“Building Digital Libraries”

I am a columnist for Computers in Libraries magazine, on the topic of building digital libraries. The premise of the column is that digital libraries are in fact a collection of services, artifacts, functionalities (and not least) people, and that they must be understood in many contexts beyond the merely technological sphere.

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2012

“Data Management Takes to the Cloud.”  Computers in Libraries 32, No 1, January 2012

“New Technology, New Workflows, New Ways to Collaborate.”  Computers in Libraries 32, No 3, April 2012

“Web-Scale Library Consortia Lead the Way.”  Computers in Libraries 32, No 4, May 2012

2011

“Involving the Community in Digitization.” Computers in Libraries 31, No. 1, January/February 2011    CIL-Jan-2011

“Focusing the Library Web.” Computers in Libraries 31, No 2, March 2011

“Library 2.0, Meet the Web-Squared World.”  Computers in Libraries 31, No 3, April 2011  CIL-Mar-2011

“New Metrics for Academic Social Media Users.”  Computers in Libraries 31, No 4, May 2011

“How to Craft Social Media for Graduate Study.”  Computers in Libraries 31, No 5, June 2011

“The Importance of User Observation.”  Computers in Libraries 31, No 6, September 2011

“Hathitrust’s Ascendance as a Web-Level Digital Library.”  Computers in Libraries 31, No 7, October  2011  CIL-Oct-2011

“Thirty-Five Years’ Worth of ROI.”  Computers in Libraries 31, No 8, November 2011  CIL-Nov-2011

“Three Enduring Trends, Sustained by Crossover Thinking.” Computers in Libraries 31, No 9, December 2011  CIL-Dec-2011

2010

“Online History-Keeping for Outreach and Community Development.”  Computers in Libraries 30, No. 1, January-February 2010  CIL-Jan-2010

“Mapping Your Community in Five Easy Steps.”  Computers in Libraries 30, No 2, March 2010  CIL-Mar-2010

“A Tale of Two Researchers.”  Computers in Libraries 30, No 3, April 2010

“New Life for Longstanding Collaborations.”  Computers in Libraries 30, No 4, May 2010

“Organizational Diagnostics for Lean Times.”  Computers in Libraries 30, No 5, June 2010

“Learning by Watching 2.0 Community Builders.”  Computers in Libraries 30, No 7, September 2010  CIL-Sep-2010

“Hearts, Minds, and the Library’s Physical Space.  Computers in Libraries 30, No 8, October 2010

“The New Ascendancy of Metadata and Taxonomy Skills.”  Computers in Libraries 30, 9, November 2010  CIL-Nov-2010

“Living and Thriving in the Long Tail.”  Computers in Libraries 30, No 10, December 2010  CIL-Dec-2010

2009

“Reference Diagnostics for a Virtual World.”  Computers in Libraries 29, No. 1, January 2009

“Open Source, Meet ‘User-Generated Content.”  Computers in Libraries 29, No. 2, February 2009  CIL-Feb-2009

“Embrace the Chaos.”  Computers in Libraries 29, No. 3, March 2009

“Publishers in Libraries.”  Computers in Libraries 29, No. 4, April 2009  CIL-Apr-2009

“Thin Client, Meet the Mobile Future.”  Computers in Libraries 29, No. 5, May 2009  CIL-May-2009

“Core Values Lead Us to the Core of the Enterprise.”  Computers in Libraries 29, No. 6, June 2009

“Three Strategies for Effective Data Oversight.” Computers in Libraries 29, No. 8, September 2009

“Thriving on Technology’s Edge.”  Computers in Libraries 29, No. 9, October 2009

“The New Synergy Between Print and the Web.”  Computers in Libraries 29, No. 10, November 2009  CIL-Nov-2009