by KimBoo York | May 8, 2012 | Information Science, Observations and Opinions
With popular vlogs like tumblr and pinterest making the idea of “curation” as common as milk, the concept of curation has taken a pop-culture hit that most scholars, academics and InfoSci professionals turn their nose up at. But for InfoSci professionals,...
by KimBoo York | May 7, 2012 | Information Science
One of the highlights of the Society of Florida Archivists annual conference this year was Gail Donovan’s presentation about the New College of Florida Archives. Gail is a reference librarian at NCF’s Jane Bancroft Cook Library (I remember when that was...
by KimBoo York | May 1, 2012 | Information Science
Today after work I’m heading down to Sarasota, FL, for the Society of Florida Archivists annual conference. We’re low renting it at the Golden Host resort, a New College alumni institution as it is the hotel that hosts the legendary Bahi Hut Lounge! No...
by KimBoo York | Apr 24, 2012 | Information Science, Observations and Opinions
In my Information Organization class, the one with the cement-brick equivalent textbook that is already two years out of date (you know the one) , there was a whole section (chapter? I don’t know, I gave the wretched thing to a friend taking the class) full of...
by KimBoo York | Apr 23, 2012 | Observations and Opinions, Information Science
LibChat is a weekly twitter event that is, in a way, a crowdsourcing of brainstorming. Someone poses a question about their job, the field in general, or a specific topic to the moderator, who then reposts it to all followers of the hashtag (#libchat). Suggestions,...
by KimBoo York | Apr 19, 2012 | Gradschool Follies
On a less intellectual or theoretical note, it is now end of term for the Spring semester here at FSU. This, for me, represents the last semester of coursework. I have an actual, honest-to-einstein final exam (wtf?) next week, and a major project due tomorrow that...
