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Hello, Wow! Cisler was awesome! Didn't learn computers until he was 42. Great inspiration for librarians adjusting to the technology of today. Thanks, Cornel Darden Jr. MSLIS Library Department Chair South Suburban College 7087052945 "Our Mission is to Serve our Students and the Community through lifelong learning." Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 18, 2014, at 8:00 PM, Miles Fidelman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Cornel Darden Jr. wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I believe librarians are special people. It would be nice if there were an operating system created by us. Haven't come across one though. > > Back in the day, when Steve Cisler was running Apple's "Library of Tomorrow" program, one could have made a good case for MacOS. > > Back in 1994, Steve was instrumental in getting us (The Center for Civic Networking) a grant that let us put a gaggle of Macs in several Massachusetts public libraries -- yielding the first ever high-speed Internet connection in a public library (Cambridge, MA) - before that, there were some dial-up freenets, and that was it. (Thanks also to then Continental Cablevision - our connectivity was the alpha test of their cable modem service.) Still the best project I ever worked on! > > Miles Fidelman > > -- > In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. > In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra