Research ∕ Learning QOTD: digital information Library and Archives Canada [https://www.collectionscanada.ca/] has released a digital information strategy for consultation. > Those involved with Lorcan Dempsey Oct 31, 2007 1 min read
Systems CISTI lab I was in CISTI in Ottawa yesterday and saw an interesting and regrettably brief presentation from Glen Newton [https://lab. Lorcan Dempsey Oct 31, 2007 1 min read
Systems xISSN Our Openly colleagues have added a new service, xISSN, alongside xISBN. > The xISSN Web service supplies ISSNs and other Lorcan Dempsey Oct 31, 2007
Institutions Book Review: The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland Lorcan Dempsey reviews Volume III of a landmark collection on the history of libraries in 'Britain and Ireland' from 1850 to 2000. Lorcan Dempsey Oct 30, 2007 22 min read
Institutions Whither the academic library ... A more than usually interesting set of powerpoints is available from the Sustaining the Digital Library : Symposium, 13-14 September 2007, Lorcan Dempsey Oct 28, 2007 1 min read
Social QOTD: the market of ideas From the introduction to the Becker-Posner blog. Becker is a Nobel prize-winning economist; Posner the prolific judge and legal theorist. Lorcan Dempsey Oct 28, 2007 1 min read
QOTD: The celebrity social networker Stephen Fry writing in the Guardian about his secret presences: > I have to confess that while gaming as such Lorcan Dempsey Oct 28, 2007 1 min read
Research ∕ Learning Quotes of the day (and other days?): persistent academic discourse Here is Grainne Conole, professor of e-learning at the Open University writing about academic papers, conference papers, and blogging: > Lorcan Dempsey Oct 27, 2007 3 min read
Systems OpenURL Referrer My Openly colleagues have added an IE version of the OpenURL Referrer extension. The Firefox version is already available. > Lorcan Dempsey Oct 25, 2007 1 min read
Systems Jon Udell interviews Stu Weibel Jon Udell interviews [https://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail3392.html] my colleague Stu Weibel about Dublin Core, Worldcat, and related Lorcan Dempsey Oct 23, 2007
Books The experiential gap: that Rhino again Stephen Abram gave a lively presentation to OCLC Members’ Council on Sunday night. Several times he remarked that somebody has Lorcan Dempsey Oct 23, 2007 1 min read
Social Sharing, privacy and trust in our networked world The latest OCLC report to the membership, Sharing, privacy and trust in our networked world [https://www.oclc.org/reports/ Lorcan Dempsey Oct 23, 2007 1 min read