From another provider of data, information and even
knowledge. "Thank
you for ibiblio" notes to UNC are in order.
- d.
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Subject: Happy 2009 from ibiblio
I'm jumping in between Christmas and New Year's to thank you for your
contributions to ibiblio and for your support in the past year.
We've had a period a great growth over the past few years especially
as seen here:
2002 2006 2008
800 Collections 1600+ Collections 2500+ Collections
3 million ftp+www/day 15+ million 16+ million ftp+www/day
1 terabyte of data 8 terabytes of data 13 terabytes of data
1 large server 22 www/vhost servers 25 www/vhost servers
2 database servers 5 database servers 7 database servers
4 radio stations 6 radio stations 6 radio stations
In fact, the 2008 figures were taken at mid-year and we've grown since then!
ibiblio is lways eclectic as our newest contributors, The African
Elephant Experts Group
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://www.african-elephant.net%2F and
Pachyderm - the Journal of the African Elephant, African Rhino and
Asia Rhino Specialist Groups
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://www.pachydermjournal.org%2Findex.php…
show.
We, you and ibiblio, offer granular bits of everything to everybody in
the world; that is our strength and your gifts, a combined
independently managed set of miscellanies for a loosely connected
world.
At the same time, we face new challenges. Some are obvious; the
economy and budgets everywhere have taken a nosedive since September
of this year. Some are less so; we will have a new Dean (the search is
just opened at the School of Information and Library Science) and a
new Chancellor at UNC (Holden Thorp who does understand what ibiblio
is about, but will be feeling budget pressures immediately).
Much of our ability to support you comes from your support of ibiblio.
That need not be in for form of money, which is of course always
welcomed and encouraged; it could be in the form of thanking UNC and
NC officials for ibiblio services and for the university's support of
ibiblio.
Thanks for your part of making ibiblio wonderful for over 16 years and
happy 2009.
Paul