Today I Am . . . looking at information services

Overdrive, IRSC, Ebsco, forums, Country Watch, My Space, Janes.com, blog . . . so much of what we at the Library provide is now online. Today I'm trying to get it all into my head so I can lay it out in our "advertising" in a way that makes immediate sense to people.

Some of it's purchased by AF Libraries, some by ACC Libraries, some by the Base Library . . . some of it's accessible if you have an AF portal account, some if you have passwords we gave you, some of it's free to anyone . . . some of the services have been around for a while, some of them are new, many have different renewal dates . . . but the result is that the information on what we offer and how you can get to it is flying at me from all directions.

My challenge is to organize it all and then put the info on the website, on flyers, brochures, whatever, so you can figure out what best matches your needs -- for work, for school, hobbies, car repair, family health, whatever.

(What's the IRSC? It's ACC Libraries' Information Research Service Center, located at Langley AFB, and available to all ACC personnel. Check in on the latest research services, chat with a librarian online, find links to documents and websites for your profession, and more -- especially if you have an AF portal account.)

Currently Reading: A fascinating article on computer forensics, "Forensics Fear," from the Winter 2007-2008 issue of 2600: The Hacker Quarterly magazine. Yes, we have it in the Library.
Currently Listening to: "The Black Stallion and The Black Stallion Returns" movie soundtrack