I suggest checking out Bryn Mawr College’s exhibition on bookbinding, curated by the College’s honorary curator of bookbindings, Willman Spawn? I was lucky enough to work as an intern in Bryn Mawr’s Special Collections department, full of beautiful bindings, and to …
Day 2: No Lines at the Bathroom
Quick facts about Open Repositories: there are about 350 people here, but no lines at the women’s bathrooms; many PowerBooks are in attendance; use of PowerPoint is considerably above average; number of cell phones ringing during presentations is considerably below average; and “continuous partial attention” is highly evident in the presentation rooms, where there is …
Day 1: Commotion at the Menger
I came back from dinner tonight to find a large fire truck, ambulance, and police car pulled up in front of my hotel. My first thought after, “Oh no, my Mac!” was that if something involving fire trucks happens at the Menger, they can just blame it on the ghosts and be done with it, …