#Metadata in Posts

Let me draw attention to this post. Of course, the post itself is its own attention-getter. But let me add … More

Open Comment on #OpenAccess

May 14-16 and 16-17, 2013, National Academy of Sciences hosted an open comment meeting on Open Access to federally funded … More

Depths of the Phantom Library

Depths of the Phantom Library: Jacques Bonnet Reaches for the Unreachable. Jacques Bonnet writes in, Phantoms on the Bookshelves, of … More

Upcoming Phantom Library (a taste)

I have been reading this blog post by Alonzo McBride and rereading PHANTOMS ON THE BOOKSHELVES by Jacques Bonnet. Great … More

“Open (Access)” Data and Privacy – A Concern

I want to first complicate everything I write in the below paragraphs by questioning a mantra of current rhetoric with … More

Freedom to Read to Freedom to Read at #ALA2013

My experience at the 2013 American Library Association conference & exhibition began before the official beginning by joining a Freedom … More

ALA 2013 in Set-Up Mode

From CHICAGO’S McCormick Place/Convention Center: Watching traffic heading south along Lake Michigan with the lake a mere 200 yards in … More

Book Review: The Accidental Systems Librarian, 2nd Ed.

Technology in the Library and Lifelong Learning Review of Nicole C. Engard’s (with Rachel Singer Gordon) The Accidental Systems Librarian, … More

In the Virginia Room with Tad Suiter

On Wednesday 16 January 2013, I sat down to talk with one of the numerous helpful Virginia Room staff members, … More

Collecting for Library Use – A Wonder

In terms of topic oriented collecting, where does one topic stop and another begin? Can we define this line? Is … More