tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55610038959940129522011-11-12T14:59:27.174-07:00The online magazine of the Library Student Organization at the University of Arizona's School of Information Resources and Library ScienceJason Kucsmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07184293364854105500noreply@blogger.comBlogger721100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5561003895994012952.post-2697204207214734162011-11-12T12:55:00.002-07:002011-11-12T13:10:11.196-07:00

While thinking about a theme for this semester's newsletter, I was struck by how many distance students SIRLS has, how many SIRLS students have summer internships or conferences, and how many SIRLS alums now have jobs overseas. Therefore, this issue is focused on these travel stories. Whether it's California, New York City, Puerto Rico, or Africa, SIRLS students definitely get around!This summer,

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It seems appropriate to ask this time of year, “What did you do on your summer vacation?” While my vacation to visit my younger son in Arcata, California was very nice my research and service trips might be a bit more interesting. Professors at major universities are required to spend 40% of their time on teaching, 40% on research and 20% on service. Since much of the school year, 9 months, has

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Over the summer, I completed the ten-week United Nations Secretariat Internship Programme with the Office of Information and Communication Technology (OICT) in New York City. Daily tasks included collaborating with OICT, the Archives and Records Management Section and individual work units for implementing and updating a United Nations taxonomy; analyzing and classifying business unit records;

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The 77th IFLA General Conference and Assembly was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico in August 2011. I had the pleasure of not only attending this conference, but also presenting at it. According to their website, “the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users

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Reposted from Don Wood's Blog at http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/student-member-blog/2011-ala-student-chapters-survey-results:The 2011 ALA Student Chapters Survey was conducted over a three-month period (July 2011 through October 2011). The results are in and can be found posted HERE!Thanks to everyone who completed this 20-minute survey. You have provided us with invaluable information that

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It is a thrill to present our second BiblioTech publication of the year. Our current issue is titled "Career Paths and Community Connections," and highlights professional activities and opportunities. Library and Information Science professionals are involved in a wide-range of undertakings at the local, national and international level. In "Student Organization Highlight: PLG," SIRLS student and

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What is PLG?The UA Chapter of the Progressive Librarians Guild (PLG), formed in spring 2008, is newest of the SIRLS student organizations. UA PLG members consist of School of Information Resources & Library Science (SIRLS) students, alumni, and community library workers. We are officially recognized by the national parent chapter of PLG, SIRLS and the UA. Similar to the other SIRLS student groups

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There are many benefits to joining a professional association or ALA Division, and it is never too soon in your career to get involved. I am a proud member of REFORMA Tucson, and Vice President of our local chapter. As an ALA-REFORMA Emerging Leader, I also Chair the national Public Relations Committee, and recently began serving as an Associate Editor of the REFORMA newsletter. My leadership

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I had the pleasure of working with two different librarians from the Undergraduate Services Team (UST) on two very different book exhibits and displays.The first exhibit I worked on—along with librarian Rebecca Blakiston and other Progressive Librarians Guild members—was for Banned Books Week, the yearly event promoted by the American Library Association. Although the actual set-up of the exhibit

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Trang Huynh is visiting Tucson from Cantho University in Vietnam where she is the Director of the Learning Resource Center. She was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study library leadership in the U.S. and the implications for the libraries of the Mekong Delta. Prior to arriving in Arizona, she visited libraries in New York, Massachusetts and Illinois. What kind of training do you need to be

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By Jessica HernandezIt is a pleasure to present our newest issue of BiblioTech! It has been a while since our last publication, and so I am very pleased that we have been able to 'hit the ground running' this semester. BiblioTech is a wonderful resource that we can use to share information, highlight projects and build community. It can also be a way for us as University of Arizona School of

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By Jacy BellThe UofA Chapter of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) is one of three SIRLS student organizations. We are officially recognized by the national Association and report to them annually. As with the other student groups, we coordinate professional development, networking, and social events, in addition to organizing tours with non-traditional library and information environments.

