How the Internet Replaces Libraries

How the Internet Replaces Libraries

A Kind Reader sent me this blog post from the Huffington Post entitled “What’s a Library?” Like Pontius Pilate, he didn’t stay for an answer. Normally I find the Huffington Post painful to read, since it seems to be aimed at an audience of the insecure and the mentally challenged. “Is this normal? Sex questions couples are too embarrassed to ask” vies for space with “Sylvia Browne's Failed Amanda Berry Prediction Returns To Haunt Her.” There’s less ranting about the human race around my abode when I don’t encounter headlines like that. Nevertheless, I soldiered on, ever grateful for Kind Readers. I wasn’t disappointed. It was just as stupid as I assume the article about the psychic is. The writer’s bio says he’s a video producer, and maybe he should stick to that instead of writing. The opening is about some library near him is closing, and he doesn’t care. This bit is priceless: Frankly, I will not miss the library.... Even though I lived right ...
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A Paperless Library for the Hinterlands

http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/2013/05/30/a-paperless-library-for-the-hinterlands/

Goodbye, Digital Divide

http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/2013/05/20/goodbye-digital-divide/

What will 'cloud computing' mean in 10 years?

http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/what-will-cloud-computing-mean-in-10-years-219497

Penguin to launch "Book Truck"

Amy Watts,

Penguin is launching a "mobile bookstore" akin to the food trucks that have become so popular in urban areas in recent years. They'll launch the big orange truck (Penguin orange, dontcha know) with a splash at Book Expo America and then roll it through to ALA in Chicago next month.

It'll carry over a thousand books for sale from not just the Penguin imprint, but also its various other imprints, including Viking, Dutton, Gotham Books and others. It's a deluxe ride, with an awning to keep customers in the shade as they browse and LED lights for night-time decoration. It also comes equipped with a pushcart to further extend the sales area.

http://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2013/05/28/penguin-rolls-out-mobile-bookstore.html?page=all

swapna: A leaf from the past

swapna: A leaf from the past: http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/a-leaf-from-the-past/article4692523.ece

A leaf from the past

http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/a-leaf-from-the-past/article4692523.ece

An Old Technology, Transformed ‘Artists in the Archives,’ at Greenburgh Public Library in Elmsford

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/nyregion/artists-in-the-archives-at-greenburgh-public-library-in-elmsford.html?src=recg&_r=1&

BUBL Journals

Collection of links to current library and information science journals / newsletters

Please note that the BUBL Journals service has recently changed. It now comprises links to current library and information science journals and newsletters. Issues previously indexed and abstracted by BUBL are held in 'BUBL Archive Journals', and are fully searchable.

http://bubl.ac.uk/journals/

Free Science and Technology sources on the Web

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/engin/guides/alumni.html

ODLIS Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science

http://www.abc-clio.com/ODLIS/odlis_a.aspx