Marsco Information & Research

I know I could improve my search strategies, and I’m pretty sure lots of other people out there could too.  Learn more in the article ‘Search alternatives and beyond’ from Educause Quarterly.

Via Peter Scott’s Library blog.

Lazybase allows you to create a database online that can be accessed and edited by whoever you choose.  Because it’s online, this could be anyone from anywhere in the world.  Don’t expect anything on the scale of Access, but it looks to be a simple utility for contacts, books etc.

Via I want to.

I tend to prefer taking notes on good old-fashioned paper, it feels quicker and you can easily draw diagrams alongside.

Much of what I write about on here is inspired from when I was a public librarian on a stupidly limited budget and travelling round libraries all the time (3 a day not unheard of).  I didn’t like having to carry things round with me, especially since I travelled on the bus and often then had to walk some way from the bus stop.  I now work for a charity and have my own desk, PC, don’t need to travel around, but I am still drawn to finding ways of doing things online so that they can be accessed anywhere.

A while ago LibrarianInBlack linked to an article called Fifty Ways to Take Notes, which has loads of ideas and tips for keeping your notes online so you can find them anywhere you can find an internet connection.  Have a look and see what you think.  Many of the recommendations can be accessed by a group of people for collaboration (again, great when I was a librarian as my colleagues were scattered all over the city).