Archive for the 'Walt Crawford' Category
‘Instant’ authors
January 6th, 2008Newsday - “With on-demand publishing, many are realizing their dream with limited number of copies.”
As Walt has proved, this works!
Why I <3 Walt Crawford
October 14th, 2007Because he blogs stuff like this: “The most damaging thing most public libraries could do is to attempt to get rid of the “places of books” core image in favor of–well, of whatever. Building on, expanding, diversifying: Great. Abandoning or trivializing that role: Suicidal.”
Walt to Palinet
October 4th, 2007Congrats Walt!
End of an Era
September 28th, 2007Walt Crawford - “So for now I’m gainfully unemployed.”
But, there is more work down the pike for Walt. As he eludes to in the next few sentenced.
John Miedema Reviews Balanced Libraries
September 18th, 2007He says: “Balance is not a sexy idea, but Crawford helps makes sense of the debate, showing how both change and stasis can be troublesome for libraries, providing a fresh take on the timeless wisdom that technology must serve library the mission, not the reverse.”
More on Rankings
September 6th, 2007Walt Crawford (Who points out that he is not a librarian…again) - “Rankings are fun, we’re going to get “graded” whether we like it or not, and it’s also all a little silly. But fun.”
Walt - You’re a librarian. Sorry to break it to ya. MLS or not. You ARE a librarian.
Lots of Library Blogs
August 26th, 2007Walt blogs more about his new book.
Lots of Library Blogs
August 9th, 2007Walt Crawford - “The second Cites & Insights Book will appear Real Soon Now: A survey of current English-language public library blogs, mostly consisting of profiles of the blogs themselves.”
252 of them, to be exact. Wow!!
Walt on Meebo Rooms
May 31st, 2007You would think that Walt has paid me off with a copy of his latest book in return for my blogging about him so much lately, but I just had to link to his post on the spam that getting into Meebo Rooms, plus reprint this quote:
“Postscript at the next coffee break: A new [...]
Walt Crawford Publishes New Book
March 22nd, 2007I read everything that Walt Crawford writes. He is one of the reasons why I became a librarian (so blame him - heh).
Anyway, Walt’s out with a new book that I can’t wait to read:
Balanced Libraries: Thoughts on Continunity and Change
"A library system that stands still is unbalanced and headed for trouble. A library staff [...]