Monthly Archives: May 2012

MEB’s 10 Tips for Searching LinkedIn

Mary Ellen Bates of Bates Information Services recently posted a great presentation called “Top Ten Tips for Searching LinkedIn”. Lots of really great tips and tricks. Mary Ellen will also be speaking at this year’s Special Library Association Annual Conference

Shopping Cart: Retro Swimwear

As we head into Memorial Day weekend, we’re thinking about summer vacations at the beach. This year we’re in love with retro swimwear. Here are a few of the suits we’ll be wearing when we hit the beach: Who doesn’t

New Research Librarian for Business @ UCI

New Research Librarian for Business @ UCI

Congratulations to bizologie’s own Annette Buckley! In July Annette takes on the role of Research Librarian for Business at The University of California Irvine. Annette recently received her MS in Information Studies from the University of Texas at Austin, where

Casual Friday: New Clothes For All Your Gadgets

As you can tell by Librarian Lifestyle’s recent Style Profile of bizologie’s own April Kessler, we love to shop for clothes. And we like our gadgets to be as well dressed as we are. Here are some clothes for  all

Cycling For Libraries

Cycling For Libraries

I will represent the University of Texas at Austin and bizologie on the 2012 Cycling For Library tour. Karen Holt from the UT Libraries and editor of the Librarian Lifestyle blog will be accompanying me on this adventure. The un-conference 

LinkedIn Maps

LinkedIn Maps

Here at bizologie we are suckers for all things map-tastic, so we can’t resist talking about one more that just crossed our radar. One of our favorite resources, LinkedIn, has come out with a map site in which you log

Pinterest for Business Research

Pinterest for Business Research

Clearly, we all love Pinterest. It’s the fastest growing social network and shoppers spend more money via Pinterest than Facebook. But can you do more than pin recipes, shoes and interior design? Well, yes! You can do business research! Now

LOHAS: Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability

LOHAS: Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability

LOHAS is an acronym for Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability. According to the LOHAS.com website, the organization “focuses on educating and building community around the central theme of healthy and sustainable lifestyles for individuals and societies.” Even more importantly to

The Financial Times Lexicon

The Financial Times Lexicon

Building on this earlier post about Investopedia’s great function as a business dictionary and beyond, another excellent resource for terminology is the Financial Times Lexicon.  Like Investopedia FT also offers some other nice bells and whistles besides a dictionary alone. 

Networking for Introverts (and Extroverts)

Networking for Introverts (and Extroverts)

This excellent presentation by Marcy Phelps at the Special Libraries Association Rocky Mountain Chapter Virtual Lunch, was titled Power Networking for Introverts, but really is applicable for even the most extroverted. Making a real connection at a networking event or