Hectic Pace is back. As I considered blogging again, I was thinking about the phrase “pent up.” Bloggers, in general, but especially library bloggers, write in a way that makes me envision frustration spilling onto the page. I hear keyboards tapped with a force meant to annoy cubicle mates, heavy sighs like air venting from a vacuum seal in between each paragraph. I used to be like that. I had a lot to say and my work schedule and word count limit were all that held me back. Then, quite suddenly, I stopped. Burned out. No more sacred texts to …

I’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 …