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Comment on Delete Docklands, insert Victoria by Delete Docklands, insert Victoria | Light Dragoons

Delete Docklands, insert Victoria | Light Dragoons — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:40:10 +0000

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Comment on A Farewell to Kensington by dbawden

dbawden — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:25:11 +0000

Not so, apparently. It will be at the Victoria Plaza Hotel in November, and people-bumping chances seem greatly reduced:
http://theoccasionalinformationist.com/2012/04/13/delete-docklands-insert-victoria

Comment on Maurice Line (1928-2010) by dbawden

dbawden — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:32:34 +0000

Thank you for your kind comment. I have replied directly about the photo.

Comment on Maurice Line (1928-2010) by Marjorie Bloss

Marjorie Bloss — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:09:11 +0000

A lovely tribute.

I am the editor of a library journal, World Libraries. We will be including an article on Dr. Line. I was wondering if you would give me permission to use the picture that you have included in your article.

Comment on Very Short Information by dbawden

dbawden — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:54:44 +0000

Yes indeed, my point, albeit not well expressed, was to wonder how well the printed books will do in the long term against their e-book equivalents. Or indeed against the pirate versions available on the web; a kind of compliment I suppose. I wonder if there is special word for the phenomenon by which works on information matters don’t get to take advantage of new dissemination methods; I recall that, in its early days, the journal ‘Electronic Library’ was only available in print format.

Comment on Very Short Information by Graham Mathias

Graham Mathias — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:26:13 +0000

DB, a quick check on Amazon reveals that many of the Very Short Introductions are available for Kindle. Curiously, however, Floridi’s book is not one of them. Your point still stands though, I think.

Comment on The Philosophy (or a philosophy?) of information by Luciano Floridi

Luciano Floridi — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:09:16 +0000

Impressive and insightful synthesis, thank you.

Comment on Bush, Goldberg, Memex and the revision of history by Opinion: Information Science as Knowledge Translation :: ASIS&T Bulletin

Opinion: Information Science as Knowledge Translation :: ASIS&T Bulletin — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:21:50 +0000

[...] Resources Mentioned in the Text [1] Bawden, D. (March 31, 2010). Bush, Goldberg, the Memex, and the revision of history. The Occasional Informaticist: Irregular Thoughts on the Information Sciences [blog]. Retrieved April 24, 2011, from http://theoccasionalinformationist.com/2010/03/31/bush-goldberg-memex-and-the-revision-of-history/. [...]

Comment on An anonymous and undiscriminating library by alex

alex — Wed, 19 May 2010 07:17:23 +0000

In my university a student submitted an essay plagiarised from a professional academic. The plagiarism was discovered by the second marker, but not before the first marker had failed it!

Comment on Portrait of the Author as a Young Information Scientist by thewikiman

thewikiman — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:19:41 +0000

This is brilliant – I’m very glad you made an exception to the ‘talking about yourself rule’… Cheers for contributing to the project!