Sometimes when I talk to others I feel a bit foolish for being so optimistic – the thing is that I believe in libraries and librarians and always think that that others feel the same way I do. In the latest Library 2.0 Gang podcast, I deemed 2009 as the year of open. I honestly [...]

Last night I got to hear Stephen Abram talk about the future of SLA & librarianship. First (and most important) I have uploaded my pictures to Flickr. Stephen started with a mini rant (a good rant) about the fact that there is no proof that the book is at risk. Reading stats are going up [...]

Yikes! Via LibraryBytes & Biocultural Science & Management

From Lorcan Dempsey: OCLC distributed around 2 million printed catalog cards last year. They are still being used …. I understand that there are some libraries that just can’t afford monolithic library systems – but there are so many affordable options out there today – why would so many libraries still be using cards?

Thanks to Judith for pointing out Kathy’s editorial from the most recent issue of CIL. “In the library world, many processes are still done the way they were years ago. The old adage ‘because we’ve always done it that way’ still holds sway, and entangled layers of bureaucracy can make real change incredibly slow, if [...]

This from a post on the NY Times Bits blog: In less than 14 months, any traditional television set still connected to its antenna will receive nothing but static, as the broadcasting industry cuts over completely to its new digital frequencies. A recent poll by the marketing arm of the cable industry shows that most [...]

I’m catching up on my podcasts (mostly because I had to take the train into the city today) and I got to listen to a great IT Conversation with Jeff Bonforte from Yahoo!. Jeff starts out by telling us that anger is the most untapped emotion in start ups and innovation – and that’s unfortunate [...]

Richard Wallis has a post at Panlibus about an article found via the BBC regarding the Open Library project. My favorite quote: As with the rest of society, the fear of something nasty happening can be far more corrosive that the possibility of it happening. Maybe I should give you a little bit of background. [...]

Tim at LibraryThing has a short – and very to the point post at Thingology. I have seen the future of libraries: It is to spend the future discussing the future of libraries. I had to give a sad giggle at this post … I don’t have much to add, but I do agree with [...]

My first (official) book review has been published in Info Career Trends. I read Managing Change: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians by Susan Carol Curzon. It was a handy guide and very timely considering the changes happening all around us. Read my review and if you like the way it sounds, read the book!