4/4/2005 – Information Wants To Be Free

The Failure of Middleware, Part 4: What works?

Next, our fictional student is going into RedLightGreen to find resources for her paper. RedLightGreen, a union catalog, is an excellent tool for resource discovery as the user only needs…

libraries our digital future

The Failure of Middleware, Part 3: How do we measure up?

So now that we know what our population wants, we can see how our OPACs measure up. I created a screencast using my alma mater’s OPAC to illustrate some of…

libraries our digital future

The Failure of Middleware, Part 2: Who are our users?

The first thing anyone designing a website or a search engine should ask themselves is how can we meet the needs of our users? In the case of academic libraries,…

libraries our digital future

The Failure of Middleware, Part 1: What’s the Problem?

In many libraries, we see collections that do not meet the needs of their users. This problem can affect small rural public libraries with limited budgets and prestigious academic libraries…

The Failure of Middleware, Part 4: What works?

The Failure of Middleware, Part 3: How do we measure up?

The Failure of Middleware, Part 2: Who are our users?

The Failure of Middleware, Part 1: What’s the Problem?

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Slow librarianship, slow food, politics, pleasure, and moderation

Slow management in a fast world

Neoliberal Time and the Promise of Slow Librarianship