New Blog Coming Soon

          In an effort to move around information in a slightly more branded and interesting way, I am in the process of building a new website for myself that will feature the same types of information featured here (items on books, libraries and bicycling mostly), but with a cleaner ideal, better interactions with social Madia (aka: Twitter) and it should generally be more fun to navigate and easier to follow. 
    
          The new site will be a website with a blog as a featured element in its design. But it will not JUST be a blog.  Also, the site may not remain static as a design. I am quite interested with varied layouts over the course of the next few months as i configure one that exactly matches the way I plan to disseminate thoughts and information.There should be more nested structure in the new design if it comes together as I plan.

          So be on the lookout for the new site soon (very soon)...

          Thank you.

Collecting for Libary Use - A Wonder

          When a library lines of items for use by patrons, what factors determine how many of one item a library will acquire? I know much of this has to do with money, but there are other elements in the decision mix which must be taken into account when a library or library system decides to purchase resources (print, image or digital). A side question to this may be whether there is a format that best fits each type pf item collected or if all formats are equally useful in every situation (all other things being equal).

          In terms of topic oriented collecting, where doses topic stop and another begin? Can we define this line? Is a library, public of academic, supposed to collect all publications by a well-red fiction author? Or must we think of this as excessive? If we collect all of an author's published works, do we also decide to collect monographs on said author? And what about books that might be defined as relevant to understanding context to that author's works or writing space?

          I mean to have no answers here. And my link to Wikipedia is for dialogue purposes only. I just mean to invite conversation. Please weigh in. I welcome comments here  (moderated) or @ Twitter.

          Thank you much.
          There will be more in the future.