http://managemetadata.org/blog It's all about the services Fri, 26 Dec 2008 03:22:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The library blogosphere is reacting with shock [1, 2], anger [3], and disappointment [4, 5, 6, 7] at the news that LC has asked (as in “ordered”) Ed Summers to take down his wonderful experimental LCSH.info service. It’s not entirely clear why they did this, and Ed has been carefully ... http://managemetadata.org/blog/2008/12/23/lcshinfo-gone-but-not-forgotten/ As I mentioned in my first blog post, I’ve been doing a regular column for Technicalities, entitled “View from a Parallel Universe” for the past couple of years. It’s been useful, and I’ve enjoyed it, but clearly the kinds of things I like to talk about need, um, a ... http://managemetadata.org/blog/2008/12/23/hearing-voices/ Maybe it’s just me, but I like to be able to look at data “in the raw,” without some developer deciding for me what I’m allowed to see, and how I’m allowed to see it. There was an old story I used to tell about visiting a vendor booth ... http://managemetadata.org/blog/2008/12/13/show-me-the-data/ Yesterday I did a long program for NELINET, entitled “Trepidation or Anticipation?: The Future of Cataloging and Catalogers.” This topic has been a theme of mine for some time, and I’d been invited to do this program after doing a similar, though shorter, one at the Massachusetts Library Association ... http://managemetadata.org/blog/2008/12/06/at-nelinet-on-friday/ One of the nice things about being “retired” (even practice “retirement”) is that I get to work at home most of the time. There are few things that lure me to the Cornell campus these days—lunch with friends, maybe a lecture now and then—but I almost always go to the ... http://managemetadata.org/blog/2008/11/25/daniel-pitti-on-the-ea/ Despite the fact that I’ve been writing for years in lots of different venues—even some group blogs, I’ve never had one that was “mine” or even “partially mine.” I think part of my reticence was because I wasn’t really sure I wanted to feel that pressure, that “omigod, I ... http://managemetadata.org/blog/2008/11/20/late-to-the-party/