Three news stories in the Financial Times outline the developing decision by Bertelsmann to end its operations in online publications. ... Bertelsmann to drop...
David P. Dillard
jwne@...
Sep 2, 2002 1:40 pm
5938
Candidates for _All That JAS: Journal Abbreviation Sources With the Fall semester now underway, I would like to make MyWebColleagues (re)aware of my registry...
Gerry Mckiernan
gerrymck@...
Sep 2, 2002 4:49 pm
5939
The recently-released report commissioned and published by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) titled _Diffuse Libraries: Emergent Roles...
Gerry Mckiernan
gerrymck@...
Sep 2, 2002 6:23 pm
5940
Interesting Nicole Phillips eLearning Librarian Holmesglen Institute of TAFE Information Commons Ph. (613) 9564 2032 Fax (613) 9564 1606 ... Our "ask a...
Nicole Phillips
nicolep@...
Sep 5, 2002 6:49 am
5941
I saw with interest that SIRSI the providers of the Unicorn library management system have signed a partnership deal with LSSI to provide integrated Virtual...
Fiona Greig
Fiona.Greig@...
Sep 5, 2002 7:23 am
5942
I know - I have forwarded this and another email from the same person to Robet - apparently the Logo for the VR is in the library banner. Clever. Angela ...
Angela Mare
angelama@...
Sep 5, 2002 8:09 am
5943
As most of you probably already know, the Library of Congress digital reference/collaborative reference tool package (QuestionPoint) has a partnership deal...
Julie Arnold
jh276@...
Sep 5, 2002 11:46 am
5944
Houston Community College is offering Virtual Reference with the Chatterbox chat room..While the software was not intended to do this.we found it can satistfy...
xxb
xxb@...
Sep 5, 2002 1:42 pm
5945
Hi Carol, Our Automation Manager has been going over the Quickstart Guide and had a question we couldn't answer. Was the version of the software we used at...
Catherine Markwiese
Cmarkw@...
Sep 5, 2002 2:55 pm
5946
One of our librarians was harassed today at the virtual reference desk (this was our third day of offering virtual reference). The patron sent several...
Mark Stover
mstover@...
Sep 5, 2002 11:36 pm
5947
My goodness, what a way to start! Life in an Urban University! Was this "live" reference? Chat? Daphne Allen Eref Team Portland State University library ......
Daphne Allen
allend@...
Sep 6, 2002 12:26 am
5948
How awful! And how odd ... somehow one expects other types of harassment besides exhortations to suicide (but that may be a sad statement in and of itself). ...
Lise Dyckman
ldyckman@...
Sep 6, 2002 12:57 am
5949
Does anyone out there know of commercial answer services that are similar to webhelp.com? I'm trying to find additional services that would be commercial in...
Matthew R. Marsteller
matthewm@...
Sep 6, 2002 1:11 am
5950
We have had experience of a certain staff member on desk being sexually harrassed via our virtual chat service. Our chat sevice is currently on the reference...
Nicole Phillips
nicolep@...
Sep 6, 2002 1:44 am
5951
Why not consider restricting access by asking for student ID number. This suggests traceability and will, of course, have the obvious negative effects - lack...
Jane Kingsland
Kingslandj@...
Sep 6, 2002 2:29 pm
5952
If you use something like AOL Instant Messenger you can block a particular user. You can also "warn" them. We have had occasional problems. One librarian who...
Drew, Bill
drewwe@...
Sep 6, 2002 2:33 pm
5953
Handling peculiar customers is part of the job in libraries. I have a file of weird requests that one could use to graph the development of psychotropic drugs...
Robert L Hadden
rhadden@...
Sep 6, 2002 3:21 pm
5954
We have a catchall, scripted message at QandA NJ, something to the effect that "the language you are using is inappropriate" that can be used in a number of...
Cynthia McClellan
mcclelcs@...
Sep 6, 2002 3:35 pm
5955
... Don't understand it? It seems obvious to me. They take a request they know is unreasonable, and preface it with the ugly comment in hopes of shaming you...
Paolino, Bob
Bob.Paolino@...
Sep 6, 2002 4:07 pm
5956
FULL TEXT Library Database Advisors: Emerging Innovative Augmented Digital Library Services I am pleased to announce the FREE availability of my review of...
Gerry Mckiernan
gerrymck@...
Sep 7, 2002 10:01 pm
5957
Subject: Peter's Digital Reference Shelf - September 2002 The September 2002 edition of Peter's Digital Ready Reference Shelf is now available on the Gale...
Lois Kiehl
kiehl@...
Sep 9, 2002 2:49 pm
5958
Who said this, and where can it be found: "There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words." Many thanks, Jim Obst ...
Jim Obst
jimobst@...
Sep 9, 2002 3:00 pm
5959
Peter Jasco reviews PubSCIENCE in the most recent edition of "Peters Digital Reference Shelf": http://www.galegroup.com/reference/peter/sept.htm#pubsci ...
Sloan, Bernie
bernies@...
Sep 9, 2002 3:58 pm
5960
Thomas Reid (1710 1769), Scottish philosopher. Explication of Words, essay 1, Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man (1785). ... Terry Calhoun SCUP...
Terry Calhoun
splendid@...
Sep 9, 2002 4:09 pm
5961
A Google search reveals a number of sources for this quote, which appears to be from Thomas Reid, such as: 46182. Reid, Thomas. The Columbia World of...
Sally Roberts
sroberts@...
Sep 9, 2002 4:20 pm
5962
... 46182. Reid, Thomas. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996 QUOTATION: There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of...
Michael Hart
hart@...
Sep 9, 2002 4:26 pm
5963
REFERENCE LIBRARIAN AND CHILDREN'S LITERATURE SPECIALIST William Allen White Library, Emporia State University seeks candidates for the position of Reference...
Cynthia Akers
AKERSCYN@...
Sep 9, 2002 4:27 pm
5964
NUMBER: 46182 QUOTATION: There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words. ATTRIBUTION: Thomas Reid (1710-1769),...
Vincent Munch
MunchV@...
Sep 9, 2002 4:27 pm
5965
I asked "askjeeves" and got, Thomas Reid -Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man http://www.wordspy.com/waw/Reid-Thomas.asp JR ... From: Jim Obst...
Jeremy Rosenblatt
JRosenblatt@...
Sep 9, 2002 4:27 pm
5966
QUOTATION: There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words. ATTRIBUTION: Thomas Reid (1710-1769), Scottish...
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