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Thursday, September 6, 2007
Google strikes again!
Apparently librarians are a little sensitive about stereotypes... what the??
apparently some objections were lost in the need for an entertaining story. Professionalism and dress sense are not as closely linked to some as hinted in the promotional email for the event.
What's more, there was not a whisper, not a skerrit, about what was most interesting to me personally... the gender bias of the event and how it was considered a suitable event to have at a professional conference. I voiced some objections on the listserv and a kind male colleague advised me that the flash-over-substance attitude is moving to the male-dominated arenas too... apparently it's quite common to get a group of male professionals together and tell them they need to wear more fashionable clothes at work.
What are we coming to when this sort of 'sizzle' is more important than the 'steak'?
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Monday, July 30, 2007
A Number of Things
Linux - I'm running FC3 (dual-booting with WinXP) on my Asus laptop... why am I still running this when FC is up to number 7??
I'll need to update at some stage but really it's too much hassle at the moment when I haven't even got all my basic functionality working. I am still trying to get the wireless modem to work.
MLIS - Doing the compulsory management paper this semester. Not the most fascinating topic, but it has to be done. Next semester I'm enrolled for digital libraries, which I'm looking forward to.
Locket with poems inside - my new discovery. I'm carrying around a tiny Desiderata in 3-point verdana folded inside a locket, close to my heart. The artist's version of a crucifix! Now I just need ee cumming's i thank you god for most this amazing day on the other side of the paper.
It's late enough, I'm feeling soppy and sentimental. Have just seen Love Story for the first time. Cried more than once.... and not many movies have made me cry. And have been railing recently how success in so many movies and stories is finding a partner... but perhaps there is something I'm missing.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Open Source Technologies - Review of some Internet Resources
1. The Open Source Software for Libraries Community
This community contributes items relating to open source technology and libraries. Primarily in a news format, posts can be sporadic. In the current year posts have been around two per month. Any registered user can post items, although there is an editor to oversee the information.
Sourceforge.Net is a software development website run by OTSG Inc, a subsidiary of VA Software Corporation. It hosts over 100,000 open source software development projects, acting as a repository for code and applications as well as providing project management and communication services.
Koha claims to be the first open source Integrated Library System (ILS). It was developed by Katipo Communications in
Intro
I am a part-time library and information studies student and a full-time records management professional. Whew!
I have created this blog as part of the requirements for my studies, but I plan to use it to compile information about a range of subjects that interest me.
Some of these are:
poetry & fiction
philosophy
library studies (naturally!)
open source technologies
the information society
the open society
All as & when I come across a resource, text or thought that interests.
My next post will concern a review of electronic resources in a scenario for my studies.