Information Tyrannosaur

There are those who say that library school is not rigorous enough and not teaching enough technological classes. While it may not be as rigorous as law school for example I believe that my time here at UW Madison has done a great deal to prepare me for a career at the top of [...]

A few days ago I presented the work that Jonathan (the web librarian) and I had done on getting an instant messaging reference service up and running at Edgewood. It went over very well and even some of the more luddite librarians thought that we could do this. There were a lot of [...]

Today was the final day of my practicum at Capital Newspapers. For a parting gift I received a window scraper, about 20 fun size Snicker’s bars, and a Wisconsin State Journal mug. But in addition to those prizes I also gained some valuable knowledge.
I learned firsthand what a news library environment is like. [...]