Comments on: Sudden Thoughts And Second Thoughts

By: Free Range Librarian › Reflections on strategic plans that are neither strategic nor plans

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:33:47 +0000

[...] other libraries that fall in our range (easy enough to find these docs, given how comfortable we “lesser libraries” are with [...]

By: Five Tips For A Better ALA Conference Experience

Five Tips For A Better ALA Conference Experience — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:11:10 +0000

[...] plan to be in Chicago now is the time to start thinking about your conference strategy. I hope you followed my advice on getting the hotel room you want(see the third item) – and that you actually got it. Now that the hotel is out of the way I’d [...]

By: Adventures in Wonderland

Adventures in Wonderland — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:10:11 +0000

[...] 2.Â Sudden thoughts [...]

By: Lcat

Lcat — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:55:02 +0000

I remember with great amusement the day I informed my predecessor that we had one-upped his claim of interlibrary loaning a book to Princeton. We had loaned a book to Harvard, from our for-profit, career track, verging to online, lesser than less, university library. Apparently, it was an even greater honor than we had thought.

By: Steven Harris

Steven Harris — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:41:51 +0000

Darnton is one of the foremost historians of the book. He often makes the claim of having nothing against new technology, but doesn’t hold to that claim very well. The dude likes books! You’ll often see him published in the New York Review of Books: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21514

By: LA Brain Terrain » Blog Archive » How Socal Universities Shape Up With Respect to Investment in Libraries

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:18:08 +0000

[...] Association of College and Research Libraries blog, AKA ACRLog, has posted the The Chronicle of Higher Education just released the 2008 Library Investment Index [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:45:50 +0000

I think people are making too much of his use of the word “lesser.” I used to work for the Harvard University Libraries, and yes, there was a certain snobbery among people connected in any way to Harvard. But let’s face it – while certain libraries may have specialized collections or particular items not held by Harvard, Harvard’s collection simply DOES blow all other collections out of the water. Darnton is right to refer to other libraries as “lesser.” That’s not to say that other, smaller libraries are not special and are not pleasant places to work. I far prefer working at a small library now. But our collection cannot compare to that of Harvard, though it is far more than adequate for the size of our community.

By: Philip Melanchthon

Philip Melanchthon — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:34:09 +0000

You get to go to ALA meetings?? I must work in a less-than-lesser library.

By: Layla

Layla — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:41:22 +0000

Remember the primary audiences Darnton is writing for in his Annual Report – administrators, development officers, and even alumni over librarians from other colleges. Why be snarky about the shout-out for Harvard Pride and Noblesse Oblige when that’s what keeps those audiences interested funding the library system?

By: Roddy MacLeod

Roddy MacLeod — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:57:28 +0000

WRT TOCs please have a look at ticTOCs http://www.tictocs.ac.uk/
for which a new and improved interface will shortly be made available.