Layar was launched in June 2009 and this interview with Maarten Lens-FitzGerald, one of the founders and current general manager, looks at the last year and their future goals. Of particular note is Lens-FitzGerald’s mention of Bruce Sterling’s keynote, “At the Dawn of the Augmented Reality Industry“, from the Launch Event in August last year.
Video: Bruce Sterling’s Keynote – At the Dawn of the Augmented Reality Industry from Maarten Lens-FitzGerald on Vimeo.
Agora is a movie directed by Alejandro Amenábar about Hypatia, (who may or may not have been) a librarian in the Great Library of Alexandria. Judging by the final few seconds of the trailer, and what we know about her life, I’m guessing this film does not have a happy ending…
The new year is here and it is time to look to the past to see where we have been. Ars technica gives us an interesting post on the open source victories of 2008.
And what will the future bring? According to some, librarian will be one of the best careers for 2009. Apparently librarians will…
…go on shopping sprees, deciding which books and online resources to buy. They may even get to put on performances, like children’s puppet shows, and run other programs, like book discussion groups for elders.
It was also one of the best careers for 2008, but if you take a look the median salary appears to have dropped by $4000. Maybe we need to put on better puppet shows…
A topic that I have rarely seen discussed is the issue of library security, but this oversight has been remedied by the upcoming Library Security Conference at the British Library, which offers a number of interesting presentations. I am particularly interested in the paper on Insider Library Theft by Ton Cremers. Does anyone have anything they would like to admit to in the comments?
But all this talk of security makes me long for the good old days, when cursing the thief could (sometimes) be security enough…
Steal not this book, my worthy friend
For fear the gallows will be your end;
Up the ladder, and down the rope,
There you’ll hang until you choke;
Then I’ll come along and say -
“Where’s that book you stole away?”
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