First, reader, I apologize for not having a post yesterday. The storm we had that night messed up our alarm clocks, and so we were late rising from bed – meaning I did not have time to write the promised post about the evolution of libraries. I know you were all so disappointed, so without [...]
Archive for July, 2009
July 29, 2009
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Libraries and the Internet
By Jason W. Dean in Digital Libraries, Digitization, Librarianship, Library, TechnologyYesterday morning Josh Montgomery and I had a good discussion about the changing nature of both libraries and the internet. It started off with this thought from Josh:The Internet > LibrariesWhich led to a wide-ranging discussion about those two topics. They are frequently seen as mutually exclusive, like they are engaged in some sort of [...]
July 28, 2009
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What is a Librarian? Part II
By Jason W. Dean in Librarianship, LibraryAllow me to tell you that my time in Syracuse was very fruitful in generating ideas for this blog. So, strap in and take a ride with me as I share with you the many thoughts and ideas I picked up during my time in Syracuse.Today, let me reexamine one of the first topics I [...]
July 27, 2009
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Return From Syracuse
By Jason W. Dean in Librarianship, Library, Library Science, Personal, School, UpdatesWell, greetings reader! I have returned from my quest for library knowledge at Syracuse University. This was just my introduction to my degree program, but it was at times, enlightening and fascinating, and at other times very intense and fast-paced. There are many things I want to share with you that I learned during my [...]
July 16, 2009
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Library at Alexandria
By Jason W. Dean in Library, Library HistoryFor some of my readings for class this summer, I have had to read a bit about the history of libraries. Probably the greatest library ever was the great library at Alexandria. Carl Sagan does a much better job of explaining its impact than I can, so let’s just let him tell you all about [...]
