So, what is this all about? ...

...it's about what I think and believe about technology in libraries in particular and about other things in general (that is, whatever I decide at the moment). There are a few specific things in the air in Libraryland now that motivated me to start this blog:

1.) The suckitude of OPACs (Library Catalogs).
2.) The debate about the suckitude of OPACs.
3.) Buzzwords like Library 2.0.
4.) Google taking over the world (which, it turns out, might not be as bad as everyone once thought).
5.) The real need for libraries to re-conceptualize and build, from the ground up, a service-based technological infrastructure.
6.) The rise of systems like Primo, Endeca and Aquabrowser as a (partial) answer to the problems presented by OPACs and the proliferation of online resources in general.

I have some opinions on these matters, as you might guess...