What is “Metadata”? The NSA’s PRISM Scandal Makes an Obscure Term Common
In case you hadn’t heard, the United States’ National Security Agency (NSA) has been gathering metadata from U.S. domestic communications about U.S. citizens and people world-wide, without a specific...
View ArticleDumb Ways to Die, Via Melbourne, Australia’s Metro Trains
So, you want to make a Public Service Announcement (PSA) that will deter the public from engaging in activities that may cause bodily harm, if not death, around trains. How do you do this? If you are...
View ArticleWhat Does the U.S. Confederate Rebel Yell Sound Like?
What famous parts of history have librarians documented and placed online, that, prior to the Internet and digital libraries, were obscure and difficult to access for the average person? One example is...
View ArticleA Brief History of the 4th of July/Independence Day
How can you convey the history behind a national holiday in a way that is engaging and fun, both to children and adults? If you are Schoolhouse Rock, you teach this information via animation and catchy...
View ArticleHow Does the Internet Work?
It’s a basic question. You’ve used the Internet for years. You have to be using the World Wide Web over the Internet in order to read this blog. But do you really understand how the Internet works?...
View ArticleThe “Bullet Journal” : a New Time Organizing Method or a Recycled Idea?
I love organizing things. Ideas, notes, calendars, appointments, and tasks. You name it, I can organize it. I’m the queen of sticky notes and reminders. Thus, I’m always interested in finding a new and...
View ArticlePrudential: The Curious Secrets of a Long Life (Kind of)
the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but...
View ArticleWhy Digital Preservation is Important to **You**
If you ever want a cocktail party conversation killer, try announcing that you work in “digital preservation”. You can watch people’s eyes glaze over within a split second! Digital preservation does...
View ArticleHow Do Cultural and Intellectual Centers Re-locate Over Time?
Have you ever wondered why cities rise and fall, as do empires? “Charting Culture” is an animation that examines when and how “notable” people are born, stay or migrate, and where they die. Over 12,000...
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