Kapolei [HI] Library opens four years after the groundbreaking ceremony. [thanks brandon]
Author: jessamyn
any library that can be replaced by the Internet is no library at all
Another beautiful essay by Michael McGrorty on this whole library vs Google thing.
[T]he earth has only the one moon. While the Internet will confirm that fact, it does a lousy job of explaining why that is, either in literal or figurative terms. The Internet does a lousy job of explaining anything, but that isn’t surprising since it hasn’t any responsibility, no code, no direction and is bound to no constituency.
are you a radical reference librarian?
Radical Reference wants you to help perform reference services [on site or remotely] during the upcoming protests at the RNC. They’re specifically looking for people with foreign language experience or who work in law and/or government libraries. The RNC starts in less than two weeks.
hi – 18aug
Hi. At long last the “Ask A Librarian” issue of The Reference Librarian that I edited has been published and is getting some okay reviews. Since the issue was put to bed in the middle of last year, it’s not really discussing cutting edge technologies, but since these things catch on in fits and starts perhaps it will teach people a thing or two.
Digital Bookmobiles [kitaabwala]
We all know about Brewster Kahle and the Internet Bookmobile [I hope]. Here’s how the project is working out in India.