Patrons frequently ask me how they can hook their kids on books. This makes me thrilled, because if books are your crack then I want to be your dealer! (Drug metaphors work quite well in the literary world. Don’t ask.) Depending on the situation I usually recommend one or more of these resources to feedContinue reading “want kids to love reading? places to start”
Category Archives: future
More Questions Than Answers: Month 3 of the Year of the E-book
First, a blog post got passed around on Twitter. Then the NYT picked up on it, and the following week this video was posted to YouTube: (better version of this from Penguin’s Digital unit) Got your mind properly blown yet? (Yes? Good.) This is just the start of what promises to be a really ground-breakingContinue reading “More Questions Than Answers: Month 3 of the Year of the E-book”
More Godin-ish thoughts
My co-worker Josh forwarded me a link to the Friendfeed conversation he started about my last blog post. I read the reactions with interest, and had a few thoughts in connection with this: Another co-worker forwarded an email with this, that seems related: “And these statistic(s) from another book, “Empire of Illusion: the End ofContinue reading “More Godin-ish thoughts”
Information is not free
Seth Godin blogged recently about his idea to transform libraries for the 21st century. Apparently he’s been talking to librarians who are unhappy that their DVD circulation is up (as it would be, in this economy when people are looking for cheap/free home entertainment). But I think he has some things very wrong: “They can’tContinue reading “Information is not free”
How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They’re Built by Stewart Brand
From my last post – this was the only book referred to in the New South Wales matrix that I hadn’t yet read. So I set out to grab a copy of How Buildings Learn and discover more about its metaphor for a potential library future. I think I have always been interested in architectureContinue reading “How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They’re Built by Stewart Brand”
Random Questions on Future Libraries from Scott McLeod
I enjoy reading Scott McLeod’s blog, Dangerously Irrelevant, because it challenges the status quo. He asks the questions that make us uncomfortable about the future of education (which is inextricably tied up in libraries, of course). He’s posted some questions as a result of some recently completed speaking gigs. I answer them here. 1. WhatContinue reading “Random Questions on Future Libraries from Scott McLeod”