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By Jacy BellThis past spring I completed an internship at the Sonoran University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) as an Interdisciplinary Trainee. I worked on various projects exploring information accessibility and library services for individuals with disabilities. Summarizing my efforts, I created a poster entitled, Information Accessibility & the Disability Community

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By Rachel Cannady & Daniel NewtonI did it, we did it, and many more of us are going to do it soon: graduating. The big difference is that today we are faced with one of the toughest economic climates since the Great Depression: layoffs are taking place, budgets are being cut, and some open positions are no longer being filled. This means that there will be more competition in an already tough job

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By Olivia BacaWhen I decided to pursue my higher education in librarianship, I did not anticipate working in glamorous settings. My assumption that the work of librarians had little to do with glamour has been happily refuted. Thanks to the Special Populations Office at the National Library of Medicine, I was afforded the opportunity to attend the 2009 Medical Library Association Conference. As

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By Monique BecerrilThis summer I had the fortunate opportunity to intern at a Pima County Public Library branch located near downtown Tucson. The branch is small, the bookshelves are minimal, and quiet space is usually absent. What I did not realize was the incredible experience I was about to embark on. Not containing any type of prior public library experience, the staff and patrons welcomed me

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By Robert TalbertThe goal of this article is to convince other SIRLS student to intern, as I did this Summer, at the Fred A. Hopf Library, College of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona, Tucson campus. Since my goal was to work at a small rural library, this small library was the perfect place for me to gain experience. Except for my supervisor, I was the only staff in the library. My

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Welcome to the first Fall 2007 installment of BiblioTech. You'll notice a few things have changed around here. We moved BiblioTech to a blog format, because it provides more content versatility and will hopefully make it easier for us to publish more quality content more frequently. Plus, with the new format you can:interact with the authors and each other via comments.conduct keyword searches

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by Kirstin ThomasLast spring, during an internship at a local community college, I had occasion to put my theoretical acquaintance with library marketing to the test. With no prior experience in marketing, I froze in terror during the initial meeting with my internship supervisor (a recent SIRLS grad) when she asked if I might be interested in drawing up a rough marketing plan for the library as

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by Rebecca BlakistonIt can be tough applying for jobs after graduation, especially when you are in there with a large and competitive pool of experienced candidates. How can you compete when you are just getting out of library school? Well there are some simple things you can do now as a student to gain valuable experience while at the same time boosting your resume. Here are some suggestions:

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by Nancy Bronte MathenyWith the wide eyes of Dorothy Gale from Kansas upon landing in Munchkinland, I entered the Denver Convention Center armed with a pre-registration packet and an unbridled hope and anticipation for good things to come at the 2007 Special Libraries Association (SLA) Conference. I was not to be disappointed. No Lollipop Guild or Enchanted Forest, but the experience was just

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by Elizabeth T. DanforthWords you know:Candyland. Monopoly. Trivial Pursuit. Pokemon.Words you might know:Wii. World of Warcraft. Second Life. Dance Dance Revolution.Words you may not know you need to know:Halo. Guitar Hero. Club Penguin. Runescape.What do these things have in common? Games: they are all games and about gaming. And you need to get them on your radar as you move into the library

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by Mira Domsky

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Learning takes many forms. We're all familiar with the sort of learning that takes place in the classroom (be it physical or virtual), but concentrating entirely on classroom studies does not make for a well-rounded librarian-in-training. This isn't to say that our classes aren't important - they are - but classes are only one of many ways for us to grow within our profession. That's why much of

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by Federico MartinezLSO offered a number of professional development events last semester. We brought information professionals in as speakers for our jobs series and our presentation on presentations, our resume consulting service was a success once again, and we offered SIRLS students two chances to present their own work at two exciting events.Speakers:We hosted several outstanding guests in

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by Beth HoffmanJust about every librarian I talk says professional development is important, so I took advantage of the fact that all my classes were online last semester to get away from Tucson for a few days and attend my first professional conference. I went to Internet Librarian in Monterey, California from October 23 – 25. Here are the highlights. First, a bit of background: the official

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by Shana HarringtonThis summer I interned at the Dublin public library for eight weeks. I was placed at the reference desk in the Music Library of the Dublin City Centre Library, Ilac Centre. My direct supervisor was the head music librarian, Noel McMahon. He and his fellow librarian, Susan Flood started my training immediately. I was quickly shown the ins and outs of the music library. The first

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by Jason KucsmaIf there was one underlying theme for the Northeast Document Conservation Center's (NEDCC) Persistence of Memory (PoM) conference in December, it was that the future of digital assets management and preservation is limited only by the imagination and diligence of today's information professionals. As a new student in the field of information resources and library science - with my

