"Expired, Tired and Wired"
A couple days ago USA Today published an article about how libraries are adapting to the Internet. The article focused mostly on the availability of computers. A number of patrons were interviewed. One had this to say:
"You should be able to walk into any library and find Internet service ...."
That statement made me cringe a little, but I didn't really know why until later when a co-worker (and co-blogger) referenced Wired magazine's monthly "Expired, Tired and Wired" feature. Then it hit me.
TIRED: Finding Internet service in a library.
WIRED: Finding a library in the Internet
Any suggestion on what has "Expired?"
Thanks to Resource Shelf for pointing out the article.
On August 1, 2008 at 11:09 AM marine robert warden said:
your library catalog has been raided so that some catalog references are deleted such as Canticle III by Marine Robert Warden, 45 out of 46 references are no longer listed. There may be missing Gerald Locklin items too. Thanks Hope you can correct
On August 4, 2008 at 12:17 PM pam blittersdorf said:
Expired: Any media piece that tells you the library now has more than books.
On August 5, 2008 at 9:22 AM bobrobboy
said:
Thanks for pointing out the omission. This should be corrected. Bob Schultz reported the fix on an earlier blog post about missing libraries. But please let us know if you're still finding problems!
On August 8, 2008 at 3:29 PM Jorge said:
Expired: Finding books in the library's catalog
On August 8, 2008 at 4:08 PM bobrobboy
said:
I'm afraid you're probably right, Jorge. But if finding books in the catalog is expired, where are we finding books in a wired way?
Obviously WorldCat, .... and I *suppose* Amazon.com. But where else will we find the things we want to read, watch and listen too?