Collections Analytics: mind the gap In a digital environment our actions shed data which can be collected and mined. We leave traces. In this context Lorcan Dempsey May 23, 2008 1 min read
Misc Candidate 2.0 and crowd-funding It seems clear that the current US primaries represent an important political watershed. I am not talking about race or Lorcan Dempsey May 22, 2008 2 min read
UX Flock I use the Flock browser as my main work (and home) environment. I like the way it brings gmail. facebook, Lorcan Dempsey May 18, 2008 1 min read
Research ∕ Learning Keeping research data The JISC has made a report on digital preservation costs [https://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/publications/keepingresearchdatasafe.aspx] available. Lorcan Dempsey May 14, 2008 1 min read
UX The heart of the University Recently, it seems to me I have heard the sentiment that the library is no longer the ‘heart of the Lorcan Dempsey May 13, 2008
Systems Recommendation and Ranganathan From time to time, we see a discussion about the relative merits of Google, or Amazon, and library catalogs as Lorcan Dempsey May 13, 2008 4 min read
Collections Tagging at the network level There is a fascinating entry by Seb Chan of the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney documenting experiences one month into their Lorcan Dempsey May 11, 2008 1 min read
Systems Boxed in: a set of search boxes Libraries have major challenges in developing their websites. Think just of the information resources they provide access to. There are Lorcan Dempsey May 10, 2008 1 min read
Systems Computational advertising I was very interested to read this brief piece about the ‘new discipline’ of ‘computational advertising’: > Web advertising is Lorcan Dempsey May 8, 2008 2 min read
Systems The electronic influences the print I have just received a copy of Web-based learning through educational informatics [https://worldcat.org/oclc/173480615&referer=brief_ Lorcan Dempsey May 7, 2008 1 min read
Books Some reading Here are links to several unrelated publications ….. > Reconfiguring the Library Systems Environment portal: Libraries and the Academy, Vol. 8, Lorcan Dempsey May 7, 2008 1 min read
Books On gurus: reputation management and digestibility Tom Davenport has created a list of the top 20 management gurus for the Wall Street Journal. > Psychologists, journalists Lorcan Dempsey May 5, 2008 2 min read