The Palo Alto City Library is currently running a 5 program series called Help for Job Seekers. Every program is unique and it tackles a few modern tools to give you the edge in looking for a job. The kick off program was held Oct 20 on looking for the right employer using one of [...]
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Job Seekers series
Nov 1
Dracula in FRBR terms
Sep 10
The topic of my LIBR 2249 class for the first week of the Fall semester was the future of cataloging. We had an Elluminate session wherein the class learned about future trends in cataloging like RDA and FRBR. RDA stands for Resource Description and Access, while FRBR (pronounced ferber) stands for Functional Requirements for Bibliographic [...]
Share, reuse, and remix
Aug 29
Here are several short videos explaining the Creative Commons concept.
San Mateo Public Library
Aug 6
The San Mateo Public Library Main branch is a three-story building with two levels of underground parking that sits on a 90,000 sq ft. area located at 55 W 3rd Avenue in San Mateo, CA. The new building was opened to the public last August 27, 2006, funded by a 30 million dollar bond measure. [...]
Tweeting history
Aug 6
Tweets from the beyond: John Quincy Adams Twittering
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The article linked above is written by Sharon Gaudin for Computerworld. It is about the Massachusetts Historical Society opening an account today on Twitter under the name of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States. The MHS will start tweeting JQA’s journal entries [...]
College Terrace Library
Jul 20
College Terrace Library
2300 Wellesley St. Palo Alto, CA 94306.
The College Terrace Library is part of the Palo Alto City Library system. The library closed last week to undergo a 14-month renovation to upgrade its HVAC and electrical system, perform seismic reinforcements, and make the aisle wheelchair accessible. Here are a couple of pictures of [...]
Back from a hiatus
Jul 19
It has been awhile since I updated The Library Geek. Initially, I wanted to move my blog into Drupal and convert it into a CMS, or a one-stop shop offering everything I can think of. However, even though I like Drupal a lot, I just keep hitting road bumps in realizing what I envisioned in [...]
