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.

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In honor of the holiday…

…let’s break a few copyright laws, shall we? From one of the best Tim Burton films….everyone sing along!
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Boys and girls of every age, Wouldn’t you like to see something strange?
Come with us and you will see, This, our town of Halloween
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Pumpkins scream in the dead of night
This is Halloween, everybody make a scene
Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright
It’s our town, everybody scream
In this town of Halloween
I am the one hiding under your bed, Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red
I am the one hiding under yours stairs, Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
In this town we call home
Everyone hail to the pumpkin song!

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As some of you may have not

Post author By griffey
Post date October 31, 2003
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As some of you may have noticed, I'm slowly transitioning off of this blog, and onto a new, cleaner, WordPress styled blog. I'll be updating my .htaccess to forward (which should keep everything happy, without anyone needing to change bookmarks). So stay tuned.

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Where, oh where, has boingboing gone?

Post author By griffey
Post date October 30, 2003
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What happened to boingboing?????
Does anyone know? It’s been down for a couple of days now….and suddenly,
this weirdness.

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Costume tips…

Everyone seems to be feeling the crunch on the Halloween costume front. Here’s a rule that may help out:

Every costume is better with an adjective, don’t settle for a noun.

Example: why be a nurse, when you could be a ZOMBIE nurse? Why be a doctor if you could be a Hillbilly doctor? Some examples of appropriate words:

zombie
vampire
undead
hillbilly
insane
killer

Further examples?

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Thanks to everyone!

Just wanted to say “Thanks!” to everyone who was nice enough to leave comments/tell me in person that they liked the new look. I’m still working on getting the CSS for the homepage exactly right….a matter of playing with the different options for the bottom border. But I do appreciate all the feedback guys…my job search will benefit from it!

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New Homepage!

Ok gang…it's group review time.

I overhauled my homepage for the upcoming job search. What do the masses think?

(as well, the more observant among you may notice that my blog link goes to a slightly different address than the old http://www.jasongriffey.net/blog/ That is because I'm slowly weaning myself off of Radio Userland, and starting to use WordPress. Please feel free to update links accordingly.)

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New Homepage!

Ok gang…it’s group review time.

I overhauled my homepage for the upcoming job search. What do the masses think?

(as well, the more observant among you may notice that my blog link goes to a slightly different address than the old http://www.jasongriffey.net/blog/ That is because I’m slowly weaning myself off of Radio Userland, and starting to use WordPress. Please feel free to update links accordingly.)

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In case you weren't aware….

Post author By griffey
Post date October 26, 2003
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Generic Candy Corn causes AIDS.

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In case you weren’t aware, from our fine friends at the Onion….

Post author By griffey
Post date October 26, 2003
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Generic Candy Corn causes AIDS.

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Pics from fall break are up…

Post author By griffey
Post date October 26, 2003
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The moment that you've all been waiting for: way too many pictures of our trip to VA, complete with humorous commentary. Finally, everyone can sleep again. But only AFTER you look at them.

Check them out.