It's almost 2013, and with that, I wish everyone sincere wishes to a wonderful new year.  Although not quite 2013 yet, the tenth edi...

Best known for his coinage of the "long tail" and then the "free economy," Chris Anderson editor of Wired magazine i...

No Shelf Required® is a blog about eBooks, loosely defined to discuss eBooks, audio books, and other digital content found in libraries a...

Over the next while, I intend to profile innovative libraries.   Surrey Public Library's City Centre Library branch is the first o...

I am really pleased to have co-published with my colleague and friend Ada Con, librarian at the Fraser Vallery Regional Library (FVRL).  O...

Having just returned from Netspeed 2012 , I feel refreshed in the library profession.  Some great speakers presented, some great ideas exc...

Happy thanksgiving, everyone, from Canada.   Even though it's weeks away from Thanksgiving in the US, it's always important to give...

It's really amazing to see the all out war between once former friends.  It's always sad to see how allies can disintegrate into ...

In 2008, the  Cultural Heritage Information Professionals (CHIPs) made a proverbial dent in the world of information professionals.  A j...

I've profiled some developments of gesture-based computing in previous postings.  Now I want to take a closer look at one library...

As a librarian, technology plays a critical role in my work.  Whether it is social media, mobiles, or cloud computing, I need to be aware...

Layar has been one of the most innovative and progressive web start-ups I've seen in a while.  It's taking the technology world ...

There have been a wave of new touch screen, mobile, and cloud-based emergent technologies out in the past few years.  One of them is ...

Layar is my technology company of choice to examine. A trio of tech experts in 2007 Raimo van der Klein, Maarten Lens-FitzGerald and Cl...

“Chinese Canadian Stories: Uncommon Histories from a Common Past” is community engagement and digitization initiative that contributes...