tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301536602024-03-07T03:54:23.031-05:00Brave New WorldThe World of a 21st Century LibrarianAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859525816321289128noreply@blogger.comBlogger436125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30153660.post-77469388147205423492015-07-29T21:17:00.001-04:002015-07-29T21:17:54.494-04:00Cbus Libraries<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Starting early last year, I began a library project called <a href="http://cbuslibraries.com/" target="_blank">Cbus Libraries</a> with my colleague, Andrea Dixon. We wanted to highlight the amazing work being done by library professionals and the wide breadth of libraries in Central Ohio.<br />
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What we've seen is incredible. From presidential archives to plush zebras, we've touched hand written letters from President George Washington, rummaged through non-traditional seed catalogs, took in the beauty of artists' books, leafed through a first edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin, ambled along rows of tools that are used to create better communities, and so much more. <br />
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Behind every library we visited, we met with enthusiastic professionals that take great pride in their work, libraries, and communities. What an inspiration!<br />
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Thus, I have posted less here and focused more on Cbus Libraries. Andrea and I <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/cbuslibraries/the-secret-world-of-special-libraries" target="_blank">presented</a> on special libraries last November at Columbus Pecha Kucha Night. After more visits and discussions, we'd like to present again in 2016. I imagine I'll use this blog as a sounding board as we look to shape our story about the fantastic, and sometimes rarely known, resources we have here in Central Ohio.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><i>More @ <a href="http://www.bryanloar.com">bryanloar.com</a></i></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859525816321289128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30153660.post-45003789067527458992014-11-17T21:51:00.000-05:002015-07-29T21:56:26.449-04:00Cbus Libraries and Pecha Kucha Columbus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last Thursday I had the honor to present with my amazing colleague <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andrea-dixon/1/369/ab4" target="_blank">Andrea Dixon</a> on special libraries in Central Ohio. Our goal was to share the value these libraries provide and the incredible work of their professionals. We were thrilled to formally launch <a href="http://cbuslibraries.com/" target="_blank">Cbus Libraries</a>.<br />
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We had a wonderful experience at <a href="http://www.pechakucha.org/cities/columbus/events/545e2e80bfb6ff2929000001" target="_blank">Pecha Kucha Night (PKN) Columbus</a>. PKN is described as "the art of concise presentations." If you aren't familiar with it, PKN is a national movement of local events where presenters have 20 slides and 20 seconds for each slide.<br />
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Check out our presentation below. For the notes on each slide, click on the link below the slideshow and click on the Notes tab.<br />
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<b> <a href="https://www.slideshare.net/cbuslibraries/the-secret-world-of-special-libraries" target="_blank" title="The Secret World of Special Libraries">The Secret World of Special Libraries</a> </b> from <b><a href="https://www.slideshare.net/cbuslibraries" target="_blank">Cbus Libraries</a></b> </div>
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This presentation explores augmented reality and potential uses
within arts education. The presentation has been enhanced from the
previous October 2012 presentation. Videos have been added, new examples
have been provided, further explanations have been added to the notes,
and the information has been tailored to the Visual Resources Association audience.<br />
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as part the Visual Resources Association’s 31st Annual Conference
session, “Enhancing Education Beyond the Classroom Experience via
Visualization Technologies.”<br />
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The PowerPoint presentation with embedded videos can also be downloaded as a zipped file at <a href="http://bit.ly/AR_pptx_vra2013">http://bit.ly/AR_pptx_vra2013</a> <span style="font-size: x-small;">[Note: Viewing the presentation with embedded videos has been known to be problematic. Depending on your version of PowerPoint and your operating system, the videos may or may not play.]</span><br />
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<b> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/bryanloar/augmenting-education-vra-20130403" target="_blank" title="Augmenting Education: The Collision of Real and Virtual Worlds [VRA]">Augmenting Education: The Collision of Real and Virtual Worlds [VRA]</a> </b> from <b><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/bryanloar" target="_blank">Bryan Loar</a></b> </div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer"><i>More @ <a href="http://www.bryanloar.com">bryanloar.com</a></i></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859525816321289128noreply@blogger.com2Providence, RI, USA41.8239891 -71.41283429999998641.7293166 -71.574195799999984 41.9186616 -71.251472799999988tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30153660.post-965074837659504272013-02-21T08:00:00.000-05:002013-02-21T08:00:04.399-05:00Dieter Roth<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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An interesting new book titled <a href="http://www.momastore.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10451&productId=155462&promoCode=8H104&categoryId=11486&parent_category_rn=26683&cm_mmc=MoMA-_-Other-_-Collections-_-NA" target="_blank">Wait, Later This Will Be Nothing</a> by Sarah Suzuki comes out this month from the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).<br />
