On Twitter? Follow our updates
You're now following Lorcan Dempsey's weblog
To un-follow, click the 'Following' button
To un-follow, click the 'Following' button
Information
| Url: | http://orweblog.oclc.org/ |
| Author(s): | Lorcan Dempsey |
| Language: | English |
| Tags: | library, metadata, web 2.0 |
| Description: | On libraries, services and networks. |
| Ratings |  (19 Ratings) |
| Popularity: | 112 Followers |
Selected Content
Blog Feed
The importance of books ..
| I read the interesting Communicating knowledge: how and why UK researchers publish and disseminate their findings and its supplementary reports (literature review and bibliometric analysis) on a tr...more |
2009-12-20
The two ways of Web 2.0 - retread
| [I first published this in March 2008, and still find it useful to think in terms of concentration and diffusion. I was reminded of the entry and prompted to 'recycle' it - despite its age - when I...more |
2009-12-20
QOTD: Spiders and flies and classics
|
Reading Concerning E.M. Forster by Frank Kermode, I was reminded of one of my favorite quotes, Forster's response to Eliot's criticism of his remarks about D.H. Lawrence ...So they corresponded and...more |
2009-12-13
Stuff as a service ...
| First, a note on a couple of recent media experiences ...We went to The boat that rocked (aka Pirate Radio) recently and were determined to enjoy it. For those that don't know, it is a movie set in...more |
2009-12-13
Your new home page
| Tony Hirst has made the interesting observation that an organization's real home page is the first page of its Google results. One of the several announcements made by Google last week was one abou...more |
2009-12-11
Choice is hard work: an anecdatum
| We got an iMac for family use in the Summer. I never liked the keyboard and the mouse keeps sticking as crumbs and so on get lodged in it. Myself and my son headed off to Micro Center the other eve...more |
2009-12-06
Beyond bibliographic records
|
Our cataloging model revolves around the 'manifestation', the particular edition or version of a work that is to be added to the collection. This is also the unit of bibliographic exchange: we ship...more |
2009-12-06
QOTD: Great cultural collisions
| There is an interview with Paul McGuinness, manager of U2, in the weekend FT. McGuinness has been an active participant in discussions about the impact of network distribution on the music business...more |
2009-12-06
Counting books ...
| I have been careful in recent posts about numbers to note that the term 'book' has no precise referent. One person's book is another person's pamphlet, or ...Brian Lavoie and I have an article in t...more |
2009-11-29
Network as a service ...
| We have entered the era of Everything-as-a-service, where lowering transaction costs mean that a growing range of capacities can be sourced from the cloud. It has become common to talk about a thre...more |
2009-11-29
Followers
Displaying 24 of 112 followers.
Lorcan Dempsey's weblog Discussion Board
Could not un/follow the blog, please try again later.
| Rate It: |
Author(s)
Most followers in:
Related Blogs
Like NetworkedBlogs?
You should fan us here -->
You should fan us here -->
Questions? FAQ and contact info