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This Idea Is Insane

OK, I’m totally going to sound like a luddite, a recluse, or that crazy guy yelling at kids to get off his lawn, but I think the announcement from the Library of Congress that they’re going to archive all public Twitter “tweets” is fricking ridiculous. Sure, there are people who are way into Twitter ...

Library of Congress and Microsoft

The Library of Congress has decided to use Microsoft’s Silverlight to build their new website. LibraryThing has something to say about it: Most disturbingly, users are locked in, too: anybody using an iPhone, an old version of Windows, any version of Linux, or any other operating system or device not supported by ...

And I Thought I Was a Bit Disorganized

According to the Washington Post: About one-sixth of the books, monographs and bound periodicals at the Library of Congress weren’t where they were supposed to be because of flaws in the systems for shelving and retrieving materials, according to a survey to be made public at a congressional hearing today. [. . ...