tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382384018477649822.post3160731822628263977..comments2023-03-19T09:46:26.453-05:00Comments on Quiescit anima libris: Newsflash: libraries aren't coolMelissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857009116761816327noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382384018477649822.post-58863545194720849002009-11-04T18:20:03.280-06:002009-11-04T18:20:03.280-06:00If OPACS didn't suck so bad, maybe 2.0 technol...If OPACS didn't suck so bad, maybe 2.0 technology would not be so exciting. But if it helps library users find what they have come in to find, then it is not about being cool. It's about being a better library.<br /><br />The video games I don't understand, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382384018477649822.post-82014996054167343522008-07-15T09:52:00.000-05:002008-07-15T09:52:00.000-05:00Sure, comment comes late: I've just found your Blo...Sure, comment comes late: I've just found your Blog, that's why. Some sad thing here from old Europe: there are some people, who doesn't really know the difference between a library and a bookstore. Librarians and book vendors tell in their blogs, how they try to explain them, not always with success. Maybe we have to reference to Amazon and they understand??? ;-)<BR/>And off topic: as i read, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382384018477649822.post-27270668254312475662008-06-01T13:48:00.000-05:002008-06-01T13:48:00.000-05:00I agree, the older I get the cooler "uncool" becom...I agree, the older I get the cooler "uncool" becomes. But although much of what is communicated on the net is vacuous and/or frivolous, I think it's essential to know <I>how</I>1>people communicate. I do think there is a change from the "old days" when libraries and "fun stuff" occupied separate but equal (or almost) spheres - now the entertainment sphere has become so predominant that anything Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382384018477649822.post-41223229426859161032008-05-12T12:58:00.000-05:002008-05-12T12:58:00.000-05:00OH! I am so glad someone said it.And why do we nee...OH! I am so glad someone said it.<BR/><BR/>And why do we need to be "cool" in the first place? It won't work and will just alienate the nerds who do like us.<BR/><BR/>Sigh.<BR/><BR/>All my mailing lists are talking about the proper way to host a Super Mario Smash Brawl tournament in their library.<BR/><BR/>Only lame people are going to go to such a thing.<BR/><BR/>Oiy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com