Fantastic OSLS program at PLA.

Lori set the table with a brief rundown of the generations of Evergreen systems.  Georgia is now a grandparent, with BC following, and Bibliomation adding their first two Evergreen libraries this month.  KCLS to fall later this year.

I met my new neighbor last week.  An open welcome here to Rob Zangara who has recently come aboard as the chief technology officer for the Seattle Public Library.  Rob Comes to the West Coast from the New Jersey State library and he brings alot of experience in networking and technology infrastructure.  A friend across Lake Washington with this kind of experience is welcome news to me as I could use some good advice and collaboration toward development of a longer-term vision for the network at KCLS.

While Rob was interested in Evergreen and open-source, it wasn't necessarily at the top of his list.  Like all of us, he faces a lava field of immediate technology priorities.  High on Rob's queue was the need for attention to functional problems with the PC Reservation system.

Well--its time again for the major holiday that immediately follows New Years Day:  The first day of the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas.  This year Steve Ballmer has center stage showing a new slate computer from Microsoft that appears to be making it to market just ahead of a similar slate computer that we all know is coming from Apple.  Note what Ballmer says about the new device--among other things:  "Its perfect for Reading..."

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2010725499_ces07.html?pr...