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Facts Charles Osgood Ought to Know

Submitted by Leo Klein on Sat, 12/19/09 (12:50pm)

facts_i_ought_to_know.png Charles Osgood indulges in a bit of unjustified cynicism while reporting on an overdue library book that was returned to the New Bedford P

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Drupal now the "Cool Thing to Do"?

Submitted by Leo Klein on Wed, 11/4/09 (10:02am)

It's nice to see Drupal mentioned in the context of "cool thing to do" but I don't think Cindi Trainor in her piece on Sacred Cows in Library IT gets exactly what you can do with it:

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Drupal
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So Where's the Cake?

Submitted by Leo Klein on Sat, 10/31/09 (12:56pm)
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So the email goes out: "pumpkin nut/raisin bread" in the Reference Workroom.

Sounds nice, huh? So what's left when the Saturday crew finally shows up? You're looking at it.

Outrageous!

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Photo Journal
Reference
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Chicago
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Depaul

Is Twitter Dead Yet?

Submitted by Leo Klein on Sun, 6/14/09 (9:58am)

I'm so sick of hearing about Twitter. On the Media Hype Index™, it's reaching Krispy Kreme proportions*.

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*(then, now)

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Social Networking
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Twitter