LibWorm.com provides a librarian RSS filtering service. Over 1500 RSS librarian sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest headlines from journals and sites in the Blogging interest group. http://www.libworm.com/rss/librarianqueries.php Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:50:03 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Elsua/~3/qigst_w9oOc/ I guess that with 47 million iPhones sold throughout 2010 and with 20 million plus already expected for Q1 in 2011 there is very little I would probably need to add about the tremendous impact of the iPhone within the smartphone market, whether for business or for personal use. Or both. So earlier on this year, around mid-summer, and after having waited for a couple of years, I, finally, took the chance to upgrade my good old 3G iPhone and get back on track with things with the iPhone 4. Thus, I got my hands on one. Yes, the very same one that dealt with the antennagate, which I never saw, nor experienced, by the way, in the nearly six months I have been using it extensively all over the place, including abroad. And counting … Certainly, one of the major gadget highlights for me for 2010, specially, since it allowed me to reacquaint myself with that good old concept of smart mobility without continuing to have that feeling I have been missing something for a while… And so far the experience has been phenomenal, to say the least! It’s helped me get reacquainted with a good bunch of the iPhone Apps I fell in love in the first place when the iPhone 3G was still usable, plus a whole bunch of new ones that have come along rather nicely in the last few months. So when I resumed my blogging activities after a rather long hiatus not long ago I mentioned over here how, very soon, I would also be opening up a new series of blog posts, pretty similar to the My Top 5 iPad Apps of the Week, but instead of just sharing my favourite iPad Apps, I would also start sharing my iPhone Apps, with pretty much the very same flow, including the iPhone Game of the Week. That way folks, who may be interested in learning what interesting and rather helpful Apps there may be out there that I have been using lately, would have an opportunity to check them out themselves as well. ... Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:21:15 +0100 895620 http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/the-online-future-of-australian-journalism-as-seen-by-the-industry-itself/ I’m a journalist, and a member of the journalists union, the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (of which the Australian Journalists Association, the AJA, forms part). All members receive a monthly magazine with news and in-depth articles about the industry, but this year is special – it’s 100 years since a wily bunch of Aussie scribblers formed the AJA. So, a century into Australian journalism proper, the union has published a report of the state of the industry, and where it expects the future to lay. (SPOILER: online). The report is called Life in the Clickstream II (a similar report came out two years ago), and I thought I’d share some of it (less than 10% of course, to keep my copyright nose clean!) with you. Keep in mind that this is the industry talking (through the report) about where they are and where they are going, not me. The state of play It’s ugly out there right now. In the federal secretary’s foreword, he talks about the “carnage” that had been forecast for the industry, and how it has been mitigated slightly by the appearance of news apps for phones and tablet computers like the iPad. But the operative word is “slightly”. All the graphs are sliding downwards. In Australia, the industry is on better shape than in the US or UK, but that’s no great prize. Hundreds of journalists no longer have full-time jobs, but here they are finding themselves in part-time or casual positions. I guess it’s better than being laid off. In the US the drop in print newspaper circulations are roughly 30%, in the UK about 20% overall. In AU, the decline is about 3% – the second-best result behind Austria in the Western world. New Zealand fared worse, dropping 13%. So it could be worse. But all but two major metro newspapers lost circulation here, and corresponding sales falls mean that the industry knows it needs to phase in a Plan B. It’s already doing so. ... Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:21:15 +0100 895516 http://hurstassociates.blogspot.com/2010/12/wayback-wednesday-digitization-101-2010.html As I do at the end of each year, I want to spent time looking back at the last 12 months with a few lists and more.I see four trends as I scan the horizon:Digitization is no longer an exceptional activity. While digitization is not a normal activity still for many organizations, it is much more mainstream that is was several years ago.  Look around...can you find a workshop on digitization or on scanning?  Yes, they still exist, but they are definitely not as prevalent as they were before.  Those that haven't jumped on the "digitization train" yet are finding themselves left behind.  (I should note that universities are offering courses on digitization, digital libraries, etc., which go into more depth and which are attracting a high number of students. These courses prepare the students for the growing number of digital library positions that are being advertised.) In the same vein, one thing to notice is that digitization is no longer in the news as it has been. It is no longer that shiny object that captures the media's attention.  For a while, Google Book Search kept digitization in the news, but even that story is no longer capturing headlines as the sides work toward an agreement. Digital preservation is where most of the action is in terms of conversations, conference sessions, research, etc.  This is true because we are a digital society and if we cannot ensure long term access to our digital content, we're doomed.  Losing digital content could mean losing the data and information that we need to run our governments, businesses, academic institutions, etc.  It could also mean losing our history.If you are not thinking about how to ensure long-term access to your digital content, please begin thinking about it now. You might even make it a New Year's resolution. (Yes, do jump on the digital preservation bandwagon. ... Wed, 29 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895638 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Digitization101/~3/ZBLCRLdWjMs/wayback-wednesday-digitization-101-2010.html As I do at the end of each year, I want to spent time looking back at the last 12 months with a few lists and more.I see four trends as I scan the horizon:Digitization is no longer an exceptional activity. While digitization is not a normal activity still for many organizations, it is much more mainstream that is was several years ago.  Look around...can you find a workshop on digitization or on scanning?  Yes, they still exist, but they are definitely not as prevalent as they were before.  Those that haven't jumped on the "digitization train" yet are finding themselves left behind.  (I should note that universities are offering courses on digitization, digital libraries, etc., which go into more depth and which are attracting a high number of students. These courses prepare the students for the growing number of digital library positions that are being advertised.) In the same vein, one thing to notice is that digitization is no longer in the news as it has been. It is no longer that shiny object that captures the media's attention.  For a while, Google Book Search kept digitization in the news, but even that story is no longer capturing headlines as the sides work toward an agreement. Digital preservation is where most of the action is in terms of conversations, conference sessions, research, etc.  This is true because we are a digital society and if we cannot ensure long term access to our digital content, we're doomed.  Losing digital content could mean losing the data and information that we need to run our governments, businesses, academic institutions, etc.  It could also mean losing our history.If you are not thinking about how to ensure long-term access to your digital content, please begin thinking about it now. You might even make it a New Year's resolution. (Yes, do jump on the digital preservation bandwagon. ... Wed, 29 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895589 http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/quora-the-future-of-blogging-or-something-else/ Robert Scoble has a post on his blog talking about answer-finding service Quora, and why he feels it is significant. He points to a tweet from venture capitalist Shervin Pishevar who believes that it is “the future of blogging.” Blogs may not be e-books, but they are on-line content and certainly that’s a form of TeleReading. I had never heard of Quora before today and was curious, so I went over to check it out. What I found was an answer-finding service, where you post your question and other users will answer it. I wasn’t sure how this was different from Mahalo and Vark, answer-finding services I had used already, So I searched Quora and found some answers people had already given. The problem with Mahalo is that its answers tend to be low quality, and it tends to attract random people who are interested in making money rather than experts. Vark (acquired by Google) uses social networks but isn’t actually social: each person answers individually, without being able to see answers from any of the other people (and possibly be reminded of or catch something that they missed). And though you can share answers or discussion threads, you can’t browse answers others have already given. But I still couldn’t see what this has to do with blogging. After all, a blog is when you periodically write about a topic of interest to you or others, whereas question services are more about getting or giving answers. Blogging—at least the sort of blogging I do—tends to be more structured. What was Scoble on about? So I went back to his post and read it through again, considering. Scoble’s point seems to be that Quora combines the best features of answer services with the best features of social networking, blogging, and wikis—and that it’s a lot of fun. Anyway, I find that there’s something addictive about participating over there instead of here on my blog. ... Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:15:00 +0100 895410 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LawLibrarianBlog/~3/TWT51OCNc1w/dennis-kennedys-2010-blawggies.html Few have been as close a watcher of law blogging developments for so long as Dennis Kennedy has. His first Blawggie awards was published in December 2004. Over the years, awards categories have changed to reflect the changing landscape of... (Source: Law Librarian Blog) Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895847 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoblinCartoons/~3/ZhU_hwHOea4/ Joshmas is upon us again. This means we’re a week away from the end of 2010. (It also means I’m now 41, but let’s not focus on that.) I don’t generally do New Year’s resolutions, but this year, I’ve decided to actually make some. Since this is the end of one year for me and the beginning of another, why not make my resolutions now? This past year has been a very good one, but it’s also been difficult. Separating from Julie has pushed me to take a really hard look at myself. I’ve spent the past year reflecting, self-evaluating and digging in the dirt. I’ve come to understand a lot about myself, all for the better. Part of this self-discovery has been getting inspired by creative people in a big, big way. Getting to know Tessa Gratton and Natalie C. Parker has been very inspirational. Wil Wheaton‘s very honest blogging about his writing and his struggles with insecurity has been extremely inspirational. Bonnie Burton and Jane Wiedlin are big inspirations, too. Last weekend, Kevin Smith wrote a series of incredibly inspirational tweets that he turned into two fantastic blog posts. And my friends Laura and Gareth Skarka posted public declarations of creative endeavors that inspired me a whole hell of a lot. So…my New Year’s resolutions are as follows: if 2010 was a year of self-therapy and sorting things out in my head, 2011 will be a year of play, a year for me to get excited and make things. I want to push myself to do more creative play, to write prose and poetry, to blog more about comics, movies, TV shows, games and the like, to make trash that is ugly and beautiful, to make mad mistakes and happy accidents. I’m going to be daring and unreasonable. I’m going to dream out loud. The most important resolution is to DO IT EVERY DAY. ... Fri, 24 Dec 2010 19:07:08 +0100 894839 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blogpocket/~3/hFN1dANGLlQ/ Esta especie de lista top 10 no corresponde a ningún ranking ni pretende serlo. Es una selección de 10 personas que protagonizaron mi blog durante 2010 pero ni están todas las que son ni son todas las que están. Por razones de espacio se han elegido solo estas 10 pero podrían ser muchas más. Durante 2010 he compaginado mi labor en Blogpocket con la realizada en Weblog Magazine, el blog que gustosamente mantengo en ABC.es y que lograba dos éxitos importantes: el segundo puesto como blog de medios en el Informe sobre el estado de la Blogosfera, realizado por Bitacoras.com y el cuarto lugar en los Premios Btiacoras.com 2010 dentro de la categoría Mejor Blog Tecnológico. Este año, algunos de los posts para Weblog Magazine llevaron el formato de entrevista, con la idea de que la Blogosfera temática fuese explicada por uno de sus protagonistas. La de Ana Fernández (El Comercio Digital) no pudo publicarse pero salió íntegra en Blogpocket. Así como la de Paolo Colonnello (Bligoo). Por tanto, 8 de los protagonistas que aquí aparecen lo son porque fueron entrevistados por mí. Por otra parte, los otros dos (Manuel Cernuda y Yoani Sánchez) han sido elegidos por otras razones. A continuación puedes saber por qué, Entrevista a Mónica Parga, de ‘Miss at la playa’. Mónica Parga fue elegida para asistir a la Pasarela Cibeles como bloguer. Me interesaba conocer su opinión sobre el posible enfrentamiento entre periodisas y bloguers. Entevista a Gustavo Arizpe. Qué decir de Gustavo Arizpe, ese auténtico profesor yedai de la Blogosfera. Para hablar de la Blogosfera en Latinoamérica le pedí que me seleccionara sus blogs favoritos. RobertoLV y su Revista Twittera. RobertoLV fue el alma mater de la Revista Twittera. Para conocer de primera mano ese proyecto le invité a que nos hablase de él para Weblog Magazine. Estudiantes de Madrid entrevistan a Yoani Sánchez. ... Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:16:56 +0100 895123 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LibraryGarden/~3/rQzg46EG0fI/   I love libraries (John LeMasney)   I just wanted to thank all of the libraries and the people and resources connected to those libraries I visited this year. Thanks for all they did to help me get the important stuff taken care of. Happy holidays! - John LeMasney. Note: this image originally appeared at http://365sketches.org/2010/10/05/328-of-365-is-a-love-letter-to-libraries-design-inkscape/ (Source: Library Garden) Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:39:06 +0100 895534 http://litablog.org/2010/12/lita-top-tech-trends-at-midwinter-in-san-diego/ WHEN: Sunday, January 9, 2011, 8 – 9:30am pacific time WHERE: San Diego Convention Center SDCC-Room 26 A/B Here at litablog.org for live streaming and live blogging Twitter #alamwttt The illustrious panelists will be: Lorcan Dempsey, Vice President and Chief Strategist, OCLC Rachel Frick, Program Director, Digital Library Federation Erik Mitchell, Assistant Director for Technology Services, Wake Forest University Monique Sendze, Associate Director of Information Technology, Douglas County Libraries, Colorado Jeffrey Trzeciak, University Librarian, McMaster University Join us for a fun and casual discussion, moderated by Jason Vaughan, LITA Top Tech Trends Committee chair. (Source: LITA Blog) Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:23:02 +0100 894719 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blogpocket/~3/U8mNnE6M0fI/ En uno de mis posts de Weblog Magazine (El hombre duplicado en Twitter), explicaba los pasos a seguir para solicitar a Twitter la suspensión de una cuenta por usurpación de identidad. Pero ese no es el único problema con el que te puedes encontrar en Twitter. ¿Has visto tuits o retuits en tu perfil que tú no has publicado?, ¿te han avisado de DMs no enviados por tí? ¿has observado operaciones que no has realizado, como seguir, dejar de seguir, bloquear, etc.? Si es así, tu cuenta está “hackeada” o, lo que es lo mismo, está siendo utilizada posiblemente a través de alguno de los programas de terceros (ajenos a Twitter). Sigue leyendo este post y sabrás lo que tienes que hacer. ¿Por qué una aplicación de terceros puede ser peligrosa? Una de las cosas buenas de Twitter es que puede utilizarse desde un smartphone o desde el iPad. No solamente hay numerosas aplicaciones que actúan como clientes del servicio de microblogging, sino que también existen otras que interaccionan con Twitter mediante su API para enviar tuits o lo que sea. Pero eso es un arma de doble filo. Utilizar aplicaciones de terceros tiene pues sus ventajas pero tu cuenta de Twitter puede verse comprometida si das tu nombre de usuario y contraseña a un programa malicioso. También es peligroso tener una contraseña débil (fácil de adivinar), si uno de tus equipos posee virus o malware (pueden estar recogiendo contraseñas) o si estás en una red que a su vez está infectada o comprometida. Pasos a seguir si tu cuenta está hackeada El comportamiento sospechoso tampoco significa que tu cuenta esté hackeada. Las aplicaciones ajenas a Twitter también pueden fallar y provocar errores. Tanto en un caso como en otro, lo mejor es seguir las siguientes instrucciones, siempre y cuando puedas hacer login a tu cuenta. En caso contrario, consultar este artículo de solución de problemas. 1. Cambiar la contraseña. ... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:05:44 +0100 895126 http://acrlog.org/2010/12/22/incorporating-failure-into-library-instruction/ Failure is what’s getting a fair amount of attention right now, especially when the conversation turns to learning. I wouldn’t necessarily describe it as a growing consensus, but I’m hearing and reading more about the importance of allowing students to learn through authentic practice, what some call experiential learning, that puts them into situations where they can succeed or fail – and learn by doing so themselves or from the experiences of their fellow students. Educators have known for many years that students have better learning experiences when there is a hands-on component which enables them to learn through their own mistakes and by coming to their own conclusions; what then need is less lecturing and demonstration. Think back to the days when the vast majority of trades were learned through apprenticeships. It was all about having authentic practice, and learning from one’s own mistakes. One good example that promotes the value of failure for learning is a TED Talk by Diana Laufenberg on the topic of “How to Learn? From Mistakes.” In this talk Laufenberg, who is a teacher at a progressive school in Philadelphia, describes how she creates projects that promote constructivism in the classroom. Traditional education, as she describes it, is focused entirely on getting things right – and never being wrong. How do you get an A grade? You always give the right answers on tests. The problem associated with test taking is that it rarely results in real learning (a permanent change in behavior/thinking). I really like the point that the traditional methods are based on a world of information scarcity when you had to sit in a classroom to have an expert pour it into your head. In a world of information abundance, the answers and possibilities are all around contemporary students. They know how to find it. ... Wed, 22 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894419 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/-9Wsb8wf7eM/ I contributed my final post as a regular author this week at ALA TechSource. I must say it makes me a bit emotional but it’s time to move on to focus on other things. I thought I take this chance to point back to some of my favorite posts from the last 5 years of writing at TechSource. One of my favorite things to do was a “back and forth” interview/discussion style post. Here are some of the best of the best: John Blyberg: On the L2 Train | Information Experience Michael Casey: Where Do We Begin? | Better Library Services for More People Robert Doyle (Illinois Library Association) Michael Edson (Smithsonian Institution) Michael Golrick | Stacey Greenwell | Christopher Harris | Cliff Landis And some of my FAVORITE solo posts: November 2005: Do Libraries Matter: On Library & Librarian 2.0 The library encourages the heart. As we reach out to users, we must remember all of the folks we serve. To me, Library 2.0 will be a meeting place, online or in the physical world, where my emotional needs will be fulfilled through entertainment, information, and the ability to create my own stuff to contribute to the ocean of content out there – the Long Tail if you will. Librarian 2.0, then, will be available to guide me and teach me to use the systems provided by the library to do just that. As Abram said, librarians will provide clarification: Librarians need to position themselves and the library to help with finding the answers to: how? and why?” February 2006: Are You Dreaming? That’s where dreaming comes in. Have you had the chance to dream at your library job? Have you had the chance to stop for a minute in the buzz buzz of your routine and think about the future? Are you encouraged to innovate? If not, then I urge you to do so. And I urge library administrators to encourage dreaming on the job. ... Tue, 21 Dec 2010 22:57:37 +0100 894289 http://www.slaw.ca/2010/12/21/justice-judge-lays-down-the-law-on-twitter/ And now a post from snowbound London. During the bail hearing of Julian Assange, the presiding magistrate, District Judge Howard Riddle, gave permission for journalists in attendance to use live blogging technology in reporting proceedings. In doing so, in the interests of practicality, he waltzed past provisions in the Contempt of Court Act 1981, which prohibited the use of recording media in court. It spurred a debate in England about the appropriate limits. This spurred the senior judge in England – the wonderfully named Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Judge – to issue formal guidance to the judiciary on the use of Twitter in Court. Since there is no comparable Canadian standard, I’m setting out the entire text, for the benefit of Slaw’s judicial readers. INTERIM PRACTICE GUIDANCE: THE USE OF LIVE TEXT-BASED FORMS OF COMMUNICATION (INCLUDING TWITTER) FROM COURT FOR THE PURPOSES OF FAIR AND ACCURATE REPORTING Preamble 1.This interim guidance applies to court proceedings which are open to the public and to those parts of the proceedings which are not subject to reporting restrictions. 2.There is a degree of uncertainty about the use which may be made of live text-based communications, such as mobile email, social media (including Twitter) and internet enabled laptops in and from courts throughout the jurisdiction. For the purposes of this interim guidance these means of communication are referred to, compendiously, as live, text-based communications. 3.A consultation relating to the use of live, text-based communications will be conducted shortly. Those who will be consulted include the Judiciary, the Secretary of State for Justice, the Attorney General, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Bar Council, the Law Society, the Press Complaints Commission, and the Society of Editors in addition to interested members of the public via the Judiciary website. 4. ... Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:25:53 +0100 895200 http://lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu/enb/2010/12/21/triclosans-dirty-secrets-can-land-your-products-in-toxic-lockout/ Read the full story at GreenerDesign. In this blogging space in September, I asked, “Should Your Company Wash Its Hands of Triclosan?” I noted that the FDA and EPA will be revisiting regulatory approvals of triclosan in the next few years, the FDA says triclosan doesn’t convey health benefits beyond regular soap, and various manufacturers and retailers no longer sell it. I suggested that consumer-facing companies still using triclosan in soaps should consider an exit strategy. On December 8, 2010, EPA published a notice in the Federal Register (pdf) increasing the timeliness of this question. The EPA solicited public comment on a petition from two NGOs requesting a ban on triclosan for those uses regulated by the EPA. NGOs have filed a similar petition with the FDA requesting action on uses regulated by the agency. (Source: Environmental News Bits) Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:14:45 +0100 894198 http://www.labrujulaverde.com/blogs/los-servicios-de-blogging-mas-fiables/ En Pingdom, una empresa que ofrece servicios de monitorización de webs, han realizado un estudio sobre cinco servicios de blogging: Blogger, WordPress.com, Typepad, Tumblr y Posterous, con el fin de analizar su downtime (el tiempo que están caídos los blogs allí alojados) y su fiabilidad.El resulta no creo que sorprenda a nadie. Blogger ha resultado ser el servicio con menos caídas, y Tumblr el que más fecuentemente las sufre. Parece que además, durante el tiempo que duró el análisis, algunos blogs de Tumblr estuvieron caídos varios días.Pueden consultar todos los detalles en el blog de Pingdom.¿Tienes un producto que lanzar? ¿Quieres que llegue a la máxima audiencia?Te ofrecemos este espacio para patrocinar nuestro feed RSS durante una semanaQuiero más información (Source: La brujula verde) Mon, 20 Dec 2010 23:27:05 +0100 895137 http://lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu/enb/2010/12/20/you-arent-blogging-yet/ Read the full story in The Scientist. This article has some great advice. Keep in mind that a good way to get your feet wet is to write guest posts for already established blogs like The GLRPPR Blog or Environmental News Bits. Maintaining a blog can be a boon to your career, increasing your profile in the scientific community, connecting you to collaborators, and helping you land new grants or jobs. (Source: Environmental News Bits) Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:19:03 +0100 894210 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/seealso/~3/uFNzEQeTanw/something_i_have_done_that_you_probably_should_too.html It is interesting what we take, if not for granted, then for “normal.” Science fiction writer John Scalzi posted this weekend a list of Yet Another 10 Things I’ve Done That You Probably Have Not. It’s a fun list, with items like “swatted a fly off Harrison Ford’s lapel” and “been in a car that crashed, in a not-quite-irony-free fashion, through a cemetery fence.” It’s a little heavy on the encounters with famous men for my taste, but “ingratiatingly self-aggrandizing” is part of Scalzi’s brand, so it works. His first item on the list is what caught my eye, though: “1. Been a couple of feet away from a Shakespeare First Folio.” This is a bet he would have lost with me. I was fortunate enough to work at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin when I was in library school. The job itself wasn’t all that glamorous, and mostly consisted of paging materials from the closed stacks to bring to the readers in the reading room. But even as a lowly page, one could say things like, “wait, which copy of the First Folio did he want? He knows we have two, right?” So yes, I have been a couple of feet from a First Folio. I then closed the distance and picked it up and took it to the reading room. When the reader was done with it, I probably paged through it. In that job, I held manuscripts hundreds of years older than the First Folio and 19th century “yellowback” popular novels far more rare than the First Folio. I held the first printed edition of Dante and the first book printed in English. I held manuscript pages written by D.H. Lawrence and Tom Stoppard and Tennessee Williams. Which, you know, yay me. But yay you, too. If you work at a college or university, you likely have something brag-worthy in your special collections, too. ... Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:51:04 +0100 894646 http://cical.blogspot.com/2010/12/cites-insights-january-2011-now.html Cites & Insights 11:1 (January 2011) is now available for downloading.The 32-page issue is a PDF download as usual. HTML separates--or, in one case, PDF separate--are available for most essays; follow the links below.This issue includes:Bibs & Blather (pp. 1-2)Announcing The Liblog Landscape 2007-2010 (and a pre-Midwinter early-bird discount) and Cites & Insights 10 in book form (also with a pre-Midwinter discount).Interesting & Peculiar Products (pp. 2-9)Sixteen products and eight roundups/Editors' Choices, from USB 3.0 to Windows 7 on an 11-year-old PC.The Liblog Landscape 2007-2010: Chapter 3: How, Where and When (pp. 9-18)[Note: This link is to a 6x9" PDF.] Six aspects of most or all of the 1,304 liblogs in this massive study: How they're created (blogging software), where they're written (country of origin), how visible they are (Google Page Rank), when they began, how long they've lasted and currency (a timed snapshot of freshness of posts).Trends & Quick Takes (pp. 18-24)From scientific articles as stories to asking professional writers for favors: five mini-essays and another five quicker takes.The CD-ROM Project (pp. 22-24)Three title CD-ROMs related to national parks--and a somewhat downbeat group of mini-reviews. Well, except that nps.gov is such a great contemporary resource.Offtopic Perspective: Legends of Horror Part 2 (pp. 24-29)Great and very good films: None. Films I wasn't willing to watch all the way through: Two. I'm done with this set, in more ways than one.My Back Pages (pp. 29-32)A bonus for those who download the issue as a PDF. Nine snarky little writeups on various topics--including an ingenious (but dumb) way to attempt to evade copyright.There will not be a special Midwinter issue of Cites & Insights, particularly given the early timing of ALA Midwinter 2011 and the fact that I won't be attending. (Source: C&I Updates) Mon, 20 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894326 http://rochellejustrochelle.typepad.com/copilot/2010/12/tr-i-cant-quit-you.html Now that blogging is officially unhip, I guess it's safe to take back my break-up. Also, I offered to write something for our consortium, not understanding that I had to post it on my blog. So, hello again, not that anyone is paying attention. (Source: Tinfoil + Raccoon) Mon, 20 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894125 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/17230 Cites & Insights 11:1 (January 2011) is now available for downloading. The 32-page issue is a PDF download as usual. HTML separates–or, in one case, PDF separate–are available for most essays; follow the links below. This issue includes: Bibs & Blather (pp. 1-2) Announcing The Liblog Landscape 2007-2010 (and a pre-Midwinter early-bird discount) and Cites & Insights 10 in book form (also with a pre-Midwinter discount). Interesting & Peculiar Products (pp. 2-9) Sixteen products and eight roundups/Editors’ Choices, from USB 3.0 to Windows 7 on an 11-year-old PC. The Liblog Landscape 2007-2010: Chapter 3: How, Where and When (pp. 9-18) [Note: This link is to a 6x9" PDF.] Six aspects of most or all of the 1,304 liblogs in this massive study: How they’re created (blogging software), where they’re written (country of origin), how visible they are (Google Page Rank), when they began, how long they’ve lasted and currency (a timed snapshot of freshness of posts). Trends & Quick Takes (p (Source: gmane.education.web4lib) Mon, 20 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 894117 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blogpocket/~3/TXmtOfqS1j4/ Click here to view the embedded video. Flipboard acaba de actualizar su versión para iPad añadiendo algunas nuevas funcionalidades. La más esperada era el poder añadir contenido directamente desde Google Reader. Ahora sí que puedes disfrutar verdaderamente leyendo feeds. En el vídeo que acompaña a este post, te invito a que lo compruebes. En él puedes ver, si no lo conoces, cómo funciona un aparato como el iPad. Lo rápido, lo sencillo y lo intuitivo llegan al paroxismo con Flipboard. Una vez que has añadido tu cuenta de Google Reader, puedes acceder a cada suscripción o carpeta de suscripciones e interaccionar con sus entradas, como si estuvieras dentro de ese agregador. Además de marcar como favorita cualquier entrada, puedes escribir notas, ver los posts originales y enviar los posts por e-mail, compartirlos y marcarlos como leídos. También puedes añadir cualquier carpeta como “cajita” del escritorio de Flipboard. Una gozada. Música del vídeo: Bones Square by Ogg Vorbis Blogpocket.com: blog ganador en los Premios Bitacoras.com 2010, en la categoría Premio Especial Honorífico También puedes leerme en Twitter y en Weblog Magazine Y si te gusta la música, no dejes de suscribirte a Acordes Modernos, finalista en los Premios Bitacoras.com 2010, en la categoría Mejor Blog Cultural (Source: blogpocket 6.0) Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:01:56 +0100 893877 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LibraryCloud/~3/PQc9ALlRj5g/weekly-reader-wrap-up.html Tomorrow is our last day before the holiday break. Those days are always full of general house-keeping , blog posts, changing phone messages, updating web information, and preparing my area for time off, are just a few tasks at hand. That said, here is my final weekly reader wrap-up for 2010 on a Thursday. Sometimes it is difficult to find items to share, while other weeks my reader overflows with interesting blog reading. This week fell in-between with so many end-of-year wraps in the mix; there are library, education, technology, and general interest links.Study finds undergrads hitting the books less often"With final exams approaching on many college campuses, it won't be hard to spot stressed-out students hunched over laptops, hunkered down in library stacks or fending off fatigue with Red Bull. Sure, they're dedicated and hard-working. Or maybe not." -- Bill Schackner, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 12/12/10How Much is Enough?"I’ve been hearing more and more, recently, about people dropping out of service and professional development opportunities because they cannot secure funding from their institutions to attend." --Amy Fry, ACRLog, 12/13/10Who Tweets?"This is the first-ever survey reading from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project that exclusively examines Twitter users. In previous surveys, the Pew Internet Project had asked internet users whether they "used Twitter or another service to share updates about yourself or to see updates about others?" -- Pew Research Center Publications, 12/9/10Researchers Create 3-D Models with Flickr Photos"An international team of researchers has developed a new way to turn photographs from the media-sharing sites like Flickr into intricate 3-D computer models using only a home computer. ... Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:40:00 +0100 893729 http://www.lisnews.org/library_christmas_carol From The Wikiman Blog, a "Library Christmas Carol", a seasonal look at changes in libraryland. The story has the classic characters of Scrooge and Marley, but is updated to include online subscriptions, social media, the Ghosts of Libraries Past and other Library 2.0 stuff. (Source: LISNews - Librarian And Information Science News) Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:36:43 +0100 893510 http://lisnews.org/library_christmas_carol From The Wikiman Blog, a "Library Christmas Carol", a seasonal look at changes in libraryland. The story has the classic characters of Scrooge and Marley, but is updated to include online subscriptions, social media, the Ghosts of Libraries Past and other Library 2.0 stuff. (Source: LISNews.org) Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:36:43 +0100 893191 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/infoesfera/~3/WCaRZU33lVQ/ Blogs y medios, territorio salvaje es el segundo texto que publico en Neumattic, un blog fruto de los fundadores del anillo de blogs Minoic. Neumattic, que comenzó a estar on-line a principios de noviembre, publicó mi primera colaboración bajo el título La búsqueda se hace social y dispone de un elenco de colaboradores bastante impresionante. De hecho, en ocasiones, me he sentido abrumado por el peso específico que tienen en la blogosfera los mismos. Este superblog, tal y como lo describen sus administradores, tiene como fin: El objetivo principal es elaborar un producto ‘blog’ integral que aune las opiniones de un amplio abanico de la blogosfera española en torno a temas esenciales: blogging, wordpress, programación, copyleft, aplicaciones web, iphone, ipad…y en general cualquier tema relacionado o tangente con estos, siempre que se aborde desde la originalidad en los contenidos y la estricta opinión personal. Con esto se pretende posicionar el nuevo ‘producto blog’ como referente y punto de encuentro de la blogosfera española especializada, y destacar a Minoic como ente/producto de referencia en su campo. Nos vemos aquí, de vez en cuando, y en Neumattic, una vez al mes. ¡Compártelo! Publicado por Marcos Ros-Martín Texto original: http://www.documentalistaenredado.net/941/colaborando-en-el-superblog-neumattic/ | Nadie opinó aún Tags: | Añadir a del.icio.us Nota: Este feed es solamente para uso personal y no comercial. No está permitida la redistribución completa del contenido de este feed. (Source: infoesfera.com) Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:07:58 +0100 893196 http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/2010/12/how-is-social-media-changing-your.html The 3 Geeks and A Law Blog today published a post entitled Elephant Post: How Is Social Media Changing Your Profession… Or, How Should It Be Changing Your Profession?:"We're big fans of social media here at 3 Geeks… blogging, twittering, LinkedIn'ing… all of that. Whether it is making connections, finding information on obscure topics, or keeping up with the latest rumors, social media is one of the best communications tools available today. Let us know how it has helped you in your profession, or how you think it will help someday in the future.""Here are some perspectives from law librarians, marketing analysts, knowledge management, marketing, coaching, and information technology. Enjoy!" (Source: Library Boy) Thu, 16 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 893287 http://collectingmythoughts.blogspot.com/2010/12/blogging-break-for-christmas.html I'm never busy (by other people's standards) but I do get distracted by the computer's presence, so I'm taking a break. In addition, I'm gob-smacked by what's going on in Washington right now. I'm not a birther, but I'm beginning to believe our President is an alien, not from Africa but from outer space. A being no one, not the left and certainly not the right, knows how to deal with. This tax bill is by far the worst piece of legislation since Obamacare, and Republicans even with the help of the Tea Party, just can't stop this steamroller of debt and deception. And either his critics on the left are too dumb to catch on, or they are in on it for the media's benefit and are laughing at the Tea Party which has been defeated before the battle even started in Congress. In either case, I just don't even want to blog about it, so better I just enjoy the time of real peace, which is Jesus, not party, not politics, and not nation. (Source: Collecting my Thoughts) Thu, 16 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 893120 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JohnBattellesSearchblog/~3/WYvZrgqAqqM/weve_still_lost_the_backlink_and_i_for_one_want_it_back_.php Remember back in the halcyon days of the web, when bloggers shared a sense of community with each other, linking back and forth to each other as a matter of social grace and conversation, as opposed to calculated consideration? Well, if not, that's how it was back in 2003 or so, when I started blogging. Now, that signal (who linked to you recently) is gone, and honestly, not just for blogging. It's also gone for most of the web. Of course, you can find it, if you want to geek out in your refer logs. But honestly, why have we buried it there? The funny thing is, this is the very signal Larry Page was looking for when he came upon the idea for Google with Sergey. Backrub, remember? I sense there's about to be some serious reconsideration of the value of declarative and transparent backlinks. I don't know why, but call it an itch I'm scratchin', rather like that of RSS.... All of this brought on by my continued and early explorations of Tumblr.... (Source: John Battelle's Searchblog) Thu, 16 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 893118 http://litablog.org/2010/12/call-for-bloggers-midwinter-2011-schedule/ Do you plan to attend ALA Midwinter in San Diego? Take this opportunity to become a LITA Blogger. The LITA Blog (http://litablog.org) will again be on hand to report what is happening and share the terrific Midwinter experience with those who cannot attend this year. If you like to write and are looking for new ways to get involved (or have blogged in the past and would like to blog again), please email me at thebrewinlibrarian@gmail.com and let me know what sessions you would like to cover. The blog schedule for Midwinter is below and will be updated as we receive volunteers. Names of bloggers appear in bold next to session. If there is no name after a session title, please feel free to sign up for it! We will be taking volunteers up to and during the conference. Thank you very much in advance! Matt Hamilton, LITA Web Coordinating Committee FRIDAY, JANUARY 7 Creating Library Web Services: Mashups and APIs 9:00 am- 4:30 pm SDCC-Room 24 A del.icio.us subject guides, Flickr library displays, YouTube library orientation; with mashups and APIs, it’s easier to bring pieces of the web together with library data. Learn what an API is and what it does, the components of web services, how to build a mashup, how to work with PHP, and how to create web services for your library. Participants should be comfortable with HTML markup and have an interest in learning about web scripting and programming and are encouraged to bring a laptop for hands-on participation. Open Source CMS Playroom 9:00 am- 4:30 pm SDCC-Room 24 B Open source content management systems present an opportunity for libraries to distribute content creation and maintenance and add Web 2.0 features to library websites. This workshop will provide an overview of several content management systems, compare and contrast system functionality and features, and demonstrate how open source CMSs can be used to enhance library websites. ... Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:15:50 +0100 893198 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Elsua/~3/8z9JTUKZvTg/ Remember when people used to claim that blogs are dead and how more and more social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and the like, were taking over our social activities both inside and outside of the firewall? Well, it looks like the trend may be turning around, as I have mentioned elsewhere on the blog some time ago, and it seems that corporate blogging is becoming more and more relevant by the day within the corporate world and beyond. Now, I don’t expect this blog entry to become, once again, another metablogging article on detailing why blogging is good and why it’s something worth while looking into; that’s something I’m about to get started working on with both the wonderful Megan Murray and the insightful Bertrand Duperrin. We will be sharing that piece of work shortly… Not to worry. What I wanted to do with this entry today though was to share a little bit of a celebration, since i realised, earlier on this week, how I have missed both of my bloggiversaries with my internal and external blogs, respectively. Ouchie! Yes, that’s right! Way back, in 2005, on October 10th, I started this external blog over here to talk and share some further insights on the stuff I was learning related to Social Computing within the Enterprise, along with KM, Communities, Learning and a bunch of other topics. I guess it is just too bad I missed the 5th year bloggiversary on what it could have been a rather special date: 10-10-10, marking that same 5th anniversary! Oh, well, I guess that’s what happens when you are having fun and time flies without you noticing it much really! hehe Over that period of time I have been having a couple of blogging breaks, here and there, just coming back from perhaps one of the longest I can remember. ... Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:00:58 +0100 893027 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blogpocket/~3/rcTA2KaJv2A/ Va terminando el año 2010 y como hicimos el año pasado, recogemos aquí las estadísticas de acceso a Blogpocket.com (según Google y FeedBurner), I. Visión general de usuarios II. Los posts más vistos 1. Imagechef, para crear imágenes personalizadas 2. Un vídeo grabado el 11-S a escasos metros de las Torres Gemelas 3. 3000 fondos de pantalla para Blackberry 4. La página de inicio de Google ya se puede cambiar de aspecto 5. Cómo se hace un blog 6. Google Page Creator, crear páginas web fácilmente 7. 20 aplicaciones para la Blackberry de productividad 8. Acceder a Messenger desde la web 9. Cómo instalar un servidor local con PHP 10. Las 500 mejores canciones del Rock and Roll en Rolling Stone Un año más, los posts sobre Imagchef y el 11-S han sido los más visitados. El post de 2010 mejor situado (en el puesto 18) es Cómo instalar UBUNTU en un netbook seguido de Cómo conectar tu módem router inalámbrico a Internet (puesto 29). III. Las principales fuentes de tráfico IV. Suscriptores a la fuente RSS (según FeedBurner) Durante 2010, los suscriptores de FeedBurner (los que nos leen mediante agregadores) crecieron bastante, situándonos en los últimos meses en la franja 4.000-4.500 readers. V. Twitter Es de destacar que este año hemos superado la frontera de los 2.000 followers en Twitter, un medio que ha desplazado a los blogs en la divulgación de enlaces. En Blogpocket.com también utilizamos Twitter para compartir gran cantidad de recursos que antes solo publicábamos en el blog. Ver también: Cómo anunciarse en Blogpocket Blogpocket.com: blog ganador en los Premios Bitacoras.com 2010, en la categoría Premio Especial Honorífico También puedes leerme en Twitter y en Weblog Magazine Y si te gusta la música, no dejes de suscribirte a Acordes Modernos, finalista en los Premios Bitacoras.com 2010, en la categoría Mejor Blog Cultural (Source: blogpocket 6.0) Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:45:06 +0100 893879 http://conniecrosby.blogspot.com/2010/12/tis-season-great-book-sales.html I don't usually talk about sales on this blog, but I happened to notice a few book sales you may find of  interest--check these out: Information Today - library, information management and knowledge management titlesMichael Sauers has posted about the Information Today sale on books from Internet Librarian 2010 conference being extended to January 31, 2011: 40% off the retail price on all books. That is great news! I am reading The Accidental Taxonomist by Heather Hedden which I picked up from InfoToday at KM World. For anyone into taxonomy, I highly recommend it!! I  also purchased the new edition of Building & Running a Successful Research Business by Mary Ellen Bates which has been having great word-of-mouth reviews from colleagues, and Open Source Web Applications for Libraries by Haren Coombs & Amanda Hollister (shown in the image above). Lots of holiday reading in my future. Looks like I need the new edition of  Michael's book Blogging and RSS: A Librarian's Guide to add to my collection, too!Rosenfeld Media - user experience design titles Rosenfeld Media, the maker of fine books on user experience design (also affectionately known as UX)  currently has a 40% off sale on their books, epubs and webinars until January 1st. I have several of their titles on my shelf for reference. They are gorgeous books, beautifully designed and bound, with practical, well-written content. I try to pick up the latest ones every time I see they have a sale. Neal-Schuman Publishers - The Tech Set series for librariesI noticed the series my book Effective Blogging for Libraries is part of,  The Tech Set series, is currently on sale 30% off from Neal-Schuman if you purchase the whole 10 book set (there is an ad on the front of the website). The deadline isn't indicated, so you might want to check with them directly.In Canada this series is distributed by OLA Store. ... Wed, 15 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 893834 http://vancouverlawlib.blogspot.com/2010/12/welcome-bc-injury-lawyers-blog.html Just a quick note to welcome Stem client Waterstone Law to the blogosphere. The firm's ICBC and Personal Injury groups launched the BC Injury Lawyers Blog last week.Here' a screen capture of the design Stem put together:Congratulations & best blogging wishes! (Source: Vancouver Law Librarian Blog) Wed, 15 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 893794 http://michaelgolrick.blogspot.com/2010/12/writingblogging.html As I pulled into the parking lot at work today my almost 3 year old car turned 98,000 miles exactly.What does that have to do with writing and blogging?I got to thinking about some of the work-related writing I have done over the years, and this blog as well. Back when I was first a library director, I had not yet begun the habit of writing monthly reports for my Board, but I did have to write for the Annual Report. It was not a difficult task, and only occurred once a year. But then, after almost a decade I changed jobs.I became the Executive Director of the Southern Connecticut Library Council (SCLC), a multi-type, cooperative library organization with schools, academic, public, and "special" libraries as members. [SCLC no longer exists.] There were two parts to the writing. First was a monthly report to the board. That was not so difficult, and my audience was only a dozen or so. However the monthly newsletter was different. The Director's column was on the front, and we printed multiple copies to send to our 300+ members. It scared me at first. However, I soon got used to it.It was interesting to find out what people reacted to. During that time I also served a year as the president of the Connecticut Library Association. For the newsletter I had to write a column also, and it had to be different than the SCLC one, since most of the SCLC members were also CLA members. That is where we loop back to the opening of this post about my car. In both of the columns I wrote that year, I included occasional persona snippets including about the car which I was then driving, and turned 100,000 miles. I told stories about driving and the car at the end of some of my columns (in both publications). I was amazed at how many people commented on those remarks.It occurs to me, that the reason is that so many own a car that they can really identify with the situations I described. ... Wed, 15 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 893682 http://lovealibrarian.blogspot.com/2010/12/more-blogsights-web-20-tech-focusing-on.html Mula naman kay jsdesingano -- Sa bilis ng pag-usong ng teknolohiya  sa panahon natin ngayon kailangan nating makasabay sa takbo nito. Ang paggamit ng Web 2.0 technology at ang pagbablog ay ang paraan para magawa ito. Bilang librarian o library staff maraming bagay tayong kailangang isaalang-alang: -       Time (time management) -       Being Responsible -       Considering ethics -       (Source: School Librarian in Action) Mon, 13 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 893693 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogs/distlib/~3/p9fv7j1VIfk/book-review-head-first-wordpress-by-jeff-siarto.html A couple of weeks ago I was invited to participate in the O'Reilly Blogger Review Program.  I thought I'd give it a try and requested a copy of Head First WordPress. While I've long been a big fan of the O'Reilly "animal cover" books, this was the first Head First title I'd looked at, and I'm really pleased I did because now I'm a fan. I've been using Drupal for several years now, and have always thought of WordPress as the other big kid on the block, though had always considered it solely as a blogging platform. Working through the examples in this title show that it can act as a much fuller content management system, and I plan to spend a lot more time with the platform as a result. The Head First series takes a very conversational and visual approach to teaching, and I found it a very quick read, but also an engaging and comprehensive. Having used Drupal for so long, the first few chapters were pretty basic for me, but I really appreciated the later chapters on security and optimization for performance, both areas I can make use of regardless of the platform. I look forward to looking at a more complicated (for me) subject like PHP and MySQL using the Head First approach. If you're looking for a good introduction to WordPress I think you'd find this book a winner. (Source: The Distant Librarian) Sat, 11 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 892156 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JohnBattellesSearchblog/~3/RPGHM4pWQdQ/signal_curation_discovery.php This past week I spent a fair amount of time in New York, meeting with smart folks who collectively have been responsible for funding and/or starting companies as varied as DoubleClick, Twitter, Foursquare, Tumblr, Federated Media (my team), and scores of others. I also met with some very smart execs at American Express, a company that has a history of innovation, in particular as it relates to working with startups in the Internet space. I love talking with these folks, because while we might have business to discuss, we usually spend most of our time riffing about themes and ideas in our shared industry. By the time I reached Tumblr, a notion around "discovery" was crystallizing. It's been rattling around my head for some time, so indulge me an effort to Think It Out Loud, if you would. Since its inception, the web has presented us with a discovery problem. How do we find something we wish to pay attention to (or connect with)? In the beginning this problem applied to just web sites - "How do I find a site worth my time?" But as the web has evolved, the problem keeps emerging again - first with discrete pieces of content - "How do I find the answer to a question about...." - and then with people: "How do I find a particular person on the web?" And now we've started to combine all of these categories of discovery: "How do I find someone to follow who has smart things to say about my industry?" In short, over time, the problem has not gotten better, it's gotten far more complicated. If all search had to do was categorize web content, I'd wager it'd be close to solved by now. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Our first solution to the web's initial discovery problem was to curate websites into directories, with Yahoo being the most successful of the bunch. Yahoo became a crucial driver of the web's first economic model: banner ads. ... Sat, 11 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 892140 http://lovealibrarian.blogspot.com/2010/12/blogsights-web-20-technology-focus-on.html Here are two more reflections from participants of the Web 2.0 seminar-workshop I conducted last November 26, 2010 at the De La Salle University, Dasmarinas, Cavite.                From Khatlyn Grace Alcedo -         Web 2.0 technology is very important to people especially for the librarians because by means of these there’s an interaction between the user and the provider of information. (Source: School Librarian in Action) Sat, 11 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 892093 http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/dec/11/etcetera-reviews-roundup-steven-poole Disconnect by Devra Davis, Blogistan: The Internet and Politics in Iran by Annabelle Sreberny & Gholam Khiabany and Enter Night: Metallica, the Biography by Mick WallDisconnect, by Devra Davis (Dutton, £18.99)When you talk on your mobile phone, do you hold it an inch away from your ear? No, me neither. So why exactly do all phones sold today come with a tiny warning buried somewhere in the documentation not to hold them too close to the body? (I checked mine: it says at least 15mm away, which rules out carrying it in a pocket.) And why won't insurance companies insure phone makers against health lawsuits? You don't need to be wearing a tinfoil hat to find epidemiologist Davis's story very interesting. She interviews many scientists who claim their work showing harmful effects of mobile-phone radiation was suppressed, accused of fraud, or followed quickly by obscurantist industry-sponsored "research".According to Davis's description of various studies, mobile-phone radiation kills reproductive cells in fruit-flies and breaks DNA in rats' brains. Analyses show heavy mobile-phone use in humans to be correlated with increased rates of brain and face tumours. Davis won't say "mobile phones cause cancer", but she makes a persuasive case – despite the emotive inclusion of individual case studies that, as she knows, prove nothing – for caution. Ladies and gentlemen, don your headsets.Blogistan: The Internet and Politics in Iran, by Annabelle Sreberny & Gholam Khiabany (IB Tauris, £14.99)Western pontificators called it a "Twitter revolution" when disaffected young Iranians took to the net in the wake of the 2009 election results, but the authors of this excellent study are sceptical: "Twitter functioned mainly as a huge echo chamber of solidarity messages from global voices that simply slowed the general speed of traffic [. . .] the 'real' action remained on Iranian streets and rooftops. ... Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:06:39 +0100 891873 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6502 What's being discussed...take your pick or browse below.* John Palfrey hits the radio to talk about controversial site RateBU.com * Alum Derek Bambauer discusses the USICE's seizure of 82 domains. * Jonathan Zittrain evaluates the latest developments for net neutrality. * The OpenNet Initiative looks at Net censorship in Syria.Special Section: This Week on WikiLeaks * Clay Shirky envisions what a post-WikiLeaks future looks like.* Jonathan Zittrain and Molly Sauter provide an A-Z of WikiLeaks.* Dan Gillmor argues a defense of WikiLeaks.* David Weinberger explains why he stands with the Net.* The OpenNet Initiative analyzes Twitter's trending topics vis-a-vis #WikiLeaks.* Radio Berkman 171: WikiLeaks and the Information Wars.* Weekly Global Voices: "Special Coverage: WikiLeaks and the World 2010"Special announcement: The Berkman Center is currently accepting applications for 2011-2012 fellowships through our annual open call.  The application deadline is 11:59 p.m. ET on December 15, 2010.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *The full buzz."The site has generated a lot of controversy, too, as well as some legal questions. WBUR’s Deborah Becker spoke with Internet law expert John Palfrey about the legal implications of this site on Thursday’s Morning Edition." From WBUR.org, "Expert: Controversial BU Site Governed More by Contract Between Entities" "Every country in the world believes that some material on the Net qualifies inherently for censorship. It’s obvious! In this respect, we’re no different from China. So, we should give up pretensions of American exceptionalism for information controls – for us, it’s IP; for Saudi Arabia, it’s porn; for France, it’s hate speech. Only the quality of the legal process differentiates censors. ... Fri, 10 Dec 2010 20:53:40 +0100 891954 http://www.teleread.com/copy-right/copyright-troll-righthaven-sues-blogger-matt-drudge-for-copyright-violation/ Break out the popcorn, everyone; the saga of copyright troll Righthaven just veered right into summer blockbuster territory. After signing MediaNews, the US’s second-largest newspaper publisher, for its copyright protection racket, Righthaven has just filed suit against Matt Drudge, the notably pugnacious blogger behind the Drudge Report, (Found via Techdirt.) Drudge had the temerity to use a photo from MediaNews paper The Denver Post, as well as linking to the Las Vegas Review-Journal website. (Ars Technica’s story on the matter reprints the photo as it appeared on Drudge; perhaps they’re daring Righthaven to sue them, too.) As with other Righthaven lawsuits, this one demands the surrender of Drudge’s domain name (as well as the domain name of an archive website that claims not to have any relationship with Drudge himself) in addition to damages, though the lawsuits seem to make the domain name demand only as a bargaining position which can be dropped in settlement talks. This comes only a couple of weeks after Righthaven tried to back out of a case when it looked like it might have to pay legal fees (the EFF has no intention of letting them off the hook), and a judge in another case asked Righthaven to explain why the use in question was not a fair use (when the defense had not even brought the issue up!). It seems that Righthaven is a proponent of the “run even faster” school of trying to recover from a stumble. Still, at least the company is not going at this like the RIAA: rather than threaten people who will probably cave easily and fork over a settlement in preference to costly legal fees, it’s going after one of the keenest mixers of the entire blogosphere. If he was able to stand up to a former Clinton White House aide and win, I can’t see Drudge kowtowing to a mere corporate lawsuit mill. I’m torn between admiring Righthaven’s chutzpah and wondering what its executives are thinking (if they even are thinking). ... Fri, 10 Dec 2010 06:49:15 +0100 891756 http://rabid-librarian.blogspot.com/2010/12/tonight-is-our-company-christmas-party.html I'm not there. I don't drink, except maybe once or twice a year, and never more than one or two at a time. Nor do I care to watch people get drunk. I don't dance. I didn't feel like paying $10 for a meal that I might or might not have been able to get a vegetarian option (there was no mention of it this year). Since I was technically scheduled till 7, I wouldn't have made it there anyway until after dinner, taking an unfamiliar bus and wandering up and down Southland Drive at night. I could have found a ride home, really, so that wasn't really an issue. But it didn't seem worth it for me, although for many of my co-workers it's a fun experience. I've been to several, and they've been fun sometimes, but I'm not really sociable in crowds (granted, I know almost everyone who would be there except partners, but still, I have social anxiety and I just don't have fun at functions like this as a general rule.) As it turned out, I could have gotten there on time; I was able to leave early today when I got everything finished. Instead I went home and took a nap, and now, at the time I would normally get home, I'm cooking some macaroni and cheese and getting ready to work on game notes. I can't do it tomorrow because I'll be hanging wallpaper borders and putting up a Christmas tree. :) So I won't be blogging like mad tonight, like I did yesterday. :) I'll probably check in before going to bed, though. Good night for now. (Source: The Rabid Librarian's Ravings in the Wind) Fri, 10 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 891972 http://lovealibrarian.blogspot.com/2010/12/loving-lovealibrarianblogspotcom.html What a pleasant news I got this morning from Cate Newton of Guide to Online Schools. They love my library blog that it is included in their list of Top 50 Librarian Blogs. If anything, it gives me all the reason to continue blogging. An enormous and eternal thank you to Von Totanes for inspiring me to leave the shadows of blogging anonymity and to courageously embrace the light! Here's what (Source: School Librarian in Action) Thu, 09 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 892094 http://information-literacy.blogspot.com/2010/12/7-things-you-should-know-about-android.html I'm blogging this since I didn't even know one thing about Android, but I see Android is being used for various library apps e.g. by Peter Godwin. This is a new white paper from EDUCAUSE in their "7 Things" series. I now know that "Android is a Linux-based, open-source operating system designed for use on cell phones, e-readers, tablet PCs, and other mobile devices."EDUCAUSE. (2010) 7 Things you should know about Android. Educause.http://www.educause.edu/Resources/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutAndro/219427Photo by Sheila Webber: status report on my watering can (Source: Information Literacy Weblog) Thu, 09 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 891548 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Edtechpost/~3/j68cOP8z7rM/ ‘Tis the season, eh? I’m feeling so grateful, that in addition to this year’s Nessie’s, I thought I would give thanks for the bounty that is OLDaily and Stephen Downes. Stephen pretty much does not need an introduction in our field; OLDaily is, by my reckoning, still pretty much the “paper of record” in the edu-blogosphere and I have a hard time thinking of any other individual who has had such an impact on the direction and thinking of educational technology as him over the past decade. I know I am sounding like a bit of a fanboy, and heck, I am, but don’t think it’s all been smooth sailing. I regular challenge Stephen in his comment area and elsewhere, and some of my struggles to understand what he is saying have lasted almost as long as I’ve known him. And this is one of the things I am most grateful for, because that is how I learn, by challenging, by contesting, by not getting it and pushing until I do. And so far, through it all, I have felt respected, heard and considered. I don’t think Stephen is *right* about *everything,* but I’m not looking for him to be “right about everything,” to give me THE answers. Those I need to figure out for myself. But I consider it an honour and pleasure to count him as one of the people I constantly learn from and with. Which got me reflecting today on which of his posts, articles and presentations have had the biggest impact on my learning over the past almost decade I’ve been reading him (a tall order, considering that on his article page alone he lists 1134 items!) Below, in no particular order, is my selection of “OLDaily’s Greatest Hits”: “elearning 2.0“ I would guess this is possibly one of Stephen’s best known and most cited articles. ... Thu, 09 Dec 2010 01:22:30 +0100 893026 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LibrariansMatter/~3/OozIcj9Pm9k/ How would you answer these questions: How long ago did you look at your RSS reader? How often do you do so? Why has this changed from 2 years ago, if at all ? I was idly wondering whether there is still a point to setting an exercise in my library tech unit that gets students to subscribe and watch a few RSS feeds. I send out the message above on three of my Twitter accounts and obviously touched a nerve – around thirty people responded. (Not everyone answered each bit of the question). My prediction? Twitter had turned RSS readers into roadkill. No-one was looking at RSS any more and anyhow, no-one is blogging any more. Nope. 20 out of 33 check their RSS reader at least daily. Yes, around a third (31%) reported looking at the readers less than 2 years ago. 24% reported no change, but 27% reported an increase. I know the people who responded and I guess that about 1/3 of those who were looking more did not really use RSS a couple of years ago. Many of the comments attribute the way they use Twitter to a decrease or to a change in RSS reading patterns. Some now read more, but by skimming headlines. Others use RSS for “newspaper style” in-depth reading and Twitter for the more shallow quick links. Generally people reported RSS reading as a more social activity than two years ago – either obtaining new feeds via Twitter, pushing out a lot of links from their readers to Twitter, or just sharing via their RSS reader. Changes  - of circumstances, jobs, interests and the patterns of blogging for the feeds they had followed –  all were reported to change RSS reading habits. So – the RSS exercise stays on the course, but maybe I should consider emphasising the sharing possibilities that using an RSS reader can involve? The comment I most enjoyed, however, came from one of my followers immediately AFTER he had answered my question. His comment: I just sent the best out of context tweet ever. ... Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:23:28 +0100 892075 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Elsua/~3/LsHpUxQeQ-o/ On my welcome back post from a few days ago, after a long hiatus of not having blogged much over here in this blog in the last few weeks, I mentioned how I was still planning on keeping things going with that series of blog posts I started a while ago on My Top 5 iPad Apps of the Week, and which I have picked up as well back again on Twitter under the Daily #iPad App recommendations for #elsuapps. Well, I am happy to announce that series of entries is back and here we go with the edition for week #8! Read on… ! Now, there are a couple of new things I have thought about after all of that time not blogging away on this topic; the first one is another blog post (My good friend, and fellow IBM colleague, Bill Chamberlin keeps asking me about it … hehe) where I plan to detail what having, and making extensive use of, an iPad has meant for me in the last few months, to the point, where it’s replaced, altogether!, my regular mobile computing habits with my MacBook Pro and nowadays I just travel with my iPad! The recent iOS upgrade to 4.2 has meant, for me, a whole new bunch of enhanced productivity gains that TCGeeks describes thoroughly quite nicely and in that upcoming entry I am hoping to reflect why I heart my iPad more than any other mobile device I may have ever owned. Stay tuned … will be coming up shortly! As usual, and as part of this blog series of posts, I keep sharing a bunch of articles that keep demonstrating how the business keeps showing a growing interest for the iPad within the Enterprise, not just from the perspective of every CIO and top level executive to own their have their own iPads, but also from the perspective where even analysts are starting to place their bets on how the iPad will transform the way we do business as well. ... Wed, 08 Dec 2010 21:54:13 +0100 891372 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechsourceBlog/~3/PBJtTKXrlBA/continuing-the-conversation-social-software-and-the-library-session-2.html Earlier today, Robin Hastings and David Lee King held the second session of their ALA TechSource Workshop Facebook, Twitter and More: Using Social Software in the Library. The following are some of the questions asked during the session. Robin and David will be chiming in via comments, and you can as well. How do you measure the success of your library’s Facebook page? Do you have a feeling about whether the increase of smart phones is/will be making a difference to a  library presence on foursquare? Do you have suggestions for opening