“7. Librarians: A Keystone Species
In this chapter, we recount our anthropological studies of reference librarians, some of our favorite people. We discuss the hidden work they do, and we show how they are a “keystone species” in many of today's information ecologies. We feel librarians are more needed than ever as the volume and diversity of information on the Internet grows.”

The above is from a book called Information Ecologies: Using Technology with Heart

“7. Librarians: A Keystone SpeciesIn this chapter, we recount our anthropological studies of reference librarians, some of our favorite people. We discuss the hidden work they do, and we show how they are a “keystone species” in many of today's information ecologies. We feel librarians are more needed than ever as the volume and diversity… Continue reading

“7. Librarians: A Keystone Species
In this chapter, we recount our anthropological studies of reference librarians, some of our favorite people. We discuss the hidden work they do, and we show how they are a “keystone species” in many of today's information ecologies. We feel librarians are more needed than ever as the volume and diversity of information on the Internet grows.”

The above is from a book called Information Ecologies: Using Technology with Heart

Web Database Applications with PHP & MySQL

Web Database Applications with PHP & MySQL. Web Database Applications with PHP and MySQL offers web developers a mixture of theoretical and practical information on creating web database applications. Using PHP and MySQL, two open source technologies that are often combined to develop web applications, the book offers detailed information on designing relational databases and… Continue reading Web Database Applications with PHP & MySQL

Joel on Software

Joel on Software. “Whenever somebody gives you a spec for some new technology, if you can't understand the spec, don't worry too much. Nobody else is going to understand it, either, and it's probably not going to be important. This is the lesson of SGML, which hardly anyone used, until Tim Berners-Lee dumbed it down… Continue reading Joel on Software