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Thomas Drance
September 04 2012 12:38PM
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What's up with the never ending story that is the Roberto Luongo trade situation?
Well, Harvey Fialkov of the Florida Sun Sentinel has a double punch combo of "Luongo wants to be traded to the Panthers" content today. First he wrote a column about Luongo practicing at the Panther's practice facility, the "saveology.com iceplex" in Coral Springs Florida. Per Fialkov:
In a bizarre, slightly uncomfortable scene at Saveology.com Iceplex Tuesday morning, current Panthers goalie tandem Scott Clemmensen and Jose Theodore were beginning an informal practice with several teammates just moments after estranged Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo had finished his own skate.
Luongo has made it clear that since Canucks General Manager Mike Gillis promoted goalie Cory Schneider to starter with a three-year, $12 million contract extension, that he wants to be traded to the Panthers, the franchise he established his All-Star credentials with from 2001-06 and back to an area he still maintains an offseason residence with his wife and two young children...
[The Panthers] makes sense for myself, for my career and my family,'' added Luongo, who still has 10 years at $5.33 million per remaining on his deal. "That being said. There's obvious other options as well. This is a preferred location for obvious reasons but I'm not shutting the door on other possibilities if it comes up.''
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While that's undeniably awkward, it's not that unusual for a player who is "property" of another team, to practice at a rival NHL club's practice facility during the summer. Coyotes holdout Kyle Turris, for example, skated at UBC with members of the Canucks during the fall of 2011.
If anything is imminent anyway, Luongo's agent Giles Lupien is playing it close to the vest:
Lupien has had no contact with— News1130 Sports (@News1130Sports) September 4, 2012
#Canucks gm Mike Gillis since late June.
Fialkov then posted this video, somewhat misleadingly titled "Luongo wants to play for the Panthers," over at the Sun Sentinel's website. Here's a transcript of Luongo's quotes from the video. Notice how he goes out of his way to stipulate that he's not exclusively fixated on taking his flowing locks to South Beach:
"It's been a bit of a rough summer not knowing what's going to happen, the only thing to do is keep working and getting ready as if we were about to commence another season, there's a lockout and my situation ahead of me and I'm just going to take it one day at a time and make the best of it and just enjoy the moment."
"Yeah both of my kids were born here, we live here in the offseason and it's a great area. But this is definitely one of the destinations."
- That would be high on your list?
"Yeah of course, it's definitely an option that is up there - I'm not saying it's the only option - but it's definitely one of them."
So what does all of this tell us? Frankly none of it tells us anything new, but I love that Luongo snuck a "one day at a time... and enjoy the moment," into an early September web-interview.
That the Florida Panthers are Luongo's preferred destination is a poorly kept secret, and we've known that the Canucks have been haggling back and forth with their Panthers "farm team" about a potential Luongo trade for months. Of course, Luongo ultimately does have a full no-trade clause so any trade he's included in will have to meet his approval, but at the moment, Luongo is not publicly saying that Florida is the only option.
Meanwhile in other Luongo speculation emanating from Florida, Jose Theodore told the Miami Herald last week that he thinks CBA uncertainty is holding up the Luongo trade. Are you buying that? Because I'm not.
Allow me to build a metaphor in order to illustrate this. On my West coast Vancouver vacation this past week, I noticed that "For Sale" signs in front of big houses on the West Side of Vancouver are now as, if not more, prevalent than sushi restaurants. Luongo is a 4000 square foot home in Shaugnessy, that has been listed for 6 months at a 3.5 million dollar price point.
This is what always gets me about those talking heads who like to claim that there's "no market" for Roberto Luongo. It's probably fair to characterize the market as soft (otherwise Luongo would've been traded already, and Nick Bjugstad would've been Canucks Army's number one prospect in the top-20) but the "no market" lark is unhinged.
That Luongo hasn't been moved yet reflects the fact that Vancouver's asking price is too high if their goal is to sell on Luongo immediately. But in hockey trades, and on the real estate market, all you ever really need is one person to like the asset enough to meet your demands. So far this summer, the Canucks haven't found that. It has nothing to do with the CBA, and everything to do with their asking price.
But here's the rub: the Canucks aren't a homeowner looking to liquidate an asset, buy cheap elsewhere, and retire. As they've repeatedly said, there is no urgency on their end. Even as the CBA expires, and even as next season begins - Luongo and Schneider are both professional enough that the Canucks can afford to wait to get the right price, from the right buyer.
Yes, Luongo will have to approve any trade, but even on that end the Canucks hold a fair bit of the leverage. It's pretty well known that Luongo would prefer to play in Miami, but I'd bet that being an every day starter in the NHL is higher on his priority list than playing for his old Panthers club is.
I took it as him saying. "Sure, I'd love to live in the same house year-round."
