Although a good portion of what I read in terms of change in libraries is cataloging/metadata/systems related (metadata for electronic & digital objects, nex-gen catalogs, rda, opensource ILS, products to enhance user experience that work with the existing catalog (e.g., vufind, etc.), changes in LC policy, etc.), occasionally an article which is more reference oriented wanders across my desk.

Lots of new writings, new art, new music. I'm finishing up my art interviews with artists (the creativity series) and a short (!) book review.Oh, and of course, the cover graphic is mine. ;-)-------------------------These are the dog days of summer, is it any wonder that everything seems to droop a little?

Well, since I have so many little library related tidbits floating around in my reader, I'm just going to do a roundup:

• Over at the shifted librarian, she has a nice blog post about the new startup project, bibliocommons @ the Oakville, Ontario library, to build a library catalog interface from scratch. The interface includes things like reviews, tagging, faceted searching, etc.

Hmmm..... -----------------------From Microsoft's Live Search blog:"Today we informed our partners that we are ending the Live Search Books and Live Search Academic projects and that both sites will be taken down next week. Books and scholarly publications will continue to be integrated into our Search results, but not through separate indexes."Full blog posting at:http://tinyurl.com/5333gq

Honestly, what can't duct tape fix?http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/21apr_ducttape.htm?

This breaks my heart. I have a collection of polaroid cameras from the late 60s - 80s and I use the film for art projects.AP article (via Boston.com)http://tinyurl.com/27auphImpact on professional photographers (via Elle.com)http://tinyurl.com/26rjw5andPolaroid press releasehttp://tinyurl.com/2znmm4