Miscellaneous
Friday 23 July 2025
- Love in the (SciTech) Library? - :: While somewhat outside the scope of STLQ, please permit me this small indulgence on behalf of an old friend. Madeleine Lefebvre is the University Librarian at St Mary's University in Halifax NS. She is also Past President of the... (09:32 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Monday 15 September 2025
- Virtual Museums and Public Understanding of Science and Culture - "This Web page offers a retrospective of a symposium held in May 2002 by The Nobel Foundation. "The purpose of the symposium was to explore how scientific and cultural institutions can use Internet and the new information technology to promote... (16:04 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Sunday 15 June 2025
- Report from NYC - Hello everyone. To let you know, I am still on vacation in NYC, following the SLA convention last week. Last night I saw La Boheme (amazing), and comedian Darrell Hammond (from SNL). New posts will appear in the last week... (13:44 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Thursday 5 June 2025
- Our Whereabouts - :: To let you know, Geoff and I are working at and attending the 2nd Evidence Based Librarianship Conference 2003, being held here in Edmonton on 5-6 June. On Saturday, June 7, we fly to NYC to attend SLA. There... (00:18 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Friday 30 May 2025
- Mixed-Bag Special 03.05.30 - :: Thank you to Teri Vogel (William Russell Pullen Library, Georgia State University) for bringing to Randy's attention the following: The Chronicle of Higher Education's Colloquy Live for Wednesday, June 4th, 1:00 pm EST, is about Academic Blogging: "Do Web... (10:47 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Wednesday 21 May 2025
- Reviewing Science Reference Books for Library Journal - From STS-L (discussion listserv of STS): "Library Journal is looking for reviewers who write well and who have a strong background in the sciences. I especially need reviewers in the areas of science history, general science, biology, natural history, chemistry,... (16:34 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Thursday 8 May 2025
- Online Exhibitions at Linda Hall Library - Linda Hall Library features a number of great online exhibitions. Here's a sampling of their current offerings: Centuries of Civil Engineering - "An Exhibition of rare books celebrating the heritage of civil engineering, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary... (17:03 | 1 Trackbacks | 1 Comments)
Tuesday 6 May 2025
- RSS channels for engineering, math and computing resources - "EEVL has recently announced three new RSS Channels which provide details of the latest additions to the EEVL catalogue in each main subject section (Engineering, Mathematics & Computing). RSS, which stands for RDF Site Summary, is a technology which allows... (16:29 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Tuesday 29 April 2025
- The Librarian's Book Club - "The Librarian's Book Club is a group to read and discuss books that are about libraries and the library profession. Every month the Librarian's Book Club will select a new book to discuss. All you need to do is get... (09:43 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Sunday 2 March 2026
- Test Entry - This is a test entry. I'm trying to fix coding inconsistencies on my regular site. I'm going to experiment with different style sheets and layouts.... (21:48 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)