RLG Forum, second day, final act
And now, for the final installment of the RLG Forum report… Following lunch on Tuesday, we reconvened with a set of talks on folksonomies, or user supplied tagging. Daniel Starr …
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Today, we are only going to update you on the first half of the second day – otherwise this post would get too long, and besides, we want to go …
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Today was the first day of the RLG Member Forum, and so far, it seems to be a great success. Our venue, the theater at the Folger Shakespeare Library, is …
Read MoreArchivists on Blogging, web archiving
[sorry this photo is so blurry — I clearly haven’t mastered taking snaps on my Treo] This photo is from a session at the recent Society of American Archivists annual …
Read MoreA tribute enroute to the future
With this post we’ll officially re-enter the blogstream. As you may know from other sources including an entry on Lorcan’s blog and one from the All Good folks the four …
Read MorePlease fill out my survey! archival collection description
I have put together a brief survey, gathering data for two reasons: 1. I will be speaking at the upcoming Society of American Archivists annual meeting on a panel called …
Read MoreUnstoppable new working group
We’re certainly not lacking any excitement these days at RLG – as if the recent news weren’t enough, today at around 10:30 am our nook of Mountain View had a …
Read MoreLibrarians, suddenly popular
A recent television ad from Ask.com [you need a media player], “Librarians Love Ask.” (According to ResourceShelf, this ad was filmed in the library at Rutgers University and features unscripted …
Read MorePick of the litter* from CNI Spring Project Briefing
I’d like to highlight what I thought was a great presentation from the recent CNI Spring Task Force Meeting. Barbara Taranto’s presentation, Embracing the (De)contextualization of Digital Artifacts gave New …
Read MoreCh-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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