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Librarian: (1) A person who works in the data library and keeps track of the tapes and disks that are stored and logged out for use. Also known as a...; Full Librarian Definition >>

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I love Google...don't tell the librarian!: I love Google...don't tell the librarian!How about telling your librarian, "I love Google Scholar"?Google Scholar, great tool for legitimate research.Fair enough[i]I don’t think that her librarian is alone in her dislike of Google.[/i]That's fair. During school hours, firewall Google and direct all requests to the librarian. She doesn't...; Tags: Wiki, PRODUCTIVITY, librarian, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-02-13
I love Google...don't tell the librarian!: I'm taking a grad class right now in analysis and problem solving methods. At the moment, we're using Matlab to analyze .wav files and explore harmonics, series, and some very interesting trigonometry. An undergrad made the mistake of walking into the class to drop off materials for the...; Tags: Google Inc., Wikipedia, Librarian, Productivity, Wiki, Channel Management, Online Communications, Marketing, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-02-13
The Librarian (gg): The Librarian gadget helps you keep track of your books showing you cool stats and even helping you search or buy books you want to read. You can share the name of the book you're starting with your friends and even see what they're reading now. This version is the...; Tags: Librarian; Software downloads 2008-01-09
Edubuntu to the rescue again: I finally had a chance to meet with our new librarian today. After being without an actual librarian for so long, it was incredibly cool to talk with someone who knew something more about academic research than how to Google. She even has quite a vision for how...; Tags: Open Source, Server, Librarian, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2007-09-05
Library management software...open source or not?: I was actually given funding last spring to purchase new library management software. I got a quote from Follett, our current vendor (the software we have from them is badly outdated and sitting on an aging Windows NT server...it's time for a change) and was getting ready to move...; Tags: Software, Open Source, Librarian, Library Management Software, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2007-08-12

Bookstories (German) (exe): Are you crazy about books? Then it's up to you to embark into the amazing word challenge you have never seen before. Test your word-building skills combining letters on the grid and help a young librarian get back all books, which were lost during the cleaning. Manage with the task...; Tags: Librarian, Desktops, Hardware; Software downloads 2007-05-25
Bookstories (exe): Are you crazy about books? Then it's up to you to embark into the amazing word challenge you have never seen before. Test your word-building skills combining letters on the grid and help a young librarian get back all books, which were lost during the cleaning. Manage with the task...; Tags: Librarian, Desktops, Hardware; Software downloads 2007-04-28
Google vs. Microsoft: Do you want Google to be your 'librarian'?: Google vs. Microsoft: Do you want Google to be your 'librarian'?the things wrong with this article[b]The Things wrong with this article[/b][pre][/pre]1. It's posted by Donna Bogatin, who can't seem to write a fair word where google is concerned. Every article I've ever read by her is anti-google, with no amount...; Tags: INTERNET, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., librarian; Discussion threads 2006-10-03
Most reliable search tool could be your librarian: Most reliable search tool could be your librarianDuh?I think people already know this, but it is nice to have the point enforced. Hopefully at some point we will see those AI search engines work like the theories say the will.Trading one problem for anotherNow you just have to avoid librarians...; Tags: SEARCH, search tool, tool, librarian; Discussion threads 2006-09-29
Power Tab Librarian (zip): Power Tab Librarian is a tool used to catalogue your Power Tab guitar and bass tablature. The software scans user selected folders for Power Tab files, extracts the metadata (Title, Artist, Album) and places the information in a database where it can be easily searched and edited.; Tags: Metadata, Librarian, Power Tab Librarian, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Storage, Databases, Management, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Software downloads 2006-09-20
Better than Google? NYPL offers 'expert' search: Believe it or not, Google is not the final word in search engines. The New York Public Library's telephone reference service librarians have a much broader access to databases and can answer just about any question in under five minutes, reports the The New York Times According...; Tags: reference librarian, librarian; Blog posts 2006-07-05
Should librarians be the keeper of edtech? One blogger says yes, others disagree: Doug Johnson at the Blue Skunk Blog opines that K12 "library media specialists" formerly known as librarians are the best folks to manage education technology in K12 schools. His lists of reasons suggests a divide between schools' tech coordinators and educators. The librarian is essentially the diplomat...; Tags: Librarians, LMS; Blog posts 2006-02-24
gbCodeLib (exe): gbCodeLib is a full-featured, multi-language code librarian and powerful source code editor. gbCodeLib has an easy-to-use interface yet provides one of the largest feature sets of any code librarian available today. Over 1000 sample source code snippets, including language mini-tutorials, are included in the distribution. gbCodeLib and its snippets can...; Tags: Source Code, Snippet, Librarian, gbCodeLib; Software downloads 2005-06-07
Libraries take a hit from the legacy of Moore's Law: Libraries take a hit from the legacy of Moore's LawIts sadthat Libraries will be useless in the all-to-near future. If Google and Wikipedia can't give you anything and everything you ever wanted from a Library (except the "sushhh"), then go ahead and go there.Oh yeah, too bad thieves are...; Tags: Wiki, PRODUCTIVITY, SEARCH, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, librarian, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2005-04-18
Designing a Corporate Intranet: Most people know what the Internet is, and many use it both at home and at work. Another type of network that is less well known but is becoming more important in the business world is the intranet, which is a corporate information network. An intranet is similar to the...; Tags: Mindbridge, Corporate Intranet, Intranet, Librarian, Internet, Networking; White papers 2001-04-30

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Googlenomics, Shrugged: Come the morning of September 7, you'll probably go to the Google search box and find a fun-loving in-house artist has replaced the first "o" in the company name with a symbol that looks like a "1" and the second "o" with a slightly altered version...; Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Operational Accounting, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-06-20
Google vs. educational databases: Google vs. educational databasesGoogle vs. Educational Databases: Some CommentsINTERNET SEARCH TOOLS AND SERVICES :DATABASES :OPINIONS:Google vs. Educational Databases: Some CommentsThis post is a response to a discussion on ZDNet Education cited in thispost on Net-Gold:INTERNET SEARCH TOOLS AND SERVICES :DATABASES:Google vs. Educational DatabasesThere are a number of observations that can...; Tags: Storage, Databases, JStor, database, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-05-27
Google vs. educational databases: A fellow teacher asked me the other day as he was planning a research project for his class, "Which is better, Google, or one of the databases we subscribe to like JSTOR?" That's a pretty good question. Our librarian would certainly say...; Tags: Google Inc., Wiki, Storage, Databases, Online Communications, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-26
Brewster Kahle offers a cookbook for fighting security letters: Just talked to Brewster Kahle at the Internet Archive about their successful settlement with the FBI of a lawsuit over a National Security Letter. The FBI had demanded personal information on a user; the Archive replied with a lawsuit challenging the propriety of the NSL. As part of the settlement,...; Tags: Security, Electronic Frontier Foundation, FBI, Library, Brewster Kahle, Cookbook, National Security Letter, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Archive.org fights FBI demand for user info -- and wins: After a protracted battle with the FBI, the Internet Archive has won the retraction of what it says was an unconstitutional national security letter demanding personal information on an individual. Under the settlement with the FBI, Internet Archive Brewster Kahle as well as lawyers from the ACLU and EFF are...; Tags: FBI, NSL, Federal Government, Internet, Government, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-07