As for the practice bit. Isn't it kinda normal for an NHL player to practice at the rink closest to where they spend their summers?
Whatever makes Lu Happy. I think he deserves THAT. Good luck Lu, if you go. you will be sorely missed. Lots of luv for you, here in BC.
I'll have plenty of memories from Luuuuuuuuu, some sad and some happy.
But regardless of where he goes (except f'n Chicago) I'll be happy and thankful for him.
Nice article!
The difference between the Vancouver real estate market and the NHL goalie market is, Gillis has a monopoly. At any given time, there is inventory in the Van housing marketplace. But there isn't in the 'proven goalie' market. Buyers have options in the housing market. Buyers looking for a proven goalie don't - there's only Luongo.
Gillis is right to hold on for the right deal. Keeping the asset does not hurt his team as witnessed by a 2nd straight P.T and 1 season removed from winning the Jennings. If he needs cap space, there are a couple of invaluable $$/per cap hit contracts he can offload (namely Ballard).
But I'm sure he'd prefer Luongo to stop making waves via media. He didn't really say anything new, but he's kicking dust up in a sandstorm. He should 'make like Nash' and keep quiet.
September 04 2012, 07:07PM
"It has nothing to do with the CBA, and everything to do with their asking price."
But don't you think that if they sneak a 'buy-out' or an 'amnesty' clause into the CBA, that suddenly the asking price doesnt seem as outrageous to a team like Tampa Bay for example? And maybe thats what opens up the market and finally gets a Bjugstad on the table...
Although I agree with Gillis' approach to this issue, I'm a little concerned that if the cap drops to whatever, $60m next year that Luongo's contract will suddenly become that much harder to trade (as Vancouver will be in a position where they MUST sell to get under the cap)
September 04 2012, 11:24PM
@fish hook
Amnesty will not help you trade Luongo, amnesty is a one time opportunity to buy out a player without having the cap hit, so how would that help a trade to TBL and get Bjustad? It will only help by alleviating Vancouver 's cap situation and Luongo will sign with Florida for pennies and Vancouver will get nothing.
September 05 2012, 08:56AM
The part about the Panthers alleged interest in Lu that has never made sense to me is the actual dollars on his contract. His 5.3 millions cap hit is quite decent for what you're getting, but he's actually making 6.7 million. A cash heavy team like the Leafs would be able to float the extra money paid out, but the Panthers? Add to the fact the Theodore and Clemmensen seem to be capable of holding the fort until Markstrom is ready, and a Lu to the Panthers trade screams illogical.
Only scenario I can see is that Tallon and co don't have faith that Theodore will repeat last seasons numbers. Theo has been a Jekyll and Hyde goalie his entire career.
Question is, do you give up a top prospect like Bjugstad for a goalie who WILL get you 30+ wins when you already have a goalie who MIGHT get you 30+ wins?
September 05 2012, 10:07AM
@Thomas Drance
you think they will have the option to use whenever they feel like it? I'm sure they will have a very small window in which they can use the amnesty clause, maybe a year or two at most. And why would a team like Florida or TBL use it on Luongo? why would they spend all that money to alleviate cap when they don't have cap problems and don't make a lot of money to begin with?
that's why it makes no sense why the amnesty will help anyone out besides the canucks. which again is terrible asset management because he will just sign with Florida after.


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The March meeting of the public lands council centered around discussion for a facilitator to help Ray Petersen in the public lands department. The BLM gave a report to the council, they said the public comment period for the Lila Canyon road was at the end and they would respond to any comments on that and see if anything needs to be changed. Sherrel Ward asked about the gypsum mine, the permit was approved in December 2009 and it's up to the operator to proceed. The Buckhorn information center is moving along. There is a third party consultant doing the environmental analysis on that project, where an information booth will be constructed and a restroom facility. A concern was raised about the stock watering facility at the Buckhorn where the new information center will be. The project won't affect the well there. It was mentioned that it would be a good time to move the well.
A question was raised of where the county is with the law suit on six roads in the Swell. Petersen said the lawsuit is alive and well and was never dropped. Interviews are being conducted and it is in the discovery stage of proceedings.
Mark H. Williams told the BLM that the buildings at Temple Mountain are deteriorating rapidly and he wondered if something can be done there to preserve that culture and mining heritage. He suggested obtaining grants or some type of funding to keep these buildings from being lost. The BLM will look into what's available for projects of this type.
Pam Juliano gave the congressional report for Rep. Jim Matheson. He drafted a letter to Sec. Salazar opposing any monument designations in Utah. Matheson believes that's the wrong way to go about land use bills and the local stakeholders should be involved in the process. Things should proceed from the bottom up and not the top down. Juliano mentioned the Town Hall phone calls Matheson has where constituents can make comments and ask questions. To register go to Matheson's website and sign-up to be involved.
Marc Stilson reported on bills affecting water rights in Utah.
