Archive for September, 2005
Wednesday, September 21st, 2005
ILF Conference
Last Friday I got to attend a conference sponsored by the Indiana Library Federation (ILF)’s Reference Division. Actually, I got to do a presentation at the conference. The name of the conference was: “How to use Hot Technologies and not get Burned.” I was honored to be a presenter along with Jessamyn West and Michael […]
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Wednesday, September 14th, 2005
Flash Memory vs Hard Drives
Flash Memory is used in many different ways today, including digital cameras, iPods, and USB memory keys (a.k.a. thumb drives, memory sticks, flash drives, key drives, etc.). These technologies are quickly transforming how we communicate and publish in the world of education.
Now Samsung has developed a way to increase the storage capacity on these flash-based […]
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Thursday, September 8th, 2005
Size of Reference Collection
One way that technology is impacting libraries is by forcing a re-evaluation of the reference collection. The more online resources we amass, the less people will use our print resources. We can often find ourselves duplicating our collection, spending money on both formats and using up space, whether virtual or shelf space, to provide these […]
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