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As I was preoccupied with everything around WWI in my art studies, I never heard of Dieter Roth before. I love his<i> <a href="http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?object_id=141853" target="_blank">Literature Sausage (Literaturwurst)</a></i> made of ground-up books, and prints made with organic materials instead of inks are pretty smart too.<br />
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A nice, 16-page <a href="http://www.moma.org/docs/publication_pdf/3173/RothEditions_PREVIEW.pdf?1360877971" target="_blank">sample PDF</a> preview is also included in MoMA's description.<br />
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"Those with access to these resources — students, librarians, scientists — you have been given a privilege. You get to feed at this banquet of knowledge while the rest of the world is locked out. But you need not — indeed, morally, you cannot — keep this privilege for yourselves." - Aaron Swartz, <a href="https://gist.github.com/4523374" target="_blank">Guerrilla Open Access Manifesto</a>.<br />
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As a means of tribute to Aaron Swartz, his beliefs, and a form of online civil disobedience, more than 1,500 links have been posted on twitter to copyright-protected research. The links are collected via the #pdftribue hashtag and can be found at the site <a href="http://pdftribute.net/">pdftribute.net</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Video: F2C2012: Aaron Swartz keynote - "How we stopped SOPA" </span><br />
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Aaron Swartz was heralded as a young genius who co-authored RSS at age 14 and later started a company that would morph into Reddit. <br />
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He also was proponent of greater access to information, and he allegedly took that position when downloading over 4 million academic articles from JSTOR with the intent to distribute without permission.<br />
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<a href="http://mobile.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/01/13/aaron_swartz_s_suicide_may_make_the_open_access_movement_mainstream.html" target="_blank">Andrea Peterson at Slate pondered</a> if Aaron's apparent suicide might be a catalyst for mainstreaming open access journal practices. <br />
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With over 13,000 researcher signatures <a href="http://thecostofknowledge.com/" target="_blank">boycotting Elsevier</a>, another large academic publisher, momentum is gaining for research to be more widely available--not just to the a minority that have institutions that can afford subscription costs (<a href="http://cen.acs.org/articles/90/i46/Easy-Answer-Library-Budgets.html" target="_blank">and even they sometimes can't meet those financial demands</a>).<br />
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Open access' <a href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/download/advocacy/openaccess/chemistrycentraljournal.pdf" target="_blank">value proposition</a> is that the removal of subscription fees and keeping copyrights with the authors will increase access to information. One solution is to have the journal costs paid by the author(s) through research grants. The problem is that publishing in well-respected journals where the likelihood of citation is greater is tied to the researchers' requirements for tenure, and those journals are typically subscription based. So, while <a href="http://www.nature.com/news/elsevier-boycott-gathers-pace-1.10010" target="_blank">previous movements</a> to dismantle the subscription system (including petitions with over 30,000 signatories have occurred), none have created widespread change.<br />
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With growing dissent for subscription-based, academic journal distributors and recent ideologies like the Anonymous and Occupy movements, we may see a cultural shift that Aaron called for in his <a href="https://gist.github.com/4523374" target="_blank">Guerrilla Open Access Manifesto</a> [1].<br />
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[1] Interestingly, and not surprisingly due to looming litigation, the manifesto is no longer on Aaron's site. Although traces on Google can be found by searching <i>site:aaronsw.com "guerrilla open access"</i><div class="blogger-post-footer"><i>More @ <a href="http://www.bryanloar.com">bryanloar.com</a></i></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859525816321289128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30153660.post-82545908895075401662012-10-22T08:00:00.000-04:002012-10-22T08:00:17.801-04:00Augmenting Education: The Collision of Real and Virtual Worlds<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/bryanloar/augmenting-education-the-coll" target="_blank" title="Augmenting Education: The Collision of Real and Virtual Worlds">Augmenting Education: The Collision of Real and Virtual Worlds</a> </b> from <b><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/bryanloar" target="_blank">Bryan Loar</a></b> </div>
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This presentation explores augmented reality and potential uses within arts education. It was presented as part the <a href="http://www.secollegeart.org/annual-conference.html" target="_blank">SECAC 2012</a> Visual Resources Curator Group session, "When the Past Collides with the Present: Moving Beyond the Single Classroom Experience via Digital Technologies." <div class="blogger-post-footer"><i>More @ <a href="http://www.bryanloar.com">bryanloar.com</a></i></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859525816321289128noreply@blogger.com0Durham Marriott City Center35.9976427 -78.902061735.9960367 -78.9045292 35.9992487 -78.89959420000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30153660.post-34678715812140572922012-10-19T08:00:00.000-04:002012-10-19T08:00:12.884-04:00BeecherHill<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My employer recently announced a name and brand change from SC search consultants to <a href="http://www.beecherhillsearch.com/" target="_blank">BeecherHill</a>. The process took about a year, and I was fortunate enough to take part in the process.<br />