Bill Bates from the Division of Wildlife Resources said the March RAC meetings will deal with changing hunt strategies. They will consider a split season for hunts and look at combining deer and elk hunts. After the new adjustments are made, he would like to host an open house in the county to make hunters aware of any changes.
In the SITLA report, Bryan Torgerson said the Range Creek exchange is finalized and the University of Utah will manage that property. There is a problem with a trash site outside of Elmo. The site will need extensive clean-up with heavy equipment.
The acting forest service district ranger Kurt Davis reported the environmental assessment on the Reeder subdivision will go to the forest supervisor for final approval and hopefully that will be done soon so work can be completed on that road this season.
Davis reported the Castle Dale forest service house property studies are complete and that too will be sent to the forest supervisor so Castle Dale can have the property to expand the fairgrounds. A new district ranger will take over on March 28. He is coming to the region from Montana and his wife has family in Orangeville. March 26 will be Davis' last day. Petersen recommended before Davis leaves they should go look at the land exchange property for Crandall Canyon. The forest service is currently hiring seasonal employees and applications can be picked up at the forest office.
Ron Dean from Sen. Orrin Hatch's office said the Senator has had conversations with the president and the secretary of the interior concerning monuments in Utah and he has expressed his opposition. It seems at the higher levels of government, they are substantially unaware of the local process for a land use bill taking place. Even though Pres. Obama is the one who signed the Washington County legislation, they are mostly unaware of local processes taking place in Beaver/Piute, San Juan and Emery counties and other groups statewide who are working on land use bills.
Hatch has received the assurance that nothing is imminent, but that's the same language Pres. Bill Clinton used before he designated the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument in 1996. Sen. Hatch said, once bitten, twice shy. Dean said as they move away from the top in their discussions the interim officials are more aware of what's going on in the local areas. Dean cautioned, "You may endanger your process if it appears it's going nowhere. The officials say the question of where monuments should be was just thrown out, like a wish list of what you'd like to see and the Cedar Mesa and San Rafael Swell popped up on this list. These areas are not new to the discussion of monuments. Some level of protection for these lands has been toyed with since the late 80s and early 90s through today.
Questions from the audience voiced worry that if things are done from the top down, if they want a monument then that's what they'll get. Dean said, that is possible and the president can designate it regardless of what the locals want. He said these types of decisions are political, they are not scientifically based decisions.
The question was asked if Utah can become exempt to these uses of the Antiquities Act. Dean replied the Washington delegation is working on that approach. Dean suggested the people should write to the policy makers outside of the intermountain west who might not understand public lands issues in Utah. Let them know what these public lands mean to you. "There is a misunderstanding in Congress about the public lands in the west, just like I might not understand what's going on with the Mississippi River. Sen. Hatch wouldn't introduce legislation for regulations along the Mississippi River," said Dean.
Dean said the lands council needs to continue to make progress towards their public land use bill and to keep the delegation informed. The Washington delegation is there and they are willing to go to the president and say hang on. Guy Webster on the lands council wondered if Sen. Hatch will support the Emery County land bill and help to push it through. Dean said Hatch has an opposition to others trying to dictate to Utah. He likes development, he has supported wilderness, he's not in favor of people in Mississippi making land management decisions in Utah. The 112th Congress will begin in January and Dean suggested shooting for having a bill ready to introduce at that time.
Dean said if the county can do legislation like the Washington County bill then Congress recognized at that time that the locals can solve these issues. Some in Congress didn't support it, they wanted an administrative solution. In a good local solution every entity won't get everything they want, but maybe 75-85 percent of what they want. Dean suggested a wide variety of viewpoints in a local document would stand more chance of support and should include a lot of elements.
Randall Stilson, lands council member had a question about the wilderness study areas. Dean said these WSAs will be held as WSAs until Congress designates them as wilderness or releases them. Dean said Sen. Hatch also has Town Hall phone discussions and encouraged interested people to get involved.
The council began the discussion on a facilitator to help in the public lands department. Commissioner Gary Kofford said last year the public lands council voted to pursue a land use bill. Kofford talked about the Bureau of Land Management Resource Management plan. He said the county has 450,000 acres in wilderness study areas. He doesn't see those opening back up again. The RMP was an extensive, expensive 10 year process and everyone had the opportunity for input into that management document. The comments were all considered and several hearings were held. The RMP is being appealed by the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. After the comments were considered and two additional years of work went into the document it was signed and accepted by the BLM. "No bill will ever solve everything," commented Kofford. He said the RMP offers and describes solutions to get through problems. The RMP settled issues for grazing, minerals, wild and scenic river, water, transportation, they were all addressed. "Some areas didn't get all they wanted, but the RMP sets up a way to address it. No allotments were cut," said Kofford.
