Information about the person behind the home page

This page gives you a little (and I really mean little) information on me. Remember, all information is just for educational purposes.

Who am I?

So who is the one responsible for maintaining this homepage? My name is Richard Broekman. Born on 24th of Januari 1970. I live in The Netherlands, and in the US for a couple of weeks a year, due to my LDR with the lovely Stephanie. I have had access to the Internet and later the World Wide Web since the end of 1993, if I remember correctly.

Occupation

I studied Library and Information Sciences, which prepared me for a job as librarian. At the moment I'm working as a subject specialist in a library.

You might want to call it an occupational deformity, but I have a major interest in anything that has to do with information retrieval. After all, it is not necessary to know everything there is to know, as long as you are able to find the information when you need it. Therefore I have gathered all sorts of links to search engines and sources of information. The result of this search can be found on my Information Is Power Page. The title of this page is somewhat like my personal motto. I will not start any debate on whether something is just "data" or "information". Fact is, if it tells you something, it gives you power. So, for the purpose of expanding your power, the page contains interesting ways to find new or even old information. Note that a lot of the links refer to Dutch sites, so a basic understanding of that language will prove very helpful.

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