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by Jeffrey E. CollinsIt goes without saying that there are a multitude of Web sites on the Internet. What may be a little less obvious to the untrained eye is the preponderance of poorly designed, inefficient, or nonfunctional Web sites. This white paper will briefly discuss general criteria for evaluation of a Web site by focusing on two Internet search engines, Google (www.google.com) and Yahoo

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Welcome to the first edition of BiblioTech for Fall 2006. BiblioTech is brought to you by the Library Student Organization (LSO). This organization is composed of great and outstanding individuals that work on creating and providing you the best during your studies at the prestigious School of Information Resources and Library Sciences at the University of Arizona. Be on the look

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by Bruce FultonWelcome back! I trust your summer break was as great as you wanted it to be and you're now busy cruising through your classes this semester with celerity and zest. You're on your own if you need help grabbing the gusto, but if your problem is not enough time, then read on for more cool school tools that will help you work smarter and faster. Best of all, they're free! If you didn't

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by Dana Von BergResearch in the field of library and information science is crucial to the education of our current and future generations. The library is the cornerstone of society through its offering of services which range from story times for children, to a place of research for scholars. This resource is invaluable to society which can foster education and learning amongst its inhabitants,

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by Susan C. Vargas Over the past decade, libraries have formed relationships with vendors of new kinds of services and of markedly changed products. One source of new relationships is the outsourcing of services formerly provided within a library’s staff. Some libraries now contract with vendors to provide professional librarian functions such as cataloging, selection, and reference services.

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Welcome to the second edition of BiblioTech for Fall 2005. It has been an exciting semester here at SIRLS, with the first Graduate Library Student Symposium as well as numerous brown-bag lunch lectures and social events. These events and others like them help to cultivate a sense of community at our school, something which will prove invaluable once current students head out into the

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by Dorothy Hemmo RFID, or Radio Frequency Identification has been implemented, or is being considered for implementation in libraries across the United States. This technology has come under fire from privacy advocates due to a perceived potential for abuse. This paper looks at RFID technology and its impact on patron privacy.A Radio Frequency Identification system uses radio waves to

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by Bruce FultonIn the last installment, we went over the Virtual Private Network (VPN) client. If you connect from home, I hope you all have had a chance to try it out. I’ve found it especially useful over the past month doing some literature searches using Google Scholar. With the VPN client installed, Google recognizes the UA affiliation and connects you directly to the resource without having

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by Diana DaleoGovernment information is plentiful. You can find a lot of it on your own just by using Google if you know what you’re looking for. When you don’t is when there’s a problem. So a government document seeker needs to be able to locate government information when a reference librarian is not around.The University of Arizona Library’s revised interface allows for easy access to a

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by Michelle GanzLiteracy’s definition has many variations. Carmen Simich-Dudgeon gives some of the many definitions in her essay “English Literacy Development”. They include the individuals’ ability to perform certain tasks, apply reading to real-world tasks and grade-level performance. It is also defined as the ability to function in the real world and the ability to apply deeper meaning to

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by Nancy Bronte-MathenyThe scientific study of library and information science (LIS) became a formal source of academic inquiry only as recently as 1990 in the Sultanate of Oman, an Islamic nation located on the tip of the Arabian Peninsula, the size of Kansas, with a population of 1.7 million nationals (Selected Data..., 2003). Librarianship was not considered a profession in most Arab

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In Harper Lee's classic To Kill a Mockingbird, following a tumultuous summer where an innocent man, Tom Robinson, is tried and sentenced to death, then shot while trying to escape fearing no possibility of appeal, school started that autumn, and life slipped back into the ordinary. So it is for many students in storm-ravaged southeast Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, who now try to

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by Bambi L. MansfieldHurricane Katrina has stunned the nation, and caused many to become numb to the horror and tragedy of events. As a librarian I have always prided myself in being one who disseminates knowledge, who provides information and entertainment to those who seek. So many individual’s lives and freedoms have been taken or altered by a force of nature. What could I possibly distribute

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by Christina Stephenson“A Nation that forgets its past has no future”Winston Churchill Throughout the history of Bosnia, the archives of the country collected and protected the manuscripts and documents of the region. Unfortunately, in 1992 the archives and libraries were systematically attacked with incendiary grenades from the Serbians in their

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by Bruce FultonYou can’t get through a program like SIRLS without knowing how to use the major software applications. Word processing, spreadsheets, HTML editors and other productivity programs are all part of a toolkit that gets you through the next paper or project and finally on to your degree. These and a handful of others are the workhorses you can’t be without. Software isn’t cheap,

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by Jennifer YoungThis past summer I traveled to Tucson from Mesa, Arizona and stayed in Pima dorm for a week where four classmates and I trekked all over UofA campus. We laughed, we joked, we sometimes consulted maps, and all of this with some thirty-five wearied and weathered librarians in tow. That’s right, I was a student guide at Library Institute! Library Institute is an event

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by Cheryl Knott-Malone, Ph.D.Many librarians and other information professionals share their research and insights by making presentations at conferences. Even those who rarely present at conferences, however, make presentations as part of the job interview process and as part of their job responsibilities. In general, following these top ten tips can help you make effective presentations.