Kofford said the county needs to figure out a way to designate wilderness and put the RMP into the land use bill for the county and move forward. Kofford said, "We need a mediator to try to make sure everyone has the opportunity to have input."
Alan Peterson said, "We've had this discussion and debate. I feel what this group (lands council) is working on is the right way. Yes, there is always the threat of the magic pen. I thought a monument was wrong. I was part of the group trying to prevent that."
Petersen said he doesn't know if the movement for an Emery County land use bill had any affect when the Red Rock Wilderness had a hearing last year, but a commonsense person has to look and see that the process isn't perfect, but the locals are moving forward. If Congress designates wilderness in Emery County, I don't see Congress wanting to revisit it. The rest of the land comes back into use. Like in Washington County, it's not perfect. The OHV clubs will know where to ride, the oil and gas will know where to apply for permits. Until it's done the debate will go on. For 25 years there have been WSAs and I've adjusted. We have a responsibility to be involved as an individual. No matter what your institution. Passionate people get involved. Be prepared to not get exactly what you want. If we get a bill passed then life can move on.
Kofford said the lands council is supposed to be representative of all interests in the county, oil and gas, transportation, recreation, water, grazing, OHV, etc. In the last meeting it was mentioned the county was considering taking money from SUWA to help fund a facilitator position. But, the people said, no, so we threw that idea out the window. If we settle the land use issues here, then SUWA won't be out there fighting it. Ray is staff for the public lands council. The public lands council after a series of meetings voted to proceed and to look at legislation for a public land use bill. A series of public meetings were held. I'm convinced there will be wilderness. Help is needed. There is $12,500 in the budget for technical assistance. We can use that money to hire a facilitator to assist Ray. The idea of other funding came up, there was no decision, no contract. It was an idea. It was very clear that idea was not acceptable to the people. We sent out a press release that said that idea was no longer on the table. But, most stakeholders think the facilitator is a good idea. It was done improperly and voted on when it shouldn't have been. A facilitator is not a decision maker. There is an agenda item before the council to support the hiring of a facilitator. They would help with the field trips. They would keep the stakeholders on track. They wouldn't represent anyone. We need to get something done. Ray Petersen would be the supervisor of that position. The subcommittees have prepared their information in their specific areas and this information is ready to be included in the bill.
The public comments geared towards getting a draft bill ready and prepared so the public will have something to comment on. Several drafts may be needed before a final document is ready. Draft language could be complete within a month. Most of the public comments were in favor of a facilitator position and getting Petersen an assistant in the public lands department. Mike Swenson from USA-ALL said he supports a facilitator position but the public perception of Emery County taking money from SUWA would be fatal. He encouraged the council to get a draft bill on the table, but not to get bogged down with legislative language.
The lands council tabled the issue of the facilitator until a future meeting. The commissioners indicated they may take action on getting Petersen some help in an upcoming commission meeting.


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Tax Notes, p. 713, August 6, 2012
Villanova Law/Public Policy Research Paper No. 2013-3001
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This officer coatee, chapeau, sword, and scabbard belonged to Captain Jean-Louis Ployard, of the Regiment De Watteville. He served at Fort George during the War of 1812, and later settled in Lower Canada.
De Watteville's Regiment was unique, in that it was a unit of Swiss soldiers which was raised by Abraham Louis Charles de Watteville. It was taken into British military service in 1801, and fought primarily in Europe during the Napoleonic Wars. The regiment fought in Malta, Egypt, Sicily, Italy, and Spain before reaching Canada in May 1813. That year De Watteville was appointed to the rank of major-general, and the regiment was thereafter commanded by lieutenant-colonels Victor Fischer and Rodolphe de May.
De Watteville's Regiment played a leading part in the assault on Oswego on May 6, 1814, before it aided in the besiegement of Fort Erie in the summer months of 1814. At war's end, more than 150 of the regiment's men took up land in the Perth Settlement of Upper Canada.
You can still visit Fort George to this day. To learn more about Fort George and its role in the War of 1812, visit Fort George National Historic Site on the Parks Canada website. To learn more about Fort Erie, visit Fort Erie National Historic Site of Canada in the Canadian Register of Historic Places.


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Elio Altare VineyardsElio Altare Vineyards Grandfather Giuseppe Altare purchased the farm and winery in 1948, and our family practiced the typical Piemontese mixed agriculture up until the mid-1970s. Besides winegrapes, the family grew pears. apples, hazelnuts, wheat, and corn. 1971 was the last year in which we worked the land with oxen; after that we gradually acquired tractors and other farm machinery.
Today the family works 10 hectares, of which five are rented. They have adopted techniques aimed at respecting nature. The principle objective is that of limiting the use of chemical substances, both in the vineyard and in the cellar. The wines are not subjected to filtering or fining, so that they keep all of the material and character extracted during maceration.


