What Does a Librarian Do?
Have you ever wanted to be a librarian? Have you ever wondered what a librarian does? This Vocational Guidance Film from 1947 describes what a librarian does, and what the requirements are to be a...
View ArticleLinked Open Data: the Promises an the Pitfalls…Where Are We and Why Isn’t...
This post is for those of you who are interested in Linked Open Data. The following is from an announcement sent out via email by Diane Goldenberg-Hart of CNI on 7 February 2011. A new video from CNI’s...
View ArticleTest Your Digital Footprint
You may be aware of your carbon footprint, but do you know the size of your digital footprint? Would you like to know how much digital exhaust you leave behind during your normal daily activities? The...
View ArticleCurrent-Generation Supercomputers — How Fast Is Fast? Can We Build...
Will we see advances in microprocessor speed during the next decade similar to what we saw in the past two decades? If so, how? Researchers at DARPA asked this question, or, rather, asked: “What sort...
View ArticleData Access and Reuse Entropy
What if you have access to all kinds of personal data, yet you just can’t bring yourself to Be Evil with it? Happy Monday! I hope you have a great week.
View ArticleSave the Data
Welcome to my own version of NIMBYism (Not In My Back Yard-ism). Yes, I know the US federal budget needs to be cut, but not my programs. Seriously. :) The Sunlight Foundation writes: Some of the most...
View ArticleThe Science Network – A Social Network Parody
You don’t get to 11 million papers without a few dodgy results. So, what do you think? Did he or didn’t he invent PubMed? [Via Jane G.]
View ArticleUser Experience Design
Have you ever visited a web site and wondered who created such a great experience? Have you ever wondered who makes the invisible visible? No? Why do you think that is? If it works well, you don’t...
View ArticleDoctoral Candidate….
I am not sure if I should announce this myself, but as of Monday, January 28th, around noon, I passed my Dissertation Proposal Defense. The title of my dissertation proposal is “Machine-level Policy...
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