Ch-ch-changes
The emails have been flying thick and fast today, and many people have asked me what’s up at RLG. Here’s a press release and a FAQ. RLG staff found out …
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MDID ingenuity
Another week, another conference. Now I’m getting ready for the annual Art Libraries Society (ARLIS) conference, which will take me to Banff this year. (For those amongst you who are …
Read MoreCollection Description for bugs and butterflies
In a previous post, I hinted at the collaborative work I’m engaged in with a number of natural history institutions. Our working group ominously titled itself RAVNS or Resources Available …
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Collaborative Sourcing
Aggregation – somebody has to pay. In an earlier post I referred to an article by Lorcan Dempsey in which he’s quite convincing about the power that flows from aggregating …
Read MoreArchiveGrid.org – the boon of my existence
Archives, the historical records, documents, evidence created by people, families, organizations and governments are essential for understanding our achievements and failures, our social and ethnic heritage. These resources are used …
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Heads up: RLG member forum
Put these dates on your calendar! August 7 and 8, 2006 will be the RLG member forum. The Forum will be held in Washington, DC, and we’re pleased that the …
Read MoreSeaDragon and Microsoft
If you’ve been to RLG’s Annual Meeting at the Huntington last year, you may remember Blaise Agüera y Arcas – he wooed the crowd with a demonstration of his technology …
Read MoreTo end the year – the top five
My colleagues, Bruce Washburn and Joe Zeeman, just produced a ranked list of the books in the RLG Union Catalog and shared the top five titles. They are: 1. Dante …
Read MoreRLG Public Services Discussion Group at ALA
At each ALA, RLG sponsors an RLG Public Services Discussion Group. The next meeting of the group will be at ALA Midwinter in San Antonio. This time around, the discussion …
Read MoreHappy 30th Birthday to us!
While I should not have had to be, I was reminded by a colleague that RLG’s official birthday was December 1. RLG was incorporated on December 1, 1975. The innovative …
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