See Between the Shots

woosh

2006-12-09T19:29:00.000-05:00

picnic tables at it again

2006-11-30T11:02:00.000-05:00

Greenstone

2006-11-15T11:14:00.000-05:00

Library school invades again. This time to talk about Greenstone. The photo above has nothing to with the software, but given the name, it reminded me of this. It was taken in Laos, near the Thailand border. It was the highlight in a sculpture park full of strange and interesting things. The mouth is actually the entrance to go inside.

"The decision of whether or not to adopt new technologies must always be weighed very carefully. Before implementing a new technology one must compare the added benefit to end users to the costs to the institution of implementation. Careful consideration is needed to prevent unnecessary disruption to the user (in learning how to use the new technology), time spent in training librarians and other staff and waste of limited financial resources.

The creation of a digital library with Greenstone software for the purpose of housing course readings would be of great benefit to information studies students. However, even if the added convenience for students were not deemed a compelling enough reason to proceed with the digitization of course readings, the future possibility of offering courses online should warrant the administration’s interest in the project. "

reach out and touch someone

2006-11-14T22:53:00.000-05:00

a man, a horse, a mother, a child

2006-10-27T23:32:00.000-04:00

Sometimes people don't get in the way.

library school invades

2006-10-24T20:54:00.000-04:00

Conclusion to a review of this article.

Although Crawford fails to distinguish for the reader a discernable difference between Library 2.0, and “Library 2.0”, the article was useful in continuing the debate. In the months following the publication and into the present, several articles have been published in journals by his peers.

Some attention has been paid as well to some of the deficiencies in Crawford’s approach, as discussed above. One blog post in particular raises

doubts about the name, the bandwagon, the universal applicability of the concepts, the need to drop those dangerous old ideas and focus on “Library 2.0,” the extent to which the term was being used in a confrontational manner…and other doubts.

Interestingly, this post, entitled “Library 2.0” - an apology, was made by Crawford himself. It is, in fact, rather an exaggeration to call the post an apology, as Crawford drops his truculent tone for only a moment before resuming again with “For those who interpret this post as another attack on Library 2.0: I can’t control your interpretations, although you’re dead wrong” and other such words of kindness. We see here nonetheless some acceptance by Crawford that his approach may be seen by others—even if these others are “dead wrong”—as excessively tendentious, and even, perhaps, rather manipulative.

Crawford does offer, in response to his critics who, though perhaps “dead wrong,” have felt themselves maligned in his writings, that in future articles where his research consists primarily of information taken from weblogs, bloggers will have the option to not to be included. This, quite frankly, seems rather an unnecessary step on Crawford’s part. Anything published on a blog should be fair game for citation in academic and professional papers. If Crawford really wishes to prevent people from feeling that he has treated them unfairly, then he does not need to stop citing them—he simply needs to treat them fairly when he does. There is, indisputably, an excellent and important argument to be had on Library 2.0 (or even, perhaps, “Library 2.0”) and its correct role in the library’s future. But Crawford’s approach does little to illuminate—and much to obscure—the open and thoughtful discussion that the subject deserves.

welcome to the library

2006-09-27T12:39:00.000-04:00

courtesy of a guest photographer: the boyfriend, using a Sony W7.

bird's eye view

2006-08-09T11:34:00.000-04:00

A starry night

2005-12-10T22:50:00.000-05:00

You can see stars in the city. If you look hard enough.

grow different

2005-11-17T12:44:00.000-05:00

Koh Tao, Thailand.
This horizontal tree provided the perfect line of shade for a day on the beach.

red means stop

2005-11-02T11:54:00.000-05:00

I didn't know they lit up Niagara Falls at night. It was freezing outside, and we waited 20 minutes hoping for the colour to change. Giving up, we hailed a taxi. Of course, it then changed to green.

see you in october

2005-06-07T22:12:00.000-04:00

It's too hard to keep this up while traveling. Check again in October. For now, new pictures will be added to my flickr stream.

incoming

2005-04-14T03:26:00.000-04:00

I could feel the footbridge vibrating from the traffic, both above and below.

a self-portrait of sorts

2005-03-31T18:23:00.000-05:00

open eyes open

2005-03-21T21:49:00.000-05:00

I walk by this everyday.

But it's the first time I saw something.

balance beam

2005-03-15T10:10:00.000-05:00

I'd like to be an ant. Following an undetermined path of pipes, poles, and grooves. Up, down, horizontal, diagonal.

the attraction

2005-03-08T21:37:00.000-05:00

A gnarly tree turned black by the blocking of the sun by tall buildings.
Beside it for 500 yen, people revolve.
What do they see up there?

destruction

2005-03-06T21:31:00.000-05:00

Now this is must be a fun job.

in the sandbox

2005-02-24T09:30:00.000-05:00

This is what you drive after you're done playing with Tonka trucks.

shop and ride

2005-02-14T09:49:00.000-05:00

A new department store, with a ferris wheel attached to the outer wall. Only in Japan...

white hole

2005-01-29T04:51:00.000-05:00

I wonder what the view is like from the top.

glass

2005-01-28T08:24:00.000-05:00

35 degrees in KL. My window would be open too.

Hindu Gods

2005-01-26T23:43:00.000-05:00

the way out

2005-01-22T05:05:00.000-05:00

Could you do it?

animals

2005-01-16T00:24:00.000-05:00

A butterfly park, a bird park, a zoo, the wild. Two continents. The only thing missing is the aquarium.