ALA TechSource BlogInsightful, important, and discerning reports and commentary about technology for, and used by, libraries.Today the Users, Tomorrow the Objects- April 22, 2008 About forty years agoSunsweet Pitted Prunes ran a famously funny TV ad, written by Stan Freberg. It featured a stuffy British character actor complaining about the fact that prunes contained pits and were wrinkled. Onceyou have a prune pit in your mouth, there is no graceful way to extricate it. All wrinkled fruit is abhorrent. Then he is offered a new Sunsweet pitted prune. He displays some interest and enjoyment, then reminds the off-screen pitchman that the prunes still contain wrinkles. Cut.http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2008/04/today-the-users-tomorrow-the-objects.html Student -Centered Digital Learning at Loyola's Information Commons- April 19, 2008 Last week, I had the pleasure of visiting and speaking at the new Loyola University Information Commons on the campus of Loyola University just north of Chicago. It was a blustery, rainy cold day along the lake, but the space and the library folk were warm and inviting. Before the visit, I checked out the Web site for the Commons, eager to read about the project. From the Overview and Philosophy page: The concept of an Information Commons (IC) is part of a national trend which has three...http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2008/04/student-centered-digital-learning-at-loyolas-in... |