“Torching the Modern-Day Library of Alexandria”

He offered the library a deal: You let us borrow all your books, he said, and we’ll scan them for you. You’ll end up with a digital copy of every volume in your collection, and Google will end up with access to one of the great untapped troves of data left in the world. Brin […]

“The 19th-Century Lithuanians Who Smuggled Books to Save Their Language”

From Atlas Obscura: Almost immediately, individuals sprung up to spread Lithuanian writing. Since they couldn’t publish books in their homeland, many Lithuanians began printing them abroad and smuggling them back into their own country. Thus appeared the first of the knygnešiai—or book-carriers—who, in a desperate bid to save their language, transported books across the border […]

A Library Matter of Genocide

Important instance of cataloging in the patriarchy.

Your Brain, the Internet and the Universe Have Something Fascinating in Common

“Is the semantic web still a thing?”

Originally posted on Bibliographic Wilderness:
A post on Hacker News asks: A few years ago, it seemed as if everyone was talking about the semantic web as the next big thing. What happened? Are there still startups working in that space? Are people still interested? Note that “linked data” is basically talking about the same…

New Blog: SEWARD PARK AUDUBON CENTER LIBRARY TRANSFORMATIONS

I’m currently working on an independent study with Anna Nash at the Ann Lennartz Memorial Library at the Audubon Center in Seward Park. I’m going to be focusing most of my information-related blogging on a project blog (http://sewardparklib.wordpress.com), so excuse the lack of presence on this one.

The Boston Public Library

A Venn Diagram Like You Haven’t Seen

I found this amazing 7-part Venn Diagram over at Information is Beautiful. The original, interactive version, by can be found by way of its creator, Santiago Ortiz.

Audio: InfoCamp 2012 Keynote – Marcellus Turner

SPL’s City Librarian Marcellus Turner was the keynote speaker today at the second InfoCamp I’ve attended in Seattle. You can listen to the inspiring speech via MP3. I think it’s clear he wowed the LIS and UX folks alike.

An Update on Interning for the Seattle Public Library

Just a quick update that I have officially finished the first “leg” of my internship with the Seattle Public Library, having worked to essentially fill out XML skeletons for the 2012 podcasts of the library. I think I’ve put in about 8-10 hours a week for the past two weeks working on this. I have […]