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 [...]
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June 18, 2010
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Death of the Inscription?
By Jason W. Dean in Digital Libraries, Digitization, Librarianship, Library
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 3, 2010
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Yale Library Studies
By Jason W. Dean in Digital Libraries, Digitization, Librarianship, Library, Library DesignAmong the books I read last month, I completed the annual issue of Yale Library Studies. As it dealt with library design and architecture, my interest was especially piqued to read the issue, and I was not disappointed. Wonderfully illustrated, with many great articles, the issue had a great deal to offer. Over the coming [...]
May 19, 2010
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iPad: One Month
By Jason W. Dean in Apple, Digital Libraries, iPad, Library, Personal, Technology, UpdatesOne month (or so) has passed since we bought an iPad, and I thought you might be curious to know how that is working our for us. I think mine will join many other bloggers writing about this, but I am not them, so here we go.Confession: the iPad is not my constant companion. I [...]
May 6, 2010
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Yale Library Studies
By Jason W. Dean in Books, Digital Libraries, Digitization, Librarianship, Library, Library Design, ReadingReader,Thanks for bearing with me – the end of the semester has passed, and my work is all turned in. It’s nice to get positive feedback on tasks which required a great deal of work. More on that later.For now, I want to share with you that I am reading the 2009 issue of Yale [...]
