Greg has a scary tale with a happy ending about a weather scare that tested his new supervisor skills.
Month: June 2004
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]
pirated books?
Pirated books. Really? Yes. As textbook prices skyrocket and filesharing becomes ubiquitous, it’s not super-surprising that tech-savvy students are finding places to download the items on their reading lists. [lisnews]
another visited library
While I was on a trip to Northern Vermont this weekend I visited the H. F. Brigham Free Library an adorable little one-room library with a budget of 14K, two Internet-enabled computers and a new hyper librarian who was determined to get the place hopping.
new councilor’s new blog
Michael McGrorty is an incoming ALA Councilor whose writing you may have read in Library Juice and other places. He’s now got a blog where you can read his writing all in one place. If you haven’t already, please send him a library card.