You probably don’t need to *know* all these things, but being aware of them is certainly useful. http://www.bizwaremagic.com/quick_internet_history.htm Although this is a couple of years old now, it’s still worth a look. If anyone can find an update for the …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4CV05HyAbM One of those marvellous videos which is a good reminder of why libraries of all stripes need to get with the plot or be left behind. Indeed, Ken Chard was reflecting recently on what will happen to libraries if …
Project Gutenberg has been around for a long time making out of copyright books available freely over the internet. Here’s a site which attempts to do the same thing for audio books. http://librivox.org/ While the collection isn’t vast (it relys …
Just occasionally in Word it’s helpful to have some text to manipulate as part of a test or demonstration. You can type in some garbage quickly or use an old text file, but one quick way of generating lots of text …
“This Library’s awesome. It’s got sofas and everything!”
Libraries often try to collect and manage esoteric items as well as books, journals and the like. But none seems to be quite as ephemeral and as liable to marvellous serendipity as Find of the Day. http://www.foundmagazine.com/ If you find …
Observant readers will notice that strictly speaker this blog should be called ‘Thing of the Weekday’. But anyway this has been suggested as a rather nice ‘thing’: http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html It’s a great way of making precious manuscripts available – though not …
Of all the libraryish things that have circulated in the last year or so, this gem of a four minute film has probably been the one that has been most enjoyed and talked about. Most love it for the excellence of execution. The odd …
Unlikely that this blog will be entirely library, book or information related you may be relieved to hear. And indeed, the very first suggestion that’s come in (do feel free to suggest sites), is just such a one. This definitely comes under …
Some people have waaay too much time on their hands: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns314ZNaJb4 but strangely beautiful.
