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by Rick Mason
Tag Archives: Director
More Elsevier Questions
Was the Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine incident an isolated case, or is it the first of several Elsevier journals that only appear to be legit? Michael Hansen, CEO Of Elsevier’s Health Sciences Division, issued a statement today … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Ethics, Medical, Periodicals, Publishing
Tagged Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine, Australia, Bill Hooker, CEO, Director, Elsevier, Elsevier Inc, Excerpta Medica, Google, Hester Kuipers, Jonathan Rochkind, Medical Communications for Exerpta Medica, Michael Hansen, Of Elsevier's Health Sciences Division, pharmaceutical clients, Program Director
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Wake Up and Bathe
A library district in suburban Chicago (Schaumberg, Illinois) is implementing rules governing library user’s odor and library sleeping habits, but is stressing that the rules are not aimed at homeless users of the library. This is a little hard to … Continue reading
Posted in History, Libraries
Tagged Brookfield Public Library, Chicago, Director, homeless, Illinois, Libraries, Public Library, Schaumberg Illinois
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Document Freedom Day!
Today is the second annual celebration of Document Freedom Day! So why are open document formats important? What happens when someone sends you a document created with Microsoft Word 2007, and saved with the default file format? You get a … Continue reading
Posted in Groups, Licensing, News, Open Source, Software
Tagged Director, Document Freedom Day, Go-Oo, Kent State University, Kent State University Trumbull Campus Library, Microsoft, Microsoft Office, ODF, Open Document Format (ODF), open formats, OpenOffice.org, Rose Guerrieri
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What We Need
The cover story for the October issue of Library Journal is titled What We Need. It centers on the results of a survey of Movers & Shakers, the annual group of people recognized by Library Journal for innovation and leadership. … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries
Tagged annual group;, Another, Director, Library Journal, Movers & Shakers;, Movers and Shakers, pain
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If it quacks like a librarian…
This post by The Limnal Librarian is, simply put, a must for everyone to read and understand (even if you don’t agree). I worked in a pharmacy as a technician for 8 years. There were great, and not so great, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries
Tagged Dean Giustini, Director, librarian, Library Journal, pharmacist, technician, The Limnal Librarian, Tim Spaulding
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Diary of Saad Eskander
The Diary of Saad Eskander, Director of the Iraqi National Library and Archive is available via the British Library website. In the diary, Dr. Eskander details the day-to-day challenges faced by the library staff as they attempt to do their … Continue reading
Posted in Archival, Government, Libraries, Politics
Tagged British Library, Director, Iraqi National Library, Saad Eskander
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Second Thoughts on Google Library Project?
Peter Brantley is the Director of Digital Library Technologies for the California Digital Library (note that the blog that I reference has a different title, but I suspect that they are combining his current employer and a previous title, based … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Google, Libraries
Tagged California Digital Library, Digital Library Technologies, Director, Google, Peter Brantley
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