I have had some Costco triumphs before (feeding 50 people breakfast and lunch for $300) but I felt pretty good about feeding 6 people for $30 in an hour. You can buy a pretty substantial rack of pre-seasoned ribs at Costco for about $20. I had a vague notion that if I put ribs in … [Read more…]
I’m featured in an article in Proquest’s “Strategic Library” newsletter about public librarians who use PolicyMap’s awesome software to gain insights about the communities they serve. Thanks for the shout out to PGCMLS, Trudie! I’ve really enjoyed working with you.
I just submitted a proposal to the 2016 edition of the Collective, so I’m finally getting around to putting screenshots of my baby on here. Our public library collects usage statistics at 19 branches. Staff use our Intranet, or a desktop shortcut to our Google forms, to collect our daily program attendance, visitor count, and reference transactions. … [Read more…]
I’m going to flesh this blog post out in the coming weeks with details about Hoopla usage after an email push….look for a huge influx of content from PGCMLS as I wrap up my work here and process my thoughts (I’m off from work and in the US between August 5-10). I follow a few library-related … [Read more…]
Came across a really cool study today: Final Report of the Inuit Bowhead Knowledge Study “As mandated by the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement of 1993, Inuit knowledge of bowhead whales in Nunavut, Canada was collected by means of 257 individual interviews with 252 Inuit hunters and elders in 18 communities during 1995 and 1996. During … [Read more…]
One of the great pleasures of this trip has been Father Luke’s commentary about the Roman skyline from the beautiful terrace at the Convitto. A few evenings ago, Father Luke pointed out the Basilica dei Santi Cosma e Damiano and reminded me of its connection to Thomas Merton. The church features in The Seven Story … [Read more…]
1) I think everyone should have to set up a website hosted on a server and learn to access it a few different ways: tunnel/proxy, CPanel, and become conversant in the terminology of domain name, server, host, etc. 2) How to do a WordPress or other CMS install on said server 3) Text scraping – … [Read more…]
Just realized I hadn’t shared this with you, my 5 blog readers. Last I heard, this is supposed to go down Sunday, June 28th at 1pm. See you there? SESSION TITLE: Public Health and Public Libraries: Librarians as Health Literacy First Responders DESCRIPTION: Preventable diseases like measles are spreading in the United States because parents are receiving misinformation about childhood vaccines. This … [Read more…]
Here’s where I’ll be over the next few weeks (so far): May 6-8: Ocean City, MD – Maryland Libraries Association conference May 15: Baltimore, MD – MLA’s GIS training at Johns Hopkins University May 16-17: Charlotte, NC – VW bus camp (!) May 18: Bel Air, MD – Maryland Polaris User Group (MDPUG) meeting May 23-June … [Read more…]
I went to see 50 Shades of Grey a few weeks ago and I have to admit that I enjoyed the film. My friend who’s read the books was surprised that I liked it. Based on all the op-eds, I was expecting to see an abusive relationship displayed onscreen. Instead, I saw a clever female … [Read more…]