LISNews: Librarian News

I have just a few of The Renaissance Library Calendar 2004 left, so I thought I'd try something a little different this time. The first 3 people, with user accounts (Sorry Anonymous Patron, you're not eligible), who can answer the skill testing questions below will win a Renaissance Library Calendar 2004 edition. If you aren't one of the first 3 to give the correct answer below you can always buy one, they're only 12 bucks, and if you've missed them the past few years, You can still buy copies of the first three editions of the Renaissance Library Calendar - at half price. Post your answers below by clicking the "reply" button.
Update: 10/21 14:45 EST by B:We have our winners. -- Read More

I have two requests. 1. Tell me via comments to this item on what you want to see via this blog. post comments to this one. I submitted this twice by mistake. Still learning.

2. Please leave comments on the various stories and please moderate so that you can rate the stories.

As promised, there's a New FAQ in town, The LISNews FAQ.
Let me know if you have questions that are not answered here. The new code has oodles of features that I may have missed, so if you've spotted something that doesn't make sense, please don't hesitate to ask.
Always remember, the only dumb question is the question that you don't ask.
Some other, related, questions answered below... -- Read More

So we’ve been “Beta Testing� the newest slashcode
for a week now, here’s what I’ve learned…. I’d love some feedback on the new
site, your thoughts and ideas are always appreciated.

I think I may have moved a little too fast. The new site has more bugs
(listed below) than I thought it did while we were in “alpha mode,� and
it’s making my life quite difficult. I still don’t see any
show-stoppers, so we need not switch back, but it’s annoying to chase
things around like this. My biggest fear is we’ll lose some authors.

The SlashCode is awesome. It's powerful, flexible, extensible and
unbelievably hard to understand at this point. Everything I want to do
is a million times harder now, it’s a very slow learning process for
me. Everything will take an extra long time. This is taking up even
more of my time and stretching me in ways that are testing my ability
to get anything done. -- Read More