Carnival of the Infosciences No 8

Welcome, everyone to The Carnival of the Infosciences No 8. First of all, thanks to Mark for pointing out that our Infosciences carnival is now being tracked by blogcarnival.com. And without further ado, on to the submissions....


The Main Event
Our first submission this week comes from Travis Ennis who asks MLS/MIS student bloggers Why Do We Blog?. He's hoping to create a Carnival of student submissions. Should be good. In response, Joy Weese Moll has posted an updated list of MLS student bloggers

Joy has also posted about the comprehensive exam requirement at Mizzou's library school at Wanderings of a Student Librarian

Von Totanes, The Filipino Librarian recommends the 3-part Image is Everything from Zarah Gagatiga's School Librarian in Action: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3. As well, Von has contributed several great postings of his own including Sex In The Library (and no, it's not about what you're thinking....) and Ateneo's Rizal Library, about an example of effective library marketing. He's also started a series that recognizes Outstanding Librarians of the Year including Outstanding Librarian 2005: Milagros Santos-Ong

Christina Pikas recommends some great blog posts from the past week including Dave Pollard's The psychology of information, or why we don't share stuff on his how to save the world blog. (Pointed to by Carolyne). Christina also points to this past week's postings by SLA member, MLS and law student, Eli at Confessions of a Mad Librarian, particularly her commentary on UMich and the Google suit. Finally, she recommends Matthias Melcher's post: Detours in desktop applications

Are we just "the help" in the academy? Several posts from last week discuss this issue including Comrades-in-Arms: The Professor and the Librarian by Rochelle Mazar at Random Access Mazar and Joining The Club by Dorothea Salo at Caveat Lector. Mark Lindner at ...the thoughts are broken... adds his own comments in The Professor and the Librarian. (Thanks also to Mark for recommending the other two posts).


Ringmasters’ Picks
Blake at LISNews says that 99% of the stuff on the Internet is trash and gives ideas on how to keep it from growing to 100% in 10 ways to Make The Internet A Better Place

Angel, The Gypsy Librarian offers Some Thoughts on Leadership

The Krafty Librarian examines several websites aimed at determine a library's worth in What is the Library's Value

Stephen Abram has also released Part 2 of his 32 Tips to Inspire Innovation for You and Your Library. Part 1 is available here.


Past Carnivals:
Carnival of the Infosciences No 1 at Open Stacks
Carnival of the Infosciences No 2 at Open Stacks
Carnival of the Infosciences No 3 at Wanderings of a Student Librarian
Carnival of the Infosciences No 4 at lis.dom
Carnival of the Infosciences No 5 at Christina’s LIS Rant
Carnival of the Infosciences No 6 at …the thoughts are broken…
Carnival of the Infosciences No 7 at Mike’s Musings


Future Carnivals:
Update: Mark at ...the thoughts are broken... has agreed to host Carnival No 9. Send your submissions to mark dot lindner at insightbb dot com.

Carnival No 10 will be hosted by Jane at A Wandering Eyre. Send your submissions to wanderingeyre [at] yahoo [dot] com.

Hosting schedule

If you would like to host a future Carnival, please contact Greg and let him know. Carnival submission and hosting guidelines can be found here.