I suddenly came up with the idea for the blog after sitting through yet another seminar full of questions about the future of e-collections and very few answers. Why is it that Librarians are very good at asking questions and not so good with practical, meaty answers? Is it because we help people start their research and do very little of our own? Whatever the reason, I want to explore practical answers. Cogitating and ruminating is all very well, but “ya basta”, “sí se puede” and all that!

I am also kind of inspired by Library Journal’s Movers and Shakers. So, yes, M&S is hardly up there with the Nobel Prize or Gore Vidal’s Greek Cultural Association Cultural Prize, but, it’s kind of cool to see people addressing everyday issues with practical ideas, instead of questions. Don’t get me wrong, questions are important, BUT, I don’t always have the patience to sit back and listen to yet more soul searching…

I’d like to use this a a place to explore practical problems with e-content that I encounter in my everyday job- and possible answers too. Although I don’t have a background in computer science, I enjoy playing with new or not so new applications. (hurrah 2.0, your major contribution so far) Even though I don’t see the point of applying 2.0 for the sake of it, I’m not quite a “don’t fix it till it’s broke” person and I think it’s very cool to play with new applications and try to approach problems from different directions if only to throw a different point of view on things.

Onward and Upward!