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BeecherHill as a name pays homage to both Founder <a href="http://www.beecherhillsearch.com/who_we_are/#beginning" target="_blank">Cindy Hilsheimer</a> and to the locations of our business (Beecher Rd. and Beecher Crossing North). However, as one of our associates put it, the name goes beyond that...it is a representation of climbing towards a goal. For me, that goal is excellence. Excellence in our service, our community, and each other. <br />
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I'm very proud to work with such a talented group of professionals, and I'm inspired by the impact we have on exceptional leaders, our clients, and our community.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><i>More @ <a href="http://www.bryanloar.com">bryanloar.com</a></i></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859525816321289128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30153660.post-31136493034724043912012-10-16T08:00:00.000-04:002012-10-16T08:00:14.427-04:00Augmented Reality Resources<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I've compiled a number of nice resources and examples for my <a href="http://www.bryanloar.com/2012/10/upcoming-secac-presentation-on.html" target="_blank">upcoming presentation</a> on augmented reality in Diigo. Check them out at <a href="http://www.bit.ly/secac12-AR">bit.ly/secac12-AR</a>.<br />
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(Note: This is a work-in-progress. Collection is still ongoing and some cleanup of tags & descriptions before the conference need to take place.)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><i>More @ <a href="http://www.bryanloar.com">bryanloar.com</a></i></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859525816321289128noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30153660.post-14548599900911372282012-10-15T09:34:00.000-04:002012-10-15T09:34:44.356-04:00Upcoming SECAC Presentation on Augmented Reality<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I am very excited to be part of the upcoming session "When the Past Collides with the Present: Moving Beyond the Single Classroom Experience via Digital Technologies" at the <a href="http://www.secollegeart.org/annual-conference.html">Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC) 2012</a>.<br />
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My presentation focuses on augmented reality (AR) and how AR can enhance the educational experience. Below is my abstract.<br />
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<b>Augmenting Education: The Collision of Real and Virtual Worlds</b><br />
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Augmented reality contextualizes and gives deeper meaning to real-world objects, and it provides educators with a means to extend the classroom beyond traditional confines. The technology uses mobile devices, head-mounted displays, or eyewear to produce an informational layer between the viewer and the viewed. Unlike virtual reality, a completely simulated experience, augmented reality overlays virtual information over the real world. Architecture, sculpture, and the visual arts in situ can be complemented with a rich layer of data. Consequently, living labs may be constructed that enhance the educational experience and student engagement. This paper explores current case studies, suggests practical applications, and speculates on the future of education-based augmented reality.</blockquote>
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For more information on SECAC, please visit <a href="http://www.secollegeart.org/">www.secollegeart.org</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><i>More @ <a href="http://www.bryanloar.com">bryanloar.com</a></i></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859525816321289128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30153660.post-81819884039864709472012-08-27T08:00:00.000-04:002012-08-27T08:43:04.147-04:00Maira Kalman<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I wonder if Moeller or the City of Walnut Creek chose the subject's "shushing" pose. While I respect Moeller's ability to create visually striking art, I was disappointed to see the final product--an image that reinforces the stereotype of librarians as "<a href="http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2011/03/13/the-stereotypes.html">bespectacled, bun-sporting ladies who shush patrons</a>."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image for the Milner Library site at Illinois State University. www.mlb.ilstu.edu/ressubj/speccol/lenski/Welcome.html via Lifeonthecutoff Blog. </td></tr>
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With the recent wave of storms and power outages in the U.S., libraries have provided a refuge to those looking for cool, indoor relief. Additionally, they have provided the necessary electricity to re-power mobile devices. Here are some nice examples of libraries meeting their communities' needs.<br />
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<a href="http://library.arlingtonva.us/">Arlington Public Library</a><br />
Arlington Public Library in Virginia partnered with Dominion Power to keep their doors open, the cool air blowing, and the electricity flowing. Library staff and volunteers generously worked additional hours to serve their community. To read more, please go <a href="http://library.arlingtonva.us/2012/07/03/power-outage-day-3-photos-of-a-full-library/">here</a>.<br />
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Bridgeport Public Library in West Virginia, a state with 35,000 still without of electricity, <a href="http://www.connect-bridgeport.com/connect.cfm?func=view&section=Off-the-Shelf&item=Off-the-Shelf-Beat-the-Heat-Recharge-and-Re-Connect-in-the-Cool-Refuge-of-the-Library702">positioned itself</a> as the perfect place to keep cool and discover the back story to movie blockbusters like the Avengers.<br />
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An amazing library located at the University of California-San Diego. Formerly known as Central Library, the Geisel Library was renamed in 1995 in honor of the generosity of Audrey and Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss).<br />
