What are some of the best Science (or more specifically Bioscience/natural resources) Blogs?
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posted by rockindata
on Aug 12, 2010 -
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I have many books - several thousand. I may soon be moving to a house with more limited space. I'm considering scanning all the books, and then destroying them or putting them into storage. Is this feasible? What hardware and software would I need? Has anyone done this already, and are there any internet resources to help with this?
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posted by siskin
on Aug 11, 2010 -
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I have a large collection of digital music, movies, and TV shows that I am adding to on a regular basis. I would like to come up with a way to create a nicely formatted list of all of this media on a scheduled basis and publish this for others to view. Please Help!
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posted by drgonzo2k2
on Aug 6, 2010 -
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What are potential career options for an MLIS graduate interested in using language and translation skills on the job as well? I am a 21-year-old undergraduate student who will be graduating one quarter early in March 2011. This summer I'm applying to the UW's iSchool MLIS program and hope to start Autumn Quarter 2011. I am very interested in traditional library work, but in the last couple years I have worked hard to learn Spanish. I'm currently training to be a Spanish-English translator and interpreter as well, as this will help pay for my MLIS degree. I would really love a career that could incorporate my growing interests in linguistics and translation, as well as my interests in the research and service-oriented aspects of librarianship. Any suggestions? I know the State Department has some positions that would incorporate all these skills, and I'm looking for other options, too.
posted by wansac
on Aug 3, 2010 -
14 answers
I am about to enter my Master of Library & Information Science and I am curious to know which areas are of most value when it comes to employment in Library & Information Sciences? Which ones will make me more competitive in the current (Canadian) job market?
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posted by angelaas525
on Jul 28, 2010 -
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Cannot find periodicals in the library. I am trying to find two reports by
A.M. Best: "Whole Life: With Dividend Histories" and "1997 Historical Supplement: 10- and 20-Year Whole Life Dividend Performance" as recommended in this
LA Times article. Contrary to the article, my library does not appear to stock these. Are there any sources I am overlooking?
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posted by NailsTheCat
on Jul 26, 2010 -
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Plant/Computers Filter: What's the best way to create an easily searchable digital database/library? Any program recommendations?
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posted by pulled_levers
on Jul 2, 2010 -
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Where would one get copies of evidence presented in a U.S. congressional hearing? Difficulty: 1940s.
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posted by AzraelBrown
on Jul 1, 2010 -
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I'm trying to brainstorm real or fictional examples of some government or person in power trying to change or hide historical information by erasing, changing, or withholding items from a library or archive.
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posted by GPF
on Jun 2, 2010 -
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Records about nuclear test series -- Operation WIGWAM and HARDTACK I. Willing to trade....
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posted by cgs06
on Jun 1, 2010 -
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Librarians? Anyone? I'm looking for information on describing and/or predicting cat personality characteristics. I've been trying to find a library (or otherwise borrowable) copy of the
ASPCA's "Meet Your Match Feline-ality guide" somewhere, or science/research/articles about it. No hits in WorldCat. Is it hopeless?
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posted by amtho
on May 30, 2010 -
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Does anyone know of other online-only digital information management certificate programs similar to the one
offered by the University of Arizona? I already have an MLIS, so I'm not interested in another Master's unless it's very in-depth and in a different field.
posted by jrdixey
on May 26, 2010 -
2 answers
My public library system is preparing for massive layoffs; how can I transfer my librarian skillset -- research, customer service, computers -- into a new career?
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posted by Jeanne
on May 24, 2010 -
12 answers
If you were creating a "work mix" of public background music on Pandora or Last.fm or Slacker for a laid back, progressive retail environment, what artists would you include?
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posted by netbros
on May 17, 2010 -
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I would like to read a copy of every Forbes magazine ever published. Where can I find a collection of them?
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posted by Mjolnir
on May 11, 2010 -
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What are your top five items for an adult graphic novel collection in a public library? Our system is looking at the possibility of creating a new section for adult graphic novels (right now we have the majority of them in YA, and the remainder interfiled through non-fic), and I was asked my opinion on new titles that we could buy to fill out the ranks.
