by KimBoo York | Apr 17, 2012 | Information Science, Observations and Opinions
I recently attended a small day-long symposium put on by FSU’s Center for Everyday Writing (doesn’t have a web presence yet, but will soon), and even presented on the topic of “Curating Archives” along with my colleague Ben Yadon. The event was archives-centric, in...
by KimBoo York | Apr 15, 2012 | Observations and Opinions, Information Science
I’m a perfectionist. One reason I don’t update this blog often enough to be interesting is that I loathe the idea of posting something that isn’t well thought out, perfectly constructed, footnoted and with references. I’m changing that habit because the point...
by KimBoo York | Feb 6, 2012 | Information Science
This entry is part [part not set] of 9 in the series The MLS Project“Evidence shows that the MLS Project has been costly, has created confusion outside librarianship and polarization within, and has met some but not all of its objectives. The same complaints from...
by KimBoo York | Feb 3, 2012 | Information Science, From the archives
In archival class this week, we had a whole evening devoted to collection “appraisal”, which in the jargon does not mean deciding how much something costs, but whether a collection is worth keeping. Yes, archivists throw things away. I know, it’s a shocking thought,...
by KimBoo York | Jan 30, 2012 | Information Science
This entry is part [part not set] of 9 in the series The MLS Project“In [MLS advocates’] approach to professionalism, they have confused two issues: whether librarianship is a profession, which is a factual question, and whether it ought to be a profession, which is a...
by KimBoo York | Jan 24, 2012 | Information Science
I am pissed off. And I am pissed off because it is pretty clear that most of my colleagues have been completely brainwashed. Everyone on the debate about SOPA and now the file sharing sites lockdown always qualify their support with “Well I don’t support piracy,...
