On Wednesday, I was reading this Times article:Book Inscriptions Reflect Personal Histories, by Susan DominusIn the article, Dominus highlights the idea that the inscription could go away if our society completely embraces digital books, and abandons physical books. She was thinking specifically about personal inscriptions – when one writes a note to a friend on [...]
Archive for June, 2010
June 18, 2010
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Death of the Inscription?
By Jason W. Dean in Digital Libraries, Digitization, Librarianship, Library
June 17, 2010
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Good day, fellow gas guzzlers!
By Jen Dean in Culture, PersonalWhile reading the NY Times online this morning I came across the letters to the editor (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/opinion/l17oil.html?hpw )after the recent Presidential Address. When entering into the sort of agreement with yourself that is necessary to read such things, one is surely prepared for an inner monologue of cheers and jeers. Cheers and jeers there were [...]
June 16, 2010
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Favorites from the Commons
By Jason W. Dean in Digital Libraries, Library, Photography(Before I get started, I want to give a shout-out to the inspiration for this post, Allison V. Smith’s posting about the Commons. Thanks, Allison!)I think I’ve mentioned the Flickr Commons before. As a matter of fact, I have. Check this post out:New Fun Photos from the Library of CongressWell, it’s not just the Library [...]
June 15, 2010
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Two Plus Two is Not Fourteen
By Jen Dean in Culture, Education, PsychologyGood day, readers! Last week Jason forwarded a NY Times article to me about new research relating to differences between the sexes when it comes to math and science. As I told Jason, it was perhaps the most incoherent article I have read in the Times. I could hardly make sense of the reasoning and [...]
June 14, 2010
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Tools for Fighting the Information Flood
By Jason W. Dean in Applications, Librarianship, Library, TechnologyObviously, I have been thinking a great deal about curating the content that you want from the vast seas of information available online. I think I was running an errand when a thought about digital curation occurred to me. As librarians in the 21st century, we are charged with helping people discern “good” from “bad” [...]