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posted by codacorolla
on Apr 14, 2010 -
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Would any IT / library people out there have any suggestions for troubleshooting our (old!) Epson TM T88III thermal receipt printers? We can't get them to work with the new computers...
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posted by coollibrarian
on Apr 6, 2010 -
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I am a new reference librarian (but have been out of school for 3 years...yes, I drifted a bit). I was wondering if any MeFites, librarian or otherwise, could recommend some sites that would help me be a better librarian, specifically sites on librarianship. I have found some on my own but respect the metafilter input. Thanks for your time.
posted by snap_dragon
on Mar 15, 2010 -
11 answers
CBC Radio had a program on an old Quebec library (I think - in Montreal) - that dates from the 1800's and is supposed to be absolutely stunning. Something that people would envision being right out of Harry Potter. Unfortunately - I could not make out the name of the Library - and lot's of googling has come up with nothing. Does anyone here know if the Library in question?
posted by helmutdog
on Mar 14, 2010 -
10 answers
I have a bookshelf covered (on the front) with a flat surface). I would like to cover this flat surface with photographs of the bookshelf (minus the cover) with books in it. I'm hoping for a trompe l'oiel type effect so it looks like a bookshelf with books. Three questions:
1. How do I work out the angles/math etc. of the photographs
2. What light should I take the pictures in?
3. Is it ok (and how to) take the call numbers off of library books and replace them before returning the books?
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posted by If only I had a penguin...
on Mar 14, 2010 -
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Is there any way to access the awesome
Early English Books Online database without being tied to a university? Is there a private library or an online service I can join?
posted by Yakuman
on Mar 5, 2010 -
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Personal Library Filter: Over the last couple of years, I've been helping an elderly couple with their massive book collection. After a lot of searching, I ended up finding BookCAT which seemed to be great. But these people really want to have lots of print-outs. (The husband does not use the computer at all.) BookCAT is way too complicated for even me in this regard. What else is there?
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posted by sio42
on Feb 26, 2010 -
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What's the best way to update a small library, as in cataloging the books and having a way to check them out?
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posted by peripatew
on Feb 9, 2010 -
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My local library's big fund raising event benefits the children's section, helping to purchase books for a well-loved and heavily used part of the collection. Help me set the scene with bookish decorations.
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posted by MonkeyToes
on Feb 9, 2010 -
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How can I determine Lexile or grade reading levels for juvenile nonfiction items that are out of print?
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posted by bad grammar
on Jan 28, 2010 -
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Help a newbie volunteer make sense of a large, unorganised pile of books, most of which aren't even in English.
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posted by Tamanna
on Jan 27, 2010 -
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Where can I buy an outdoor steel or plastic collection box? The purpose would be to collect returns or book donations to the library.
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posted by christopherbdnk
on Jan 14, 2010 -
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I'm looking for software to create a database of the CDs at a community radio station.
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posted by dunkadunc
on Jan 12, 2010 -
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Where can I find a Javascript or PHP library that can generate cardiovascular risk scores based on Framingham or other established models?
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posted by greatgefilte
on Jan 7, 2010 -
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EntomologyFilter - Help a librarian out of his depth find a better plan of attack on some specific insect-related searching. I need to know if terminology exists for what I need to find.
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posted by Decimask
on Jan 7, 2010 -
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I want to put my itunes library on a shared drive or NAS. I have 2 spare older laptops and was hoping to connect external drives to them and share them. But I have some (a lot of) songs that have filenames not in english. Some are unicode and some are big5 (an asian character encoding). I also want to be able to admin my itunes from windows and mac os or maybe just mac os.
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posted by brinks
on Jan 3, 2010 -
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How can I organize offline pdfs on windows so that they're easy to find offline using a standard browser? In a perfect world, it would be like delicious, but for pdfs. Tags, sortable by tags, compact display. Endnote and Wordpress are the available tools.
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posted by furious
on Dec 20, 2009 -
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What online quizzes or tools do you know of that train people in the dark arts of LOC call number sorting and shelving?
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posted by wowbobwow
on Dec 11, 2009 -
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My local library is ditching VHS -- in one swell foop. They're going to sell the inventory next month. What should I salvage?
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posted by dhartung
on Dec 4, 2009 -
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