You do the math
When I first saw this spot, last year, from the Vancouver Public Library I was just happy to wallow in a bit of nostalgia and to see some old co-workers (I worked at VPL for many years). This time when I ran across it on Tame the Web and started down the road of “oh [...]
Jump
At a meeting the other day the inevitable discussion of libraries and change dominated the lunch break. It quickly focused in on technology, and in particular technology’s effect on the catalogue and the reference interview. This discussion often leaves me wary. I wonder if perhaps this focus on technological change has not let us off [...]
Where the extraordinary and fun happens
The Canadian version of Richard Florida’s Who’s Your City is now in print . Florida is known for exploring the relationship between people and place, and in this book the particular relationship between creative people and a small group of Canadian cities. Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers asks us to consider that leaders or successful individuals are [...]