Information Tyrannosaur

Follow me on this one. It’s a sensational title, but as I was in a library instruction class the professor actually compared going to the library to sex. You can’t get better marketing than this.
We were doing some Q&A towards the end of the session, when the conversation surprisingly turned to libraries and library science [...]

Many people think resolutions are stupid or pointless because they are always broken.  I happen to enjoy resolutions, even though I routinely break many of them year in and year out.  I like the idea of reaffirming your desire to do better–to become a better person.  This idea is something that is one of hugest [...]

There has been a lot of discussion lately about the effects of the interweb on reading.  Nicholas Carr and his fascinating article, “Is Google Making us Stoopid?,” brought up the idea that Google and the nature of the internet in general is making it more and more difficult to thoughtfully read books and longer texts.  [...]