The unthinkable is thinkable. No: likely.

I'm about as far from being a flag-waver - you won't find any American flag pins in my drawer - as someone can be.

A good collection is more than just the sum of its parts.

Many flagship state universities have wonderful digital libraries that are accessed by people around the world. In future, if not current, budget crises, trustees, board members, and administrators may wonder why these state institutions - with an articulated primary clientele of students, faculty, and staff members and a secondary clientele of all citizens of the state - should be spending resources on a digital library that is used by many people beyond the primary and secondary service populations.

How do you achieve excellence?...Stop doing non-excellent stuff!

Had Twitter been invented earlier, my books would have been shorter.

Rewards should go to teams as a whole.