RLG Annual Meeting, register now
The final agenda for the RLG Programs 2007 Annual Partners Meeting was posted to our website just this week. It’s a great program, and includes a half day to hang …
Read MoreUCLA visit, some surprises
As I mentioned previously, a few of us visited UCLA. We had a great day talking to staff about our work agenda. We had a very good meeting with with …
Read MoreApril Fool’s
The Google-buys-OCLC blogs have been real crowd pleasers, and I assure you it’ll be one of the better 15 minutes of your Monday morning if you point your browser at …
Read MoreGetting in, going with the flow
Lorcan frequently blogs and speaks about libraries and librarians getting in the flow, inserting themselves and materials where users are (rather than hoping that users will find materials in the …
Read MoreD2D Symposium: files are up
A quick note to let you know that all of the MP3 and PDF files from presentations and discussions are up on the symposium webpage. Some of the files are …
Read MoreDigital Preservation survey in need of museum input!
I just received an e-mail from Karim Boughida, who expressed dismay that the Getty Research Institute is not receiving more museum responses to the International Digital Preservation Systems Survey. While …
Read MoreInfrastructure and Standards Support / Libraries Archives and Museums / Modeling new services / Renovating Descriptive Practice
Services for Terminologies
At the beginning of the week, I attended the CCO Advisory Group meeting at the Getty, and I continue to be impressed with the verve of this band of visual …
Read MoreDiscovery to Delivery and Beyond!
[the title of this post should be delivered in your very best Buzz Lightyear voice] At the reception following the first day of our recent Discovery to Delivery symposium, a …
Read MoreConceptualizing Metadata
During the Bibliographic Control Working Group public meeting last week I had lunch with Karen Coyle, and we chatted about conceptualizing metadata – even if we didn’t pose the question …
Read MoreA wonderful specimen of a user!
We’re always on the look-out for this mystical creature called “the user,” and I am exited to report a public sighting: for a good hour during the Bibliographic Control Working …
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