Haven’t we all gotten tired of the “run search, change database, recreate search” routine?

This article describes how anyone, from a florist to an intranet web team, can develop a publishing process that meets their needs.How To Create And Set Up An Editorial Process To Publish Web Content | ReachCustomersOnline.com
Perfect for small institutions. It’s not just about your website giving access to databases and the catalog. It also needs [...]

eSchool News Ed-Tech Insider is a blog about technology in teaching. It can provide some great ideas for classes as well as up-to-date news.

Charlene Li has listed a sample corporate Blogging policy…
As more libraries incorporate weblogs as part of their content delivery mechanisms, has anyone established policies? Library Stuff
Not that I know of but I think it’s a good idea, particularly for group blogging and when the author(s) don’t have a lot of experience publishing on the web.

RSS Overload Strategies are being passed along. Once you start using an aggregator, that “XML” link becomes addictive!
Personally, I use a web-based aggregator which lists all of my unread items on a single page. I do a quick first run-through looking at things that won’t take long and marking ones I’m not interested in. [...]

I’ve got the database sorted out. It’s not accurate but at least it’s not showing 300 posts on one day!
I’ve gone ahead and changed some things.

The archive lists are now on one page.
The mobile version of the site is still at the same place though.
My contact form has also moved.
The biggest change [...]

The Open Source Software and Libraries Bibliography is amazingly long and far-reaching. It’s a great place to start for your own research.

I’ve finally got the site switched over to Wordpress.
I’ve planned on moving away from MovableType for a while, I was just waiting on WP to add a couple of more features so I could minimize the disruption here. So when there was a disruption with no easy fix, I took the opportunity to go [...]

… while I scream. I updated to MT 3 and my database was corrupted. All attempts to fix the problem failed. I am now in the process of installing Wordpress. The data has been imported and attempts to fix are succeeding. Still, this is going to take a while.

Am I the only one who finds the hardest part of customer outreach the actual writing? Either you have no time or writer’s block.
If I’m not, and you want to tell your community about Firefox, feel free to use the text below. Bend, break and mutilate as you see fit.
The final version of [...]

4GuysFromRolla.com – The XHTML Way argues in favor of using the XHTML standard for coding websites. Many designers are debating between XHTML and HTML 4 which doesn’t have the same restrictions that XHTML does. The basic argument is that you can do more things with HTML 4 that you would have to resort to javascript [...]

But this issue goes deeper. As the flaws, the breakdowns, the mistallied votes show us, eVoting software is a) not ready for prime time, and b) has been deployed widely without a shred of evidence of working QA and code review. Counting votes is a very simple thing. Creating safeguards, paper trails, and offsite monitoring [...]

From the experience, here are Ten Guidelines for Developing Your Internal Blog for any type of library that wishes to create an internal communication tool.
Easy and practical guidelines that you may not think of when you start.
Why would you want an internal blog? A lot of valuable information gets generated in a day that [...]

tonneten library :: syndication: Feasibility study: Alternatives for libraries lists several good uses for syndication feeds for both librarians and for library users. I’m trying not to link to everything Drew publishes but it’s hard because they’re all so interesting.

Attorney General John Ashcroft resigned today, claiming credit for an extraordinary era of justice in his resignation letter.
Boing Boing

Where?!

Off to a Good Start: Strategies for Your First Year in a New Job

Following up an this earlier BoingBoing post: The Associated Press and Variety (sub required) report more details on an announcement expected from the MPAA tomorrow regarding lawsuits against hundreds of movie fileswappers. The anticipated move would be significant because movie studios — unlike the recording industry — have not yet taken large-scale legal action against [...]

The Oct 2004 LIScareer Articles have been posted. Information for new and not so new liberarians.

Marketing Toolkit – Additional Resources contains information specifically to help libraries present themselves to the public.

BioMed Central provides MARC records to facilitate the cataloging of their large collection of Open Access journals. A delimited spreadsheet containing titles, URLs, ISSNs, journal abbreviation and date of initial publication is also available.
Peter Scott’s Library Blog