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PKP Welcomes Teresa Lee as new Managing Director
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The Public Knowledge Project is pleased to announce the appointment of
Teresa Lee as its new Managing Director, effective February 2nd, 2026.
Teresa will...
19 hours ago
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Springshare's Patron Point receives Platinum in 2026 Modern Library Awards
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(January 30, 2026). Springshare announced that Patron Point, its library
marketing automation platform, has received a Platinum Award in
LibraryWorks' 12th...
21 hours ago
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Explore even more world crime stories at Central Lending Library
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If you enjoyed our October World Crime Collection display,
then you’ll be delighted to learn that the second part of this collection
has arri...
2 days ago
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Boost Your Research Efficiency with Mendeley’s new AI Features
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Research workflows change, but core tasks remain the same. Mendeley’s AI
features support everyday research activities, helping researchers work
more effic...
2 weeks ago
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The double life of being chronically ill at work, slow librarianship, and
checking in as an expression of care
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Developing a long-term illness, whether chronic or acute, is like being
dropped into a country completely unfamiliar to you. You don’t know the
language, t...
3 weeks ago
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2025 reading list and commentary
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A list of all the books which I read in 2025, categorized a few different
ways.
3 weeks ago
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Ten Stories That Shaped 2025
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It’s time for our twenty-third look back at the notable library stories
from the past year. 10. Tariffs Impact Interlibrary Loan Caught up in the
sweeping...
1 month ago
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Recherche documentaire et IA : il est temps de mettre à jour notre propre
système
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Un billet que j’ai trouvé particulièrement éclairant dans cette période où
l’IA* est partout, c’est celui-ci : “We’re Good at Search”… Just Not the
Kind Th...
1 month ago
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what do americans think of higher ed anyway?
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Two recent surveys give strikingly different answers. Pew’s American Trends
Survey finds that 70% of Americans think “the higher education system in
the U....
3 months ago
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Drawing on Location
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My timetable will be changing in the New Year, and so I’ve been looking at
options for sketching classes. Monday afternoons won’t work for me until
March a...
3 months ago
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Repost: Construct objects with idiomatic R code
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*Reposted from the original at
https://blog.stephenturner.us/p/construct-objects-with-idiomatic-r-code*
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Today I discovered the constructive package ...
3 months ago
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Musings About Librarianship Is Moving—Farewell Blogger, Hello Substack!
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Aaron Tay's Musingsabout librarianship - Substack
(https://aarontay.substack.com/feed)
A Home Full of Memories—And a New Door Opening
When I first hi...
7 months ago
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Reading the referee reports of that retracted paper by the science
reformers: A peek behind the curtain
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One interesting sidelight of the story of a much criticized and finally
retracted article on replication in psychology is that we get to read some
of the r...
1 year ago
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Judge Rules Craig Wright is Not Bitcoin Inventor Satoshi Nakamoto
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For nearly a decade, Craigh Wright has claimed to be Bitcoin creator
Satoshi Nakamoto. However, those claims just took a major blow.
The post Judge Rule...
1 year ago
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IS News
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We will no longer be posting news to InformS. The new home for IS News is
go.hw.ac.uk/ISnews
2 years ago
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FUJIYOSHI Takao updated their profile
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FUJIYOSHI Takao updated their profile
4 years ago
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Achievement unlocked – 52 movies
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Well, after saying last year that we never accomplish this goal, this year
we did. It did take a last-minute decision to take New Years’ Eve off, but
that...
6 years ago
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Thanks Cedar Rapids Public Library!
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Sending a very warm thanks to all the staff at Cedar Rapids Public Library.
I spoke and facilitated an exploration of “Wholehearted Libraries” at their
Sta...
6 years ago
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Enjeux de construction, de diffusion et d’utilisation de la nomenclature
PCS 2020
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Cette journée d’étude interdisciplinaire consacrée à la rénovation de la
nomenclature des professions et catégories socio-professionnelle (PCS)
s’inscrit d...
6 years ago
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RIP LiB.net: 2003-2019
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I hereby declare this website well and truly deceased. I am immensely
thankful to all of my colleagues and readers over the years for the
glorious conversa...
6 years ago
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End of another era!
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Rather surprisingly to me, I have had this blog since 2006, when writing a
web journal was new, and amazingly clunky. But there was a real desire for
educa...
