Oct 29, 20181 minDwarsliggers in AmericaFirst I saw them being read on a train in the Netherlands. Then I discovered a display of them at the Bibliotheek DOK Delft. Now the New...
Sep 15, 20181 minFarewellWe had our final dinner last night in the back room of Postkantoor. As one might expect, it's bittersweet. I've been traveling with these...
Sep 14, 20181 minDOK/OPEN: Library as a community spaceToday was our long-awaited tour of DOK Delft, the newly redesigned library and community center. Mark Borneman, DOK's vice principle,...
Sep 13, 20182 minTU-DelftWe visited the Delft University of Technology (TU-Delft) today. The route there was interesting. I passed this "freezone," one of several...
Sep 12, 20181 minHet Nieuwe InstituutToday we took the train south to Rotterdam, to the Het Nieuwe Instituut, a combination museum, archives, and laboratory. We started with...
Sep 8, 20181 minFree time: Dutch-language tour of Gemeenlandshuis van DelflandSo I'm strolling through the flea market when I hear a commotion down the street. It's only 10 a.m. so I can't imagine that the college...
Sep 6, 20181 minBelgian street artThe Street Art Museum tour seemed to give us license to notice and discuss street art as we saw it on our journeys. It was prevalent in...
Sep 6, 20181 minThe massive bibliography that is the MundaneumWe went to the Mundaneum today, an enormous card catalog that was the original analog search engine and is now on the UNESCO register. I...
Sep 4, 20181 minDANS: Preserving and sharing dataIn den Haag, Peter Doorn, the director of DANS talked about their mission of preserving and publishing research data and encouraging...