I’ve spoken on a number of occasions, in my role as a member of the LITA Top Tech Trends body, in my work with the University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions Library Consortium, and at CNI, about the need for libraries, particularly academic, corporate, and special, to get out of the identity management business. [...]
And Now for Something Completely Different…
In today’s New York Times there’s a fun article about Fantasy Congress, a new policy wonk’s game fashioned after fantasy sports teams. So far points come only from introducing legislation, but the developers promise more options in the future.
I can just hear Jay Leno saying something along the lines of, “Fantasy congress? I [...]
Tom, October 23rd 2006
Seemly Hypocrisy
Andrew Pace recently penned in his Technically Speaking column:
The thing is, I really love the library business. I like walking the vendor floor at conferences and talking to vendor representatives. Some of my best friends are vendors. It surprises me sometimes that a profession so obsessed with fighting stereotypes can be so condescendingly critical—“used [...]
Tom, October 18th 2006
Google Snippets DO Increase Sales
I suppose many of us could say, “I told you so!” Yes, it is true, according to a Reuters report (thanks to AL Direct from ALA citing the San Diego Union-Tribune) publishers are finding an increase in sales:
Publishers are starting to report an uptick in sales from Google Inc.’s online programme that lets readers [...]
Tom, October 18th 2006
