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		<title>Departing from my normal practice</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I usually avoid discussing politics because it&#8217;s a great way to accentuate points of contention with people when anyone who likes to get things done knows we need to focus on what we have in common. But a recent incident where police were shown on video pepper spraying peaceful protesters has really been bugging me. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eating our own dog food</title>
		<link>http://alptown.com/blog/2009/08/12/eating-our-own-dog-food/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a huge believer in doing what you say others should be doing. Libraries are dedicated to open access to information. I think that&#8217;s a very good thing because when information is withheld, enormous amounts of energy are wasted duplicate efforts since everyone has to start from scratch. It really limits what you can accomplish. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why can&#8217;t we provide information the same way we provide other services?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the fact that people like libraries and say nice things about them, we&#8217;ve had our butts handed to us on a platter over the past few years. We position ourselves as information professionals. However, according to a report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project, people turn to the Internet, professionals (doctors, financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How not to treat customers</title>
		<link>http://alptown.com/blog/2008/06/21/how-not-to-treat-customers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve maintained my website with the same company for years. There are a lot of reasons I&#8217;ve been with this company, but the main ones are that they offer services I like, customer service has been excellent, and the value is good. This past week, I was unpleasantly surprised to find that my account was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What goes around comes around</title>
		<link>http://alptown.com/blog/2008/02/19/what-goes-around-comes-around/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>banerjek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that&#8217;s always made me nuts is how quick people can be to thwart others from doing anything new based on little more than vague fears. Recently, a school asked a university library where a colleague works if they could download catalog records. The school library was hoping to avoid manually keying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones</title>
		<link>http://alptown.com/blog/2008/01/11/those-who-live-in-glass-houses-should-not-throw-stones/</link>
		<comments>http://alptown.com/blog/2008/01/11/those-who-live-in-glass-houses-should-not-throw-stones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>banerjek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I learned that Google is expanding its digitization program to include newspapers. Apparently they&#8217;re contacting libraries and content providers to see what resources and partnership opportunities are available. You&#8217;d think this would be a good thing, but a colleague told me that it created a squawk where she works. Upon learning what Google was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Emperor has no clothes</title>
		<link>http://alptown.com/blog/2007/12/14/the-emperor-has-no-clothes/</link>
		<comments>http://alptown.com/blog/2007/12/14/the-emperor-has-no-clothes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>banerjek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, Dorothea Salo delivered a blistering critique of library-created institutional repositories. Her basic point is that our IR service model is driven by a failed ideology, we ignore peoples&#8217; real needs, our tools are hopeless, and we don&#8217;t deal with funding or other practical considerations in a realistic way. In addition, she charges us librarians [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Technology is making us crazy</title>
		<link>http://alptown.com/blog/2007/06/06/technology-is-making-us-crazy/</link>
		<comments>http://alptown.com/blog/2007/06/06/technology-is-making-us-crazy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 21:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>banerjek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never thought Californians are totally normal, so when I saw lots of middle aged women shouting into the air (i.e. not directing their comments towards any visible humans) during a trip to San Jose a few weeks ago, I wasn&#8217;t surprised. It occurred to me that while most people would had regarded such behavior [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secrets in the age of information overload</title>
		<link>http://alptown.com/blog/2007/05/03/secrets-in-the-age-of-information-overload/</link>
		<comments>http://alptown.com/blog/2007/05/03/secrets-in-the-age-of-information-overload/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 22:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>banerjek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One thing that I&#8217;ve always found strange about living in the information age is how little most of us know about anything. Sure, we get bombarded around the clock about the personal lives of movie stars and ramblings of pundits, but getting useful information is another matter entirely. Right now, I&#8217;m thinking about Google&#8217;s nondisclosure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Communication, vanity, and reality</title>
		<link>http://alptown.com/blog/2006/12/02/communication-vanity-and-reality/</link>
		<comments>http://alptown.com/blog/2006/12/02/communication-vanity-and-reality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Dec 2006 16:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>banerjek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Comments I&#8217;ve received about what I post here have gotten me thinking about why people create or read blogs. My best guess is that it&#8217;s because people are naturally curious and like to know about each other. The internet allows people to constantly be in touch, but it&#8217;s impractical for everyone to actually be yakking [...]]]></description>
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