Archive for February, 2011

Artificial Scarcity: I attempt to identify the root cause of the #HCOD debacle

Monday, February 28th, 2011 Posted in future of libraries, new media | 3 Comments »

...the publishing industry has lost its technological monopoly on the flow of information. This means that libraries can no longer identify ourselves as purchasing collectives for containers of information. #HCOD sturm ... Read more..

The user becomes the collection

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011 Posted in academic libraries, future of libraries | Comments Off

(This is a previously unpublished post  from my Wordpress drafts folder. I've cleaned it up and finished some thoughts, but mostly it stands as written in November 2010) The user becomes ... Read more..

Dead Letter Office

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

You may notice some increased posting traffic here at informationgames for a while. I've been teaching certain aspects of WordPress and so have been reminded that my site architecture needs ... Read more..

Imaginary Libraries

Monday, February 14th, 2011 Posted in academic libraries, future of libraries | Comments Off

I was asked recently to write a response piece to an article written by one of my CMDC colleagues John Barber. John is a Richard Brautigan scholar and has recently ... Read more..