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A blog (short for weblog) is a web-based publication consisting primarily of periodic articles (normally in reverse chronological order).  Most blogs, including these, are syndicated using RSS.  You can find more blogs on Technorati or Google's Blog Search (still in beta).  LIS Feeds maintains a list of library-related RSS feeds. You can also read our article about blogs and RSS.

NSLS is experimenting with this technology as a means to get fast, focused content to our members, as well, to reflect on ongoing issues facing libraries. Below are the most recent posts. See all NSLS blogs here.

 

Recent Posts

Grad School, Fall 2008

I hate when I write a long-winded blog post and accidentally delete it. You would have been regaled with the details of my fall semester had this not happened. Now you’ll only have the short form... [More]

From The Book's The Thing, Yesterday, 10:51 AM

 

From the Ironic to the Litigious

One of the co-authors of 100 Places to See Before You Die dies from a fall at age 47. From The Daily Mail online UK: ” The man who co-wrote the best-selling adventure travel guide 100 Things To Do Before You Die has died at the age of 47. Dave Freeman had visited half the places mentioned in [...] [More]

From The Book's The Thing, Yesterday, 10:05 AM

 

Google Suggests Graduates

Google Suggest –  the feature that anticipates your keywords as you begin to type - - will graduate from Google Labs this week. Check out the Official Google Blog for the skinny, history, and context... [More]

From Perennial Searcher, August 26, 12:40 PM

 

Facebook, YAs, and Adults

So yesterday I finally created a Facebook page.  I held off for a couple of years because it was initially something for students, and I felt like I would be horning in on something that was rightly the turf of my two sons.  But now,.. [More]

From Something Different Every Day, August 25, 7:16 AM

 

Changes in Delivery

Matt Kahler, primary delivery driver for the libraries on Route 3, will be leaving NSLS at the end of August.  Matt started with NSLS in April of 2006, and although he has enjoyed the job, has decided to go back to school full-time in the fall Semester.  He will be attending DePaul University to pursue [...] [More]

From Behind the Scenes @ NSLS, August 20, 2:43 PM

 

A small community with a great library

Every summer, we go off to the north woods of Michigan for a couple of weeks of reading, eating blueberries and cherries, and hiking around.  It is blissful, especially after six weeks of summer reading bedlam.  But every once in awhile,.. [More]

From Something Different Every Day, August 14, 4:25 PM

 

Misc. bits and bobs in the book world

Amazon’s big prediction for the ”Kindle” From The Register UK: ” Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader will sell more than 380,000 in 2008, according to analysts at CitiGroup. UK retailer Waterstones agrees that e-books are the future and is putting Sony Readers into its high street stores... [More]

From The Book's The Thing, August 13, 12:13 PM

 

Meebo

So many of our libraries are already doing some type of IM reference.  A patron is at home and has a quick question that a librarian can easily answer.  Why pick up the phone when you can send a quick instant message?  I know I would prefer to not pick up the phone.  Maybe some of you [...] [More]

From Behind the Scenes @ NSLS, August 12, 10:22 AM

 

Blockbuster Offers Movie Digitization

Well, it had to come around eventually! Blockbuster has teamed up with Home Movie Depot in 44 stores across the Midwest. Home Movie Depot will convert old home movies to DVD. Conversion can be done for 8 mm,.. [More]

From Illuminated Heritage, August 4, 8:28 AM

 

A New Gas Crisis Strikes NSLS Delivery

On Tuesday, July 29th, interlibrary loan materials travelled a little farther than they would have on any other day.   Just before the time our vans normally start returning to NSLS with their daily load of materials,.. [More]

From Behind the Scenes @ NSLS, August 1, 1:42 PM

 

A/V Equipment upgrade in NSLS Auditorium

To ensure that our members always have the best experience possible when they visit our building, we try to make sure we have current and state-of-the-art equipment available.  Something often overlooked is the projection screens used to project computer displays or overheads onto. We recently replaced the projection fabric on the large 10 foot screen in [...] [More]

From Behind the Scenes @ NSLS, July 31, 2:06 PM

 

Reading the Bookers

2008 Man Booker Long List: The titles are: Aravind Adiga              The White Tiger                                  Gaynor Arnold             Girl in a Blue Dress                            Sebastian Barry           The Secret Scripture           [...] [More]

From The Book's The Thing, July 29, 11:34 AM

 

Cuil to Challenge Google

USA Today reports that a former Google employee, Anna Patterson, has launched a competitor search tool called Cuil. Its index spans 120 billion Web pages. Here’s how Cuil distinguishes itself from Google. “... [More]

From Perennial Searcher, July 28, 9:26 AM

 

Changes at the Daily Herald

No matter where you take in your news – print, online, or on-air – you have to be aware of the tough times for the newspaper industry. That wacky new-fangled thing called the Internet has turned things upside down for the print media... [More]

From Behind the Scenes @ NSLS, July 25, 3:20 PM

 

A Reason to Digitize

Today the horrific news that the Swan’s Island Library near Bangor, Maine burned to the ground after being struck by lightening.  It was a small library, about 10,000 books, but also housed a lot of the local history collections for the community... [More]

From Illuminated Heritage, July 25, 1:16 PM