Category Archives: trends

NISO Forum – Trends and Thoughts

Earlier this month, I went to the NISO Forum on library resource management systems, which was conveniently located right here in the Financial District of Boston.  The program was fantastic, and the presentations are now available and well worth a … Continue reading

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Twitter – what’s the fuss?

I set up a Twitter account almost two years ago and then promptly let it languish.  Until this week I had tweeted a grand total of maybe five times.  I wasn’t sure why I needed it, and since hardly anyone … Continue reading

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On joining the conversation again

I’m not much of a joiner.  I don’t like bandwagons and I am highly suspicious of fanaticism.  I was a late supporter of Obama – excuse me, President Obama! – for this reason: so many people were so into him.  … Continue reading

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Tee Hee

Do you want to see library blog posts about potatoes?  Of course you do! Why the laughter?  Folks, my posting has been so light I have to Google my Gmail for “wordpress” every time I want to login here, yet … Continue reading

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Twittering

I think I first read about Twitter on Creating Passionate Users, but soon thereafter it started popping up on a lot of library blogs I read.  I didn’t want to get crushed in the stampede, so I waited out the … Continue reading

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10 Technologies to Watch for 2007

Popular Mechanics has published a list of 10 Tech Concepts You Need to Know for 2007. My favorites: data clouds (“you’re one step closer to retiring the original data storage device—the one in your head”) and smart pills (“could make … Continue reading

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Ingenta Shares Holdings with Google Scholar

This little note was squeezed into the middle of an All My Eye entry about Ingenta at the Frankfurt Book Fair: We’ve been working closely with Google for over 2 years now, and the latest development is that we will … Continue reading

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Top Technology Trends

It’s that time of year again. Eric Lease Morgan has posted his trends at the LITA blog in advance of ALA. He touches on catalogs and cataloging, social software and social networking, and open source software, among other things.

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