Monthly Archives: March 2009

library of the future – feedback I

Posted on March 25, 2009 by pm286

I’m pleased to see there is considerable feedback today and to start with I’ll post Peter Morgan’s very thoughtful and useful comment in full. I’ll be seeing what I can distill out of it… Hello Peter, While as your sometime … Continue reading →

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Would the NIH policy destroy the ACS?

Posted on March 25, 2009 by pm286

Rich Apodaca, a founder member of the Blue Obelisk, is concerned that the NIH policy on Open Access would put the American Chemical Society out of business. He’s typical of chemists who see ACS journals as the natural place to … Continue reading →

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library of the future – what do I say?

Posted on March 24, 2009 by pm286

It’s now 9 days since I started thinking about what I was going to say at the JISC LOTF09 meeting at Oxford next week. I’ve sent out 15 posts ion this blog. I’ve used the LOTF09 tag. I use twitter … Continue reading →

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Fight the Conyers Bill

Posted on March 23, 2009 by pm286

Politics often seems sharper in the US that over here – the issues are more clearly lobbied and lobyable in Congress (though remember the software patents European directive?). PRISM may not be using the name much but it’s the same … Continue reading →

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Blue Obelisk in Salt Lake City

Posted on March 23, 2009 by pm286

I’m very sad I can’t get to the ACS and the Blue Obelisk Meeting – see the Wiki: I wish everyone well. Our Blue Obelisk meeting in Salt Lake City is taking shape. It’s set up at Martine for 10 … Continue reading →

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British Library and Copyright – geeks vs. business

Posted on March 23, 2009 by pm286

I’ve had a wornderful day talking with Ben White from the BL. Ben is in charge of Intellectual Property matters at the BL and very interested in how Copyright affects science and its practice and dissemination. We spent a lot … Continue reading →

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libraries of the future – Ithaka report

Posted on March 23, 2009 by pm286

In preparing for LOTf09 I asked the organizers for some guidance and got a helpfiul reply: Hi Peter I would like your to talk to include the research/scientific needs as this is an important perspective, in terms of questions – … Continue reading →

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librarians of the future – part IV

Posted on March 23, 2009 by pm286

This is the final set of ideas as to what libraries (or librarians) of the future should look like for LOTF09 in Oxford. (BTW there is no current use of the tag on Technorati other than me – in contrast … Continue reading →

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librarians of the future – Part III

Posted on March 22, 2009 by pm286

Continuing the theme of librarians (as creators of the new libraries). Very little feedback on the blog, a bit more on FriendFeed. A general feeling that ULibrarians (I shall use this to mean University Librarians who run ULibraries) were not … Continue reading →

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libraries of the future – FriendFeed

Posted on March 21, 2009 by pm286

In looking at the library of the future, we must be aware of what the web will develop without any regard to what academia and academic Librarians think is the right way to do things. Most new initiatives fail. I … Continue reading →

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