How Is OCLC Helping the World’s Libraries?
Written: November 19, 2021 My friend, the late Ed Barry, was President of Oxford University Press, USA for 19 years. Before that he was President of The Free Press, a division of Macmillan, Inc. Both firms were in New York. I got to know Ed at Knovel Corporation where he and I were members of […]
La Sagrada Familia Correction
As I read and write about artificial intelligence, perhaps I should think a bit more about real intelligence — like arithmetic. Construction of La Sagrada Familia began in 1882 and is expected to be completed in 2026 or 2028. How could something take more than 140 years to build? (not 40 years as originally posted) […]
Ten Days in Europe – Part 2
OCLC, the global library cooperative, helps thousands of the libraries around the world make information more useful and accessible. Libraries and OCLC believe what is known must be shared, and working together, they make breakthroughs possible. The business portion of the European trip all took place in Amsterdam. Amsterdam, with a population approaching one million, […]
Ten Days in Europe
Graduating from engineering school and joining IBM were just two things of thousands which happened 51 years ago. Another was the beginning of OCLC. Over the decades the name of the organization has changed a number of times. Like IBM, Apple, and many other companies, the full original name has changed to something simpler and […]
Home Attitude Now On Kindle
Home Attitude is off to a good start with three 5-star reviews on Amazon. The book went live on Amazon last week, and the Kindle version became available on Thanksgiving. The introductory price is $4.49 for the Kindle version, but I may change it to $9.99 later. All four Attitude books are now available in print […]
