Thanks to copy-cataloging, small errors now get reproduced worldwide. Here’s a helpful list of Typographical Errors in Library Databases and its new companion More Typographical Errors in Library Databases to help you track down errors in your own catalog. As an informal note, these librarians mention that the most misspelled word on the Internet seems to be information.
Category: ‘puters
accessible websites
I have been working on a library website redesign lately at work. It’s different designing for a more rural and less online population. You need to underline links and have much clearer navigation than you would in, say, Seattle. I have been reading up on the habits of the barely-online. In 2000, half of all adults in the US were not online. As of this month, that number is now 63%.
click on “librarian”
If you like goofy flash animation, click on “librarian“. [thanks simon]
e-rate undergoing some changes
The FCC has made some changes to the e-rate program to prohibit schools from buying computers cheaply and selling them to wealthier schools to make a profit. You can read about it on their website but you’ll need Word or Acrobat.
cartoon
Do you think you’d really like it if your library were more like Amazon.com?[thanks rus]