Overheard last weekend…
“Google books: books only a computer could love.” The idea being that, well, there are probably more than a few books in our collections that haven’t been checked out by …
Read MoreMonth: September 2006
As if digital preservation isn’t already expensive enough…
Is it me, or is this idea to preserve digital data in lunar lava tubes a bit absurb? That data would have to be pretty darned valuable…
Read MorePredictions
The Library Link of the Day blog led me to this article (dated September 2006), where Larry Sanger predicts: In the next year, by the end of 2007, every major …
Read MoreLibrary promotion – a thank-you to Gary Price
Gary Price, he of Ask.com and Resource Shelf, continues to do his tireless promotion of libraries in the popular press. Gary appeared on stage with me for an interview during …
Read MoreVisual navigation of textual information
Anne’s recent post about the nice Programs and Research mugs featuring our own decorative tag cloud made me think about the overall lack of success at leveraging visual displays to …
Read MoreFriday levity, cross-community style
Our colleague Nancy Elkington served up a little Friday levity this Wednesday, and I’ve been waiting all week to share it. Lately, we’ve been puzzling over a better word for …
Read MoreThe Beginning of the End of our Uncertainty
When organizations combine there are inevitably uncertainties for all involved – staff, management, customers, members, partners, affiliates, and friends. During the weeks leading up to the July 1, RLG OCLC …
Read MoreA workshop that worked!
[Edit: added link to online workshop materials] Usually I spend my Fridays working at home trying to stop my cat from encrypting my e-mails, but Friday August 25th I spent …
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