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Tech tips
We are all geeks as we play with electronic devices. But somewhere along the way we became impatient. David Pogue shares tech tips aimed at a beginner audience: Did you pick up a few tricks? I like space bar for scrolling — news to me. And I see there are useful presentation tips on blacking […]
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Digital citizenship
Every where I turn people are talking about how to shape their online lives. I am going beyond reputation management and into the realm of “digital citizenship” here. What does it mean to to internet literate? There was an interesting Pew study on the most desirable skills for 2020. One of the striking ideas about […]
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Maker Culture in Libraries
One of my pet projects is to repurpose a wooden bureau. I would find a piece, strip down its many layers of paint, swap out the handles and voila…I would have a new thing that I made. This came to mind when I researched what was happening with “maker culture” in public libraries. People already […]
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Apps killing internet?
Ta-da! Score 1 point for the smartphone and the internet version 2012. When I woke up to a blackout because of Super Storm Sandy, my phone really saved me. At home our internet service was down. A tweet let me know the extent of the blackout, and there was even a mashup map already set up before 8 […]
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Downfall of Periodicals
A tweet led me to this concisely-written article analyzing the broken business model of journals. The very librarian lingo “periodical” caught my eye. Back in the 1990s, when I had a strong interest in journalism, I understood advertising, and not subscriptions, were the backbone of a newspaper’s revenues. This article claims that is still true […]
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Future Work Skills
Devin Fidler of the Technology Horizons program at the Institute of the Future writes about new skills needed for the decade ahead. He outlines 10 specfic skills in Information Outlook July/August 2012 (subscription required). Definitely read the entire article “Understanding Work Skills for the Decade Ahead.” I agree with the need for computational thinking as […]
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Legislation and commentary
Working in Ontario, with the lion’s share of Canadian lawyers, I appreciate the wealth of annotated and consolidated legislative books. My interest was heightened by Shaunna Mireau’s Slaw research tip on the value of annotated acts. She explains that the legislation is laid out act section by section with some expert commentary. Why invent the […]
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Making Lawyers Not Law Profs
Greater minds than mine are debating the output of law school graduates and their readiness to start a career. Many will be surprised to learn there is an apprenticeship period called articling similar to medical students and residencies. I would argue that law school badly needs reform. From my observations at a large law firm, […]
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Star librarians
In my reading I came across the Special Libraries Association awards for Rising Stars defined as outstanding SLA members with less than five years of experience in the information profession. One of the stars is Moy McIntosh who was honoured this year with the distinction. The cynical among our readers may ask what makes her […]
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Volunteering
I talked to an old friend, who now has opportunity to exist without full-time work. He scratches his head at the thought of volunteer work. He would be surprised to learn that in 2010, more than 13 million people, or 47% of the Canadian population, volunteered their time through a group or organization. In addition if one […]
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Brenda Wong
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