About Andrew K. Pace


Meet you at the Forum

Posted On Aug 27 2009 by

On of my favorite conferences is coming up.  LITA Forum will be in Salt Lake City this year and the theme is “Open & Mobile.”  Save the dates–October 2-4, 2009.  There are some great concurrent sessions planned–mobile technologies, open data, open source software, lightening talks, and some really great looking poster sessions.  Lest I forget three fantastic keynoters: Joan Lippicott (Day 1) David Weinberger (Day 2) Liz Lawley (Day 3) If you’re in the mood for an extra day in Salt Lake, two LITA members are sure to dazzle with their pre-conference offerings.  Jason Griffey will be talking about the …


Web-scale: Portfolio Director’s Cut

Posted On Aug 18 2009 by

As you might imagine, I’ve been doing a lot of presentations about Web-scale lately…both the general concept and how it applies to the web-scale management services that my team is building for circulation and delivery, print and licensed acquisitions, and license and rights management. Lots of people have been asking for copies of the presentation that I gave at ALA.  I used to always have problems sharing slides.  For one thing, the joke slides never work out of context; for another, I try very hard to avoid bulleted lists of things, also making context-less Powerpoint viewing difficult.  Now I can gladly say, …


Why do we continue to silo our supply chains?

Posted On Aug 13 2009 by

Okay, so I have not been the most faithful blogger, lately.  I was going to make an excuse about increased micro-blogging on Twitter or social activity on Facebook, but those have fallen rather dormant as well, so I have no good excuses.  I do, however have some good news, and that is some guest postings from my friend and colleague, Matt Goldner. So today, guest columnist, Matt Goldner, Product and Technology Advocate, contributes his thoughts on sharing systems and workflows to deliver a more effective experience to patrons.  In his new role, Matt will be on the road visiting libraries …