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I co-founded a library technology company, and I didn’t realize this until those initial discussions with my cofounders. Librarians were so far ahead of the cur
by karmelapple 4y ago
I co-founded a library technology company, and I didn’t realize this until those initial discussions with my cofounders. Librarians were so far ahead of the curve of adopting electronic delivery. They came up with a variety of technologies and standards to accomplish this when nothing else had been specified or built. It’s quite inspiring.
I even met the librarian who invented the phrase “surfing the internet” at a librarian conference. Yes, a librarian was there to coin phrases at the dawn of the web!
- greenyoda 4y ago> I even met the librarian who invented the phrase “surfing the internet”... A bit of internet surfing turned up her story about it: https://www.netmom.com/surfing/birth-of-a-metaphor https://www.netmom.com/surfing/birth-of-a-metaphor
- uoaei 4y agoI'm in loose circles involving archivists in addition to librarians and can confirm that they have some of the most nuanced and insightful takes on information management: discovery, curation, search, etc., especially how these systems serve human users as interfaces to knowledge. It seems obvious to say but feels important to reiterate.
- NetOpWibby 4y agoSee, this is why I come to the comments. That’s incredible.
- fishtacos 4y agoMy introduction to the Internet as an immigrant back in 1996 was hugely thanks to accommodating librarians at the middle school I attended. Netscape on a 486 running Win 3.11 was not ideal, but it's also where I created my first website, a Simpsons fan site on Tripod (rip).