Category Archives: Librarianship

Open Source ILS Live in Georgia

Posted on September 8, 2006 by kevinyezbick

I broke the chatbox…but I’ll fix it soon enough. *snicker*

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Google Book Search Updates

Posted on August 30, 2006 by kevinyezbick

The library listservs are alive recently with news that Google Book Search has rolled out two new features: Downloading Out of Print Books that are in the public domain and their new library search futures that they provide details of … Continue reading →

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Me, my orange shirt, desk, and Sanford Berman.

Posted on March 24, 2006 by kevinyezbick

Me, my orange shirt, desk, and Sanford Berman. Today is Friday. Many businesses have something they call "casual Fridays." The library is always pretty casual — but I like to have fun with ties and dress up and stuff. I … Continue reading →

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Scholarship and Libraries in Transiton : A Dialogue about the Impacts of Mass Digitization (Shorthand Notes)

Posted on March 13, 2006 by kevinyezbick

Most of this has already been covered here (first post, reverse chronological), here, and here. Offical Symposium Weblog – the webcast should be available soon…I’ll post here when it is… With the copious amounts of documentation available there, why should … Continue reading →

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WSU (Wayne State University) Googlebooks Greasemonkey Script

Posted on February 18, 2006 by kevinyezbick

The googlebooks script I ran for the Farmington Community Library was turning out to be pretty pointless in that the FCL collection is miniscule in comparison with the amount of books available through Googlebooks. In comparison with the Wayne State … Continue reading →

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Broken Library Buildings

Posted on February 1, 2006 by kevinyezbick

Time hasn’t gone by at work without my mind starting to wander. The “Library Buildings” concept is beginning to dig into the wrinkles of my brain. I’m curious as to what librarians fancy when they fancy a dream building. This … Continue reading →

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The Oprah Effect

Posted on January 16, 2006 by kevinyezbick

Survived my first Oprah-effect day. Though I had read somewhere earlier in the day that Oprah had chosen a book that has been required reading for most high school students in the past decade as her new “Oprah bookclub book,” … Continue reading →

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Hindsdale Public Library Website – Making Me Green (with envy)

Posted on December 15, 2005 by kevinyezbick

I came across the Hinsdale Public Library website quite by accident while attempting to do some collection development for my library’s Consumer Collection…Whilst searching for new content on “Consumer Resources” using the Google Reader interface — lo and behold an … Continue reading →

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Chalk that up under Weird

Posted on December 10, 2005 by kevinyezbick

That was one odd evening…

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What an MLIS doesn't teach you

Posted on November 4, 2005 by kevinyezbick

“Where’s the bathroom?” – and there, my friends, is the difference between theory and practical education — in a nutshell…

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