Tuesday, June 19, 2007

At the end of the day, you've given 110%

An article from the UK paper The Telegraph about infuriating phrases.

"I hear what you're saying." The point was to pack the most clichés
into a single stretch of prose. So let me run this by you. After all,
it's not rocket science...

Monday, June 18, 2007

User Services Blogging

Each day in the news we hear about a huge variety of topics, each of which could be used as "Hot Topics" feature on a library or reference blog. For example, NPR has "Science Fridays" feature which discusses the science behind current events. With a little work, librarians could perform some quick research to find supplemental materials on the subject of the latest topic. It could be a current awareness service or a way to show off our collections to patrons.