The Old Blog

Physical Space

This is a nice commentary on preserving  libraries as physical spaces in an age of digitization. On a similar note, here’s an article from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on the 120th …

Public Porn

Library computer users viewing porn anger parents: Kimberly Romie, whose Piedmont Homeschoolers Association members have increasingly complained about the problem, said some parents have stopped taking their children to the …

Maps to the Stars’ Homes

The 2009 version doesn’t involve a kid sitting in a lawn chair with a big sign by the side of the road. That’s good.

Digitization at Duke

Great collection of articles on various digitization projects at Duke covers the history of the program, collections management, and interface design among other topics.

Yesterday’s News

My husband brings me the coolest stuff. Today it was these newspapers from the days surrounding the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in Northern California–just in time for the twentieth anniversary. …