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Welcome to the new issue of BiblioTech! This issue truly shows the variety of topics covered by our SIRLS community. Articles for this issue address such diverse issues as library anxiety, censorship, cataloguing resources, as well as fun book and movie reviews. We want to thank all the contributors for their great articles. We couldn't put out BiblioTech

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by Marquita HarnettMost people are familiar with the terms test anxiety, math anxiety, performance anxiety, computer anxiety, or even social anxiety. But mention "library anxiety" and you'll likely get a response similar to, "Library what?" Library anxiety is not a well-known phenomenon, even among librarians. The bulk of research on library anxiety has concentrated on the problem as

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by Marquita HarnettThe discussion thus far has centered on some of the barriers that contribute to library anxiety. What are librarians learning from the study of this pervasive problem? The literature suggests that library anxiety impacts academic success or failure through learning styles and behavior anomalies. In addition, studies are showing how library anxiety is teaching

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by Dorothy HemmoIf cataloging is a specialty, then music cataloging is a singular field within that specialty. For the general cataloger who catalogs the occasional score or sound recording and for the experienced music cataloger there are many useful resources to be found. Most music cataloging resources assume that the user will have some previous knowledge of general cataloging

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by Dorothy HemmoThe Well of Lost Plots is a highly entertaining romp through the strange, yet mostly familiar world from the imagination (and extensive reading list) of Jasper Fforde. This is the third book in a series that continues to grow. In the first two books, The Eyre Affair and Lost in a Good Book, our heroine Thursday Next is a literary detective for the Special Operations

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by Jana OlsenJ. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, which have reached worldwide popularity have an effect on children has not been matched by any other book. The novels have encouraged children to read for entertainment instead of turning to television or video games. When a piece of literature inspires children as the Harry Potter novels do, limiting a child’s access to the

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Welcome to the first issue of BiblioTech of 2005! There have been a few changes around here, including the creation of LSO's official BiblioTech Editor position. The two of us were elected to be co-editors, and with twice the woman-power behind the scenes, we are hoping to publish more issues this semester than ever! This is your chance to be heard, so please

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by John StantonI started working at the community college library on August 23, 2004. I finished in mid-December. My advisor was librarian Patty Morrison. She and Nadra Farina-Hess (the head librarian) have taught me the ropes of working in a library. They are both excellent mentors and I am lucky to have gotten this internship. Librarians Michelle Blackman and Julie Middlemas have also been very

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by Monica Bafetti Fifty-two miles south-east of Tucson, a Celtic cross rises 70 feet into the air, an unexpected sight in the middle of the desert and especially in St. David, a predominantly Mormon community. The town was founded by settlers in 1877 and in 1974 it became home to the Holy Trinity Monastery, a Benedictine spiritual community. This fertile land next to the San

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by Virginia Sanchez and Will AscarzaLibrarians and other information professionals have a well-earned reputation for being knowledgeable and hardworking, “nose-to-the-grindstone” personalities. What is seldom seen by many outside the profession is the social, fun-loving side. The School of Information Resources and Library Science (SIRLS) at the University of Arizona has a very

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by Heather Phillips “I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure-seeker, or a gunfighter, Mr. O’Connell; but I am proud of what I am.” “And what is that?” “I am a librarian.” This exchange between Rick O’Connell (played by Brendan Fraser) and Evelyn (Evie) Carnahan (played by Rachel Weisz) in Stephen Sommers’ 1999 remake of 1932’s The Mummy* foreshadows Evie’s

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It's time for another school year, a new semester and a new editor for BiblioTech, me. I'm attempting to take over for our founder and former editor Lori Ito Hardenbergh. Lori has done such a great job; I can only hope this issue is as good. I believe the concern was the name BiblioTech is a frequently used term in the library world but since BiblioTech

