the library visit/review thing

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I expect to be able to use the MT blog categories to bring back my library reviews one of these days, but not yet. So, here is a list of the libraries I went to on this trip:

I also went to The Strand which, while not a library, is one hell of a bookstore.

Reading Over the Shoulder of the Future at the Library of Congress

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Interesting though ponderous essay about what we can divine from the future by observing the LoC. A postmodern look at the future of information.

“I am unsure what marks off knowledge in the digital age from an earlier, Gutenberg-era episteme. Is there a difference in how we know? Is sifting through a bunker of diverse materials heaped on a desk so terrible different than linking together multimedia resources through hypertext? How?” [thanks robert]
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with apologies to kelis

Posted on by jessamyn
Speaking of categories, I don’t even have one for “humor” what does that tell you…? The livejournal hydra has sprouted another interesting librarian group [that I found because they are hotlinking to all my naked librarian pictures] which brings us this parody.

I can see you’re on the OPAC,
you want me to teach thee,
boolean techniques that freak these boys,

it can’t be bought,
just know the operators can be used,
in parentheses.

hi – 16mar

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Hi. Back from New York. I learned a lot of neat stuff at Columbia and I really really hope that they will make the talks available online at the same time as I really really doubt they will do so. Crossing fingers…

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