Computers in Libraries

Several librarians have been blogging from the Computers in Libraries conference, but I'm not going to link to all of them right now since I'm using a dial-up modem. Instead, I'll focus on Andrea's reports at LibraryTechtonics since she did a couple of reports just for me! (But the rest of you can read them, too.)

I loved "my" reports on wikis and LISNews blog. I learned that the secrets to good wikis are planning and participation (I would have guessed the second, but not the first since they seem so ad hoc) and that the "hotbed beats" at LISNews are the stories about saving our children from the various evils of the world--one of my professors says that many problems in LibraryLand get more difficult when you start to ask questions about children.

I was pleased to see that Bruce James, the Public Printer, made a good impression on Andrea. I suspect he sometimes sees librarians as obstructionists since he's constantly hearing suspicion from them at the Federal Deposity library meetings. I was glad to see that he is talking about "library buy-in," although I don't imagine this audience asked the tough question--so, why did GPO announce at ALA Midwinter in January that they were going to quit distributing print publications almost immediately when pretty much no one has "faith that the digital archive is really good enough"--in fact, it's not even really there yet, although they have some really exciting plans. (I should be linking to GOVDOC-L archives and GPO documents for this info, but, like I said, I'm on dial-up). It's cool that GPO has a blog, but not so cool that it has one entry and it's from January.

Thanks, Andrea!     #

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