News for paranoiacs
From Thursday's Globe & Mail: News for paranoiacs "“In Utah, the National Security Agency is building a $2-billion [U.S.] storage facility that will house and analyze all forms of electronic communication … a potential yottabyte of everyone's (formerly) personal data,” Gizmodo.com reports. “So how big is a yo

Peer-Based Return on Investment Calculator
Here's a great idea: Lbrary Research Service has provided this: Peer-Based Return on Investment Calculator (for public libraries) Try it out! And don't forget the November 17th open and free SirsiDynix Institute on ROI with Ulla de Stricker: We can count 'em...but do they count? Challenges in assessing ROI from information services Register Today. Stephen

Blended Online Education
Campus Technology website has an interesting summary of their webinar and some research: Most College Students To Take Classes Online by 2014 1. "Nearly 12 million post-secondary students in the United States take some or all of their classes online right now." 2. "This number will skyrocket to more than 22 million in the next five years, according to data released recently by research firm Ambient Insight." 3. "Some 1.25 million students in higher education programs take all of their classes online, while another 10.65 take

Life Stages Reflections
On Monday night I had a unique and exciting dinner. It was with two of my grade school librarians, Ms Baird and Ms Carter. I had been anticipating dinner with them for weeks. I was very excited. I hadn't seen them in about 37 years. You see, libraries saved my life. I was the nerdy, small (tiny actually - always the smallest boy in the class) kid who read. I didn't play sports at all. My social skills were a little off (and probably still are). That meant that playground bullying and beatings were the norm. That's part of the reason why I ended up in the school library. I was able to volunteer from grade 5 on with Mrs. Channen and that meant every day before and after s

iPhone Etiquette
Haven't we all seen all of these rules broken? From CIO.com Smartphone Etiquette: Five Unspoken Rules for the Holidays Rule 1: If you must text, head to the bathroom Rule 2: Thou must not use the iPhone during religious events Rule 3: Three's a crowd on a date Rule 4: Holiday parties are a time for socializing, not social networking Rule 5: Turn off your iPhone before it becomes a turn-off The article has some tongue in cheeky comments. Stephen