Beyond the Dewey Decimal System

Library classification and collocation could be so much more exciting…

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Preservation

In her article “Eternal Bits,” Mackenzie Smith discusses the ephemeral nature of digital formats, explaining, “In an era when the ability to read a document, watch a video, or run a simulation could depend on having a particular version of a program installed on a specific computer platform, the usable life span of a piece [...]

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Collection Cultivation and Curation

I’ve been thinking about what kind of digital collection I can develop for my class this semester.  At first I thought I might try to develop a collection of story-time podcasts like the Denver Public Library–perhaps choose a theme and make recordings of myself reading several children’s stories within that theme.  But the Denver Library [...]

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Pixar’s Predecessors?

Considering my appreciation for comics, cartoons and all things animated, of course I would be drawn to a blog about the world’s oldest animation. Maybe the pictures came to life when the pot was spun on a pottery wheel? Facinating…

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Digital Archaeology?

One of the articles I read last week (can’t remember which) made me wonder what will be left of today’s culture 1,000 years from now.  Will archaeologists dig for fragments of our history in ancient PC hard-drives?  As GUIs and applications evolve ever more quickly, how much personal data will be left behind in defunct, inaccessible [...]

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