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The debate over the relevance and viability of the United States Postal Service and how to stop the USPS' massive borrowing to stay afloat is far from over. In May, the U.S. Senate stopped a House-backed bill to begin closures of primarily rural post offices. Instead, they opted to reduce the post offices' operating hours and move full-time employees to part-time. Yet, some lawmakers believe that isn't enough (<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/usps-to-cut-hours-not-close-post-offices/">Bingham, 2012</a>). </div>
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A. Lee Fritschler, a professor of public policy at George Mason University and former chair of the U.S. Postal Rate Commission, argues the primary role of the USPS has shifted from communication to a medium for broadcasting advertising (<a href="http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/postal-service-dying-could-they-just-build-new-one">Moe, 2012</a>). The adoption of technologies such as the Internet and telephone have brought about that shift.<br />
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Libraries face the same challenges. Libraries, for the most part, have taken a passive role in the creation of technologies to address people's information needs. Instead of taking a major role in computer sciences, libraries focused on being a service provider--a mediary reliant on others to create information systems. The mass adoption of information systems that are also providers (e.g. Google) erode libraries' relevancy. Publishers who can control pricing tiers to different customers as well as who they sell to (e.g. ebook publishers) threaten libraries' relevancy.<br />
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I used to think the debate over the death of libraries had no merit. People will always have information needs. Libraries offer platforms for the exchange of information, debates, performance, and community development. Libraries are beacons for fostering intellectual freedom. Libraries moved away from being book warehouses whose goal was to instill acceptable social norms and behaviors. Instead, they've placed greater resources on consultancy models that help information seekers effectively navigate massive amounts of data. However, as information systems become more sophisticated and are able to provide more relevant results to information seekers' queries, the role of the librarian will be diminished. As publishers create an atmosphere hostile to library acquisitions, libraries' ability to serve their communities' needs will be diminished. As budgets strain, services such as hours of operation and community services will diminish. As libraries increasingly move towards not hiring/replacing professional librarians and hire capable para-professionals and part-time employees, the library profession as a whole will be diminished and library/information science schools will begin to close.<br />
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Some arguments for the death of the libraries have indicated that the library will just morph into something that can't currently be foreseen, but, what if, the library dissipates into the ether? The library no longer exists--the library is everywhere. I'm thinking about the virtual librarian in Neal Stephenson's "<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25026617">Snow Crash</a>." The book's librarian is a piece of software visualized in a virtual 3-D environment. While not able to deduce, the librarian asks qualifying question (much like a reference interview) to "understand" the semantics of its patrons' queries. The librarian can access sheer amounts of data very quickly. Now imagine having this librarian at your disposal at any time in any place.<br />
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The United States Postal Service is economically unhealthy, currently unsustainable, and did not adequately transition to meet the needs of the public. Can we say differently about libraries?<br />
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<u><b>Further Reading of Possible Interest</b></u><br />
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Academic Library Autopsy Report, 2050<br />
by Brian T. Sullivan<br />
The Chronicle of Higher Education<br />
<a href="http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/125767/">http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/125767/ </a><br />
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Extinction Timeline 2<br />
by what'snext<br />
<a href="http://nowandnext.com/PDF/Extinction%20Timeline%202.pdf">http://nowandnext.com/PDF/Extinction%20Timeline%202.pdf </a><br />
[Note: Interesting the <a href="http://www.nowandnext.com/PDF/extinction_timeline.pdf">original timeline</a> had all libraries, but the second timeline has just school libraries.] <br />
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I was thinking about the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Store-within-a-store"> stores-within-stores concept</a> that I originally learned about at <a href="http://www.fitch.com/">Fitch</a>, and I wondered if there was anything like that in the library world. I was curious how this might be different that just areas set aside for a particular subject area (like <a href="http://www.lapl.org/central/children.html">LAPL's children's lit department</a>). A Store-within-a-store "is an agreement in which a retailer rents a part of the retail space to be used by a different company to run another, independent store" (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Store-within-a-store">Wikipedia</a>, 2012). So, what if the library rented space out to another non-profit like a historical society or to a a for-profit like a publisher that is library/e-book friendly?<br />
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In searching, I didn't find any concrete examples (read: opportunity!), but I did come across the <a href="http://www.nlb.gov.sg/">National Library Board of Singapore</a>'s "unlibrary." In essence, they created nodes within the library that subverted physical/virtual space and adopted means that challenge the traditional knowledge transference from book to person (i.e. "<a href="http://humanlibrary.org/">living library</a>" or "borrow a person" concept).<br />
