Never mind the quality, feel the width
[https://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/]What should an excellent research
library look like in 2015? Indeed, what would it
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UIUC blogs
[https://www.randomhouse.co.uk/catalog/authorcb.htm?authorID=1016]My favorite
course in library school was children’s literature,
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Vernaculars of learning
New learning environments for the 21st Century, a presentation by John Seely
Brown, is worth a look [pdf
[https://www.
What's the catalog for
David Weinberger noted Tim Bray’s nice post
[https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2005/08/02/Bodleian] about
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iPods, platforms and ecosystems
There is an interesting article in Forbes suggesting that the closed approach
that Apple is taking with iTunes and the
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Digital Curation Centre
The Digital Curation Center, still in early days, looks as if it will be a
valuable repository of materials. See
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I can't get no ...
Satisficing [https://www.utilitarianism.com/satisfice.htm] is a term associated
with Herbert Simon [https://www.psy.cmu.edu/psy/
Recombinance
Dan Farber writes:
> Martin refers to what I’m calling the recombinant Web (I’m probably not the
first
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GLAM people
Some years ago, I worked with a group assembled by the relevant part of the European Commission to work on
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The British Library
We visited the British Library on our recent trip — as tourists. We were reminded of what a good public space it has become. The building, the subject of much critical attention when it finally emerged from construction, works as a public building.
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Techeology
I coined techeology a while ago to talk about a particular phenomenon that is
quite strong in our space.
It
Austen, globalization and FRBR
[https://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/films/bollywood/2003/11/bride_and_prejudice_preview.shtml]
We just saw Bride and
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