Millennials Like Traditional – Not Just New – Media – Marketing Charts

I don’t normally blog about Millennials because so many other capable library-bloggers write about them. But I came across a story (see ref link below) about a online survey which was commissioned by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP and conducted by Harrison Group, an independent research company, between February 23 and March 6, 2007. The [...]

Happy Labor Day from US bishops!

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has released a five page message for Labor Day that concludes:
Labor Day 2007 is a time to look back, look around, and look ahead. It is a day to celebrate the work and the workers who are at the heart of this holiday. It is a time to [...]

New FGI Discussions: August 27, 2007

August BOTM Amy West and The Free Government Information(http://freegovinfo.info) volunteers were busy this week posting thefollowing stories:
Amy’s Posts:+Expanded Use of Domestic Spy Satellite Data
Volunteer Posts:+Presidential Candidates: Who Will Stand Up and Be Transparent? – Jim A.+Book Review: Made to Stick – Info advocates must read – Daniel+When is an agency not an agency? – Jim [...]

Attachments to results is misery: good book!

I just started reading the book Notes to myself: my struggle to become a person by Hugh Prather. It’s been on my shelf for a long time, but I only just started reading it.
It seems like a promising way to find perspective on life. It’s full of short bits like this one:
I don’t live in [...]

Book Review: Made to Stick – Librarians must read!

I feel fortunate that my library participates in a downloadable audiobook project called Listen Alaska through Overdrive, inc. It’s given me the chance to do try out books on my mp3 player that I might not have picked up to read but turned out to be great books.
Such is the case with Made to stick [...]

Don’t let Democrats and fool you

For whatever reason, Congressional Democrats and the traditionally liberal media outlets want you think Democrats are helpless and unable to end the occupation in Iraq. This quote from McClatchy newspapers via WaPo’s Dan Froomkin, seems typical to me:
Bush now seems likely to prevail when Congress resumes wrestling about Iraq in September, for reports of limited [...]

Book Review: Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett

A friend lent me the book Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett. Since this book is also available at my local library and many others, I figured I’d write a quick review.
This book is a quick and enjoyable read. It weaves together at least three stories — the story of Death, who goes on holiday after [...]

KTD – Junior podcasters

Fred Factor author Mark Sanborn recently spoke to first year teachers and heard about this interesting tidbit regarding elementary school children:
————–There was a video of fourth graders who created their own podcast after twenty minutes of instruction, and a teacher in the system who did a podcast using Google map technology to connect her class [...]

Book Review: Digital Crime and Digital Terrorism

After a few weeks on public transportation, I have finished the book:
Digital crime and digital terrorism
by Robert W Taylor
Publisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, ©2006.Additional authors: Troy J. Caeti, D. Kall Loper, Eric J. Fritsch, John Liederbachhttp://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57186389
Aside from two minor flaws, I highly recommend this book to all libraries [...]

New FGI Discussions: August 20, 2007

===============================Know other people who work with federal government information? Get theFGI browser toolbar (http://fgi.ourtoolbar.com) for IE and Firefox. Over310 people already have!——————-Free Government Information now podcasts it’s own programs! Subscribe athttp://feeds.feedburner.com/FGIPodcast or check out the show archive athttp://freegovinfo.info/podcasts.
================================This week FGI initiated a new occasional series about the intersection of Google Books and US Federal Documents. [...]