- Recover a missing or deleted file
- Recover files from a dead or dying hard drive
Records managers - are you reading this?!? Click on blog title for entire article.
9/29/07
How to Recover (Almost) Anything
Cool, informative lil' piece. Talks about:
Game On: A Real Alternative To iTunes
Although I worship the iPod and iTunes, this definitely has my attention:
Click on blog title for entire article.
It may have taken Amazon a few years, but they got it right: their new music store is DRM free and songs, starting at $0.89/track, are cheaper than at Apple’s iTunes. The top 100 best-selling albums are priced no higher than $8.99.
Click on blog title for entire article.
Studies: Children obese due to a host of unhealthy pressures
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Unhealthy options and pressures influence nearly every part of children’s daily lives, according to studies released this week in a special supplement of the American Journal of Preventative Medicine.
The national studies, which include work conducted at the University of Michigan, reveal that, in most middle and high schools across the nation, contracts with soft drink bottling companies give students easy access to sugary beverages.
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The national studies, which include work conducted at the University of Michigan, reveal that, in most middle and high schools across the nation, contracts with soft drink bottling companies give students easy access to sugary beverages.
Click on the blog title to read the entire article.
9/17/07
A Taste of the "D"
This is going to be way sweet. Join me for some suds and bubbles? It is sponsored by the Detroit Historical Society. Nice. Click on the flyer to the left to enlarge.
9/12/07
Plan for Digitizing Archival Materials for Public Access, 2007-2016
I've been waiting for this and it has been delivered just as promised. I was really trying to keep the National Archives and Records Administration plans on electronic material on my radar. I knew that they'd have a first phase out this fall and...tah-dah! Here it is. And, they want to hear from YOU!!! This is big, I mean, how often do the Feds give a crap what we think?
Click on the DRAFT to view all 25 pages.
Then, MAKE YOUR VOICE MATTER by sending the NARA your thoughts. Is the plan thorough? What do you feel is missing? What are the plan's strong points? Did you learn anything from the plan? Etc...
Why should you care? Cause this is OUR livelihood, as Americans, as a younger generation, as preservationists in our own rights, as people who appreciate education through direct learning. The past will help guide us into the future. History repeats itself all the time and this draft may (or may not) help us access that history. Speak your mind.
Click on the DRAFT to view all 25 pages.
Then, MAKE YOUR VOICE MATTER by sending the NARA your thoughts. Is the plan thorough? What do you feel is missing? What are the plan's strong points? Did you learn anything from the plan? Etc...
Why should you care? Cause this is OUR livelihood, as Americans, as a younger generation, as preservationists in our own rights, as people who appreciate education through direct learning. The past will help guide us into the future. History repeats itself all the time and this draft may (or may not) help us access that history. Speak your mind.
9/11/07
Silly human tapestry
In yet another research endeavor, I found some pretty strange titles for various community segments. I was researching Southfield's demographics and found people labeled as "Milk and Cookies," "In style," "Salt of the Earth," and "Midland." These are just 4 of 65 difference groupings. The "tapestry" is quite interesting because random things just come up under certain groups.
For example, apparently if you are a "Boomburb" (#04) you are more likely to read airline magazines. If you are under "Main Street, USA" (#24) you are likely to watch 7th Heaven. "NeWest" residents (#58) like to listen to Hispanic music. There's a whole bunch.
You can look at the poster, which isn't quite as wordy, HERE.
You can view the entire PDF manual in all it's glory HERE.
I looked through all of these things and thought Mr. Man and I fit best in segment #39, Young and Restless. Where do you fit in???
For example, apparently if you are a "Boomburb" (#04) you are more likely to read airline magazines. If you are under "Main Street, USA" (#24) you are likely to watch 7th Heaven. "NeWest" residents (#58) like to listen to Hispanic music. There's a whole bunch.
You can look at the poster, which isn't quite as wordy, HERE.
You can view the entire PDF manual in all it's glory HERE.
I looked through all of these things and thought Mr. Man and I fit best in segment #39, Young and Restless. Where do you fit in???
9/5/07
On September 10, Librarians Will Be a Presence on Answer Sites
This is definitely cool. I'm a little late, but I'm in. You in?
On September 10, Librarians Will Be a Presence on Answer Sites
Lynn Blumenstein -- Library Journal, 8/31/2007
On September 10, librarians are asked to “Slam the Boards!” by visiting online "answer sites" such as Yahoo! Answers, Ask MetaFilter, Wikipedia Reference Desk, or Amazon's Askville, fielding as many questions as possible, and making it clear that the service was provided by a librarian. What began as a word-of-mouth idea has grown into an international effort, as librarians from the U.K., New Zealand, and beyond have joined the grass-roots effort in the U.S. to raise the profile of librarians and libraries that offer virtual reference services by doing what libraries do best—providing answers from authoritative resources.
9/2/07
Professional Inspiration
Although I have promised myself that I would keep this blog as non-personal as possible, I went on a journey these last few days that simply could not be put into a technical, cut-and-dry synopsis. It was so much more.
On Wednesday, myself and my dear friends from school, Ronee and Jennifer, set off for Chicago. The Society of American Archivists Annual Conference awaited us there. It was all our first and certainly not our last.
I cannot speak for what anyone else was at the conference for, but the place offered so much to so many, from a Career Workshop, to top-notch sessions, to a glorious reception with booze and yummy eats. I went there for inspiration.
Going in, I felt that I was slowly going into exile as far as the archival profession was concerned. Granted, I'm working on a digitization project at Southfield Public Library, but I felt that I was really wrapping myself more in library work than archival.
Further, I have a directed study as my last course about archival education. About two weeks ago, I started having doubts and thought it'd be best if I just took a regular class and be done with it.
After this conference, both of those last two paragraphs are insignificant. I am ready to get knee-deep in the digitization project and introduce some useful tools. I want to develop our backend capability with the Archivists' Toolkit and begin creating a prototype for a searchable interface for patrons. I want to create a website with a bunch of my own things (resume, blog links, etc) and also for a survey to get my research going. I feel that what I've seen at the conference these last two days (incredible sessions, by the way) that my initial hypothesis is looking like it's on the right track.
I won't blather on (yet). But it is safe to say that I am inspired. I have turned from exile and am returning to the archival promised land. And it's all thanks to Sweet Home Chicago.
On Wednesday, myself and my dear friends from school, Ronee and Jennifer, set off for Chicago. The Society of American Archivists Annual Conference awaited us there. It was all our first and certainly not our last.
I cannot speak for what anyone else was at the conference for, but the place offered so much to so many, from a Career Workshop, to top-notch sessions, to a glorious reception with booze and yummy eats. I went there for inspiration.
Going in, I felt that I was slowly going into exile as far as the archival profession was concerned. Granted, I'm working on a digitization project at Southfield Public Library, but I felt that I was really wrapping myself more in library work than archival.
Further, I have a directed study as my last course about archival education. About two weeks ago, I started having doubts and thought it'd be best if I just took a regular class and be done with it.
After this conference, both of those last two paragraphs are insignificant. I am ready to get knee-deep in the digitization project and introduce some useful tools. I want to develop our backend capability with the Archivists' Toolkit and begin creating a prototype for a searchable interface for patrons. I want to create a website with a bunch of my own things (resume, blog links, etc) and also for a survey to get my research going. I feel that what I've seen at the conference these last two days (incredible sessions, by the way) that my initial hypothesis is looking like it's on the right track.
I won't blather on (yet). But it is safe to say that I am inspired. I have turned from exile and am returning to the archival promised land. And it's all thanks to Sweet Home Chicago.
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