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<b style="display: block; margin: 12px 0 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/Damien_Wang/the-unlibrary-library-within-a-library" target="_blank" title="The UnLibrary: library within a library">The UnLibrary: library within a library</a></b> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="284" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/1976952" style="border-width: 1px 1px 0; border: 1px solid #CCC;" width="340"></iframe> <br />
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View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker/death-by-powerpoint" target="_blank">PowerPoint</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/Damien_Wang" target="_blank">Damien_Wang</a><br />
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<u><b>Further Reading</b></u>:<br />
PSFK has a nice post on stores-within-stores <a href="http://www.psfk.com/2011/08/future-of-retail-store-within-a-store.html">here</a>. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/44347043">Stefano Arienti: Library - installation video</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3312967">Lehmann Maupin</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>. </span><br />
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Artist <a href="http://www.lehmannmaupin.com/#/artists/stefano-arienti/">Stefano Arienti</a> "transforms his source material through a minimal gesture (like folding or puncturing) that he repeats systematically, almost obsessively. In doing so, he subverts the visual cliches of popular culture."<br />
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I like in this piece, called <i>Library</i>, Arienti encourages the viewer to explore and discover.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><i>More @ <a href="http://www.bryanloar.com">bryanloar.com</a></i></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859525816321289128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30153660.post-9483572985407907722012-06-20T08:00:00.000-04:002012-06-20T08:00:14.108-04:00Anthology Library App<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="197" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/44346096?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="350"></iframe> <br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/44346096">Anthology</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user7846487">Noah Blinder</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>. </span><br />
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Anthology is an interesting (iPhone?) app that creates location-based suggestions from materials that you've checked out from the library. The real trick will be how relevant the user thinks the suggestions are, how the app interacts with integrated library systems, and the willingness of businesses to pay for a listing in yet another location-based service.<br />
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So, the real question is...is the video just a demo reel, or is the app actually out there? A quick Google & iTunes search did not retrieve any positive hits.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><i>More @ <a href="http://www.bryanloar.com">bryanloar.com</a></i></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859525816321289128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30153660.post-18413423811362455982012-06-18T07:38:00.000-04:002012-06-18T07:44:50.121-04:00Museum of Sydney's Now and Then Exhibit<span style="font-size: x-small;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="197" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/44215229" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="350"></iframe></span> <br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Video: <a href="http://vimeo.com/44215229">Now and Then exhibition at the Museum of Sydney</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/abcopenhunter">ABC Open Hunter</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>. </span><br />
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The Museum of Sydney's <a href="http://www.hht.net.au/whats_on/exhibitions/exhibitions/now_and_then">Now and Then Exhibit</a> along with Historic Houses Trust's <a href="http://www.hht.net.au/whats_on/highlights/events/your_now_and_then">photo competition</a> is a great method for a museum/historical society/library to connect to the communities they serve and beyond. The exhibit and competition are a nice example of "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glocalization">glocalization</a>" where the local is celebrated on a global platform (i.e. local photographic history is combined with today's environments while being celebrating on the Internet).<div class="blogger-post-footer"><i>More @ <a href="http://www.bryanloar.com">bryanloar.com</a></i></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859525816321289128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30153660.post-78193113167230881222012-06-11T08:51:00.002-04:002012-06-11T09:24:31.077-04:00Graffiti and Art History Canon<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Sure graffiti has been in galleries since the eighties and documenters Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant largely started a tradition of capturing street art for over 30 years, but I never thought I'd see the day when a respected press like Thames & Hudson creates a survey. I recently looked over Thames & Hudson's fall/winter catalog & found this gem. Although the series usually lacks enough substance for serious study, the World of Art series is always a good primer.<br />
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Graffiti and street art<br />
Author: Anna Wacławek<br />
Publisher: Thames & Hudson, 2011.<br />
Series: World of art.<br />
ISBN 9780500204078<br />
<a href="http://www.thamesandhudson.com/9780500204078.html">http://www.thamesandhudson.com/9780500204078.html</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><i>More @ <a href="http://www.bryanloar.com">bryanloar.com</a></i></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859525816321289128noreply@blogger.com0