For Catalogers and other Metadata specialists, here is the URL link to a sneak peek of RDA (Resource Description and Access) Toolkit. RDA replaces AACR (Anglo American Cataloging Rules) as the new cataloging standard. The video (almost 1 hour) titled...
This is another official update to the original 'Did You Know' video series. This Fall 2009 version includes facts and statistics focusing on the changing social media landscape. Here are some interesting facts:Did you know:Over 1,000,000 books are published...
Here is an ALA press release about a new report with information on 2009 economic trends in libraries and 2010 outlook:January 12, 2010CHICAGO – At every turn, news reports and research indicate fairly dramatic changes in U.S. library funding, services...
In conversation with a group of students at the local Anguillian High School recently, the subject of evolution came up. One student asked me if I believed in the “theory of evolution”. I answered that the evolution of new species...
My thoughts and prayers are with Haitians today as they are grappling with what can best be described as a natural disaster of epic proportions. A 7.0 earthquake yesterday (January 12) may have claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. I have been viewing...
ALHCS Debates. The student and staff members of the Albena Lake-Hodge Comprehensive School Literary and Debating Society have organized a series of debates among the political candidates in the upcoming general elections in Anguilla. The...
The gossip around The Valley was about the demand of Viceroy to bring in 70-odd Nevisians to complete the staffing of their Anguilla hotel. Why Nevisians? you may ask. Because Four Seasons Hotel in neighbouring Nevis trained hundreds of...
If you, like me, always reflect on the top IT trends, services and products for the year gone by, here are four websites with information to to satisfy your curiosity.Read Write WebEvery December Read Write Web publishes a series of annual review posts...
In this new Web 2.0 environment one often hears the question: how do information professionals maintain relevancy in a world where the Internet, emerging technologies and rival information providers such as Google are perceived as satisfying the information...
Library 101 is a collaborative multimedia project started by David Lee King and Michael Porter. Here are some of the great resources you can find on this site:Essays on Library 101 - David and Michael asked some widely known and respected folks in Libraryland...
