Feb 2, 2018 | Librarian's blog
The promise of educational attainment through Massive Online Only Courses (or MOOCs, as they are called) is proving to be illusive. You may or may not learn enough in a MOOC to make you more worthwhile to an employer or potential employer, but the chances are very,...
Jan 31, 2018 | Librarian's blog
The CEO of the world’s largest publisher of books is bullish on the future for his company, which means, of course, he is also bullish on long-form narratives and fiction. Markus Dohle of Penguin Random House told The Indian express this week that he believes...
Jan 29, 2018 | Archived events
The Board of Trustees of the Wimberley Village Library cordially invites you and your constituents to attend a public planning session to discuss future expansion of the library. The board has contracted with an architectural planner to develop a master plan for the...
Jan 29, 2018 | Librarian's blog
We don’t use an iPhone so we know very little about Siri. I think she is a digital assistant that can help a user track information, directions, phone numbers, and so on. It’s an intriguing technology, but I don’t use a cell phone often enough to...
Jan 26, 2018 | Librarian's blog
I’ve heard a variety of speakers over the course of the last year or so talking about how to publish work either on the web or in a print format. Generally, at some point in their presentations they bring up the issue of how to copyright one’s work so that...