Posted by Chris Zammarelli on July 2nd, 2008 in Digital Preservation ·
If I had a time machine, I would go back to various points throughout the previous century and tell anyone that was going to archive documents for posterity to not staple them together. Seriously, anyone from the past who might be reading, do not staple your documents together!..
Posted by Chris Zammarelli on June 27th, 2008 in About Me, LigGig and NOAA ·
So here’s what’s exciting in my life these days. On July 14, I’ll be starting my first job as a full-fledged librarian…
Posted by Chris Zammarelli on June 24th, 2008 in SLA and SLA 2008 ·
There is no guilt on earth more potent than the guilt you feel when you don’t blog while tooling around an SLA conference wearing an “SLA Blogger” ribbon on your badge…
Posted by Chris Zammarelli on June 13th, 2008 in SLA and SLA 2008 ·
SLA’s annual conference begins in Seattle this weekend. I head out tomorrow and I will have my laptop in tow. I don’t know how much blogging I will end up doing, since my three major aims at the conference are:
Help make sure the Government Information Division sessions go smoothly;
Meet up with co-workers past and present, old pals, and online buddies;
Find a bar showing the Austria-Germany game on Monday…
Posted by Chris Zammarelli on June 6th, 2008 in Libraryola and State E-Gov Site Review ·
Jeane Kramer-Smyth from Spellbound Blog posted a couple of comments in the “Reboot” post about my decision to move the old Libraryola posts to Libraryola: Archive. You can read my response in the comments.
She mentioned a WordPress plug-in called Redirection, which forwards visitors to new versions of old links. I installed it yesterday and set it up today, and so far it’s working like a charm. To use Kramer-Smyth’s example, if you search Google for “LexisNexis Best Practices,” you see a link to a URL that is no longer on the Libraryola site. If you click on the link, you’ll be forwarded to the correct URL. Nifty!
In other site news, I’ve added a review of the California state portal to the State E-Gov Site Reviews. More good stuff has been added since the last time I looked at the site early last month, so be sure to check it out.
Posted by Chris Zammarelli on June 5th, 2008 in Libraryola and State E-Gov Site Review ·
I’ve started work on the “State E-Gov Site Reviews” section of the site. The following sections have been added so far:
Outline of Evaluation Criteria
Glossary of Terms
Bibliography
I’ve also finished, for the most part, my first new site review: “California: Governor.” Obviously, I’m looking at Gov…
Posted by Chris Zammarelli on June 4th, 2008 in About Me and Libraryola ·
I graduated from the University of Maryland’s College of Information Studies (iSchool… yeah, I know) on May 23, 2008. Note I didn’t say I got my degree: that’s coming in the mail later this month. Anyway, now that I’m a real live librarian (versus some poseur like you see on TV), I decided to restart Libraryola.
I’m not going to mention a certain number followed by a certain puncuation mark followed by another certain number, but yeah, that’s sort of the idea.
Content-wise, Libraryola will still focus primarily on government information and technology, with new State E-Gov Site Reviews appearing shortly (as pages instead of as blog posts). However, since I will be writing about this topic a lot elsewhere (more on that soon), I will also look at broader issues related to library science and technology.
My goal is to publish one decent-sized post a week, with periodic minor updates (e.g. when new State E-Gov Site Reviews are posted) and more frequent posting during conferences (e.g…
