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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 →

I have long puzzled over the fact that in the golden age of the library function, there has been a systematic failure of library institutions. By “library function” I refer to the functions and institutions that maintain the memory of the human species. This function includes those institutions and people who save, organize, and provide … Continue Reading about So we beat on, boats against the current… →

I have alluded in several posts to the disparities one finds in looking at distributions of library data. By “distributions” I am talking here about making observations and generalizations when one looks at all the data from a set of libraries. I am going to discuss a fact of library life we all know about, … Continue Reading about A Riff on Big →