What the neighbors are up to
This isn’t brand-new anymore (it got published on August 31st), but it’s still funny – the Onion headlines “Google Announces Plan to Destroy All Information It Can’t Index.” “Our users …
Read Moreyou’re so not a book
As a “friend of UCAI,” I was recently informed that the project to create a Union Catalog of Art Images won’t continue past its research and development stage to spawn …
Read MoreHeroes and Villains
I very recently returned from attending the Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting in New Orleans feeling very happy about seeing colleagues, contributing to the profession, learning about some great …
Read MoreMonday night epiphany
Sometimes a technology is just a technology until you have had that magical experience of basking in the rays of the light bulb which just flicked on over your head. …
Read MoreHighlights from SAA
I returned from the Society of American Archivists annual meeting on Saturday – the meeting had not yet concluded, but I had a date with destiny (my high school reunion, …
Read MoreEAD Report Card now yours for the taking
A few weeks ago, I told you that we were testing the open source version of the RLG EAD Report Card. I’m pleased to announce that the files are now …
Read Moregrab-bag of LAM news
I haven’t really seen this make the rounds yet, so I thought I’d write it up here – the Library of Congress just announced that it has launched a website …
Read MoreMinistry of Reshelving
Oh dear. Let’s hope no one tries this prank in the library. A little like another trickster in the museum world.
Read MoreMetasearch – Everybody knows
A report on a Metasearch survey among RLG Members was posted on the RLG website the other day. The survey was done during May and June and consisted of interviews …
Read MoreBuy or borrow?
Most of you have probably heard by now that Google announced to put a temporary hold on scanning books that are within copyright from its partner libraries – the story …
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