Well, it’s already two weeks into August, and I’m officially starting to freak out. I can’t believe the fall semester starts in two weeks! On top of planning our library instruction sessions for the term, as well as our outreach and promotion, we just found out that we are a go on the new website,… Read more »
Posts By: Valerie Forrestal
No Lolz
This is how you know you read I Can Has Cheezburger? way too much. Here is how I “called” in sick last week:
Hakia: Semantic Search Engine
From ars technica: Search engines generally don’t understand either content on the Web or the content of user queries; they work through keyword analysis, link weighting, and other statistical methods that allow an engine to produce more or less relevant results without ever needing to understand the implicit question in the search query. [Hakia] recognizes… Read more »
Libraries, Librarians and the Press
A lot of people complained about the pieces in the NY Times and NY Sun about a group of “hip librarians” in Brooklyn. The general consensus among the dissenters was a desire for more substantive articles on modern libraries and librarians. I generally didn’t have a feeling one way or the other about the stories…. Read more »
Fun with GovDocs
I know this post is old, but it’s just too funny… I’m not sure which is my favorite report title, “The Index of Blank Forms”, or “Let Potatoes Fight”, or the “PMS Blue Book” (I know you guys could really use that one…) Ok, no, I have the winner, it would have to be the… Read more »
I love the digital age, but oh how i miss the smell of good ol’ books!
Um, I totally want this, I looooove the smell of books! So cliche for a librarian, I know, but I’ve actually always loved the smell… I think I’ll get it and spray it on all the computers here at the library, you know, for authenticity’s sake. hehehe… (thanks to cat in the stacks for the… Read more »
New Feed! Humble Apologies! Advice-Seeking! Act Now!!!
Ok, so despite the fact that I’ve had a personal blog for a long time now, I’m still getting used to having a professional-type one, and still learning all the ways to use the blogging software to its maximum potential (and also learning ways of promoting the blog…) So in that spirit, I’ve gotten a… Read more »
Desperately Seeking Direction
This summer, only my second as an “official” librarian, has been a tough one for me. As an academic librarian, summers are usually our slow season, and last summer afforded me plenty of time to unwind from the regular school year, and to work on my own little “projects” that got me all ramped up… Read more »
The Death of Internet Radio?
Just to prove to the naysayers that library’s have changed, and are not all solemn, silent, intimidating places, I like to play music at work (ok, that’s totally a lie, I just really like listening to music…) So imagine my surprise when I log on to Pandora today, only to find out that today there… Read more »
Gorman: You’re a Dumbass, Part II
In light of the most recent Gorman crapola-fest, some interesting reading/watching… The first is an article in Library Philosophy and Practice about socially-driven authority, and the second is a clip from The Daily Show of an interview of political strategist Bob Shrum. If you let the video load and then shoot ahead to about 5… Read more »