7 years ago
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FREE ACCESS to my Apps for Librarians video collection!
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Since I'm shortly going to be retiring I won't be doing any more work on
the Apps for Librarians video collection. This is a collection of over
FORTY diffe...
7 years ago
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No mofo rant today.
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Just a shout-out to you folks who staff my happy places, courtesy of Bruinhilda
on Tumblr:
*As a library worker, there’s something I want to ...
7 years ago
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Ways that closed access academic publishers could improve
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Accessing journal articles has certainly got easier over the years.
Nonetheless, there are still many issues with how closed-access journals
provide access...
8 years ago
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ScienceBlogs is no more: Confessions of a Science Librarian is moving
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ScienceBlogs is no more: Confessions of a Science Librarian is moving
As of November 1st, 2017, ScienceBlogs is shutting down, necessitating
relocation of...
8 years ago
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HELIN Library Consortium now live with OCLC WorldShare Management Services
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The HELIN Library Consortium, which includes seven academic libraries in
the northeastern United States, is now live with OCLC WorldShare Management
Serv...
9 years ago
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Stop saying “print” when that’s not what you really mean
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At the reference desk, I occasionally see students who are looking for only
“print” resources. Their professors have asked them to find journal
articles or...
9 years ago
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Did ancient hominids bury their dead?
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Yesterday, I told you how *Homo naledi* was discovered. To refresh your
memory, check out this picture:
Marina Elliott works in the Rising Star cave near ...
10 years ago
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P C R : Publish, Cite Cyagen and get a Reward of $100 or more !?
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Thursday I got an odd mail from Cyagen. Cyagen offered me $100 or more in
reward for citing their animal model services in an article. Even more
surprising...
10 years ago
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January 7th Stream
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Shared I Like What Bob Likes. Shared high tide. Shared New Years at Mars.
11 years ago
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The Problem with Computer Science Research Prototypes
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Simply they are developed without due knowledge or understanding of prior
art. I read papers every day, and I have a long memory. In fact I’ve been
reading...
11 years ago
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Still rambling (probably) but no more a librarian
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Hello World.
Today's my last official day as a librarian. Today, 15 March 2014, is
exactly 17 years and 5 months since I started work at the National Libra...
11 years ago
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Review of my book: Information Today
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by Katherine Allen; From Science 2.0 to Pharma 3.0. Posted on July 29,
2013. “As a librarian in a large pharmaceutical company, Hervé Basset has
a perspe...
12 years ago
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The Battle of Web Analytics Solutions in 2013
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I’m loudly claiming that 2013 will be a great year for web analytics
solutions! Actually, that’s my two cents on this market I’m monitoring on
an everyda...
13 years ago
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Running Bundler on Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit
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This post is mostly a note to myself so that I remember how to do this next
time I upgrade or reinstall my system. But, perhaps it will be of use to
others...
13 years ago
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Rencontrez le livre de vos rêves
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Je voulais écrire un billet sur la multiplication des sites communautaires
autour du livre. Comme si ce marché était d’un tel potentiel économique,
qu’il p...
13 years ago
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Moving!
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I've moved to the SciAm network (yes!) where I'll be blogging in the Information
Culture blog, together with excellent blogger Bonnie Swoger. As you can
im...
13 years ago
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Le sport à Paris
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Il y a beaucoup de sportifs à Paris. Le dimanche, le jardin du Luxembourg
est bondé de joggeurs. De tous styles. La dernière fois que j'y ai couru,
j'ai ...
14 years ago
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Mini-Reviews, Long Noncoding RNA, and the Bread Used in Sandwiches: Why
None of These Should Be Taken for Granted
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At its simplest, bread hold the sandwich together by providing something
sturdy on which the generally wetter and more softly textured fillings can
be cont...
14 years ago
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Library and Information Science Trends and Research:
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*CALL FOR CHAPTERS*
Library and Information Science Trends and Research:
Asia-Oceania Region
Publisher:
Emerald Library and Information Science Book Seri...
15 years ago
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Fini
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Due to my changing job responsibilities and numerous serious personal
issues (I’ve been out of work for a month on medical leave) this blog has
run its cou...
15 years ago
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Sanatorium
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Si vous êtez cloué au lit pour plusieurs semaines dans un sanatorium… ou si
vous êtes sur le chômage… ou si vous êtes barge et n’avez rien à foutre (au
lie...
16 years ago
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