About Andrew K. Pace
Helene Blowers to Join OCLC WorldShare Team
Posted On Oct 5 2012I was never much into the sports and games that required tremendous amounts of individual effort–running, kayaking, chess, and the like. I preferred team sports. One of the things I am most proud of professionally is building great teams. I’ve been extremely lucky at OCLC, both in bringing existing staff onto the team and in attracting new folks to join OCLC. Now I’m very pleased to announce that we have a new team member from the Columbus area…another great hire. Helene Blowers will be joining us in a new roll created to support the rapidly growing WorldShare Management Servicescommunity. Helene …
Fewer Shades of Grey
Posted On Sep 14 2012When I was in library school in the mid-nineties, I was told there was a “greying of the profession” in process. As I cocky, young, soon-to-be librarian, I read this threat as a promise. So many librarians would be retiring in the next 20 years that we literally could not fill their seats with the new generations of librarians “coming online.” I was intrigued by the challenge but utterly stunned by the professional response. Somehow this looming threat was turning into a library school recruitment effort. I had a different reaction. If we were a factory, I thought, and we …
Granted, Cloud Computing has a Future in Libraries
Posted On Jul 5 2012I’m hoping that many people have read the excellent post on libraries and cloud computing from Carl Grant. My first reaction was one of paranoia–was someone slipping Carl our product roadmaps, advisory group feedback, and OCLC Board reports?! But then I remembered that Carl is a smart guy with the power to synthesize complex topics and new library memes for easy consumption by the library world. This post resonated with me and made me think, not just selfishly because I’ve been working on cloud computing for libraries before it was popularly called that, but also because I don’t always have …