Quite recently, some good people at Carnegie Mellon have come up with two amusing virtual arcade games. Okay, no harm there. But the kicker? They’re library games; one focused on shelving accuracy, and the other focused on helping patrons with reference questions. Nerdy? Yes. Helpful with training green students? Maybe. I’m thinking of trying this [...]
Entries from October 2007
October 27, 2007
Thieves Have Field Day at Library of Congress
You could put it that way in the Washington Post article that outlines the disturbing statistics found: 13 percent of materials, or one sixth of the collection, is nowhere to be found at the Library of Congress. I’d say that’s something to be concerned about. Now that I’ve got a bit of an inside view [...]
