I was there, and I would say Weinberger's blog sums it up pretty well.
As you can see, the talk jumped around a lot and touched on a lot of
issues related to libraries. Orwant is an engaging speaker, but I can't
say there was a clear focus or a way forward. He didn't claim to know
the future any better than we do.
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John Hostage Authorities Librarian
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Harvard Law School Library +(1)(617) 495-3974 (voice)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
> [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Weinheimer Jim
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 05:34
> To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Next next generation catalogs, some reality
> check
>
> I think it's appropriate to this discussion to mention that Jon Orwant
> of Google Books spoke to Harvad's librarians and it was live-blogged
> at: http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2010/03/29/2b2k-jon-orwant-of-
> google-books/
>
> (Thanks to Resource Shelf, who added some comments:
>
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/29/jon-orwant-engineering-manager-
> at-google-books-speaks-to-harvard-librarian/)
>
> Are there any Harvard librarians on this list who attended? What did
> you think?
>
> James Weinheimer j.weinheimer_at_aur.edu
> Director of Library and Information Services
> The American University of Rome
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> 00153 Rome, Italy
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