When a writer goes looking for young Turks (my words, not Scott’s), you should expect the story to include some brash quotes (writers are supposed to have a chip of ice in their hearts, after all). On the other hand, we’re librarians, so how brash can we be?
Scott Carlson’s Young Librarians, Talkin’ ‘Bout Their Generation [...]

Posted October 16, 2007 by Casey
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information, Politics & Controversy. Tags: Chronicle of Higher Education, future, information architecture, interview, lib20, libraries, library 2.0. One Comment.

One hundred years ago the country was in the middle of a riot of library construction. Andrew Carnegie’s name is nearly synonymous with the period, largely due to his funding for over 1,500 libraries between 1883 and 1929, but architectural historian Abigail Van Slyck notes that the late 19th century was marked by widespread interest [...]

Posted June 21, 2007 by Casey
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information, Technology. Tags: 19th century, 20th century, Andrew Carnegie, architecture, Carnegie libraries, history, information architecture, libraries. 2 Comments.