Greint Report for May 21. Paul Kelly I began writing to Paul Kelly about 7 years ago. He had occasional columns in Circus Report, a trade magazine of the industry. He wrote of his and his family’s experiences, and always ended with a request for …
One of the big issues in the events at Bunkerville Nevada was the water rights of the Bundy family. Here is how you can do your own research on who has a permit to use surface or groundwater in the state, and some details on …
In 1988, Mary and I purchased a little nativity scene at a market in Mexico City. The figurines are all about an inch tall, and the set has become something we absolutely need to put out every year. It contains the usual shepherds, sheep, cow …
When my local public library to an online catalog from a company called Bibliocommons, it now requires library users who want to place a book on hold to register with that company, which then keeps track of everything they have checked out. This is a …
“Discovery Tools” were being pushed for libraries as being better than a traditional online catalog because they could incorporate websites and magazine articles into the search. What sounds good turned out to be a mess, and academic libraries in particular saw big declines in library …
How Does Switching to a Discovery Tool Affect Circulation? Read More
This is a book that for every day of the year gives an incident or two on something that happened on Minnesota that day of the year. It was serialized by the Minneapolis Star Tribune every day of 2002. It was the best-selling book of …
Shortly after President George W Bush launched the second war on Iraq (2003), which was officially done to remove Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. At almost the same time, an article titled “Why We Didn’t Remove Saddam” written by his father, President George H.W. Bush and …
“Diversity and the MLS” was written for Library Journal in 2008. It argues that one of the major reasons few people of color become librarians is the expense of obtaining the Masters of Library Science degree that almost all professional jobs require. Library Journal told …
“What not to buy” is an academic study that resulted from a short sabbatical. Since many books in academic libraries are never used, I wanted to see if those books shared characteristics that buyers could keep an eye out for and only purchase carefully, saving …
What Not to Buy: How to Identify Books Likely to be Unused Before Purchase Read More
After retiring, I wanted an activity that would keep me on the streets. Since the Covid plague coincided with my departure from the workplace, a lot of volunteer activities shut down. Retired people are a big part of the volunteer workforce, and many of them …
Adventures in Volunteering, Part II. Meals on Wheels. Read More
