Some ribbons I collected at ALA
Travel. Leisure. Pursuits
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Giant @LorcanD Dempsey at #ala2011 Top Tech Trends
With his usual witty and insightful comments. Found his comments on the reborn trend of "resources guides" (e.g. LibGuides); compared them to "playlists"; feels that these curated "microcollections". Name checks Nate Hill at San Jose Public Library in the concept that "digital dashboards" with a more dynamic nature than these current iterations.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
16 June 1904, yes, I say yes again, time for Bloom to wander the streets of Dublin
Time again for Bloom, Stephen, Molly, Buck and all the rest to appear before us and celebrate Bloomsday. Here are some quotes and pictures from my visit to Dublin in 2004.
"His smile faded as he walked, a heavy cloud hiding the sun slowly, shadowing Trinity's surly front. Trams passed one another, ingoing, outgoing, clanging. Useless words. Things go on same, day after day: squads of police marching out, back: trams in, out. Those two loonies mooching about. Dignam carted off. Mina Purefoy swollen belly on a bed groaning to have a child tugged out of her. One born every second somewhere. Other dying every second. Since I fed the birds five minutes. Three hundred kicked the bucket. Other three hundred born, washing the blood off, all are washed in the blood of the lamb, bawling maaaaaa." James Joyce. Ulysses (Kindle Locations 3367-3371).
"A skiff, a crumpled throwaway, Elijah is coming, rode lightly down the Liffey, under Loopline bridge, shooting the rapids where water chafed around the bridgepiers, sailing eastward past hulls and anchorchains, between the Customhouse old dock and George's quay." James Joyce. Ulysses (Kindle Locations 4732-4733).
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| Trinity College |
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| The Liffey |
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Presentation for the Digital Public Library of America (#DPLA) Tech meeting
The Shoulders of Giants: Leveraging Existing Technologies for the Digital Public Library of America. Martin R. Kalfatovic. DPLA Technical Meeting. Library of Congress. Washington, DC. 14 June 2011.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Belgium beer tour
2011/06 Belgium Beer, a set on Flickr.
I had the opportunity to try a number of different Belgian beers on this trip. One of my favorite things is that nearly all the beers have their own special glasses so that you can easily tell what everyone is drinking.
I don't think I had any overlaps this trip. My favorites were the Orval, but the Kriek was also quite interesting.
Thursday, June 09, 2011
A visit to the Royal Museum for Central Africa
While in Tervuren for the BHL-Europe project meeting, I had a chance to visit the Royal Museum for Central Africa. There was an interesting temporary exhibition, "Fetish Modernity" that had a lot of interesting content but content that was overwhelmed by the presentation.The permanent collection was overwhelming in its own way. An amazing collection of artifacts from, obviously, Central Africa. The taxidermy display was interesting, but like many around the world, some were looking a little worn.
The Congo River exhibition was quite well done and integrated artifacts and experience (as well as a learning experience) in one coherent display.
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
If it's Tuesday, this must be Belgium
Well, actually today is Wednesday, but I did arrive on Tuesday. Starting off my BHL-Europe meetings with an overview of the Royal Museum for Central Africa.
Monday, June 06, 2011
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