Web 2.0.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2068107,00.html
http://andrewkeen.typepad.com/
A New Type of Public Library
http://lisnews.org/articles/07/05/03/131244.shtml
http://librarian.lishost.org/?p=740
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alysons/library.html
Metadata
http://interviews.lisnews.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/02/192230&from=rss
http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/05/metacrap_and_fl.html
The Dewey Decimal System - obsolete?
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0529nodewey0530.html#
http://libraryrevolution.com/2007/05/30/dewey-or-dont-we/
A couple of new search engines mentioned by Steven Cohen
http://www.zuula.com/
http://www.mahalo.com/Main_Page - “human powered search engine”
Digital Library Federation Director wants Wikipedia/Library collaboration
http://marketing.lisnews.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/29/1140202&from=rss
Unwanted books go up in flames
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/28/book.burning.ap/index.html
Biodiversity Heritage Library
http://biodiversitylibrary.org/About.aspx
HEALTHmap - Global Disease alert mapping system
http://healthmap.org/
Publishers Warm to Google’s Book Search (NPR)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10712494
Digital Library Discussion on NPR (may have much the same info. as the first link)
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2007/May/hour1_051107.html Survey on use of 2.0 technologies done by Lexis/Nexis:
http://www.lexisnexis.com/about/releases/0980.asp According to Yahoo…”Search is History - Web Personalization is now key”:
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article1883175.ece
This article is directly related to the conversation we had this morning about Google and digitization:
http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/programs/CenterForLibraryInitiatives/Archive/PressRelease/LibraryDigitization/index.shtml And
This one relates directly to the conversation we had about the future of the book:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/04/books/04book1.html?ex=1338609600&en=9b2634b869e0c8bd&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
Interesting article on the future of DC Public Libraries (Note: Library Journal will donate an interior makeover of the 85-year-old Southeast Branch, which will get new furniture, renovated bathrooms, shelving, a new ceiling, and books and computers, too. Kudos to LJ!)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/04/AR2007060401785.html
Books on Demand from Amazon.com:
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070531/20070531005308.html?.v=1
And just for grins - fresh from the You Tube press - it’s the Adventures of SuperLibrarian!!!
http://lisnews.org/articles/07/06/06/1840210.shtml
Social Software/Web 2.0 online classes for librarians/library staff
http://www.oclc.org/capcon/membership/news/A_new_Maryland_progr.htm
Welcome to the BIGWIG Social Software Showcase (@ ALA)
http://showcase.litablog.org/index.php/Main_Page
Websites get results-oriented (from GCN) [Features NIH]
http://www.gcn.com/print/26_08/43511-1.html
Two Days Without Dewey - successful opening of the “Deweyless” public library
http://lisnews.org/articles/07/06/13/0149229.shtml
The Harry Potter Successor?
http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2101079,00.html
Google and Privacy
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132747/article.html?tk=nl_spxnws
Search in general and Privacy
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9026638&source=rss_news50
“Information Therapy”
http://lisnews.org/articles/07/07/10/2131238.shtml
First Official Internet Library
http://lisnews.org/articles/07/06/25/0251213.shtml
Print on Demand for Out of Print Books
http://lisnews.org/articles/07/06/24/2357216.shtml (partnership between Amazon, various libraries and Kirtas and features the Kirtas hands-off book digitization machine I saw at ALA http://www.kirtas-tech.com/products.asp- tres nifty!)
Turning the Pages 2.0 (UK Libraries Digitization Initiative)
http://lisnews.org/articles/07/06/22/1546217.shtml
[For Grins] Nina Katchadourian’s Book Sorting System
http://college.lisnews.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/21/1626238&from=rss
More Library 2.0
http://marketing.lisnews.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/20/127217&from=rss
OCLC Capcon’s new digs (and classes)
http://www.oclc.org/capcon/membership/news/Look_out_ahead%E2%80%94new_s.htm
Garisson Keillor’s “Love Letter to Libraries”
http://lisnews.org/articles/07/07/12/1820253.shtml
VuFind (from Steven Cohen’s Library Stuff)
“VuFind is a library resource portal designed and developed for libraries by libraries. The goal of VuFind is to enable your users to search and browse through all of your library’s resources by replacing the traditional OPAC” (via)
http://www.vufind.org/ L
ink to Library Conferences to 2015 - from Jessamyn @ Librarian.net
http://homepage.usask.ca/~mad204/CONF.HTM
Just for Grins - Die-Hard Harry Potter Fans for sure!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/19/AR2007071900484.html
For those with too much time on their hands
http://ask.metafilter.com/67303/How-do-you-refer-to-a-female-librarian-in-Welsh
More from Steven Cohen’s Library Stuff
Webinar (August 7, 11 to 12 EDT) for those who want to learn more about RSS (including creating one)
http://librarycareers.blogspot.com/2007/07/free-your-content-rss-for-libraries.html
A perspective on the place of technology initiatives in libraries:
http://www.librarian.net/stax/2088/do-library-users-care-about-our-new-initiatives/
BISAC replacing Dewey?
http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2007/07/raising-arizona.html
New Trends in People Search
http://www.librarystuff.net/2007/07/25/finding-people/
Librarian News Podcast - “Uncontrolled Vocabulary”
http://uncontrolledvocabulary.blogspot.com/
E-book “Revolution”
http://lisnews.org/articles/07/07/24/1428234.shtml
An official “Ink Library”
http://lisnews.org/articles/07/07/24/1426259.shtml
Challenges of preserving digital documents – UK
http://geek.lisnews.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/24/1424243&from=rss
C-Net gives library resources a boost
http://lisnews.org/articles/07/07/24/1423230.shtml
Gaming in Libraries - some controversy
http://www.librarystuff.net/2007/07/24/gaming-at-library-questioned/
