There’s a very interesting discussion about the nature of librarianship at mamamusings: libraries and standards. Be sure to read the beginning first. If you read the comments at mamamusings, you’ll see my response. I do disagree with Dorothea but she makes some good points. Moreover, she writes well so even her rants are a pleasure [...]

Real sues Microsoft, alleges monopoly abuse I’m shocked, shocked I say.

Bush signs bill aimed at controlling spam Critics of the bill, however, argue that its effects will be mostly ceremonial. Bulk e-mail operators outside the U.S. will be beyond the law’s jurisdiction, and the act overrides state antispam laws that are in some areas stronger than the new federal regulations. The critics are most likely [...]

NewsForge | Getting open source into public libraries I have been spending the last six months working to get the first open source or free software CDs available in libraries as lending CDs. I have now succeeded; 415 public libraries out of a possible 507 have accepted them in Scotland. After working on this project, [...]

Combined Library Job Postings – Lisjobs.com and Library Job Postings on the Internet Lisjobs.com and Library Job Postings on the Internet have combined their job postings! This will save you time and effort sorting through duplicate listings, and brings you the most library-related postings in one location. Searchable and has a RSS feed.

LIScareer.com — The Librarian & Information Professional’s Career Development Center LIScareer.com offers career development resources for new librarians and information professionals, MLS students and those considering a library-related career.��The site features practical articles contributed by information professionals, along with links to online and print resources.

Patents and Open Standards is a white paper by Priscilla Caplan that clarifies the meaning of those 2 terms and the possible intersection of them.

Web Design References, University of Minnesota Duluth This site is dedicated to providing knowledge of web design and development. It advocates accessibility, usability, web standards and many related topics by: Imparting news and information on making web sites obtainable and functional to largest possible audience. Providing topical news and information for designing web sites that [...]

Avoid Santa Claus approach to content management: December 15, 2003 issue of New Thinking by Gerry McGovern Peter Drucker has written about how we have spent the last fifty years focusing on the ‘T’ in information technology (IT). Drucker believes that we will spend the next fifty years focusing on the ‘I.’ Which is where [...]

Price, Gary WEBMASTRY SEARCHER Vol. 11 No. 10 Nov/Dec 2003</p Google gave its users a sense that it was a “people” type of product. From day one, it created an image of being cool to use. Sad but true, libraries and librarians have quite the opposite effect on many people particularly those with no clue [...]