From the monthly archives: April 2009

Yesterday went to a retirement luncheon for two professors at the College of Charleston who I have known since I came here in 1979. For those of you who remember 1979, it was the year before the first Charleston Conference and it was also PI (pre-Internet), PW (pre-Web), and for our library,PC (pre-computers). Years later, [...]

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It’s been awhile (January) since I’ve contributed to this Blog, and Katina, my apologies for not keeping up with it. I have to admit that I’ve been blogging in my mind, but haven’t been putting my thoughts out there for others to see. I guess that is totally missing the point! Time flies when you’re [...]

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My husband Bruce and I are spending the week in Oxford, England for a meeting at the Bodleian. Beforehand, I checked the weather — rain every day it said, and cold. So, we bundled up all our winter clothes which I had put in the cedar chest and bought a new umbrella. Guess what? The [...]

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v.21 #2 Back Talk

On April 8, 2009 By

Silence is Golden if You are in the Market for a Dead Library (pdf)

Column Editor: Anthony (Tony) W. Ferguson (Library Director, University of Hong Kong; Phone: 852 2859 2200; Fax: 852 2858 9420) <ferguson@hkucc.hku.hk>

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v.21 #2 Standards Column

On April 8, 2009 By

Working to Solve the Problems of Name Authority — The International Standard Name Identifier and Other Projects (pdf)

by Todd Carpenter (Managing Director, NISO, One North Charles Street, Suite 1905,Baltimore, MD 21201; Phone: 301-654-2512; Fax: 410-685-5278) <tcarpenter@niso.org> www.niso.org

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But A Whimper (pdf)

by Mark Y. Herring (Dean of Library Services, Dacus Library, Winthrop University) <herringm@winthrop.edu>

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