I’m Back

Posted On Mar 10 2008 by

Actually, I never really left, but like the kids say about library content, if it ain’t online it doesn’t exist.  Or as Peter Wojtowicz put it: So what will I blog about?  Some of the same old stuff I used to, some new things, and ultimately much, much more about what I am doing here at OCLC.  While I will continue to editorialize, I cannot escape the fact that my opinions will now be taken with a much larger grain of salt than they used to be.  Sometimes salt makes things taste better, sometimes not.  I will endeavor to be …


I’m Back

Posted On Mar 10 2008 by

Follow the footsteps to Hectic Pace at OCLC… [This link was updated to hecticpace.com domain in August 2016, when all content was re-established on the hecticpace.com domain] I’m proud and happy under the OCLC banner. But I would be remiss if I did not thank a few people, including the people who don’t like to be thanked! Thanks American Libraries. You’ve been a great home. Thanks Leonard Kniffel, for talking me into doing this. Thanks Beverly Goldberg, for helping me make sense when I was only making sense to myself. Thanks OCLC, for giving me a new platform from which to …


Forgotten maybe, but not gone

Posted On Jan 25 2008 by

Yes, I am still here. Thanks to so many of you for the virtual cards and letters that have accompanied my transition from NCSU to OCLC. Today marks the end of three full weeks at OCLC. It has flown by. ‘Hectic’ has new meaning for me, as I learn the ropes of a new job, settle into a new home, and try to make things as comfortable as uprooting and replanting can be for a family of four. For those of you who were wondering what would become of my writing, I do have a plan. Some of you may …