Joyce Valenza’s Neverending Search

I am guilty of frequent blog neglect. I mean to share, to document, to contribute, but deadlines, not nearly as fun, get in my way. Here’s the latest excuse. Little did I know when I began the doctoral adventure that I’d also be joining the scientific poster culture. Our UNT SLIS cohort is now hard [...]

Back in high school I poured my poetry, my “art,” and my reflections into a marble covered notebook. I am the kind of adult who blogs and I would have been the kind of kid who blogged.  On November 2, the Pew Internet & American Life Project released another in its series of Internet pulse-taking [...]

Last week I followed the news about Amazon’s (and perhaps, Google’s) plan to sell book content to searchers by section by section or page by page.  http://business.bostonherald.com/technologyNews/view.bg?articleid=110321 The blogosphere appeared to rock with predictions regarding the future of libraries.  I worry too.  I worry mostly about equity.  My students will likely be able to buy their information just as they [...]

My daughter, Emily, just turned me onto a new avatar maker– http://www.tektek.org/dream Take a look at the new mini-me!   The hair is appropriately messy, but the site offered no curly options.  Love the shoes!