Monthly Archives: September 2006

Digital Preservation Workshop and Tutorial

Posted on September 29, 2006 by abigail

I didn’t blog very much this month; the start of the school year is always a hectic time and we had what must have been a record number of technical problems with our e-resources. Besides that, I’ve been preparing for … Continue reading →

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D2D

Posted on September 29, 2006 by abigail

D2D is the new thing, popping up recently on Lorcan Dempsey’s weblog and the program for NISO’s upcoming workshop. What is it? Simply an acronym for “discovery to delivery,” the process that a person goes through to get anything from … Continue reading →

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Dramatically Improving People’s Lives

Posted on September 13, 2006 by abigail

How many opportunities do we have to dramatically improve people’s lives just by doing our job a little better? –Steve Krug, Don’t Make Me Think I love this quote! There are a lot of things I can’t control, but this … Continue reading →

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New Riders Titles for Web Librarians

Posted on September 7, 2006 by abigail

Most of what I know about web design and development I’ve learned from New Riders books. I’m finally reading Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug, a book on web usability that practices what it preaches. (Those of you who … Continue reading →

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