Comments on: The Library of the Future, with Graham Crackers http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/2012/12/17/the-library-of-the-future-with-graham-crackers/ Whatever It Is, I'm Against It Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:18:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: ChickenPolitics http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/2012/12/17/the-library-of-the-future-with-graham-crackers/comment-page-1/#comment-223425 ChickenPolitics Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:08:06 +0000 http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/?p=1705#comment-223425 So long as the academic bubble does not burst, Harvard certainly can utilize its resources, unavailable to other institutions, to embark on massive projects.

]]> By: anonymous http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/2012/12/17/the-library-of-the-future-with-graham-crackers/comment-page-1/#comment-223422 anonymous Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:56:16 +0000 http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/?p=1705#comment-223422 Serious academic library work means actually reading a printed book and correctly citing it.

]]> By: Tired Librarian http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/2012/12/17/the-library-of-the-future-with-graham-crackers/comment-page-1/#comment-223333 Tired Librarian Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:34:07 +0000 http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/?p=1705#comment-223333 In my mind, a serious but splendiferous academic library confures up images of massive digitization projects so that I DON”T have to visit Special Collections or spend thousands to visit libraries abroad. Harvard has contributed in that way.

At the same time, these sound like totally dumbass and pretentious stunts.

]]> By: ChickenPolitics http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/2012/12/17/the-library-of-the-future-with-graham-crackers/comment-page-1/#comment-223089 ChickenPolitics Tue, 18 Dec 2012 03:03:50 +0000 http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/?p=1705#comment-223089 In my mind, serious academic work conjures up images of a researcher digging through undigitized historical archives and visiting Special Collections departments to inspect physical objects.

]]> By: anonymous http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/2012/12/17/the-library-of-the-future-with-graham-crackers/comment-page-1/#comment-223052 anonymous Tue, 18 Dec 2012 01:00:16 +0000 http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/?p=1705#comment-223052 Everyone knows that anyone who wants to do serious academic library work does so online. Since many academic libraries now even deliver dead-tree resources, why not make entertaining use of the underutilized space?

]]> By: Joneser http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/2012/12/17/the-library-of-the-future-with-graham-crackers/comment-page-1/#comment-222969 Joneser Mon, 17 Dec 2012 21:32:19 +0000 http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/?p=1705#comment-222969 This reminds me of when I went to an annual “information services” statewide workshop. The speaker was, well, he’s quite self-congratulatory on his website. He said that any students who go to actual libraries (as in buildings) were “losers”. Forty-five minutes later he mentioned some finding of his “research”, which he had conducted by watching – you guessed it – students who go to libraries. But, if these students were “losers”, then why was he basing some advice on what they were doing. I should have called him on this but at that point didn’t have the guts. Or maybe there were still too many “change agents” who hadn’t retired yet in the audience.

]]> By: ChickenPolitics http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/2012/12/17/the-library-of-the-future-with-graham-crackers/comment-page-1/#comment-222930 ChickenPolitics Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:37:34 +0000 http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/?p=1705#comment-222930 My university’s library is well on its way to transforming itself into a satellite of the student union. It’s becoming the last place to find solitude for an individual’s studies.

]]> By: spencer http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/2012/12/17/the-library-of-the-future-with-graham-crackers/comment-page-1/#comment-222815 spencer Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:46:12 +0000 http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/?p=1705#comment-222815 They should also throw in laser tag… you know… because… RFID!

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