College students always start at Google when they have an assignment to do, right? They ignore all those journals and databases colleges and universities spend so much money for, right? That seems to be the conventional wisdom these days anyway. But First Monday has a paper in its current edition that disputes that bit of …Read more »

For several years, INCOLSA, the Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority, has run a shared integrated library system for about 30 libraries. This week they announced that they are migrating from SirsiDynix to Koha ZOOM, an open-source ILS. I’ve started a conversation with INCOLSA’s executive director about their decision and the benefits they expect to see …Read more »

A Most Bookish Borough Queens Library http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/17/opinion/17fri4.html?em&ex=1187582400&en=380a4faecf3c3b14&ei=5070

“Imagine a library that collected all the world’s information about all the world’s books and made it available for everyone to view and update.” http://demo.openlibrary.org/

In February 2007, the OCLC Board of Trustees authorized a review of OCLC’s governance structure. The review, which will be facilitated by the Higher Education Consultancy Group in the United Kingdom, will evaluate current and alternative governance forms for OCLC as it becomes an increasingly global cooperative. To ensure wide consultation for the study, the Board, OCLC …Read more »

An interesting NY Times article about Public Libraries and the Dewey Decimal System. “Neighborhoods” vs Dewey for shelving and cataloging. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/14/us/14dewey.html

Great article from the New York Times Fashion & Style section about the “new breed” of librarians.

This week, Unshelved offers a great spoof of the “I’m a PC, I’m a MAC” campaign with comic strips on “Hi, I’m the Internet, and I’m the Library.” Starting with the June 25 comic strip, Unshelved’s Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum have hit the nail on the head yet again. 🙂

I am currently attending the Rural Libraries Conference at the Grand Traverse Resort in Acme, MI.  I posted a detailed live blog on my personal blog.  Please feel free to comment!

The Michigan Library Association’s Intellectual Freedom Committee is offering a workshop on Friday, April 27, Street Legal for Patron Record Privacy. To register, use MLA’s online workshop form. Lawyers at the workshop will cover library privacy laws and court cases and will discuss the policies, procedures, and staff training needed to comply with those laws, …Read more »