Thank you everyone for your submissions. I was a little nervous Friday when I had only received three submissions. I was afraid we would be operating the Carnival on a snow schedule. But you all came through and we have some great submissions.

So without further adieu....

As you enter the carnival grounds you will see Nicole at What I Learned Today, discussing Reading Comprehension & Blogs. She disagrees with the idea that blogging and Google Book Search lead contribute to poor reading comprehension. If you step up to her booth she will explain how Google Book Search would have helped her in college.

To the left of the cotton candy stand is the DIY Librarian, speaking on Professional Associations and the apparent trend of librarians dropping their professional memberships. Even though she finds belonging to professional associations valuable now and in the future, she wonders if younger librarians feel cybernetworking through social software has taken the place of networking within professional associations.

Next you will find the German medical library booth, medinfo, where they are discussing A nation-wide license for archives of eJournals. The German Research Foundation (DFG) sponsored nation-wide licenses for databases in the humanities, social sciences, and biomedical fields. With nation-wide access to electronic journals, the importance of libraries as gatekeepers of information will change.

Get your tokens or charge up your Power Cards.
Over in the arcade next to the ski-ball you will find Joy from Wanderings of a Student Librarian getting her Game On with a compilation of the highlights from the Gaming in Libraries 2005 conference blog posts.

Also in the arcade next to the Whack-A-Mole is Kelli, the 'Brary Web Diva discussing What's Next from the Gaming, Learning & Libraries Conference. As she leaves the blinking lights of the arcade you can follow her to her tent where she will share her idea to Double your Efforts and create a book blog partnership.

Finally, there is me, your humble host, Cataloging Podcasts attempt to try and determine the best way to collect, organize, and promote quality medical podcasts to my library users.

As you make your way out of the Carnival please stop be sure to take a look at some of the host's picks.
The Dave's Blog and the Librarian In Black speaks about the OCLC report on Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources (2005).
The MaisonBisson tells us that OPAC Web Services Should Be Like Amazon Web Services.
The Professional Lurker discusses Scholarly publishing in the age of distributed content.
T. Scott thinks we shouldn't be settling for Library 2.0 we should be Library 5.0

As you exit the carnival grounds please remember the next carnival date is Monday, December 19, 2005, hosted at Clam Chowder.

There will be NO carnival Monday December 26, 2005 and January 2, 2006.

The carnival will resume traveling Monday, January 9, 2006, at Wanderings of a Student Librarian.

The Carnival of Infosciences Schedule can be found at http://infosciences.pbwiki.com/