Comments on: The search for the next big thing, ctd http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/the-search-for-the-next-big-thing-ctd-3/ the neverending reference interview of life Fri, 17 May 2013 00:38:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: uberVU - social comments http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/the-search-for-the-next-big-thing-ctd-3/#comment-262 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:43:16 +0000 http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/the-search-for-the-next-big-thing-ctd-3/#comment-262 Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: Andy Burkhardt http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/the-search-for-the-next-big-thing-ctd-3/#comment-261 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:48:07 +0000 http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/the-search-for-the-next-big-thing-ctd-3/#comment-261 Andy, I really like the idea of someone running a Google search for a book and based on their location the record for that book at the nearest library comes up. I agree that libraries should be working together more. We spend so much time working on our own specific catalog software, but if we could transfer some of that to the cloud and be better integrated with one another we would be able to serve our patrons much better, and as you said reduce barriers to information.

]]> By: Carrie http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/the-search-for-the-next-big-thing-ctd-3/#comment-260 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:03:11 +0000 http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/the-search-for-the-next-big-thing-ctd-3/#comment-260 It’s going to be interesting to see what the next big library thing will be. At one of MPOW, we are already lending Kindles. I’m sure it’s not widespread, but it’s happening now.

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