Well, hello again, readers! The internet has arrived at our home, and so I am now able to post on a regular basis. As I am sure you are aware of, I started my new job on Monday, which is exhilarating. I’ll talk more about that later. In this post, I want to share with [...]
Archive for the ‘Library History’ Category
January 24, 2011
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William, the Conqueror of Information
By Jason W. Dean in History, Library, Library History
September 30, 2010
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Banned Books Week
By Jason W. Dean in American Library Association, Culture, Librarianship, Library, Library Advocacy, Library HistoryThis week, the ALA and libraries in many places are celebrating Banned Books Week. It’s a wonderful idea, and something I am proud of my profession for – the active advocacy on behalf of our right to free speech here in the United States.
July 30, 2010
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Libraries With a Future Responses
By Jason W. Dean in Library, Library Design, Library HistoryIt’s a busy time for periodicals here at The Dean Files. The new issues of The New Yorker, Dwell, GOOD, ACRL News and College & Research Libraries all arrived within a few days of each other. I am working my way through these, and in an effort to get ahead of the reading, I stayed [...]
July 27, 2010
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1959: Electronic Home Library
By Jason W. Dean in Culture, Librarianship, Library, Library HistoryWhile using the new Flipboard app for the iPad earlier this week, I came across this really cool look back into 1959 for the perception of the home library of the future: Electronic Home Library, on Paleofuture So, first, I admit to you that I would love to have a home library that looks something [...]
June 30, 2010
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Library of Congress Thoughts
By Jason W. Dean in History, Librarianship, Library, Library HistoryJen and I are back from ALA, and I have a lot to share. I am working on compiling my thoughts about the conference itself, but in the meantime, I want to share with you a thought/idea I had this morning while reading a bit.As you might have guessed, Jen and I visited the Library [...]
