by David Krell | Jul 6, 2012 | David Krell
A corporate history is only as good as the resources that inform it. A corporate history library, in turn, is only as good as the books that populate it. A corporate historian may want to consider the triad approach, consisting of primary books, secondary books, and...
by David Krell | Jul 4, 2012 | David Krell
On my desk, a 25-cent Lou Gehrig stamp rests in a frame nestled on a plastic stand. It reminds me of Gehrig’s dedication to his baseball craft, reflected in 2,130 consecutive games played. It reminds me of Gehrig’s courage in facing Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis...
by David Krell | Jul 3, 2012 | David Krell
Today, the man that launched a thousand folksy proverbs passed away – Andy Griffith. As Sheriff Andy Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show, he guided the fictional town of Mayberry, North Carolina with a gentle hand, a compassionate demeanor, and a folksy wisdom. The Andy...
by David Krell | Jul 2, 2012 | David Krell
Wrigley Field is a baseball landmark. It thrives in nostalgia, our baseball memories contributing to its increasingly rich history. Not that Wrigley Field, “the ivy-covered burial ground” as described eloquently yet mournfully in Steve Goodman’s song A Dying Cubs...
by David Krell | Jul 1, 2012 | David Krell
“We got the Porsche! We got the Porsche!” I heard these words of celebration ringing on a spring night in 1986. I was not quite 19 years old, a somewhat shy pledge at Tau Epsilon Phi, Tau Beta chapter at the University of Maryland, College Park. With a dream to...
by David Krell | Jun 30, 2012 | David Krell
The title and topic of the proposed presentation may catch the attention of the conference producers, but the writing is where the rubber meets the road. The New York Mets 50th Anniversary Conference required submissions of papers rather than abstracts or summaries....
by David Krell | Jun 29, 2012 | David Krell
A year ago, I had an idea for a book about the Brooklyn Dodgers. The book is currently titled Blue Magic: The Brooklyn Dodgers, Ebbets Field, and the Battle for Baseball’s Soul. Write a book proposal? Check. Get a literary agent? Check. Research the Brooklyn Dodgers...
by David Krell | Jun 28, 2012 | David Krell
The journey of auditing a media library or media archive begins with a single step. And that step is knowing what you have. Think of a media library as a ship. Before leaving the dock, you conduct a stem-to-stern inspection. The galley must be stocked with food, the...
by David Krell | Jun 27, 2012 | David Krell
You Tube is more than an Internet warehouse of wacky home videos featuring a drugged seven year-old boy wondering if he is existing in real-life after a dental procedure, a one year-old biting a finger of his three year-old brother with the older brother giving a...
by David Krell | Jun 26, 2012 | David Krell
“Everybody does it.” The excuse is familiar in a conversation about appropriating copyrighted material without consent, license, or agreement. The excuse is thin. And getting thinner. It’s as valid as George Costanza’s excuse for having sex with the maid in his...
