Apr 03 2013
I’ve been thinking about this song lately. Not just because I’m a fan of the Muppets and enjoy Ben Folds (although both of these things are absolutely true).
But because keeping up with digital preservation, all of the tech, all of the news, all of the projects is hard.
I just want to …
Mar 04 2013
I’ve lost track of how many “OH CRAP!” moments I have experienced in my short career. As the Digital Collections Curator at Northern Illinois University, I have seen some pretty gnarly (digital) things. Things that have really hammered home for me the importance of the research work we are doing on the Digital POWRR project.
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Feb 04 2013
Everyone’s organization is different, but we all have someone who fits the description:
The Library Business Manager, otherwise known as She (or He) Who Makes Things Happen.
The Business Manager is the person who does lots of cat-herding, who makes sure that all of the forms that you didn’t know existed get filled out, and …
Oct 09 2012
My oldest book as a kid was one that had been given to me by a dear friend of my grand-parents. It was a large book with a few photographs and thick pages, published in 1867. I still have it today on a shelf. I pick it once in a while to read a few …
