Speaking of the overlap between cemeteries and libraries, check out the UNT “cybercemetery” whose mission is “to provide permanent public access to the electronic Web sites and publications of defunct U.S. government agencies and commissions.” [like maybe this one?]
Category: ‘puters
ATAC: can you rig a voting machine and still have it pass certification?
A new addition to my tech-blogs list: ATAC: Abusable Technologies Awareness Center. [laz]
RFID
Another policy paper, this one a draft on RFID in libraries.
amazing, and probably cost-effective, Georgia public goes open source
Georgia Public Library System decided to go with a homegrown open-source system for their library automation needs. I’m going to be really interested to see how much this solution costs the library over time, compared to a more traditional OPAC. My guess is it will cost less, both in vendor costs and also less lost staff time installing and fighting with new upgrades, featuritis and bad support. [teknobib]
they STILL want the card catalog back
Some cautionary words from Aaron about new technologies and libraries, from ebook to MP3.