What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate. The economy is still in the throes of recovery, true, but the near continuous drop in library expenditures – over TWENTY FIVE years – implies librarians are doing more with less. Or perhaps they’re just doing less. Or maybe they’re just doing the same thing they’ve [...]
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Towards A Sociology Of Economic Arrogance And Ignorance
Though I’m no longer affiliated with any academic institution that provides access to a variety of scholarly/academic journals, I’m still a curious pseudointellectual capable of AND interested in reading a variety of academic journals. What I can’t do is pay $36.00 for access to an individual journal article. Or $167.00 for permanent access to an [...]
So What If It’s The End Of Academic Library Circulation?
Anecdotal evidence and intuition – at least from my perspective – suggests that the utility of a book as a container of information is rapidly decreasing. Personally, I go digital whenever possible. It’s convenient, often freely accessible, and the information is much easier to manipulate. And so, after reading an article entitled, “The End Of [...]
Why Aren’t Libraries Buying, Collecting, And Curating Hyperlocal Materials?
In the very near future, it’s conceivable that the best place to view a curated collection of DC’s local history and culture won’t be from within any library supported by or funded by the DC/Federal government, but from a collection curated by some meticulous tech-savvy geek obsessed with a specific neighborhood in DC. This person [...]
When A Librarian Writes About Santorum
Huh? That was my response to an article recently published in American Libraries, “What’s In A Name?”, by Joseph Janes. You can read it here, but you will never get that time back. Still curious? You are what Google and Facebook say you are. In the print edition, this statement is prominently displayed under the [...]
Keep It Up And Billboards Will Be The Only Thing Left Standing
How do I feel about these billboard ads? First, check out the January 12, 2012 press release from Milwaukee Public Library: MILWAUKEE – Thanks to the generosity of Lamar Companies, the Milwaukee Public Library has captured the interest of bibliophiles the world over through the promotion of three billboard ads. Lamar prepared the ads for [...]