DADA and library theory

there is much to be gained by realizing that library literature offers many charts which offer no illustration of the text they are supposed to explain or clarify. by their very nature, charts are in form at least supposed to explain. after visiting the traveling dada exhibit recently at moma i decided that schwitters's collages offer far more in the way of elucidation than the figures and diagrams that appeared in their embarrassingly small 4 to 6 point fonts throughout library literature. much more will be written about the manifestos of library theory some other time. after all, i am in search of my own place in librarianship. swamped by lots of information. i must sort through thousands if not hundreds of thousands of characters every day. dayenu. tomorrow i continue reading in hebrew. my wednesday grounding.

Bookselling This Week: The Book Sense 2006 - 2007 Reading Group Picks

One of the most useful lists for book lovers came out recently. Come here to see it anytime. Bookselling This Week: The Book Sense 2006 - 2007 Reading Group Picks

"Feed Me, Seymour," or the confusion of RSS

Why does everyone think syndication (RSS by any other name??) is so simple to understand and install? The confusion begins with the choices. How many companies are offering RSS, and what are their differences? After you choose one, how do you remember how or where you installed it -- just in case you change your mind.
RSS looks like hypertext but it seems to have a really important function -- you can get the latest "feed" to the latest news from wherevever you choose, say, Moldova, if you connect to an information source that links to that information.
Next time, the cosmotechnicomical names of your sources.