Comments on: A LONG WAY FROM BABEL

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:15:04 +0000

The video is indeed fascinating. I was surprised at how much of the Dutch I could understand! I also very much enjoyed reading your posting on the history of printing and books and so forth. Excellent posts.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:27:20 +0000

Thanks Linda! That, in a nutshell, is the exact philosophy guiding this blog and shaping my posts.

By: Linda C

Linda C — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:32:16 +0000

I really like the historical flow of your blog from the scrolls of ancient times in Alexandria to reading room in the New York library and the modern bibliotech of Holland. Change and moving with technology can be beneficial, but we can learn from the past.

By: Melvyn

Melvyn — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:37:43 +0000

Hey Daniel, that was impressive, great example how libraries are employing viral marketing to inform their constituencies of what they can offer. The video also showed that balance of using new Web 2.0 technologies with what image they want to project that the Bibliotheek Amsterdam is is a place where tradition meets technology and are comfortable side by side. I watched it with the narration off and you are right, you still get the flow of ideas. I watched it with the narration on, and now I can’t get the word “bibliotheek” out of my mind!

By: Emily Ransom

Emily Ransom — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:56:29 +0000

I like their labyrinth of knowledge image. I watched it with the sound completely off and you’re right, the message was delivered!