irony

“incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result” –Merriam-Webster online

practical example: the OPEN Government Act of 2007 cannot be scheduled for a vote due to a secret hold.

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are you a colourlover?

i came across an inventive website a while ago called “colourlovers”. it’s an interactive space where people that work with or enjoy thinking about color can write about it. it’s creative as well, and allows registered users (lovers?) to create their own color palettes, which users can then name. i grabbed an rss feed from them and find that i keep saving the postings in my bloglines account so that i can think about them over time.

here’s a link to their site, to someone’s thoughts on color in philadelphia, appropriate for us medical librarians that are just back from that city for the annual conference.

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is our cd/dvd collection worth all this? a cost-per-use analysis of accompanying materials

i presented some research results during a poster session at the recent medical library association conference in philadelphia. mla has linked to a pdf of the poster: http://www.mlanet.org/am/am2007/e-present/20070520_03_kennedy.pdf

poster title: is our cd/dvd collection worth all this? a cost-per-use analysis of accompanying materials.

those viewing the poster seemed very interested in the decision tree we developed to help us determine if we could keep the cd/dvd in the text, based on the language of the license agreement. you can see a tiny version of the decision tree on the pdf, but may be interested in viewing it in the context of the research design and results in an upcoming publication in the journal of academic librarianship, september 2007.

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