Hi. Yesterday was Greg’s birthday. It was also the day the Movable Type version of this blog hit 500 posts. I am sure when I am someday holed up with a broken leg, I will go backwards and post-process all the pre-2003 content so it’s searchable and keyworded and whatnot. For now, I’m just elated that it all works.
Daniel Boorstin memorial turns into “book lovefest”
I have been reading The Most Beautiful Libraries in the World which has a lovely foreword by James Billington, current Librarian of Congress. His predecessor, Daniel Boorstin, died recently at the age of 87. A memorial service was held yesterday at the Library of Congress.
“If Boorstin is remembered for nothing else, he will always be known as the one who opened up the Library of Congress to the people. Until he came along, the library existed pretty much to serve Congress. Boorstin saw the world’s largest repository of knowledge as “a multimedia encyclopedia” and insisted that the bounty be shared with everyone.” [see sidebar if you need a login. thanks dsdlc]
how the other half seethes
Noted without comment: a pro-filtering anti-ALA opinion piece from Michnews.com by non-book-reader Arlene Sawicki. [lisnews]
the [another] anarchist in the library
Siva Vaidhyanathan is going on a tour to promote his book The Anarchist in the Library — a book about who is maintaining control over information in a world of digital knowledge, among other things — and is guest blogging over at the Lessig Blog this week. [copyfight]
word fun – google
Domain name registrations that include the word “google”. Of note: googlelibrary.com, stopgoogle.com, bannedingoogle.com, googleos.com.