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TechEssence has an interesting topic on Librarians and technical projects. The article itself sounds interesting and well thought out, but the article was purposefully vague. Technology or technical projects can take up an enormously broad range of qualities and specifications, and I believe they were simply realizing there's a barrier with many librarians when it comes to anything technical, or technology related.

Now, what about those of us with the job of, oh...completely revamping a website and having all the staff who know about web-related things but don't understand the complexity in creating them. They know enough to be dangerous, but I'm not entirely sure I can educate them on exactly all the work that goes in to it -- and I am the only one behind the web development, web server control, etc...plus I run around helping people clear out their junk/bulk mail folders. So, perhaps there's more problem here than meets the eye, but...this seems like the article assumes or presumes there's a team behind all of this, not just a single person with a team of people coming at him or her.

Oh, the article really is well written. You should go read it and see what you get from it as it can be useful for any organization, not just libraries but any team with non-technically minded individuals.

Posted by Brendon Kozlowski

Well, I guess I was too hopeful that my previous entry would be enjoyed by others. However, as promised, I would share my Firefox extensions that I also use at work. These are my Firefox plugins, alphabetized, that I find to be "essential" to my work, at work. I do not use any non-default or customized themes.

Continue reading ""Essential" Firefox Plugins"

Posted by Brendon Kozlowski

I usually love to tell everyone about all of the cool things I find on the internet, whether it be from other people, other (professional or other) websites, or just accidental browsing treasures. Recently at work, it came time to reformat my computer. I had replaced and swapped drives on two separate occasions, added more memory, noticed a corruption after an install (about a year ago), and yet was still using the exact same install that I began with when I started work there. I was unwilling to give up my applications. You have to love Belarc's reporting functionality, alongside a secondary drive that's used only for downloading hard-to-find applications.

Well, while I was completing my backup process and jotting down notes as to what applications I would need (and then remembering more during the reinstall process), I thought I would share with everyone the applications that I find I require (both retail and open source). I may not use them on a day to day basis (misleading article title!), but I do use them all quite often.

Continue reading "Required Applications for Everyday Work"

Posted by Brendon Kozlowski