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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee 1982
Dean Smith played on the 1952 Kansas Jayhawks NCAA Championship team under the legendary coach Phog Allen. He coached at the University of North Carolina for 36 years. Smith became one of basketball's greatest innovators. He designed Carolina's "Four Corners" offense, devised the foul-line huddle, created the "fatigue signal" and implemented the "run-and-jump" defense. Smith is one of only three coaches to win coaching's triple crown NIT Championship (UNC, 1971), NCAA Championship (UNC, 1982 and 1993), and Olympic Gold (USA, 1976). Smith helped promote integration of the ACC. He achieved a player graduation rate of over ninety-six percent. Smith was named National Coach of the Year in 1977, 1979, 1982 and 1993. When Smith retired in 1997, he was college basketball's winningest coach, with 879 wins.
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Elder Louis K. Duke has recently returned to the area after serving two years in the Brazil, Belem Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He will be speaking at 12:30 p.m. on Jan. 21 at the Orangeville Third Ward meeting house, 165 West 800 North, Castle Dale.
Elder Duke is the son of Kelly and Melody Duke of Orangeville.
Cleo and John Huefner have been called to serve in the Rostov Russia Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; leaving Jan. 29 for 18 months.
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The goal of this project is to provide JavaScript support to NetBeans IDE 5.0.
Looking for better support in the NetBeans CSS editor ? You're at the right place !
The best method to install the editor is to use the update center which provide both JavaScript and CSS plug-in. Using the update center will ensure that you have the latest version installed. The URL of the update center is the following :
If you don't want (or can't) use the update center, it's possible to download the binaries separately. (*.nbm files)
Want to improve the editor or just learn how it works ? The sources await you !
To write an AJAX callback that render complex HTML from a complex XML document can be a difficult and frustating task, you have to do a lot of String concatenation and escaping. You also have to read the "responseXML" DOM with a lot of repetitive use of getElementsByTagName(), firstChild, childNodes, etc...
This problem doesn't exists anymore with the NetBeans JavaScript Editor! It provide a feature that convert a HTML template into JavaScript code. However, you have to learn a very simple template language for the dynamic part.
The dynamic part is very limited but it can be used in a lot of the case.
The syntax for a variable output is the following : ${expression}
The expression begin with a slash or a variable identifier defined in a forEach loop. The slash '/' is a reference to the root element in the XML document. You don't have to specify the node name of the root element in the expression. If you only output a reference to a node(with a slash or a variable identifier), it will output his first text node.
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Sources and binaries are released under the SPL license.
This JavaScript editor has been developped on the NetBeans Platform 5.0.
The development is for short terms and there is nothing planned for the future since NetBeans IDE will provide JavaScript support in future version. If I have enough time and/or if some folks want to contribute, this editor will problably be an integral part of the next release of NetBeans.
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It's "Boo" to you this week at Emery High. From the confines deep within the Emery High auditorium, viewers to the walk -through play of horrific comedy will be scared, terrified, and will become totally confused on their ramble through the inner sanctum of the auditorium.
You will begin your great adventure at the West door of the auditorium closest to the Spartan Center. It will cost you $2 if you are a student and $3 for all others. For group prices you can call 381-2689.
The play will run three evenings on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. You can come to the performance anytime between 7-9 p.m. After you make it through the door you will be met by a guide. Your guide will then lead a small group of viewers through the dark auditorium and up the stairs. Each small room will be a scene from the play. You will enter a room, watch the scene and then exit the room to continue onward to the next room. The final scene will be acted out upon the stage.
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At my level it might seem grandiose to think that anything I could do or say could affect anything as large and grand as the future of libraries, still I have occasionally come across articles, talks that have stirred me from my slumbers and made me think.
Are libraries doomed? Do we need to radically change? Are we (as I secretly suspect) potentially the last generation of librarians ever?
I have no clue. Still, I would like to share with you some of the articles written about the future of libraries that I have come across in the last 2 years that have struck a cord with me the most and made me think.
1. Source of disruption of library services - Steve McCann
2. "Libraries Are Screwed" - Eli Neiburger
3. The Library War - effinglibrarian
4. The future of libraries - Seth Godin
5. Libraries are Dying (And That's A Good Thing) - Anonymous
6. Academic Library Autopsy Report, 2050 - Brian T. Sullivan
7. "McMasterGate" - Jeffrey Trzeciak
8. Reference is dead and libraries need more geeks - Eli Neiburger
1.Source of disruption of library services - Steve McCann
There is no doubt that libraries are being disrupted. But Sources of disruption of library services
puts it all in context in one picture.
Scary isn't it? In almost every area we are up against commercial competition.
