I would like to extend my heartfelt apologies to Steven M. Cohen of Library Stuff.

While I did not mean to act badly, I did so.  As Steven said in his comment at the previous post, my comments were a bit harsh.  I did not intend them to be.  But the simple fact is that I let other aspects of my life and current situation affect how I attempted to communicate with another human being.  And that was unacceptable.

Steven has been most professional and has even extended the possibility of further dialogue on a topic of mutual interest.  I sincerely appreciate that.

As to where we met, it was at the OCLC Blogger party at ALA Annual this past June and at dinner afterwards.  We either sat right next to each other at dinner or maybe had one person between us.  My memory is a bit fuzzy on that count.  In your defense though, we were in effect at the opposite ends of the table by being in two different conversations for most of the evening.  You were primarily engaged with Lisle and her man, Rochelle I think, and a few others.  I was more engaged with Michael, Eli, Joy and a few others.  If that doesn’t help, don’t worry.  I am rather forgettable, especially when I shave, as I did for ALA.

I stand by my critque of the current incarnation of The Librarian List at PubSub, but that is a separate issue from how I make that critique known. 

So again, I want to make a public apology to Steven.  My behavior towards Steven here and at LISNews was uncalled for.