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by Kevin McDowell and Derek HensonBunri university library entrance Japanese university libraries, like their US counterparts, are concerned with access to materials. However, while American academic libraries stress the greatest possible freedom of access, the Tokushima Bunri University Library (the university I'm teaching at now) hinders entry to the library and prevents full access to

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by Will AscarzaThe budget is a crucial factor in library management. Automation, continuing education, information technology, materials acquisition, personnel salaries, and public relations necessitate funding. Each of these resources is important for any library that wishes to provide excellent services to its employees and patrons. Unfortunately because of poor resource allocation, many

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by Virginia SanchezI spent so many hours and miles of Spring 2004 on airplanes in the course of attending library conferences - four conferences in six months - that I thought I'd share some of my experiences. All of this travel added an interesting dynamic to completing the 12 units if coursework I was enrolled in, but I survived and came away with increased enthusiasm to be a Traveling

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by Traci Glass Book jacket, book cover, dust jacket, dust cover. They are all words that describe one pretty innocuous thing: the thing that covers the hard cardboard cover of a book. The book jacket was developed for practical purposes only: to protect books from dust, insects and other harmful entities. However, as years progressed, the book jacket has become a separate part of the book

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by Heather Phillips "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!" You wouldn't think there would be much of a connection between L. Frank Baum and a giant, floating stone head, but in fact, there is. It is when Zed, a remorseless Brutal, makes this connection that the final crisis of humanity begins. Zardoz is the first movie I will review in what I hope will become a series of reviews on

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January is a weird time of year. Guilt over holiday excesses are juxtaposed with the hope a new year brings—new classes, new opportunities, new professors, (a new President!?). We like to take stock in what we got, and what we want. What better way to kick off the Spring semester than with a new issue of BiblioTech. (No, we haven't come up with a new

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by Ted LieblerWhile in the University of Arizona's Music Library evaluating their reference collection for a class project, I came across the following book and annotated it for my pathfinder: Green, J. (2002). The Thematic Guide to Popular Music, Nashville: Professional Desk References. This massive guide categorizes music by lyrical theme(s) and/or song titles. For instance,

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by Georgie DonovanAll the friends that I've met in library school have been accomplished in one or more areas of their lives beyond librarianship. Some of my friends like Lori Ito Hardenbergh and Holly Jeffcoat have previous advanced degrees in other fields; some of them have had interesting careers like Annabelle Nu�ez's work in the arts and as an actress and

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By Laurie Ito Hardenbergh[This journal entry is based on the author's experiences as a reference librarian intern at a community college.] 8:59am - I arrive at the library. Although I've been working here for two months, every time I pull into a parking space within a two-minute walk from the library, I can't help but get a little giddy. Parking near my place of

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by Matt ColeBackground The recording of live music goes back over a century to the beginnings of audio recording technology itself. The organized recording and trading of a band's live shows by devoted fans, however, is generally traced back to the late '60s or early '70s. The first band which allowed and encouraged such activity was, of course, the

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by Rebecca HindmanThe History of Intellectual Freedom and Censorship Threats to intellectual freedom have existed since the printed word. History has seen bitter censorship battles over what should and should not be published, sold, and read. The fight for intellectual freedom has been long and complex, and many agencies have been involved in the process.

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Welcome! You are viewing the first issue of BiblioTech, a student webzine by and for the students of the School of Information Resources and Library Science. BiblioTech was conceived of following a short email sent to yours truly with a link to Marginal Librarian, the student webzine of McGill's library school. In this email, said student fantasized

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by Mary GormanIn April of 2002, the Google Engineering Team released an API (application programming interface) to their search engine technology. Initially aimed at software developers, the Google Web API program offers three services that developers can integrate into their own applications: access to the company's search engine; access to cached Web pages; and a spelling correction API that

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by Lori Ito HardenberghWho can resist a book with a chapter titled, "Labia Lumps, Chunky Discharge, and Other Things They Never Taught Me in Library School"? Released this past summer, Revolting Librarians Redux: Radical Librarians Speak Out takes no prisoners as its contributors ponder everything from the backtracking of '60s values by ALA's baby boomers to

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by Erin ChaddLooking at the evolution of technology can provide a glimpse at what the future has in store for information providers. Learning about technological evolution can therefore affect decision-making processes related to library and information systems. Studying technological trends can guide information providers to new technologies and they can be

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