Author: griffey
Jason Griffey is the Executive Director of the Open Science Hardware Foundation. Prior to joining OSHF, he was the Director of Strategic Initiatives at NISO, where he worked to identify new areas of the information ecosystem where standards expertise was useful and needed. Prior to joining NISO in 2019, Jason ran his own technology consulting company for libraries, has been both an Affiliate at metaLAB and a Fellow and Affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and was an academic librarian in roles ranging from reference and instruction to Head of Library IT and a tenured professor at the University of TN at Chattanooga.
Jason has written extensively on technology and libraries, including multiple books and a series of full-periodical issues on technology topics, most recently a chapter in Library 2035 - Imagining the Next Generation of Libraries by Rowman & Littlefield. His latest full-length work Standards - Essential Knowledge, co-authored with Jeffery Pomerantz, was published by MIT Press in March 2025.
He has spoken internationally on topics such as artificial intelligence & machine learning, the future of technology and libraries, decentralization and the Blockchain, privacy, copyright, and intellectual property. A full list of his publications and presentations can be found on his CV.
He is one of eight winners of the Knight Foundation News Challenge for Libraries for the Measure the Future project (http://measurethefuture.net), an open hardware project designed to provide actionable use metrics for library spaces. He is also the creator and director of The LibraryBox Project (http://librarybox.us), an open source portable digital file distribution system.
Interesting Google Fact
Via my referal logs, I’ve determined that I’m the 5th result on google for “naked women free access”
Now there’s something to be proud of.
In other news: INLS 201 test = done.
Next up, paper for Chuck Stone = in progress, as we speak.
Home again, home again, jiggidy jig…
And, as Bets pointed out, 10 hours in a car = no fun. Next year, with real jobs under both our belts, hopefully we fly.
Great time was had…much laughter. More food, though. I won’t enumerate either, but it was nearing grotesque and all of it amazingly delicious. My mom’s mashed potatoes really are that good, but nothing comes close to her peanut butter fudge (which comes to us in just a few weeks via Xmas). Mmmmmmm the taste of the holidays.
…and we start the endless drive back to Chapel Hill. Travelling on the Wed before and the Sunday after Thanksgiving proves that we’re just gluttons for punishment. But I’ll be glad to be home, if for no other reason than to dive back into work.
Four more things due this semester. Four…the countdown begins.
Happy Turkey Day!
Hope that everyone traveling got there safe, and everyone staying home is warm and full of foul.
Amazon buys rights to use British Library’s Bibliographic info
From the article:
“The deal gives Amazon the right to use the British Library’s bibliographic catalogue, which contains 2.55 million books. Crucially it includes 1.7 million produced before the introduction in 1970 of the International Standard Book Number (ISBN), a 10-character code that uniquely identifies any modern book.
Amazon will open a new online market where buyers and sellers can strike deals for some of the world’s most expensive literary creations. ”
Story originally from BoingBoing.
So…what do you guys think?
Not sure if any Ibiblio-philes read this thing…but even if you’re not directly affiliated, what do you think of this:
Music, UNC, and the First Year Student
It’s a portal designed for INLS180 concerning how to instruct first year students here at UNC what you can and can’t do on the network, and more importantly where to go if you want music. Plus, I threw in a forum, where hopefully students can discuss where to get music legally and the problems with current copyright law.
So…the question is: is it good enough to propose to Ibiblio for inclusion into their collection? Would it be a good thing to promote to the students here at UNC? Is it needed? What say you all?
Evidently Maytag thinks someone does. The Skybox Personal Beverage Vendor is evidently available for pre-order at Amazon. For just $499, you can have the satisfaction of….pushing a button to get a drink instead of opening the refrigerator door.
I’m speechless with the concept.
But I would love to have a home soda fountain.
Yet more Quizilla…
Should have known…which Buffy character are you?
You are
Giles

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