Meta A spectacle I have been wearing glasses for thirty years or so. I ordered a new pair yesterday, and when I got Lorcan Dempsey May 16, 2010
Books Aura Walter Benjamin's idea of 'aura' is very relevant to library discussions of digitization, artifactuality, provenance. Lorcan Dempsey May 16, 2010 2 min read
Meta The Reader and the Law Eddi Reader is a Scottish singer, formerly of Fairground Attraction. I was aware of Fairground Attraction but really only began Lorcan Dempsey Apr 30, 2010 1 min read
Meta Reading and writing ... We have produced or been involved in a variety of reports recently. I thought it would be interesting to do Lorcan Dempsey Apr 12, 2010 1 min read
Meta Being foreign The emotional relationship of the long-term foreigner to both their adopted and original homes changes over time. Lorcan Dempsey Dec 27, 2009 3 min read
Books QOTD: Spiders and flies and classics Reading Concerning E.M. Forster [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317928617] by Frank Kermode, I was reminded of one of Lorcan Dempsey Dec 13, 2009 2 min read
Meta Rachel Andy Powell rang me a few days ago to tell me that our friend and former UKOLN colleague, Rachel Heery, Lorcan Dempsey Jul 29, 2009 2 min read
Meta An identity incompletely centered .. The Facebook username landgrab created a flurry of excitement over the weekend. Individuals ‘claimed’ their piece of network real estate Lorcan Dempsey Jun 14, 2009 4 min read
Institutions Earth works One of the most interesting things we have seen while in the US is the Serpent Mound in southern Ohio, Lorcan Dempsey May 9, 2009 1 min read
Meta Slowing down for a while .. Blogging has been a little thin of late as I have been traveling and I have a couple of writing Lorcan Dempsey Apr 2, 2009