Incorrigibly plural: notes about fonts
I have become increasingly interested in fonts over the last couple of years, exploring something of the history as well
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Reflections .. on my last day at OCLC
Today is my last day at OCLC. After 21 years. I have been very lucky to have worked with some great people, to have influenced important work, and to have worked with librarians around the world. Here are some brief reflections as I prepare for the next chapter.
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Reflecting life and career: advice to an LIS graduate student
What do I value about libraries? asked a student. What is essential for a library student to know? Here are several ways in which life experiences have influenced my views.
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Working with Ghost: a review
This site is built with Ghost and the Krabi template. I use it for blogging and as a professional home on the web. Why Ghost? Here are some initial thoughts. Ask me again in a year's time .
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A new web presence: transitions and towers
This is a new web presence for Lorcan Dempsey! My goal is to provide a contact point and to bring together various elements of my work, writing and career. In part I am influenced by the decentralizing impulse to control your own archive.
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From Lorcan Dempsey's Weblog to LorcanDempsey.net
Blog transitions: moving Lorcan Dempsey's Weblog to a new home at LorcanDempsey.net.
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One handed writing - the blog
Recently @mishdalton [https://twitter.com/mishdalton] pointed me at an article
[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/25/opinion/tips-for-aspiring-op-ed-writers.
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End of the digest ....
For almost as long as this blog has been going we have had an associated digest.
This has gone out
Analysing influence .. the personal reputational hamsterwheel
Analysing influence has been a central part of academic life. We are very
familiar with citation analysis. This is possible
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Lost in translation .. redux
I am at The 9th Annual Library Leadership Institute
[https://lib.hku.hk/leadership/2011.html] in Bangkok. This event
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Sympathy for Microsoft ...
We are watching a handful of companies battle to support our work and learning
lives, our communication, entertainment and social
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