Well, it’s been an absolute whirlwind since I got back from ALA.  It was, as I hoped, one of the best ever. I can’t think of a word the launch of Web-scale Management Services other than “awesome!”  I never heard a negative comment, librarians were excited, not just for something new, but for something clearly different. Sean Fitzpatrick at American Libraries provided a nice summary of activities at ALA, writing that the new Web-scale service “provides a front-end interface into library management tools that rivals (hands down) any dedicated ILS software environment I’ve ever seen.” I can’t say enough good …