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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Institutions
Libraries are social organizations, entangled in multiple histories, politics and value systems.
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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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Pause
I note that the Google Print Library program is being paused. It will be
interesting to see what happens next:
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Library logistics (again)
I have suggested in these pages
[https://blog.oclc.org/lorcand/archives/000487.html] that logistics is a central
part
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New look
[https://worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/isbn/087584863X]Check out the new look
interface to Find in a library.
See, for example,
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Libraries and the public sphere
For Habermas, the public sphere is the arena in which public opinion is formed,
independent of economic or government influence.
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The collective collection
There is an interesting piece
[https://www.cilip.org.uk/publications/updatemagazine/archive/archive2005/julaug/lees.htm]
in the current
Moving up the value chain
I have just spent some time at home in Ireland, a country which has changed
enormously in the last fifteen
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Relatively available at the point of need
Tony Hey [https://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~ajgh/] who has been overseeing the
development of the UK e-science core
Groningen thoughts
The LIBER 34th Annual Conference in Groningen was a congenial event in an engaging city. LIBER, for those unfamiliar with
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Serving network people
[https://www.agnic.org/agnic]A few months ago I was pleased to give a short
presentation [ppt
[https://www.
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Value and impact
The LASER Foundation [https://www.bl.uk/concord/laser-about.html] commissioned a
report [pdf [https://www.bl.uk/about/cooperation/
