Monthly Archives: March 2010

My impression of the EbscoHOST Mobile interface

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Laura

I recently discovered that my place of work has an iPhone application, and I have been investigating library resources that have mobile interfaces to see what might work well as an addition to that application. Apparently, Ebsco has had a … Continue reading →

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A brief follow-up to the rant

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Laura

Peter Chapman recently e-mailed me, noting that he’d seen my last post because Sol Lederman (who writes at the Federated Search Blog) kindly linked to me. Sol notes that he “didn’t realize that federated search doesn’t work.” I wanted to … Continue reading →

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Ranting about library technology

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Laura

I’m meeting with my Dean later today to discuss the libraries’ strategic plan with relation to technology. I’ve been thinking about this a lot over the course of this morning and afternoon, and I thought I’d share a bit of … Continue reading →

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Thou shalt not use Comic Sans

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Laura

Especially not on cover letters or really anything that you want to be taken seriously. I have learned via Wikipedia that there is actually a movement to ban Comic Sans, and the authors of this movement argue that Comic Sans … Continue reading →

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