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The Creative Librarian is a hub for matters important to librarians/information scientists of today. There is a definite lean towards electronic issues, however it isn't restricted to only those. Hopefully this site will also be useful for informing non-librarians on these issues as so many of them affect us all.

Archive for February, 2006

Sign of intelligence?

Boing Boing: MPAA exec can’t sell A-hole proposal to tech companies The final question summed up the problem: “This is a room full of people whose living depends on this working. You’re getting pushback to the point of hostility. If you can’t sell this to us, how are you going to sell it to the [...]

Open Access in Student Government

OA as a campaign issue in a student government election Gavin Baker is running for the Student Senate at the University of Florida. Baker co-founded the Florida chapter of Free Culture and is making open access a campaign issue. … His candidacy and position could make a difference: At UF, the Student Senate controls an [...]

Big Mistake

Boing Boing: Copyright office head denounces “big mistake” of extending copyright The head of the US copyright office has accused Congress of making a mistake by extending the length of copyright in America, calling the term “too long,” and saying that Congress made a “big mistake.” How’s that for ammo?

Brain Exercise

Creating Passionate Users: Brain death by dull cubicle Experiencing and learning new things is literally exercise for the brain! … dull and/or stressful work environments with low stimulation suppress neurogenesis, which means less or no new brain cells.

Usability for Rich Internet Applications

As library websites evolve, will parts of them become online applications like Google maps and Flickr? I can almost visualize one for aggregated database and catalog searching that users could personalize to their needs. It could be a solution to the simplicity vs. power debate. Digital Web Magazine – Usability for Rich Internet Applications Rich [...]

Aquabrowser

Christina’s LIS Rant: Everyone wowed about NCSU, how about HCPL’s Aquabrowser implementation? She’s right that I haven’t seen it anywhere else. She’s also right that it rocks. I was browsing through the alternate terms like I was a tag person . I’d love to sit behind a regular patron and see how it worked for [...]