Complaints over the cost of academic journals have long been a trope that repeats at library conferences with no denouement, but there are new signs that might be changing.
December 11, 2007
Home Libraries, Amateur Libraries
October 24, 2007
Library 2.0 Subject Guides
Ellyssa Kroski‘s Librarian’s Guide to Creating 2.0 Subject Guides is good introduction for Librarians who think know “there has to be a better way.” But why no mention of blogs and blogging tools? (I’m still really happy that when you search our catalog for something, a subject guide for that term appears (if we have [...]
October 4, 2007
Banned Books Week Dilemma
Our intention is to feature “a series of books that challenge our beliefs and test our commitment to free speech,” but on this post about Holocaust denial I found myself unwilling (and unable) to link to the free, online PDF full text of David Irving‘s Hitler’s War. And when we discovered it wasn’t in our [...]
September 28, 2007
“to ascertain if the applicant is still living”
September 6, 2007
Launch!
A little more than two years after I realized how (really) bad the problem was and about 18 months after I
June 27, 2007
Presentation: Faceted Searching and Browsing in Scriblio
I was honored to be a panelist at the LITA/ALCTS CCS Authority Control in the Online Environment Interest Group presentation of “Authority Control Meets Faceted Browse.” What is faceting? Why is it (re)emerging in use? Where can I see it in action? This program is intended to introduce the audience to facet theory, showcase implementations [...]
June 26, 2007
Presentation: Transforming Your Library With Technology
ContentsYour library is more than books…your website should be tooYour website is not a marketing tool…it’s a service point.Culture is local…so are our libraries.ExamplesPart of the Transformation Track, Transforming Your Library, and Your Library’s Future, with Technology, program coordinators Alan Gray and John Blyberg (both of Darien Public Library) described it like this: Technology can [...]
June 7, 2007
Open Source Software and Libraries; LTR 43.3, Finally
The most selfish thing about submitting a manuscript late is asking “When is it going to be out?” So I’ve been waiting quietly, rather than trouble Judi Lauber, who did an excellent job editing and managing the publication. Ryan and Jessamyn each contributed a chapter, and I owe additional thank yous to the full chorus [...]
June 6, 2007
Poke Your Tech Staff With Sticks, And Other Ideas
What a difference a year makes? Jessamyn was among those sharing her stories of how technology and tech staff were often mistreated in libraries, but there’s a lot of technology in this year’s ALA program (including three competing programs on Saturday: The Ultimate Debate: Do Libraries Innovate, Social Software Showcase, and Transforming Your Library With [...]
April 17, 2007
Usability, Findability, and Remixability, Especially Remixability
It’s been more than a year since I first demonstrated Scriblio (was WPopac) at ALA Midwinter in San Antonio. More than a year since NCSU debuted their Endeca-based OPAC. And by now most every major library vendor has announced a product that promises to finally deliver some real improvements to our systems. My over-simplified list [...]
April 17, 2007
My Boston Library Consortium Presentation
Speaking Thursday at the Boston Library Consortium‘s annual meeting in the beautiful Boston Public Library, my focus was on the status of our library systems and the importance of remixability. My blog post on remixability probably covers the material best, but my slides are online as both an animated QuickTime and PDF. BPL, BLC, boston [...]
April 8, 2007
Moving and Shaking and Shimmy-ing
March 29, 2007
Who Will Be First To Put A MetroNaps Pod In Their Library?
MetroNaps started business in 2004 with a boutique in NYC’s Empire State Building, selling 20 minute naps for $14 bucks. The company has slowly been opening franchises around the world, but MetroNaps co-founder Arshad Chowdhury says overwhelming interest from office folks who wanted to install the pods on-site as an employee perk. So the company [...]
i thought i had invented the idea , but as for many other ideas i’ve had , once i looked i saw someone already doing it
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