Hey Santa

For Christmas, can I have a copy of this?
 

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Growth

It seems like such a short time ago that I was sitting around a little round table in UM Media Relations & Public Affairs, sifting through blog posts and working out talking points “buckets” about Google Book Search, with Molly Kleinman sitting right next to me doing much the same thing.  At the time, we [...]

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Thanks, ACRL!

This piece by Barbara Fister, entitled “Libraries on Planet Google,” is the best rundown of the different opinions being expressed on the Google Book Settlement that I’ve seen so far.
Read it!

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Reinventing Science Librarianship, Day 2 – My Notes

Friday, October 17, 2008
Data Curation: Issues and Challenges (8:30-9:30 AM; Reactor Panel 9:30-10:15)
James Mullins (convener/moderator)
Liz Lyon (panelist)
Fran Berman (panelist)
Sayeed Choudhury (reactor)
Pam Bjornson (reactor) 
Intro (JM): [Missed due to computer issues.]
Liz Lyon:

How can libraries & librarians engage with science (science conceived broadly, as research)
Will give examples from the UK
Will not suggest robots to deal with the data, [...]

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