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Barack Obama on Libraries
“Libraries remind us that truth isn’t about who yells the loudest, but who has the right information.”
These words were uttered by our new president-elect Barack Obama. Back in 2005 Obama keynoted at the ALA National Conference in Chicago. An adapted transcript of the speech is available on Obama’s Illinois senator website.
It is really rad to [...]
User-Evaluation Librarian?
I finished reading a study this week titled “Information Behavior of the Reasearcher of the Future.“ It was put out early this year and some of the findings were fascinating. It once again reminded me of all the barriers that our users face as opposed to getting information from the free web. These are things [...]
Thinking about Library School?
I just got CCed in an email yesterday in which a student was asking for advice and guidance about library school. The person he originally asked recommended me because she said I was more “forward thinking.” I think this meant that I had more thoughts about the future of librarianship than her. [...]
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