Thursday, November 21, 2002

On the Archive of a Life: "Microsoft plans online life archive. Microsoft researchers are working to create an electronic store for all your memories that could be as easy to search as Google. [BBC News | TECHNOLOGY]" Libraries and archives may want to begin considering how they would store such life archives and how much access they will allow reseachers to these treasure troves of biographical information.  These kinds of digital life archives may be in production soon especially as storage prices come down. 2:13:08 PM

On the Recruitment front: LISNews has this (Librarian shortage hits home [LISNews.com]) and other stories about the current shortage of librarians being experienced by libraries across the country. 2:00:36 PM

Virtual Reference Desk Conference 2002: Did you miss the VRD Conference?  Well, some of the presentations are now available on the VRD Conference website. 1:41:35 PM

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