Confessions of a Mad Librarian

This blog is not dead yet ... it was just resting its eyes. It feels fine. It feels happy.

Last week at the news library was about learning ... and one thing made it into my thickened cranium the hard way: I learned that Factiva does not have everything.

Mind you, I knew this objectively, somewhere in the recesses of my online searching training. But when push came to shove, I flubbed a search because I assumed that when I didn't find the needed articles that it was because I was searching incorrectly. Well, no ... but I didn't cut my losses and ask, "What other tool(s) can I use to find this?" Then again, this is what I travelled some 3,000-odd miles to learn, so this is okay.

The 2004 IRE meeting starts Thursday, and while I certainly won't be at the whole, or even large sections, of the conference, I should get in on a couple of sessions. I may take my iBook to write notes, but I don't plan on blogging the sessions because my notes will be an absolute mess.

In other news ... I've not been keeping up with other news. I hope to get back into the flow of keeping up with the library world over the next couple of weeks, before ALA Orlando. Speaking of which, colour me disappointed that Jessamyn won't make it to Orlando. I only talked with her briefly in San Diego in January, and I had hoped to get to know her a bit better this time around and be less fan-girlish. Oh well.

P.S. --> I still can't find Transmet 9! I found the first graphic novel I've ever checked out from a library (a benefit compilation about HIV/AIDS from the late 1980s called "Strip AIDS USA") but I still can't find the penultimate volume of Spider Jerusalem's adventures. I think I may just wait until I get home and if my favourite comic book shop doesn't have it, I'll order it from Amazon.