Monitoring myself. . .

My readers in Mumbai are not getting the best service possible!

Eugene The Librarian

Listen to Sarah Thomas, librarian of the Bodleian and head of Oxford Library Services & Robert Darnton, director of Harvard University Library discuss the future of libraries and Google here.

Some cool new features for searching on Google:


Keeping in mind my users: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/05/16/how-kids-use-the-net.html

Not as inspiring as Susan Boyle but fun none-the-less:

Google Faces Antitrust Investigations

For the catharsis . . .

This is the only one I could embed so see the original here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

Daddy

"You, with colorful dreams!"

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Why does Ebsco charge school libraries more than they charge banks?

So I was looking for a way to renew our magazine subscriptions online through our magazine jobber-- Ebsco and found ebscomags.com
I was outraged to find that businesses like banks, corporate centers, and advertising agencies get a greater discount on magazines than school libraries!

After taking the selection of magazines that we offer in our library and finding out how much the same magazines would cost for "Corporate Centers/Building Lobbies" I found they would only have to pay $404.61 whereas we will have to pay $1004.52.

Here is the raw data of the prices charged to "Corporate Centers/Building Lobbies" compared to prices charged to our school library:

What Building Lobbies pay........What a school library pays
Black Enterprise $17.95............................$22.00
Business Week $46.00............................$60.00
Car and Driver $11.00............................$21.94
Consumer Reports $29.00............................$29.00
Discover $19.95............................$29.95
Entertainment Weekly $24.95............................$59.95
ESPN Magazine $29.97............................$29.97
Esquire $8.00.............................$15.94
Essence $12.00............................$22.00
Harper's $12.97............................$21.00
Hispanic $15.00............................$18.00
Latina $11.97............................$17.97
Mad $16.00............................$29.99
Money $14.95............................$41.95
National Geographic $34.00............................$34.00
New Yorker $49.95............................$52.00
People $52.47............................$116.07
Popular Science $19.97............................$19.97
Rolling Stone $14.95............................$25.74
Sports Illustrated $39.00............................$88.95
Time $29.95............................$76.13
Vanity Fair $24.00............................$24.00
Vogue $29.95............................$29.95
Wired $12.00............................$24.00

Who qualifies for these special rates? The most needy of course:

"Businesses that qualify for discounted rates:
To qualify for reception room discount magazine subscriptions, all you have to do is include your business name or professional title with the order. Here is a short list of types of businesses we currently service:
Doctor Offices
Dentist Offices
Orthodontic Offices
Chiropractic Offices
Medical Clinic Lobbies
Physical Therapist Offices
Hospital Lobbies
Salons/Barber Shops
Spas/Massage Therapists
Photographers
Engineers
Attorney Offices
Accountant Offices
Hotel Lobbies
Bank Offices
Realtor Offices
Auto Dealerships
Insurance Offices
Health Clubs
Corporate Centers/Building Lobbies
Interior Designers
Advertising Agencies"

Platypus otherwise known as watermole

My comparison of free wikis (work in progress)

I've worked with wikis for almost every class in the MLIS program and they have all been hosted at PBwiki, but I was curious whether or not it was the best choice (for my purposes) or just the popular choice in the program and amongst the Library Learning 2.0 crowd. I started with Wikipedia's entry on wiki farms. I immediately ruled out subscription hosting sites which left:


BluWiki
ClearWiki
EditThis.info
GROU.PS SuperWiki
Hive Wiki
Intodit
MyFreeWiki
Netcipia
Uwiki.com seems to still be a work in progress the wiki is here.
Wikia
Wikihost.org
Wiki-site.com
Wiki Spot
Wikkii
WikyBlog.com

This is a good reference to using the engine that most of these wikifarms use.

Still reviewing these sites. . .

This is a great article that deflates some of the hype around wikis.

The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education

Thanks Chad!

Testing Pixelpipe

So I should be able to update my status and write blog posts to multiple sites from my phone with this app.

Tiger Girl

Sky@Catherine's birthday

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