Disruption

This Friday we are holding our annual Member Forum.  As is practice, we were looking at themes for the event and I suggested the word “disruption”.  Certainly not a novel concept and one that is used often in our industry.  However, the more I have been...

Studio Rhode and Library Futures

The evolution of libraries is an intriguing subject to me.  In an era where we hear the words digital divide almost daily, I am dismayed by the fact that more attention is not paid to libraries as a potential key part of a solution.  To me, libraries have...

Work Never Done

Next week we will be releasing our spring issue of the eCurrent.  We decided to highlight some of the research going on in our community, as it is my observation that research embodies some of the most wonderfully positive activity happening in our backyard yet...

Blockchain Impact

You’re gonna have to come back around for another explanation…..not that I doubt the long term potential…..I just need additional explanation!

The Future….Really?

  When we broached the topic of a theme for the upcoming annual Member Forum, I wanted to have it be forward looking.  The future of technology….hmmm….what in the world does that mean?  Given the breadth of the technology we all deal with and the pace...

Big Data and Supercomputing is Changing the World

  I am on my way back from the Quilt http://www.thequilt.net/ winter meetings in beautiful La Jolla CA.  While it was hard to ignore the fact that it was 85 degrees all week while back home was feeling the brunt of snowstorms and record breaking frigid...

IT at the Table

  The concept that IT should be a strategic element of most any organization these days has been the talk of the town in recent years. Granted, we mostly hear advocacy for that position coming from the IT camp but slowly the “business” side of the house is...