Roy Tennant's news and views on digital libraries. en-us http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309.html?nid=3565 Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information. Subject to its Terms of Use August 8, 2008 http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/1570031357.html?nid=3565 I've been having a blast this summer expanding my treehouse. I'm going up (of course) and over a bit to create another floor about seven feet above... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/400031240.html?nid=3565 I should have posted my "top tech trends" from the LITA program at ALA last month, but hey, better late than never I say. These are the s... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/1600031160.html?nid=3565 A project proposed by Duke University librarians to write design a next-generation open source alternative to traditional integrated library system... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/410031041.html?nid=3565 For some reason (don't ask) I ran across a very old presentation of mine from 1997. Called "Digital Library Dirty Little Secrets," it lis... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/1940030994.html?nid=3565 This is just too good not to share. So there I was, doing a vanity search on Google's blog search, when I saw it. 'Roy Tennant called this "Th... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/700030670.html?nid=3565 I just put the July 2008 issue of Current Cites to bed, and realized that the Current Cites team has been doing this for 18 years. Yes, every singl... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/1700030970.html?nid=3565 One of my favorite conferences to attend, the annual Access Conference in Canada, is now open for registration. Check out the program to see what i... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/1520030552.html?nid=3565 As is quite well known, librarians are afflicted with a particular strain of linguistic debillitation known as jargonitis, or inflammation of the j... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/1590030559.html?nid=3565 I just got back from WiLSWorld, put on by Wisconsin Library Services (WiLS) in Madison for member libraries. Now I realize that Madison is rarefied... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/1730030373.html?nid=3565 As I often do, I'm working on a presentation I must give tomorrow morning. Actually, I'm a bit ahead of myself. I mean, I like have hours left. But... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/1620030162.html?nid=3565 Not long after my good friend, colleague, and mentor Anne Lipow died (in September 2004), I promised myself I would edit a festschrift in her honor... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/1150029915.html?nid=3565 I mentioned in an earlier post that Deep Web Technologies was sponsoring a writing contest around the question "What will the landscape of fed... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/860029486.html?nid=3565 With the recently released Kindle (which I think takes ugly to new heights), the Sony Reader, and now the unique Readius, e-book readers have once ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/850029485.html?nid=3565 When this post is released, I will be celebrating my 25th wedding anniversary at Banff Springs Hotel in Alberta, Canada. I very rarely dip into my ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/1340029534.html?nid=3565 You might think that after writing two posts on topics from the same ALA program that I would have exhausted my material, but no, this is your unlu... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/390029439.html?nid=3565 I had the distinct pleasure of moderating a panel at the recent American Library Association Annual Conference, "The Ultimate Debate: There's ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/1280029128.html?nid=3565 I noticed an interesting thing at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA this year. For the first time in a while, Google is not exhibiting. This... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/1170029117.html?nid=3565 At a program I was moderating at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim this weekend ("The Ultimate Debate: There's No Catalog Like No Catalog&q... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/270028627.html?nid=3565 Disneyland is one of those places you really must experience at some point in your life. Sure, it isn't everyone's cup of tea but there is simply n... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/1330028733.html?nid=3565 When the University of Michigan announced that it was providing a set of records for harvest via the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/210028621.html?nid=3565 Sitting here in heat that feels like it must be in the triple digits, I think I could stand something cool. Luckily, I found something that qualifi... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/1600028560.html?nid=3565 As many people are, I am preparing for ALA Annual in Anaheim. I have a number of events packing my schedule, most of which are mandatory. By this I... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/90028409.html?nid=3565 Thanks to my colleague Günter Waibel I discovered that the Smithsonian Institution has joined the Flickr Commons Project. They've uploaded ove... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/1460028346.html?nid=3565 The Federated Search Blog, sponsored by Deep Web Technologies, has launched a writing contest. Contestants are to submit essays of less than 1,500 ... http://www.libraryjournal.com/blog/1090000309/post/720028272.html?nid=3565 My favorite journal has extended its call for submissions for the September issue until June 20. By this date you only have to submit a proposal, n...