2. "Libraries Are Screwed" - Eli Neiburger
Eli Neiburger (named Library Journal Mover & Shaker 2011) gave a very famous talk available on YouTube, now known as the "Libraries are screwed" talk. It's well worth watching so I won't summarise it much beyond to say that he gives a very thoughtful presentation on the different fates of outdated/outmoded technologies such as the candle, vinyl etc and wonders about the possible future of the printed book ("codex"). Eli offers a solution, he has little faith that electronic books market will welcome libraries and he advocates that libraries serve as a platform/host for collecting the communities' new experiences/content.
3. The Library War - effinglibrarian
Librarians are very divided on what the future of libraries (let's assume Public Libraries only for now) should be.
For one thing change means giving up the status quo.
As such there seems to be a big divide between librarians who want (or are accused of wanting?) to give up "Books as a library brand" and those who think it's suicidal to do so (for good reasons as library users generally see Libraries as books).
Even those who believe libraries needs to focus less on books as a brand are divided. Effing librarian writes in a very poetic and literary style about the different groups.
"Is it me, or has the library war already started? Because I keep reading about how the old library is dead and the new library needs building. That print has been mortally wounded and now those inbred and bastard children fight to be the next ruler. We have our own Game of Thrones (this week on HBO, which I have neither read nor seen, so whatever connection I make, is purely accidental) in the fantasy library world of Bibliotania (yeah, you come up with a better name):
- We have the Knowledge Facilitators, once loyal to the throne but now impatient for political change so long as the office remains in their control.
- We have the Transliterates, plotting with foreign armies or mercenaries, anyone who can bring swift wealth and power.
- We have the Digital Natives, spoiled, selfish, corrupt, unable to see beyond their immediate desires, but who command a great army." The Library War
Effing librarian is no doubt a bit tongue in cheek about The Library War and he doesn't spell out what exactly the opposing schools (groups?) are, so let me speculate.
"Technology is the answer!" "Transliteracy!" "Knowledge Facilitation through communication with local communities is the solution! (That one's not so catchy.)" The Library War
I assume Transliterates school would include librarians like Librarian by Day Bobbi Newman and many school librarians like Buffy Hamilton (both named Library Journal Mover & Shaker 2011) who are active in promoting transliteracy. They see a place for librarians as educators. But that school is not without critics.
Not sure who digital natives are but "Technology is the answer" gives you a clue. I would guess it refers to the Library 2.0 people (though this term might have fallen out of repute). Micheal Stephens, David Lee King etc would be the ones normally pointed out to be leaders of this group (of whom I am a card carrying member??) , they lead a group of "social media/emerging tech" librarians who promote use of social media/mobile technologies to connect with users, support the idea of virtual library branches etc. Would the rallying cry of this group be
" If the online world is not for you, then neither may be a career in librarianship." -- Micheal Stephens
Sounds reasonable? Not everyone agrees as the devil is in the details. At it's worse opponents accuse this group of losing the human touch and being lost in techno-lust.
It's no accident that discussions about Library 2.0 sometimes leads to a struggle with some accusing Library 2.0 proponents to be against "books as a library" brand. This Cites & Insights issue is worth a read despite its length and while it is supposedly a review about the "Library 2.0" phenomena but does capture librarians disagreements about the future of libraries.
"Knowledge Facilitation through communication with local communities is the solution" is hardest to decode but I believe it is actually referring to Professor Lankes' Atlas of new librarianship (among other things). It probably refers to those who believe the job of the library is not just as a warehouse of books but about interacting with community. It generally places a high premium on empowering librarians who are the reasons and value for libraries existing, typically thrown in with some vague vision of transforming spaces in the library for collaboration.
I would put Eli Neiburger who wants to help host community content here too.
The funny thing of course is all 3 schools are not mutually exclusive and on its own is reasonable what people disagree on is the amount of focus.
Bobbi Newman is well known for promoting Transliteracy, but you would be hard-pressed to find someone who would say she isn't adapt in the use of technology, social media.
Similarly, isn't social media's about being closer to the community?
Of course, shrinking budgets means you can't do all 3 at a time, but I would guess the main struggle hinges on the future of printed books. Do libraries want to hang on to this? It's not like the ebook world is very hospitable to libraries now.
4. The future of libraries - Seth Godin
Seth Godin has written about libraries twice (first time here), what he writes isn't particularly insightful or different compared to what librarians have being thinking (I put him in the Knowledge Facilitators school) but because it's Seth Godin his posts are lightning rods that draw blogged responses from librarians (not being able to comment on the blog helps too!).
Some quotes from him
"We need librarians more than we ever did. What we don't need are mere clerks who guard dead paper."
"The library is no longer a warehouse for dead books. Just in time for the information economy, the library ought to be the local nerve center for information"
"The next library is a place, still. A place where people come together to do co-working and coordinate and invent projects worth working on together."
Responses from librarians has being varied. Bobbi Newman thinks Seth "misses the point again", Buffy Hamilton wonders whether it is the librarians not Seth who is missing the point.
