Catch me in Seattle

I'm in Seattle, Washington this week at the Association of College and Research Libraries Annual Conference. The photo above is of a tourist learning throwing fish at Pike's Place Fish Market during the salmon throwing contest on Friday, Aug. 17, 2007, in Seattle. The public market is famous for its fishmongers who send fish flying through the air after they are purchased by customers.

Libraries and Digital Preservation Top List of Topics in President Obama's Open Government List

While reading the news this morning, I came across this article. Check out the Truthout article here "Web-saavy Obama Team Hits Unexpected Bumps", then head over to The Sunlight Foundation to vote or comment on Our Open Government List at http://feedback.sunlightfoundation.com/oogl/. As evidenced by the comments. It seems libraries, digital preservation, and metadata are taking a front row. John Wonderlich's post at the Sunlight Foundation blog titled "Free Government Information." http://freegovinfo.info/taxonomy/term/3 provides a closer look at Obama and the topic of "Affirmative Disclosure."