Let me draw attention to this post. Of course, the post itself is its own attention-getter. But let me add … More
Category: library classification
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
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
Aboutness and Data-about-Data
In another post, the idea was brought up that there is a disconnect between information that humans make, produce … More
Metadata and "Aboutness" – JOT and Tagging
Currently, The Neighborhood Writing Alliance is working on a project in which interns are adding sets of non-hierarchical keywords … More
A Thought on Linguistic Diversity and Classification
I have a tendency to believe linguistic diversity is also a sign of knowledge diversity and am very frustrated with … More
