Monthly Archives: March 2008

“Interesting times”

Posted on 5 March 2008 by Rick Mason

I have liked, and used, the phrase “May you live in interesting times” for many years. I had always thought it to be a Chinese saying. It appears that it is unlikely to be Chinese in origin, and part of … Continue reading →

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“Interesting times”

Posted on 5 March 2008 by Rick Mason

I have liked, and used, the phrase “May you live in interesting times” for many years. I had always thought it to be a Chinese saying. It appears that it is unlikely to be Chinese in origin, and part of … Continue reading →

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R.I.P. Len Lindquist

Posted on 3 March 2008 by Rick Mason

Len Lindquist, Manager of Technology Services for the Prairie Area Library System, died last Thursday.  This is a sad loss for everyone connected with the system, because not only was he great at his job, he was an excellent person … Continue reading →

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Diffusion and Concentration in Web 2.0

Posted on 3 March 2008 by Rick Mason

Lorcan Dempsey of OCLC has a great post that differentiates Web 2.0 (and by doing so, Library 2.0) into two types of applications, those that diffuse information to users, and those that concentrate information from users. I won’t go into … Continue reading →

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Elsevier’s Intermediate Print Copy ILL Policy

Posted on 3 March 2008 by Rick Mason

Kind of an interesting post on Open Access News over the weekend.  It seems that the license requirements for Elsevier’s electronic journals include printing a copy of the article, then scanning the article, before a library can provide that article … Continue reading →

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Elsevier’s Intermediate Print Copy ILL Policy

Posted on 3 March 2008 by Rick Mason

Kind of an interesting post on Open Access News over the weekend.  It seems that the license requirements for Elsevier’s electronic journals include printing a copy of the article, then scanning the article, before a library can provide that article … Continue reading →

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Data on Demand in Wisconsin

Posted on 1 March 2008 by Rick Mason

Data on Demand is a collection of data sets put together by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.  It contains data for a variety of topics, such as campaign fundraising, home foreclosures, popular baby names, and school instructional hours. This is a … Continue reading →

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