Hectic Pace http://blogs.ala.org/pace.php Hectic Pace :: by Andrew K. Pace :: The library business in the business of libraries en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss092 I'm Back <a href="http://blogs.ala.org/pace.php?title=im_back&amp;more=1&amp;c=1&amp;tb=1&amp;pb=1">http://blogs.ala.org/pace.php?title=im_back&amp;more=1&amp;c=1&amp;tb=1&amp;pb=1</a> <p>Follow the footsteps to <a href="http://community.oclc.org/hecticpace/">Hectic Pace at OCLC</a>...</p> <div class="image_block"><a href="http://community.oclc.org/hecticpace/"><img src="http://blogs.ala.org/media/blogs/pace.php/footsteps.png" title="Hectic Pace" width="424" height="48" border="0" /></a></div> <p>I'm proud and happy under the OCLC banner. But I would be remiss if I did not thank a few people, including the people who don't like to be thanked!</p> <p>Thanks <em>American Libraries</em>. You've been a great home.<br /> Thanks Leonard Kniffel, for talking me into doing this.<br /> Thanks Beverly Goldberg, for helping me make sense when I was only making sense to myself.<br /> Thanks OCLC, for giving me a new platform from which to blog.</p> <p>And thanks faithful readers, and I hope I have not had an empty RSS feed for so long that you won't follow Hectic Pace to OCLC.</p> http://blogs.ala.org/pace.php?title=im_back&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Forgotten maybe, but not gone <a href="http://blogs.ala.org/pace.php?title=forgotten_maybe_but_not_gone&amp;more=1&amp;c=1&amp;tb=1&amp;pb=1">http://blogs.ala.org/pace.php?title=forgotten_maybe_but_not_gone&amp;more=1&amp;c=1&amp;tb=1&amp;pb=1</a> <p>Yes, I am still here. Thanks to so many of you for the virtual cards and letters that have accompanied my transition from NCSU to OCLC.</p> <p>Today marks the end of three full weeks at OCLC. It has flown by. 'Hectic' has new meaning for me, as I learn the ropes of a new job, settle into a new home, and try to make things as comfortable as uprooting and replanting can be for a family of four.</p> <p>For those of you who were wondering what would become of my writing, I do have a plan. Some of you may have seen my last Technically Speaking column in American Libraries. That chapter is closed. But I do plan to keep blogging.</p> <p>Some time in the coming weeks, "Hectic Pace" will appear under the OCLC banner as a new blog with an old name, and some different content. When that happens, I will post the link here.</p> http://blogs.ala.org/pace.php?title=forgotten_maybe_but_not_gone&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Twas the Night Before Migration <a href="http://blogs.ala.org/pace.php?title=twas_the_night_before_migration&amp;more=1&amp;c=1&amp;tb=1&amp;pb=1">http://blogs.ala.org/pace.php?title=twas_the_night_before_migration&amp;more=1&amp;c=1&amp;tb=1&amp;pb=1</a> <p>Twas the night before migration, when all through &#8216;brary<br /> Not a creature was stirring, not even Homeless Harry.<br /> The doors were all locked and the reading room bare,<br /> In hopes the IT department soon would be there.</p> <p>The good books were nestled all snug on their carts,<br /> They seemed random to those without library smarts.<br /> With Starbucks in hand, the IT crew stood tall,<br /> The director had retired to sleep through it all.</p> <p>When up at the front desk there arose such a clatter,<br /> I sprang from the server room to see what was the matter.<br /> Away from my command prompt I flew like a flash,<br /> A sprint down the stairs&#8212;a librarian dash.</p> <p>The monitors on the new glass-topped tables did glow<br /> Like the lights on the stage of a cheap Vegas show.<br /> When what should appear as I wandered the stacks,<br /> But a fancy new Prius, and eight geeks with Macs.</p> <p>With a spanking new system, all open and slick,<br /> I knew in a moment it must be a trick.<br /> More rapid than vendors their improvements they came,<br /> The geeks whistled, and shouted, and called them by name!</p> <p>&#8220;Now Facebook! now, Flickr! now Tagger and Mash-up!<br /> On, MySpace! On, NextGen, on Filter and Pop-up!<br /> To the top ARLs! to the Publics and all!<br /> We&#8217;ll launch this new system and the others will fall!&#8221;</p> <p>As old systems that before the new one comes in,<br /> Make new things look sexy, and cool, without sin. <br /> So into the &#8216;brary this new system came,<br /> With facets and word clouds and nothing the same.</p> <p>And then, with a sense of unwilling surrender,<br /> I heard through the door the sound of our vendor.<br /> As I shrugged to the others, and was turning around,<br /> Through the side door the CEO came with a bound.</p> <p>He was dressed in light khakis, and golf shirt with logo,<br /> In his ear was his Bluetooth, on his belt some new gizmo.<br /> An iron-clad contract he held in his hand,<br /> And he looked like a hustler, all cap-toothed and tanned.