Information Tyrannosaur

I have not been blogging as frequently as I have wanted to lately. The main reason for this: I do not yet have an internet connection in my house. I know what you’re thinking. “But Andy, as an Emerging Technologies Librarian you have to be wired 24/7.” Well, I still am wired via my Blackberry, [...]

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.  [...]

A recent comment referred to an article by Randy Cohen in which he addresses a concern about a professor not posting a video-recorded lecture online after classroom attendance started dropping. As the comment stated, students now expect these tools to be available. It is humorous that this has become the norm. I think [...]