What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate. The economy is still in the throes of recovery, true, but the near continuous drop in library expenditures – over TWENTY FIVE years – implies librarians are doing more with less. Or perhaps they’re just doing less. Or maybe they’re just doing the same thing they’ve [...]
Archive | February, 2012
For The DC Snow That Never Was
According to the Capital Weather Gang ( @CapitalWeather on Twitter ), “DC’s 2″ of snow to date [is] just 17% of its average of about 1 foot”. I’m not complaining!
Towards A Sociology Of Economic Arrogance And Ignorance
Though I’m no longer affiliated with any academic institution that provides access to a variety of scholarly/academic journals, I’m still a curious pseudointellectual capable of AND interested in reading a variety of academic journals. What I can’t do is pay $36.00 for access to an individual journal article. Or $167.00 for permanent access to an [...]
Look, It’s A Ball Of Yarn
Is it just me, or was there a lot more of this – knitting and crocheting – on the Metro a few years ago?
A Suit And A Tie, Nope
It’s been four years! Four years since I stopped commuting to the Farragut North Metro stop during rush hour to walk to my downtown DC job. I left that job to travel, and upon returning, I eventually scored a job in Northern Virginia. I did not feel any guilt about abandoning Farragut North as a [...]
So What If It’s The End Of Academic Library Circulation?
Anecdotal evidence and intuition – at least from my perspective – suggests that the utility of a book as a container of information is rapidly decreasing. Personally, I go digital whenever possible. It’s convenient, often freely accessible, and the information is much easier to manipulate. And so, after reading an article entitled, “The End Of [...]