The Evergreen Head-bob
I have been stewing about my maiden post on this blog for some time, so here goes. I presented or talked about Evergreen and open source seven times at ALA Annual 2008. (Seven times, I tell you, seven times!) It was a great experience, and part of the joy came from the many moments when … Continue Reading about The Evergreen Head-bob →
A Riff on Small
In A Riff on Big, I dealt with the skewed nature of library distributions in the United States (although the finding is more generally applicable)—that is, there few big libraries and many small libraries. Moreover, the big libraries are really, really big and the small libraries are really, really small. However, the critical question is … Continue Reading about A Riff on Small →
Measures of maximum load in PINES – update
In an earlier post, I reported on some figures measuring the then maximum transaction load levels on PINES. Two of those were from the day after Memorial Day in 2007 (that is, May 29, 2007). What happened in 2008 the day after Memorial Day (May 27, 2008)? Well, we have another busy day. May 29, … Continue Reading about Measures of maximum load in PINES – update →