VPL: a double entendre?
A few months ago I borrowed an O’Reilly book called Ambient Findability from VPL. It was written by Peter Morville, who is a librarian and an accomplished information architect. I had only made my way through a few chapters when I had to return it because there were other holds on it, but I would really like to pick up a copy or borrow it again some time. At any rate, what I did read what really interesting and full of vivid examples of wayfinding.
Speaking of VPL, those black, recycled material VPL bags are everywhere: the Lululemon of the literati. Every time I turn around, I see one–on transit, on the Drive, in the mall…. I have four or five myself*, and when my mum saw them, she demanded I ship a few out to her. At $3, they’re a steal and a very practical way to support the library. You can get them at any branch or at Book’mark, the library store at the central branch.
Heh. Looking to see if anyone had uploaded a picture of a VPL bag to Flickr, I discovered that photos tagged “VPL” often don’t have ANYthing to do with the library. This discovery led to another: that Flickr has “clustering” that tries to separate disparate content that has been tagged with the same term. Neat-o!
*not that I’m calling myself a member of the literati–I just liked the alliterative effect!