David Rothman of the Davidrothman library blog had a very good posting on March 23 called We live in the future, how computers and related technology evolved over the years: For the whole posting: http://davidrothman.net/2010/03/23/we-live-in-the-future/ Posted by Rich
blogwithoutalibrary has a very good image called Cutting Libraries in a Recession is like cutting hospitals in a plague: h/t to blogwithoutalibrary http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/ Posted by Rich
The Smashing Magazine blog has a wonderful posting called The Beauty of Knitting, Sewing and Crochet: “Where does the beauty come from? It isn’t necessary to travel around the world in its most quiet places to experience it. Beauty is always near us — you just need to want to explore it. And you can […]
Because of a cut to the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners FY2011 Regional Library Systems budget, the six Regional Library Systems are being merged into a single entity called the Massachusetts Library System(MLS) on July 1, 2010: From the MBLC: “In September 2009, the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners received a mandate to reduce projected […]
Feedbooks is providing a service that can turn any RSS feed into a downloadable ebook which then can be transfered to your e-reader. Also you can turn that ebook into an audiobook using the Text2Go software. There’s a free 30-day trial period, but there are fees involved. It appears you can create a e-book containing […]
Yum! More BarCamp Boston 5 sessions! A quick poll of the attendees of Future of Web Frameworks shows folks use quite a variety: CLisp, PHP, Javascript & ColdFusion, Struts, Zend, Werkzeug+hacks, Drupal, Ruby, and Django. Things that are bad today include Javascript client and server, media handling, configuration, cross-browser testing is a pain, transparency/hackable, social […]
The BarCamp Boston session History 2.0 presented some cutting-edge ideas marrying technology with historical preservation and information gathering. The speaker sounds like he’s had a number of bad experiences with historical societies and archives and has been pondering how various tools or approaches could improve services, historical documentation, and informing folks about collections. He criticized […]
OCLC has released a report called How Libraries Stack Up: 2010 “This new report examines the economic, social and cultural impact of libraries in the United States. As the current economic environment is impacting library budgets and library usage is increasing, particular attention is paid to the role that libraries play in providing assistance to […]
If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you probably can guess I’m a fan of Ethan Zuckerman and the work he does with global Internet issues. Today, I’m enjoying a forum he’s moderating showcasing various international citizen media efforts. My notes follow.
The Boston Globe recently profiled the Salem Athenaeum, one of the few remaining subscription libraries in the United States. The philosophy behind the rich collection comes from a Salem tradition of book owners sharing their possessions with eager readers—some of which the institution still owns. It also owns important items, like the Diderot Encyclopedia, an […]