Category: Asides

  • Thinking about what’s not being measured by the Ithaka S+R Survey

    I’d posted some not so random thoughts on the Ohio State Libraries local IT blog.  If interested, you can find it here: http://library.osu.edu/blogs/it/thinking-about-whats-not-being-measured-by-the-ithaka-sr-survey/ In a nutshell, I’ve been struck this time around the very old-world view of the library the survey seems to be presenting to faculty.  Certainly, the survey has value, but I wonder…

  • Living behind the paywall

    I wanted to highlight a series of articles currently published on Wired discussing the changing nature of the Web.  The articles are entitled: The Web is Dead.  Long Live the Internet The Web is Dead?  A Debate How the Web Wins Personally, I find these kinds of articles quite fascinating, as I’m constantly struck by…