I haven't digested all the posts yet, but I suspect the line "Librarians that are arguing and lobbying for clever ebook lending solutions are completely missing the point." is what is driving dissent.
It's quite interesting, since it paints even normally progressive librarians that want to shift to supporting ebooks as being in the same camp as those who believe libraries are rushing too quickly to abandon print books and embrace ebooks as a brand.
Seth I think does put a finger on a fundamental issue. Are librarians advocating a move to ebooks away from print fundamentally no different then defenders of print books?
If your vision of the future of libraries, involves ebooks rather then print books, you might believe in moving to a library without buildings (so people can download books from home),but you still believe the value of libraries lies in giving away information for free.
In other words what is the value of libraries? Is it in the information libraries provide for free or in the librarians who can guide, facilitate knowledge sharing and creation?
Can't it be both? Seth thinks it is the later which has a future not the former because information will eventually be free or effectively free. Is he right?
5. Libraries are Dying (And That's A Good Thing) - Anonymous
6. Academic Library Autopsy Report, 2050 - Brian T. Sullivan
But much of what was written above is about public libraries what about academic libraries?
Libraries are Dying (And That's A Good Thing) as well as the almost identical Academic Library Autopsy Report, 2050 focus on the ultimate fate of them, and the news isn't good.
Both have a similar thesis, claiming that the rise of open access, easier interfaces to access information , with full text searching proving generally as good as indexed terms/controlled vocabulary (think Unified Indexes/Web Scale Discovery engines) means that librarians are generally don't as useful or needed anymore.
"As databases became more intuitive and simpler to use, library instruction in the use of archaic tools was no longer needed. Almost all remaining questions could be answered by faculty (see No. 3) or information-technology staff (see No. 4). It was largely the work of academic librarians that led to most of these advances in database technology." Academic Library Autopsy Report, 2050
Collection Development? With the rise of Patron Driven Acquisition, Big deals etc, do we really need that many specialised librarians? Why not centralise them with the purchasing department of the university.
"In terms of academic journals, we have a polarized position, where there is much activity on the front of Open Access to the journal literature. More and more of these publications are available for free. At the same time, more and more of the not-free literature is being collected under the umbrella of very large, very expensive packages from commercial publishers. Librarians tend to praise this first trend and decry the second, but in reality, both trends are in the researcher's favor and both trends point to the disappearance of libraries and librarians. In 25 years, universities like my own will simply assign someone in the business office to ensure that a few extremely large bills are paid each year, ensuring access to the entirety of the for-pay journal literature." Libraries are Dying (And That's A Good Thing)
How about value of "library as a space?"
"Librarians are often reduced to creating new reasons for their existence, reasons that have virtually nothing to do with the library qua library. When librarians speak of "library as place," know that they have reached the tipping point, and are almost ready to concede that the library has little use anymore besides a place for the homeless to sleep and college students to check their Facebook accounts (or, quite likely, vice-versa)." Libraries are Dying (And That's A Good Thing)
Besides academic libraries that have tried to move towards a "bookless library" by moving books offsite to create more space for learning and collaboration have met with resistance.
On the public library side, while other social benefits of public libraries might be useful, but one would be better off spending tax dollars on social services, community centres, education etc. Would a library that focused on all that but lost most of its traditional functions be still a library?
But that's very long term (I mean does anyone really think 100% Open access can be accomplished ) and an anonymous letter (at least the first is) which seems to be mostly satire can hardly be taken seriously.
1.Library as a collaborative learning space (pulling in users)
2.Embedded librarians movement (going out to users in physical space)
3.Library 2.0/ digital or virtual outreach/reference (going out to users in digital space)
7. "McMasterGate" - Jeffrey Trzeciak
But in the real-world, short term we sees changes are brewing. First there is what has being dubbed McMasterGate which caused a stirr in the academic library world.
In case you missed it, Jeffrey Trzeciak, Chief Librarian at McMaster University gave a talk at Penn State where he stated that he was unlikely to hire more traditional librarians but was likely to hire Phds and IT people. Will this become the trend? It's right towards the end, but you can see that he has achieved much for McMaster University Library in pulling in resources, and making the library the heart of the university, so it's hard to dismiss his views.
8. Reference is dead and libraries need more geeks - Eli Neiburger
Compare Jeffrey Trzeciak with Eli Neiburger talk's where he declared that Reference is dead .
"We need big servers and the geeks to take care of them," Neiburger said. 'What are we going to cut to be able to hire a geek? We are going to cut reference staff. Reference is dead,' he said.
Despite the fact that a trained librarian can bring value to a reference interaction, the patron today, acclimated to Google searches, does not feel that way, and librarians cannot change their mind, Neiburger said.
