CO-ASIS&T » Uncategorized http://www.asis.org/Chapters/coasis Central Ohio Chapter, American Society for Information Science & Technology Tue, 01 Oct 2013 02:13:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 laments for reference? http://www.asis.org/Chapters/coasis/2011/09/06/laments-for-reference/ http://www.asis.org/Chapters/coasis/2011/09/06/laments-for-reference/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:07:26 +0000 Timothy J. Dickey http://www.asis.org/Chapters/coasis/2011/09/06/laments-for-reference/ A polemic, but trenchant view (dictionary words???) on how dictionaries and other print media on our reference shelves are disappearing from John Walsh at the Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/no-we-shouldnrsquot-just-google-it-john-walsh-laments-the-death-of-the-reference-book-2347173.html)
“…as early as 2007 some publishers were predicting that paper dictionaries will die out completely, as the word-curious turn wholly online. And if they go the way of reel-to-reel tape recorders, vinyl records and camera film, we’ll have lost a substantial source of intellectual delight: the reference shelf.”

]]> http://www.asis.org/Chapters/coasis/2011/09/06/laments-for-reference/feed/ 0 “Library Data – why Bother?” http://www.asis.org/Chapters/coasis/2011/07/22/library-data-why-bother/ http://www.asis.org/Chapters/coasis/2011/07/22/library-data-why-bother/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:14:53 +0000 Timothy J. Dickey http://www.asis.org/Chapters/coasis/2011/07/22/library-data-why-bother/ One of the best and most provocative presentations at ALA this year: http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2011/07/library-data-why-bother.html

Eric Hellman, discussing the history of library data and the potential future of library linked data. His blog post now contains a link to the complete powerpoint, which includes some examples of how easy it is to code links. This version unfortunately leaves off the slide where he described library catalog data as “Blatterian” (=”like a cockroach!!”); it was created in the Mesozoic era, and will be around after a nuclear war…

]]> http://www.asis.org/Chapters/coasis/2011/07/22/library-data-why-bother/feed/ 0 library closings still in the news in the UK: “Book Barbarians” http://www.asis.org/Chapters/coasis/2011/07/22/library-closings-still-in-the-news-in-the-uk-book-barbarians/ http://www.asis.org/Chapters/coasis/2011/07/22/library-closings-still-in-the-news-in-the-uk-book-barbarians/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:03:42 +0000 Timothy J. Dickey http://www.asis.org/Chapters/coasis/2011/07/22/library-closings-still-in-the-news-in-the-uk-book-barbarians/ Authors continue to weigh in on potential library closures in Britain. Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials Trilogy, e.g. http://www.worldcat.org/title/amber-spyglass/oclc/44627113&referer=brief_results) helps to raise funds protesting library cuts, arguing in the UK there are 9 million people who have still never used the Internet.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/8648309/Philip-Pullman-Why-we-must-stand-up-to-the-book-barbarians.html

]]> http://www.asis.org/Chapters/coasis/2011/07/22/library-closings-still-in-the-news-in-the-uk-book-barbarians/feed/ 0 Kindles in the news – in time for tonight’s program! http://www.asis.org/Chapters/coasis/2011/07/20/kindles-in-the-news-in-time-for-tonights-program/ http://www.asis.org/Chapters/coasis/2011/07/20/kindles-in-the-news-in-time-for-tonights-program/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:29:53 +0000 Timothy J. Dickey http://www.asis.org/Chapters/coasis/2011/07/20/kindles-in-the-news-in-time-for-tonights-program/ Just in time for tonight’s “Kindles and Kobos and Nooks” (Smith Boardroom, OCLC Conference Center, Dublin, OH 6:30pm), Amazon announces a new program for textbook rental on a variety of readers and other computers: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000702481.

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