blyberg.net » Absorbed, not Absent

After such a long hiatus from blogging, I feel like I owe it to those of you who are still subscribed to explain my absence.

In short, I’m busy.

We’re building a new library which will open in January (watch the time-lapse construction videos!). Of course, that’s not enough to do, so we’re launching our new website on September 1st, which gives me… well, not very much time to myself these days.

It was just about a year ago that I started working at Darien Library. The construction site was little more than a razed patch of dirt. It’s now something quite different. When it’s done, it will be quite clear that there has never been a library built quite like this one. From rethinking our entire classification system to planning how to use a building that is wired to the hilt, to an RFID conversion, to a major web redesign, to some other things yet-to-be-announced, we’re about to enter a period of serious metamorphosis.

So, I’ve put this blog on a slow burn while I tend to a few other things.

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7 Comments so far

good luck with all that John - we’ll be looking forward to opening day.

Have been missing your updates–still very much intrigued by the concept of SOPACs and feel that they’re a tool just waiting to take off–and am very much looking forward to reading about the new building as we draw closer to its opening.

Go, John, go! Lovely graphic; can’t wait to see the building.

Oh sure, John, using that “building a brand-new library from the bottom up” excuse again…

I am sorry we didn’t get to talk SOPAC at ALA, but my guess is that SOPAC is also having a small nap right now as well. Get that library built!

Yah, I can’t use that excuse too often, it might get worn out

Actually, SOPAC is on a very tight development schedule and will launch, in one form or another, with our new web site. I may wait a week or two after launch to release it, however.

[...] not only a stunning new library but also the future of libraries and librarianship.” Or, as Darien’s John Blyberg wrote, “From rethinking our entire classification system to planning how to use a building that is [...]

Hi John, sounds wonderfully exciting. Good luck and I look forward to reading all about everything,Sal.

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