'Travel agents were outmoded because people felt they had better access to the information than they could get from the travel agents. We're in a similar sort of spot,' he said. "
This reminds me a bit of "Libraries need to give up the notion that question answering is a core service of the library" - Facebook social Q&A service is the harbinger of the death of reference .
Eli and Jeffrey have both IT backgrounds and both have being named Library Journal Mover and Shakers in 2011 and 2004 respectively. One works at a public library another at an academic library. Both see value in IT staff (and phds for Jeffrey) rather than traditional librarians and both have accomplished amazing things in their career. As someone that identifies more with the traditional reference side of things, this feels me with dread. Are they right?
So these are the articles that make made me sit up and think about the future of libraries. What are yours? While not all of us are or will be Library Directors or University Librarians, every project we push for, support or not in the long run shapes what users think of our libraries, or sets into place what is possible in the future due to inertia so collectively the future of the libraries is in our hands.


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My Venice Love Affair- Touring an Italian Fish Market
So we are back at Vermont bed and breakfast after an amazing spring break – three weeks in Europe. We spent our last three days in Venice, a place that I was so excited to see, but had heard was filled with restaurants that are mostly over-priced tourist traps. Determined to eat well, I read a lot about the Venice restaurant scene. A name that kept popping up was Loris Manna, better known as "Lolo," owner of Al Fontego dei Pescatori restaurant. Lolo has over twenty-seven years experience in the mongering of fish, and served as President of the Rialto Fish Market for over nine years … where he still has a vendor operation.
With the help of our host in Venice, we were lucky enough to arrange a tour of the Rialto fish market with Lolo. He doesn't charge anything for the tour. His whole mission is to educate visitors to the bounty of food that Venice farmer's markets have to offer. He doesn't require that you dine with him. Upon meeting him, I just about had to beg to eat in the restaurant – showed him my notes of dishes that he's known for. He smiled, really seemed to appreciate that I had done a little homework. Finally allowed to have dinner with him, he still demanded that we would only pay for wine and water if we did not enjoy our meal at his restaurant. Such is the hospitality that we enjoyed in Venice.
I was completely blown away by what I saw at the markets. Superbly fresh fish, mostly from the waters just around Venice. (This came as a complete shock to both David and me. We have been somewhat unimpressed with the selection and quality of fish available in the Mediterranean both on this and other vacations in the past.) Lolo is passionate about terroir and quality of ingredients, using only native fish and produce in his restaurant. He pointed out the difference between Maine lobster and his native lobster. The local lobster cost more than twice as much as Maine lobster (46 Euros per kilo, versus 20 for the Maine lobster). His philosophy is simple – only buy the best. If you cannot afford the local lobster, then do not buy any lobster. Make frittata instead, use local zucchini and eggs of course.
The shrimp was a revelation. He picked one up, pulled off the shell and handed it to me. I smelled it and agreed that it was indeed fresh. He said "yes, fresh, don't smell it, eat it." Now, I am a lover of sashimi and sushi, but raw shrimp with no seasoning at all scared me a little bit. Deep breath, get ready, eat shrimp. WOW, that is all that I can say. Sweet, delicate texture, clean taste of the ocean. I have never had a piece of seafood that was so beautiful. David, not a raw fish fan, was also handed a shrimp. I had a hard time keeping a straight face knowing his personal aversion to the raw. Surprise, he too agreed that it was wonderful. Hmmm. So much for our pre-conceived notions. More on this later, but Lolo's restaurant was full of these kinds of wonderful surprises.
The produce from the neighboring vegetable market was equally impressive. Lolo pointed out that the best artichokes are the ones on the left in the photo. They cost nearly twice as much as the others, and according to Lolo are the only ones worth using. The others are from an area considered less desirable in terms of the quality of produce that is grown there. It really amazed me that everything being sold at the market was grown locally, and that it was all just so beautiful. And Lolo's definition of local really redefined local.
After we concluded the tour, Lolo invited us to his local bacari, All' Arco, for a glass of wine. It was tiny, unassuming, full of Venetians. Just the kind of place that you hope to find, tucked into a tiny alley, no water view, people mostly standing because there are just a few seats to be had. Glasses of Prosecco and wine flowed freely, and the price was shockingly cheap – just 2 Euros per glass. Lolo knew the people standing outside, and was happy to introduce us to them – the one on the left is a vendor in the produce market, the one on the right is a currently unemployed chef, self-described as "loco". We felt as though we had made friends in just a few minutes, such a warm and welcoming bunch.
The company wasn't the only great thing at All' Arco. The bar's counter was filled with a stunning array of snacks called cicchetti, all costing just 1.5 Euros each. We happily snacked on cicchetti and drank prosecco, feeling as though we had somehow stumbled into a fairytale. Luckily the day didn't end there, check back another day to see about our dinner at Al Fontego that evening.
We would happy to share more great stories with of our trip on your next visit to the Village Inn of Woodstock! See you soon!