Monthly Archives: January 2009

LOLcats and government statistics

For the last three semesters, I’ve taught advertising and public relations students about a few basic government statistical resources. I didn’t stray very much from my predecessor’s work – I used his presentation, and even the questions he posed in … Continue reading

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It takes a village to raise a librarian

A colleague recently referred me to an article in this January’s issue of College & Research Libraries, entitled “Revitalizing a Mentoring Program for Academic Librarians” (pre-print available here). The article describes the experience of Kansas State’s librarians in reworking their … Continue reading

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Discrimination against chat and e-mail users? I’m skeptical.

David Lee King recently posted an entry called Ask-A-Librarian Services Need A Reboot, in which he suggests that libraries are discriminating against e-mail and chat library users because we may take longer to answer those types of questions. I think … Continue reading

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