From the monthly archives: July 2009
I am heading to the Fiesole Retreat in Glasgow this morning. It’s supposed to be be cold there which is welcome since it is hot as Hades here in Charleston. Will be back on the 4 August. Talk to y’all then. Love, Katina
Read More... →The Implications of “Good Enough” and the Future of Libraries
by Tony Horava (Collection and Information Resources Coordinator, University of Ottawa, 65 University, Ottawa, ON K1N 6H5; Phone: (613) 562-5800 ext3645 <thorava@uottawa.ca>
“The perfect is the enemy of the good.” Voltaire’s words from The Philosophical Dictionary have a particular resonance for libraries today.
Read More... →Reports of Meetings – 28th Annual Charleston Conference (pdf)
Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition, “The Best of Times … The Worst of Times,” Francis Marion Hotel, Embassy Suites Historic District, and College of Charleston (Addlestone Library), Charleston, SC, November 5-8, 2008
Charleston Conference Reports compiled by: Ramune K. Kubilius (Collection Development / [...]
Read More... →Is “Functional” Use “Transformative” and Hence “Fair”? A Copyright Conundrum (pdf)
Column Editor: Sanford G. Thatcher (Director, Penn State Press, USB 1, Suite C, 820 N. University Drive, University Park, PA 16802-1003; Phone: 814-865-1327; Fax: 814-863-1408) <sgt3@psu.edu> www.psupress.org
Read More... →Moving Libraries to a Web Services Environment – Issues To Consider
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
In April, OCLC released the first iteration of a Web-based service for library management systems. This is the first salvo in [...]
Read More... →We’re All Me-ists Now
by Mark Y. Herring (Dean of Library Services, Dacus Library, Winthrop University) herringm@winthrop.edu
In a widely and rightly reviled movie, Wall Street, Michael Douglas plays a sinister character by the name of Gordon Gekko. The movie is hardly subtle (get it? Gecko, evil, lizard-like? This was before the Geico [...]
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