Comments on: Cites on a Plane 2: This Time It’s For Keeps http://walt.lishost.org/2007/05/cites-on-a-plane-2-this-time-its-for-keeps/ The library voice of the radical middle. Fri, 28 Mar 2014 01:05:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2 By: walt http://walt.lishost.org/2007/05/cites-on-a-plane-2-this-time-its-for-keeps/comment-page-1/#comment-28610 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 22:35:38 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=558#comment-28610 No apology required. I just couldn’t help poking a bit. Gets me in trouble, but keeps life interesting.

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By: Peter Murray http://walt.lishost.org/2007/05/cites-on-a-plane-2-this-time-its-for-keeps/comment-page-1/#comment-28609 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 20:54:27 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=558#comment-28609 My apologies, Walt. “analysis of change in libraries synthesized from Walt’s own observations and that of the library blogosphere” would have been more accurate (if also longer).

And you’re right…OhioLINK isn’t in the position of publisher — especially for those dusty old book things. ;-)

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By: walt http://walt.lishost.org/2007/05/cites-on-a-plane-2-this-time-its-for-keeps/comment-page-1/#comment-28598 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:03:13 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=558#comment-28598 Hmm. Well, I’d say there’s a lot more to Balanced Libraries than just collecting a sample of blog posts, but I know what you mean. That book? Well, it’s going to be a while before I can claim $2/hour compensation for the writing time…but I did it as time permitted.

Maybe something about the new gig might make sense…if there is anything that can properly be characterized as a new gig. We shall see…

The “second epub” I’ve been pondering would very much be based on a more focused approach to synthesizing the informal literature in a specific area. And that’s probably as much as I should say right now, unless you’re a publisher anxious to form a working relationship! (“You” being anyone reading this post; I don’t think OhioLINK is in that position.)

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By: Peter Murray http://walt.lishost.org/2007/05/cites-on-a-plane-2-this-time-its-for-keeps/comment-page-1/#comment-28593 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:47:46 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=558#comment-28593 Yes — Spiderman 3 was what I was thinking of.

Writing about the new gig (when you get the new gig) would be appropriate, if you have had time to settle in. I don’t know how time intensive it was to do the “Balanced Libraries” book, but you might try something equivalent (just smaller) — take a topic and collect a representative sample of blog postings…

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By: walt http://walt.lishost.org/2007/05/cites-on-a-plane-2-this-time-its-for-keeps/comment-page-1/#comment-28583 Thu, 31 May 2007 14:26:24 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=558#comment-28583 You mean Spiderman 3, don’t you? There’s also Shrek 3…

There’s also another 3, but given the review it got locally and given that we never watched 2 in that series, I won’t mention it.

This one’s strange, though: COAP was really done as a little joke. I never expected to see 200 downloads, much less 2,000, since it really wasn’t carefully-selected “best of” essays (it was more “least widely read” essays, which might be less widely read for good reason!).

The followup was natural enough because there was so much new stuff to be said about speaking and conferences–and the COAP format let me put it in context with huge swaths of repeat material.

So the question really is, what would I do for a threepeat? I’m not ruling out the possibility. On the other hand, if you look at whole issue count and consider how many issues are left this year, there’s another special of sorts due early next year… Maybe the New Gig Centennial? If, of course, there’s a new gig by then.

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By: Peter Murray http://walt.lishost.org/2007/05/cites-on-a-plane-2-this-time-its-for-keeps/comment-page-1/#comment-28577 Thu, 31 May 2007 02:19:21 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=558#comment-28577 I dunno, Walt. Hollywood seems to be doing pretty well with sequels. How many millions did Superman 3 rake in a few weeks ago? :-)

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By: Laura http://walt.lishost.org/2007/05/cites-on-a-plane-2-this-time-its-for-keeps/comment-page-1/#comment-28573 Wed, 30 May 2007 18:18:57 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=558#comment-28573 The grocery store I use has just started selling reusable bags, so perhaps it will become a more common practice around here, but I’m not holding my breath–there are, after all–some cultural differences between Wyoming and northern California.

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By: walt http://walt.lishost.org/2007/05/cites-on-a-plane-2-this-time-its-for-keeps/comment-page-1/#comment-28567 Wed, 30 May 2007 14:26:46 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=558#comment-28567 Wow. Peter, I’m impressed. (I’m guessing WordPress won’t let you embed an image; the link works fine.) I think “This time it’s for keeps” pushes the movie metaphors about as far as I’m willing to go. The track record for third movies in series is so wildly mixed…I’d have to use “Cites on a Plane 3: Running It Into the Ground,” and that may not be a good subtitle for something that gets read on an airplane.

Fiona: You’re welcome–although it’s hardly comprehensive. I wanted to add a section on unconferences and the like, and maybe a quick writeup of alternative learning models (focusing on Five Weeks), but when the first cut ran 51 pages I just gave up.

Laura: I figure the HTML works for people who don’t want to print it out; I only include warnings in cases like this, where there’s really only one overall essay.

People look at you funny? We’ve been taking our own bags for grocery shopping for years–and that’s even a tie-in to the issue, since what we use are canvas bags I’ve received at various state conferences and the like, when such conferences give away canvas bags rather than vinyl carriers. So Safeway baggers are familiar with Access’99, Texas Library Association, one of the LITA National Conferences, and four or five others…and around here, there are moves to require reusable bags or at least make it expensive not to use them.

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By: Peter Murray http://walt.lishost.org/2007/05/cites-on-a-plane-2-this-time-its-for-keeps/comment-page-1/#comment-28566 Wed, 30 May 2007 13:36:01 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=558#comment-28566 Perhaps I can’t embed images into comments?

Maybe a link to the photo mashup?

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By: Peter Murray http://walt.lishost.org/2007/05/cites-on-a-plane-2-this-time-its-for-keeps/comment-page-1/#comment-28565 Wed, 30 May 2007 13:32:02 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=558#comment-28565 (Said with the tone of an covertly threatening movie trailer voice-over): “He’s Back, and This Time It Is For Keeps. It’sCites On A Plane!

Cut to a shot of Samuel L. Jackson:

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