by KimBoo York | Jan 9, 2012 | Information Science
This entry is part [part not set] of 9 in the series The MLS ProjectChapters 3 (Librarians’ Standing: Status, Prestige, and Income) and 4 (Recruitment of New Librarians): “The goal of improved standing involved an enhancement of rewards and the regard in which society...
by KimBoo York | Jan 2, 2012 | Information Science
This entry is part [part not set] of 9 in the series The MLS ProjectThis was the most eye-opening chapter for me, because it clearly demonstrated that the issues that created the MLS Project sixty years ago are the same damn issues we are fussing about today. Common...
by KimBoo York | Oct 27, 2011 | Information Science
October will be forever remembered, by me, as the Month of User Interface Fail. I don’t have dates/times for events, but they happened in a cascade, and makes me wonder WTF is up. Is the new goal to make helpful and convenient services utterly unusable? Because...
by KimBoo York | Oct 23, 2011 | Information Science
They come from everywhere, and go everywhere. This was hit home yesterday for me when I had the pleasure and honor of getting a tour of the amazing Pebble Hill Plantation in Georgia. The Registrar, Anne Wade, spoke at the ALA Student Chapter/FSU on Friday night, and...
by KimBoo York | Sep 18, 2011 | Information Science
This entry is part [part not set] of 9 in the series The MLS Project“The purpose of this book is to recount the reason ALA enacted the [MLS Project] and to consider its consequences by reviewing relevant data.” (The MLS Project by Keith Boyd Swigger, page...
