It's all about the sound bite

Lots on the cutting room floor, I mean lots. Jeremy's pithy remarks and his beautiful description of Noodlebib, many more astute comments from Linda and Jacob, and the plethora of concrete examples I gave describing library-Internet goodness (including all sorts of nice things about Google and ways the company is collaborating with educators and libraries).

So, note to self: Speak in short bursts and only say what what can stand alone, without qualification. Trouble is, I can't think of any broad generalizations about the Internet and libraries that don't require qualification. And television news just doesn't allow for qualification. I guess it's why I'm an NPR junkie.

Still, as these things go, what came out isn't awful. I do like the way the online transcript has links to the local public libraries, with little blurbs about each one's services. And, for now anyway, the video clip is available for streaming.