</p> <p>He feared not the new system, though to him it was strange,<br /> He relied on the fact that all staff hated change!<br /> With his droll little mouth drawn up like a bow,<br /> I could have sworn that he whispered, &#8220;Pshaw two point oh.&#8221;</p> <p>The strength of his system, he defended till death,<br /> It would do us just fine till we drew our last breath.<br /> He&#8217;d fix all of our problems. What&#8212;tape, string, and glue?<br /> But we&#8217;ll wait months and months and then pay for them too!</p> <p>His demo was snappy and hot off the shelf,<br /> But I wept as I watched it, in spite of myself!<br /> A twitch in his eye and the cock of his head, <br /> Soon gave me to know I had something to dread. </p> <p>We&#8217;d be stuck with his system, till nigh kingdom come,<br /> And we&#8217;d wait for the features, but I stood deaf and dumb.<br /> With a pat on my back and what looked like a wink,<br /> I&#8217;d agreed to his upgrade before I could think.</p> <p>He sprang to his Hummer, to the geeks gave the finger,<br /> But they would not go lightly, for years they would linger.<br /> But I heard him exclaim, 'ere he drove out of sight,<br /> &#8220;Happy upgrade to all, and to all a good night!&#8221;</p> <pre> </pre> <p>Happy Holidays everyone!</p> <pre> </pre> <p><font size="-2">See last year's <a href="http://blogs.ala.org/pace.php?title=the_grump_who_stole_libraries&amp;more=1&amp;c=1&amp;tb=1&amp;pb=1">"The Grump Who Stole Libraries."</a></font></p> http://blogs.ala.org/pace.php?title=twas_the_night_before_migration&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Looking Back, Looking Forward <a href="http://blogs.ala.org/pace.php?title=looking_back_looking_forward&amp;more=1&amp;c=1&amp;tb=1&amp;pb=1">http://blogs.ala.org/pace.php?title=looking_back_looking_forward&amp;more=1&amp;c=1&amp;tb=1&amp;pb=1</a> <p>There's nothing especially special about the date December 12, but this one was my last day at NCSU Libraries. It was a hard and happy last day. Hard to leave. Happy to see all my friends and colleagues join the department for food, fond memories, and farewells. Rarely at a loss for words, I was moved by the send-off given to me by NCSU. I am going to miss my colleagues greatly, but am confident that I will see them often at conferences and on trips back to Raleigh. The relationships and accomplishments that I have enjoyed with my friends and co-workers at NCSU have set the bar high for the rest of my career.</p> <p>Here's a brief look back on my last nine December 12th's</p> <p><strong>Dec 12, 1999</strong><br /> I was busy setting up <a href="http://netlibrary.com/">netlibrary</a> account creations for remote users. Hey, we were early adopters!</p> <p><strong>Dec 12, 2000</strong><br /> After 14 months as Assistant Head, I applied for the Head of Systems job at NCSU Libraries. Boy, was I scared and excited.</p> <p><strong>Dec 12, 2001</strong><br /> I announced the finalization of the merger of Sirsi and DRA to library staff. A year later, we would be Unicorn customers.</p> <p><strong>Dec 12, 2002</strong><br /> Finished prepping the DRA Web2 catalog interface to work with Sirsi Unicorn. This is about the time I decided that dressing up the OPAC was like putting "lipstick on a pig."</p> <p><strong>Dec 12, 2003</strong><br /> Found out that <a href="http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA374953.html">"Dismantling Integrated Library Systems"</a> would be <em>LJ</em>'s cover story in Feb 2004. Next step . . . putting things back together again.</p> <p><strong>Dec 12, 2004</strong><br /> Scheduled a meeting with ARL reps to talk about the challenges of <a href="http://www.niso.org/committees/MS_initiative.html">metasearch</a>. Boy, sure am glad that's all solved. Ahem. Cough.</p> <p><strong>Dec 12, 2005</strong><br /> Finalized the order in which we would present Endeca facet refinements in our <a href="http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/catalog/">new catalog interface</a>. We're still debating them.</p> <p><strong>Dec 12, 2006</strong><br /> Finalized schedule for a second round of interviews for Associate Head of IT. I am pleased that the job went to Emory's <a href="http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/staff/myork/">Maurice York</a>. I am doubly pleased that he has been named interim department head.</p> <p><strong>Dec 12, 2007</strong></p> <div class="image_block"><img src="http://blogs.ala.org/media/blogs/pace.php/cake.jpg" alt="cake" title="" width="428" height="322" /><div class="image_legend">Andrew's going away cake.</div></div><p></p> <p>Now, forward. Ever forward.</p> http://blogs.ala.org/pace.php?title=looking_back_looking_forward&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

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