Information Tyrannosaur

The library doesn’t have everything. I know that for some things the web is way better. Like current information for example. While I was riding the bus the other day, I saw a number of police cars and flares out on the road near the Montpelier exit. I immediately searched “Montpelier” on Twitter and found [...]

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.  [...]