up existing Twitter accounts to staff? Is it a good practice to post the same things to Facebook and Twitter? Can you talk about some tools that can help you do this? Resources from David and Robin 9 Practical Ways to Start Attracting an Audience to Your New Social Media Account:http://www.problogger.net/archives/2010/12/09/9-practical-ways-to-start-attracting-an-audience-to-your-new-social-media-account/ Open Facebook Search: searches all open facebook accounts: www.openfacebooksearch.com Blogging guidelines from michaelhyatt.com: http://michaelhyatt.com/thomas-nelson-corporate-blogging-guidelines.html Topeka commenting guidelines: http://www.tscpl.org/about/comments/discussion_guidelines/ Hootsuite: www.hootsuite.com Tweetdeck: www.tweetdeck.com Postling: www.postling.com Social mention: www.socialmention.com/ Robin's Library's Website: http://www.mrrl.org David's Library's Website http://www.tscpl.org/ Resources from Participants http://www.freegalmusic.com Database of social media policies for government/non-profit agencies: http://socialmediagovernance.com/policies.php?f=5 Preliminary Reading Material This was the preliminary reading material for the event, though it will certainly still be helpful after the event as well. Robin Hastings, Collaboration 2.0: Chapters 5 and 6, Library Technology Reports, (45:4) May/June 2009 http://alatechsource.metapress. ... Wed, 08 Dec 2010 21:24:23 +0100 891663 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blogpocket/~3/Y1XMhpSuIIA/ A continuación la primera parte de una recopilación de enlaces sobre SEO, producto de la limpieza de mi Google Reader. Más posts acerca de SEO en Blogpocket: tag/SEO. Cómo aplicar SEO a un post? 9 Ways To Improve the SEO of Every Website You Design Hablemos de SEO: entrevista a Miguel López Top 10 best practices for front-end web developers ExactFactor: excelente ayuda SEO Blogging: How to Discover What Your Audience Really Wants SEO made easy 4 all Blogpocket.com: blog ganador en los Premios Bitacoras.com 2010, en la categoría Premio Especial Honorífico También puedes leerme en Twitter y en Weblog Magazine Y si te gusta la música, no dejes de suscribirte a Acordes Modernos, finalista en los Premios Bitacoras.com 2010, en la categoría Mejor Blog Cultural (Source: blogpocket 6.0) Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:58:20 +0100 892266 http://lovealibrarian.blogspot.com/2010/12/blogsights.html Me-anne Jimenez-Salvador writes her insights on the Web 2.0 Technology seminar-workshop I conducted at De La Salle University , Dasmarinas, Cavite last November 26, 2010.It seems that blogging is enjoyable thing to do. But my question is, do I have time on earth to do this thing?  First, I don’t have access on the site except today because we have workshop and we need to familiarize ourselves (Source: School Librarian in Action) Wed, 08 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 892095 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JohnBattellesSearchblog/~3/V1ol1xblEzg/google_china_wikileaks_the_actual_cable.php When the Wikileaks story broke, I wrote a short piece chastising folks for blogging the assertion that one of the cables proves the Chinese government was behind the Google hacking which preceded Google's pulling out of the country. The cable is based on single sources, who are anonymous and second-hand, and that doesn't pass the journalistic sniff test. My colleague Matt McAlister at the Guardian has sent me the link to the entire cable, and while I stand by my original take on the story, it sure is intriguing to read. In fact, the details I find most interesting are the interactions alleged between Baidu and the Chinese goverment. From the cable: .... Another contact claimed a top PRC leader was actively working with Google competitor Baidu against Google. .... Google's recent move presented a major dilemma (maodun) for the Chinese government, not because of the cyber-security aspect but because of Google's direct challenge to China's legal restrictions on Internet content. The immediate strategy, XXXXXXXXXXXX said, seemed to be to appeal to Chinese nationalism by accusing Google and the U.S. government of working together to force China to accept "Western values" and undermine China's rule of law. The problem the censors were facing, however, was that Google's demand to deliver uncensored search results was very difficult to spin as an attack on China, and the entire episode had made Google more interesting and attractive to Chinese Internet users. All of a sudden, XXXXXXXXXXXX continued, Baidu looked like a boring state-owned enterprise while Google "seems very attractive, like the forbidden fruit." .... XXXXXXXXXXXX noted the pronounced disconnect between views of U.S. parent companies and local subsidiaries. PRC-based company officials often downplayed the extent of PRC government interference in their operations for fear of consequences for their local markets. Our contact emphasized that Google and other U.S. ... Wed, 08 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 891274 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/griffey/~3/btDxNs2K1JI/ This post is the 1500th here at Pattern Recognition, a monstrous amount of content by any measure, and easily the longest writing project I’ve been a part of. The first post to my blog was on February 10, 2003…2858 days ago. That’s better than 1 post every two days, or conversely, half a post a day, every day, for almost 8 years.  I decided to dig in and see how many words this thing has. The number left me gobsmacked: 189,299…at least 3 decently sized novels worth of text. Blogging has been very, very kind to me over the last decade. From the early days when a post about my Master’s Paper was picked up by BoingBoing, to being asked by Karen Schneider to take part in a panel about library blogging at ALA Annual 2006 in New Orleans. Another member of that panel was Karen Coombs, and it was after that presentation that she and I were approached to write Library Blogging. Being introduced to Karen C. and working with her on the book was how I met Michelle Boule, and the three of us joined forces to create the BIGWIG Social Software Showcase in 2007. The vast majority of any success that I’ve had in my career, I owe in part to these three amazing librarians. So happy 1500th post to this crazy blog. It’s been on BoingBoing 4 times, made the Digg homepage once, and has generally been the place I’ve gone to vent, to think, to critique, and to speak my mind on all sorts of things. My attention may have wandered to other pastures (thanks, ALA TechSource and Perpetual Beta) but the home for my writing is here. Thanks to everyone who has ever read my writing, and thanks to those for whom Pattern Recognition was my introduction. I hope that I can write another of these at 2000, 2500, and 3000 posts. (Source: Pattern Recognition) Wed, 08 Dec 2010 04:11:15 +0100 891522 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6494 Are you a lawyer interested in dealing with emerging legal issues related to law, journalism, and new media on the Internet?  The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School is seeking an Assistant Project Director/Program Fellow commencing in early 2011 to assist with the Berkman Center’s Digital Media Law Project (formerly the Citizen Media Law Project).  We are accepting applications on a rolling basis until the position is filled, and applications for this fellowship opportunity must be submitted through the Harvard Human Resources website at: https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/asp/tg/cim_jobdetail.asp?jobId=762654&P....The official HR language is below, followed by additional context and information.  Questions about the position should be directed to David Ardia (dardia [at] cyber.law.harvard.edu).Berkman Center Program Fellow/Assistant Project Director, Digital Media Law ProjectResponsibilities Reports to the Director of the Berkman Center’s Digital Media Law Project and works in conjunction with the Director of the Cyberlaw Clinic. The Digital Media Law Project (DMLP) works to ensure that individuals and organizations involved in online journalism and digital media have access to the legal resources, education, and help that they need to thrive.  The DMLP, which began operations as the “Citizen Media Law Project” in May 2007, focuses its work on three broad areas: legal education and training; litigation and pro bono legal services; and the collection and analysis of legal threats facing online speakers and publishers.  For more information on the DMLP, visit: http://www.DMLP.org/. ... Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:53:00 +0100 891123 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Elsua/~3/v28kaENws2E/ In the past, and over the last few months, I have been blogging around the topic of multitasking quite a bit and I am starting to believe, more and more by the day, and rather firmly!, by the way, in our inability to multitask effectively, specially when having to deal with rather complex and tough tasks / activities in our day to day work. Lucky enough, plenty of really fascinating research is coming up confirming what I already suspected from all along and I just couldn’t help resisting the opportunity to cite one recent piece I bumped into under the suggestive heading: “Don’t Spread Yourself Too Thin: The Impact of Task Juggling on Workers’ Speed of Job Completion“. I use to believe I might be capable of multitasking effectively and everything, but after reading through that paper one gets to realise it’s just a myth. It’s always been a myth. Time to move on… I first bumped into that piece of research over at the Freakonomics blog, under the title “The Myth of Multiasking” and, as usual, I just couldn’t help but find some time to read through it in order to confirm that hunch I have been having for a few months now, after I wrote the initial article “Is Multitasking Bad for the Brain?“, which sparked a recent change in how I get work done nowadays: The Pomodoro Technique. The superb piece of research was conducted by Decio Coviello, Andrea Ichino and Nicola Persico who set themselves to analyse a sample of Italian judges investigating how they were keeping up with the various cases they were working on and how effective they could multitask eventually. Or not. And their conclusion couldn’t be more revealing: “[...] workers who juggle too many tasks are necessarily slower in completing this workload than workers who concentrate sequentially on few tasks at the same time [... ... Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:16:47 +0100 891373 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Edtechpost/~3/20xuwu3hBBE/ Once again, it’s that time of the year. I time for pleading, needling, pandering, giving and receiving. No, not Christmas, you silly rabbit – Awards Season! I know you’ve all been waiting on the edge of your seats for this year’s Nessie Awards (this year with a new Award Statue – the old one seemed to scare the children) so, here we go: Favourite New Subscription(s) A brand new category this year. And… it’s a tie! Between two posterous blogs. And two Brits who I got to meet for the first time last summer. David Kernohan works as managing the UK OER initiative for JISC, but his blog at http://dkernohan.posterous.com/ is intended to, as he says, “deal(ing) with the gaps between my ‘day job’ at JISC and my general personal interest in openness and education policy.” And that it does, with incisive clarity. Since I started following in July, David has been absolutely on fire with a string of posts about the de-funding of education in the UK as well as the ins and outs of OER. Joss Winn is the owner of the other winning site, http://stuck.josswinn.org/, which is markedly different than David’s. Joss uses this posterous site to gather clippings, sometimes with notes and commentary, about his latest (and I must say – prolific) readings. His focus is often around resiliency, peak oil and Marxist theory, and I greatly credit reading his feed and some wonderful exchanges with Joss over the last 6 months for en-courage-ing me in my own pursuit of these topics, interests I’ve always had but always sublimated so as to be a polite Canadian. The “Blog which Posts Least Often and Yet whose Every Post I Anxiously Await” Award This next award is a recurring category with some fairly distinguished past. recipients. This year’s recipient is not as well known but is even closer to my heart. ... Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:13:46 +0100 891368 http://otherlibrarian.wordpress.com/2010/12/06/how-to-make-a-transparent-world/ After my Wikileaks post, I’ve found myself in a wide series of debates, both online and off about the importance about the ethics of whistle-blowing, the brokenness of ‘the system’, the aftermath of the leaks, the motives of media and so on.    It’s been invigorating, actually -> certainly one positive for me from Assange’s actions (which I still consider unethical). Some things I have learned through the process: I can love the outcome of a situation, and still consider it wrong. The system *is* broken and should change.     Assange and I would argue about how it should change. The thing that most had me realizing how broken the system is, was seeing people cheer on Assange’s threats to drop an information bomb if he was to be arrested.   Assuming this is a serious threat, being properly reported by media, it is unambiguously blackmail.    Un-am-big-u-ous-ly.   For reasons related only to Assange’s self-interest.     Even if it’s for a spurious date rape accusation.    I can understand running from the law for reasons of personal safety -> but this is an entirely different game.   Again, even as I enjoy the thought of some hoity-toity public servants and cronies shaking in their boots over having their transgressions being outed for the world to see, I still think Assange is doing wrong though perhaps for the right reasons. But enough about how not to bring transparency to our systems of government.    Here are real, ethical actions you can take right now to bring more transparency to society. Understand the origins of secrecy The current system relies on a bargain between the political wing (people who are voted in office) and the bureaucratic wing (people who advise on and implement public policy) of government. ... Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:01:57 +0100 891421 http://www.slaw.ca/2010/12/06/the-relaunched-canadian-law-blogs-list/ Stem Legal has relaunched the Canadian Law Blogs List at Lawblogs.ca started by Steve Matthews in September 2005. The List is an open directory of Canadian blogging lawyers, law librarians, marketers, IT professionals and paralegals (essentially anyone blogging in the legal industry in Canada). Along with a new look, the new site features: browsing by practice area, by province, by industry topic, and latest additions subscription to LawBlogs.ca by RSS feed or by email to be notified of blog additions to the site a sample of recent blog posts from the various blogs on the front page of Lawblogs.ca a submission form for blogs not already listed on the site The question arose in “Twitterville” as to why this particular list is embraced by legal bloggers whereas other similar lists have not been successful. I believe there are a number of reasons for the success of Lawblogs.ca: Steve Matthews started the List as a contribution to the legal blog community when he was still in-house (it was not started as a business venture) Steve is respected in the law blog community many members of Stem Legal are themselves law bloggers owners of the blogs listed are respected the site does not re-appropriate content from the blogs listed. The site says: “Blog posts shown on the site are temporarily displayed but not stored; the content in each post is owned by its respective author.” there is no fee to be listed bloggers are invited to have their blogs removed if they do not wish to have them listed I like the new look of the site and what they have done with it. The new site is considered to be in beta, and we are invited to take the beta survey. What do you think of the updated look? Are there are any other features you would like to see? (Source: Slaw) Mon, 06 Dec 2010 05:10:26 +0100 890696 http://librarywriting.blogspot.com/2010/12/cfp-american-literature-association.html CFP: AMERICAN LITERATURE ASSOCIATION - CHILDREN'S LITERATURE SOCIETYMAY 26-29, 2011Boston, MAThe Children’s Literature Society of the ALA seeks abstracts for two panels on children’s literature for the American Literature Association Conference to be held May 26-29, 2011, at The Westin Copley Place in Boston, MA.Panel 1:Images, Imagination and Children’s Literature: Graphic Novels and Picture Books through History.This panel explores the expression of the American imagination through illustrated literature for youth. This interpretation of images and the text that mediates them will deepen our understanding of how the American imagination exists in children’s literary tradition. Papers in this panel investigate uniquely American attributes in graphic novels, picture books and other forms of illustrated literature. Papers may also investigate how defining characteristics of American illustrated literature for youth have influenced or been influenced by literary culture. Papers about influential illustrators are also of interest, as are papers that offer an historical or interpretative overview of the topic.Please send panel proposals or paper abstracts (250-500 words) by December 30, 2010 to Linda Salem lsalem@mail.sdsu.eduPlease include academic rank and affiliation and AV requestsHard copies can also be sent toLinda SalemLibrarySan Diego State University5500 Campanile DriveSan Diego, CA 92182-8050Panel 2: The Digital Worlds of Children’s Literature: From Video Games to the iPadWhen Steve Jobs presented the iPad, combining the e-book format with multimedia capabilities, “books” and “reading” were alleged to have changed. But this “change” had already been occurring in the world of children’s new media adaptations and formats The seamless relationship of young people and new media has, in fact, led the MIT Comparative Media Studies website to call the generation entering the 21st century, “generation. ... Mon, 06 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 892103 http://librarychronicles.blogspot.com/2010_12_01_archive.html#4650735951509821955 Note and apology: Very long very late re-cap of the last two weeks of Saints football with all sorts of extra nonsense thrown in. Feel free to ignore altogether.I'm almost hesitant to say this at this point since doing so might imply that the audience hasn't been paying very close attention over the years but I feel compelled to note once more for the record that nothing works in this town.The police don't work. City computers don't work. The schools don't work. The levees don't work. I myself rarely work unless I can help it. Which is fine since neither does the Governor unless he's working on something that doesn't involve Louisiana.Stranger still is the pause one gives oneself when attempting to name things that do indeed work well in New Orleans and the first two items that pop into one's mind are the red light cameras and, of all things, the football team (more on that in a moment). We live in the oddest of all possible times in the oddest of all possible places.One thing we are now more certain of than ever after this weekend is that even our most basic elements of our civic infrastructure cannot be relied upon to work properly.If you look closely, you'll notice the flag flapping lazily about in the wind reads, "Safety Always"Because I'm sure you've heard enough about the facts of the water outage and because you're probably tired of the unrelenting.. um... stream of jokes about water substitutes like Four Loko or Brawndo! (The Thirst Mutilator) or home purification techniques involving Corexit, and because you're certainly not in the mood for preachy profound editorializing that can reduce easily to, "Things should probably work better", I'll spare you all of that and share a separate, parallel Sewerage and Water Board anecdote from the past week.I happen to have a semi-formal relationship with a one hundred plus year old library building. ... Sun, 05 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 890482 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/0wKvZ5BZXBM/ Congratulations to Phil Bradley for being elected as Vice President of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in the UK. Phil will serve one year as Vice-President, one year as President, and one year as Past President. I’ve known Phil virtually for almost ten years – he adapted my Internet training book for UK audiences. We’ve only met in person and chatted briefly at ILI but I look forward to the next time we are together. I want to buy him a congratulatory drink. His candidate manifesto surely contributed to his win – it includes an overview of his professional experience as a trainer and technologist: CILIP is currently embroiled in three distinct areas; a need to make itself more relevant to those in the library and information profession; redefining itself in order to support the profession in the coming years; a need to position itself to better put the case for the continued existence and importance for both libraries and professionally qualified librarians. I believe that I am well qualified to help CILIP achieve all of these things. In the last 25 years I’ve worked closely with information professionals who are active in many different sectors; public, commercial, school, academic and science and technology. I want to ensure CILIP addresses all of their needs by providing better advice, by leading the way in technological advances, by trying new things and giving librarians a chance to explore resources, from software to hardware, from Web 2.0 resources to iPads and beyond. As a result of the many training courses that I run and the conversations that I have with librarians I’m aware of the frustrations that many of you have day to day; being sidelined, and controlled by technology, not controlling it. CILIP needs to lead and advocate by example – it should not be afraid to try new things, highlighting what works and what doesn’t. ... Sun, 05 Dec 2010 04:07:54 +0100 890395 http://www.slaw.ca/2010/12/03/more-on-finding-hidden-treasure/ My last column addressed an odd feature of current legal periodical publishing: a number of legal publishers do not expose interoperable metadata for their periodical articles on the free Web, and do not sell or license individual periodical articles online. We saw that these practices seem unusual because they are inconsistent with industry trends, and because these publishers already use digital publishing processes, have access to free or low-cost ejournal platform and ecommerce software, often have access within their own corporate families to expertise in implementing such software and services, and, given the size of the global market and the interdisciplinary appeal of much of these publishers’ periodical content, seem to be foregoing substantial marketing opportunities and revenue streams. Given all the factors weighing in favor of freeing up metadata and implementing article-level ecommerce on the Web, what could be holding these publishers back? Here are some suggestions: Low levels of competition. Viktor Mayer-Schönberger has observed that legal publishers — like producers in other industries — when faced with minimal or no competition in a market, tend to resist innovation, due to a lack of incentives; Fear of cannibalizing print subscriptions. Some publishers may worry that improving Web access to periodical content will cause some print customers to cancel their subscriptions, resulting in overall declines in revenue for periodical content. Fear of cannibalizing online subscriptions. Legal publishers may worry that, if interoperable metadata and ecommerce for articles were offered on the Web, online periodical subscription customers might cancel their subscriptions in favor of purchasing articles on an ad hoc basis, and that this, too, would result in overall declines in revenue from periodical content. Failure to understand the scope of potential demand. ... Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:00:56 +0100 890702 http://ricklibrarian.blogspot.com/2010/12/girl-in-song-true-stories-behind-50.html If I wrote a song about you, you would see how much I love you. You'd love me, too, and we would live happily ever after. That's the way it is supposed to be, isn't it? Well, reading The Girl in the Song: The True Stories Behind 50 Rock Classics by Michael Heatley and Frank Hopkinson, I see that that rarely works. Of the fifty relationships recounted in this book, only a handful result in lasting love. The stories might be enough to dissuade you from becoming a songwriter. You have a better chance of finding happiness if you don't broadcast your feelings if these stories are representative of the way things are.Of course, heartbreak makes for better stories than happiness in most cases. There is plenty of that behind the words in songs, such as "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right," "My Sharona," "Every Breath You Take," "The Girl from Ipanema," "Maggie May," and "Tiny Dancer." The book's authors dish out sad stories about Bob Dylan, Sting, George Harrison, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, and many other rock stars. You also learn how the songs charted in the U.S. and Great Britain and how they sparked careers. Some of the stories may be familiar if you read rock music magazines, but you'd have to have read for decades to know them all. I did not know much at all about the musicians from the 1990s.Not every story is about romantic relationships. "Fire and Rain" by James Taylor is about a friend who commits suicide. "Lovely Rita" starts with getting a parking ticket. "Sweet Caroline" is about five year old Caroline Kennedy.Thanks to Jessica at Blogging for a Good Book for pointing out this nicely illustrated book, which I enjoyed over the course of four or five days as a break from reading other books.Heatley, Michael and Frank Hopkinson. The Girl in the Song: The True Stories Behind 50 Rock Classics. Chicago Review Press, 2010. ISBN 9781569765302. (Source: ricklibrarian) Fri, 03 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 890262 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Elsua/~3/oApX82e5uV8/ If you have been a regular reader of this blog, you would know how, by now, and every so often, I get to talk and share further insights around one of my favourite Web sources for learning on a wide range of topics available out there at the moment. One that surely doesn’t leave people standing still; quite the opposite… Inspiring, provocative, insightful and enlightening are adjectives that come to mind when talking, of course, about TED Talks. Well, earlier on this week, I had the opportunity to watch one of those presentations that would surely fit in with that profile and that, if you haven’t watched it yet, would probably manage to wow you big time, just as much as it did for me. Indeed, I’m talking about Jason Fried‘s recent “Why work doesn’t happen at work“. Have you watched it already? No? If you think that work is something else than what you have been told all along, or have been doing all of this time sensing it just doesn’t feel right, this would be one Talk to watch! No doubt it won’t leave you indifferent! It’s a rather short, but amazingly inspiring, presentation, that lasts for a little bit over 15 minutes, put together by Jason himself, where he comes to question, with some incredibly accurate and rather solid descriptions, the true nature of work and that one of what our traditional office environment has been all along and; how it, perhaps, needs to start thinking about changing some of the dynamics and key concepts behind the traditional physical office space. ... Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:54:12 +0100 890566 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Elsua/~3/1wGmI6-U5mM/ Now that I am back from my last business trip (Of the year) to Madrid, where I conducted a rather interesting workshop on the topic of “Social Media for Nonprofits“, which I will be talking about shortly as well, it’s time to continue further with my regular blogging over here, in this blog, perhaps picking things up once again, right where it matters: Net Neutrality. How important is it for you (for us) as a business, as an organisation, as a society? Apparently, for us Spaniards it is rather important. As it should be! Over the last few days there has been plenty of discussion on the topic of whether Net Neutrality should really exist, or not, in a country like Spain, amongst several others; the topic is not unique to this country either, since a bunch of others are questioning the very same thing. For us though we are entering that critical stage where a decision by our politicians is about to be made on whether the Internet would remain neutral, or not. And I can probably say that most of us are pretty sure that, eventually, the right decision will prevail, which is stating, very clearly, that the World Wide Web should remain open, free and accessible to everyone, with no restrictions. It’s our very own right that we should not allow it to be taken away from us. To such a extent several thousand Spanish bloggers have been raising their voices, loud and clear, putting together, and sharing across a Net Neutrality Manifesto that I thought I would share over here, since I, too, strongly believe that sometimes you just cannot regulate what cannot be regulated. Instead, you would probably be much better off embracing, facilitating and educating people on how to make the best use of it in a reasonable manner: The Web. Our Social Web. ... Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:18:55 +0100 889697 http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2010/nov/29/spider-man-broadway-musical-preview Despite $65m budget and music by Bono, musical's preview hit by problems including a superhero dangling above the audienceHow do you convert the whizz-bang acrobatics of Spider-Man – easy to draw in a Marvel comic and almost as easy to put on the big screen via digital technology – into a live Broadway show? With difficulty, judging by last night's preview show.Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark lived up to its reputation as one of the greatest gambles in musical history when it gave its first public performance to a packed audience of 1,900 at the Foxwoods theatre in Manhattan. The problem was that its record-breaking budget of more than $65m (£42m) was not enough to prevent some pretty glaring glitches.The show – directed by the award-winning creator of The Lion King, Julie Taymor, and with music by Bono and The Edge of U2 – had to be stopped five times to correct faulty technical equipment. The dramatic cliff-hanger at the end of the first half, in which Spider-Man saves his girl Mary Jane and then flies through the air across the auditorium to make an exit ground to a halt when Reeve Carney, playing the superhero, was left swinging helplessly above the audience.It took stage hands almost a minute to catch Carney by the feet to drag him down, and later there was some heckling.The convention of Broadway has traditionally been to maintain a blackout on all previews to give shows time to iron out their wrinkles before opening to a blaze of publicity on press night. That's particularly important for a show like Spider-Man that has been beset by funding problems, technical nightmares and multiple delays.But in the age of Twitter and blogging, and with huge interest revolving around the first preview, there was no way that the producers were going to keep chatter at bay until opening night on 11 January.Several of the New York papers were in the audience, breaching the agreement over treating previews as non-events. ... Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:21:35 +0100 889118 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blogpocket/~3/UFWYj5FGaWw/ Esta es una serie de posts que recopilan todas las herramientas para conseguir una optimización del tiempo de carga de tu blog. Antes de seguir, puedes leer los siguientes posts: Acelera el tiempo de carga de tu blog y Optimizando el tiempo de carga de tu blog. Lo idea sería tener un blog lo más sencillo y limpio posible, tratando de que contenga pocas imágenes (y muy optimizadas) y pocas llamadas a servicios externos (esto se suele realizar con javascripts). Sin embargo, como es casi imposible tener un blog así, lo que podemos hacer es compensar ese consumo de tiempo, optimizando los recursos de nuestro blog. Para acelerar el tiempo de carga de tu blog, existen una serie de herramientas básicas que tienes que utilizar. Veamos cuáles. Conocer el tiempo que tarda tu blog en cargar Esto es básico para poder mejorar. En los posts citados en la entradilla tienes dos utilidades bastante buenas: Pingdom y Web Test. Comprimir el código PHP de tu blog Puedes comprimir el código PHP de tus páginas con la librería zlib. Sigue los siguientes pasos para habilitar esta opción en tu blog, con la que conseguirás una sustancial aceleración. 1. Comprobar que tienes disponible el uso de zlib en tu servidor: ejecuta un programa php con la instrucción <php phpinfo ();?> 2. Añadir las siguientes sentencias al comienzo de tus páginas. En WordPress, incluirlas al principio del archivo header.php: <?php ini_set(’zlib.output_compression’, ‘On’); ini_set(’zlib.output_compression_level’, ‘1?); ?> La siguiente imagen corresponde al resultado obtenido en Blogpocket, utilizando la herramienta de análisis Port80: Utilizar un sistema de publicación optimizable Parece obvio pero utilizar una buena plataforma de blogging es fundamental. WordPress, en su versión instalable, tiene un nivel de actualizaciones bastante alto lo que garantiza la calidad de funcionamiento. ... Mon, 29 Nov 2010 09:00:05 +0100 890534 http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/nov/28/margaret-atwood-interview With almost 50 books to her name, the formidably intelligent Margaret Atwood is a force to be reckoned with. But one year on from the Copenhagen Summit, not even her dark imagination could have predicted the bleak situation the world now faces. Here, she talks about cowardly politicians, her love of birds and why she's joined the TwitteratiIt's 25 years since the publication of The Handmaid's Tale, her dystopic masterpiece, but Margaret Atwood firmly resists the suggestion that she might be an icon of Canadian literature. "What does that mean?" she counters in her distinctive prairie monotone, somewhere between a drone and a drawl. "I don't like being an icon." A thin ironic smile. "It invites iconoclasm. Canada is a balloon-puncturing country. You are not really allowed to be an icon unless you also make an idiot of yourself."Now no one has ever dared suggest that Margaret Atwood, a famously scary and prodigiously gifted Canadian intellectual with nearly 50 books to her name – poetry, fiction, critical essays, books for children, radio and film scripts, anthologies and collections of short stories – would ever willingly make an idiot of herself in public. But here's the big surprise: lately she's become game for a laugh. "If you want to see me make an idiot of myself in public," she goes on in that inimitably dry timbre, "you can look it up. Margaret Atwood + goalie + Rick Mercer."It turns out Mercer is an entertainer who performed this national service when he insisted that the author of The Edible Woman, Alias Grace and The Blind Assassin (which won the Booker Prize in 2000) should get kitted up as an ice-hockey goalie for television in an item entitled "How to Stop a Puck". At first Ms Atwood demurred. No, said Mercer. You've got to be a goalie. Why, she asked. Because it will be funny, he said. ... Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:04:02 +0100 888813 http://rabid-librarian.blogspot.com/2010/11/i-guess-i-should-head-on-to-bed.html I'm getting up early tomorrow so I can stop by the store and get some treats for the game and still get there by 8 am. That means getting up at 5. Really. Welcome to the Lexington bus system on a Sunday. I did not go to the grocery today. Nor did I clean the fish tank. I slept on an off during the morning and early afternoon. I walked to the Circle K which is about a block away and got some soft drinks. I watched 'Tower Prep', which was quite good, incorporating some classical literature in the form of the Odyssey into its plot. The previews for the next one looked good as well. I watched most of the computer animated Firebreather on Cartoon Network, then switched over to DVD and listened (and sang along with) Doctor Horrible and then listened to the musical commentary as well while I was going over way-over-1000 news items alone in my Google Reader, much less the blog posts I read, plus blogging along the way. I hope that makes up for my lack of blogging this week. But I finally made it through all that. I have some New Age meditative music on right now, and I'm getting sleepy. Since I have to get up in 6 1/2 hours, I thought I'd wind down and put up one last post for the night. Good night. (Source: The Rabid Librarian's Ravings in the Wind) Sat, 27 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 889097 http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/2010/11/policing-content-in-quasi-public-sphere.html The OpenNet Initative (ONI) has released a paper discussing Policing Content in the Quasi-Public Sphere.ONI is a collaboration of the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk Centre for International Studies, Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and the SecDev Group (Ottawa). ONI’s mission is to identify and document Internet filtering and surveillance:"Online conversations today exist primarily in the realm of social media and blogging platforms, most of which are owned by private companies. Such privately owned platforms now occupy a significant role in the public sphere, as places in which ideas and information are exchanged and debated by people from every corner of the world. Instead of an unregulated, decentralized Internet, we have centralized platforms serving as public spaces: a quasi-public sphere. This quasi-public sphere is subject to both public and private content controls spanning multiple jurisdictions and differing social mores." "But as private companies increasingly take on roles in the public sphere, the rules users must follow become increasingly complex. In some cases this can be positive, for example, when a user in a repressive society utilizes a platform hosted by a company abroad that is potentially bound to more liberal, Western laws than those to which he is subject in his home country. Such platforms may also allow a user to take advantage of anonymous or pseudonymous speech, offering him a place to discuss taboo topics." "At the same time, companies set their own standards, which often means navigating tricky terrain; companies want to keep users happy but must also operate within a viable business model, all the while working to keep their services available in as many countries as possible by avoiding government censorship. ... Sat, 27 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 888895 http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/nov/27/michel-houellebecq-art-of-struggle-review There's a mordant humour at play in Michel Houellebecq's poetry, says Paul BatchelorDepression is poet's flu: we all get it sooner or later. Michel Houellebecq is unusual in that he has brought the black dog indoors and put it to work. In his fiction, Houellebecq unashamedly projects his depression on to the worlds he creates. In his latest novel, the Prix Goncourt-winning La Carte et le Territoire, he even makes a personal appearance as a depressed character: "Houellebecq was notoriously misanthropic, he barely spoke to his dog . . ." In his poetry he goes further, founding an aesthetic principle on depression: "What we need now is an attitude of non-resistance to the world." Humans should aspire to the condition of lizards and "bask in the light of phenomena" but never fight: "We stay forever in a position of defeat."The Art of Struggle was first published in 1996 as Le Sens du combat, appearing between the early novels that brought Houellebecq so much fame and notoriety: 1994's L'Extension du domaine de la lutte (published in English as Whatever) and 1998's Les Particules élémentaires (Atomised).The argument of Houellebecq's poetry is much the same as that of his fiction: the illusion of diversity has created cultural homogeneity and proscribed individualism. Intimacy is impossible, its place having been taken by casual sexism ("Her secretary meat had passed its date") and morbid attitudinising: "Fortunately, Aids is watching over us."To illustrate his sense of the world as a tourist attraction, Houellebecq frequently presents himself en route from one meaningless destination to the next: "Struck by the sudden impression / Of an inconsequential freedom / I travel serenely through stations / Never thinking of making connections. ... Sat, 27 Nov 2010 00:07:02 +0100 888687 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6478 What's being discussed...take your pick or browse below. * Doc Searls explores agency and managing personal data online * Dan Gillmor navigates Netflix's new streaming-only scheme * David Weinberger discusses new developments in net neutrality at the FCC * Radio Berkman interviews Joseph Reagle on Wikipedia's culture of volunteerism * Weekly Global Voices: "Tanzania: NGO 2.0: Reflections on the year of blogging" * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The full buzz. "Personal autonomy on Facebook only goes as far as Facebook lets it go. Same with every other 'social' system run by an entity other than yourself. They put a lid on your agency. You are not free. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with social systems, or structures, or even with businesses that want to control your choices. I am saying that agency has been AWOL from the market's table. And bringing it there is what we're doing with VRM." From Doc Searls' blog post "VRM as Agency" "I just downgraded my Netflix account, and will be sending the company $7 less each month than I've been sending for several years now. Why? Because Netflix is moving fast to live up to its name -- to become an online video-streaming operation instead of the DVD-rental outfit it's been -- but in the process it's raising prices while making its service worse, in key ways, for longtime customers. ... Fri, 26 Nov 2010 22:53:38 +0100 888751 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blogpocket/~3/Xxmc5tbbiQE/ Si no sabes que regalar este año a tus familiares y amigos, te proponemos una solución económica, original y útil. Recogemos una vieja idea de Manuel M. Almeida que, en enero de 2007, proponía regalar un blog. Después de cuatro años, habrá quien piense que, tal vez, hubiese que considerar otras alternativas: una cuenta de Twitter y, por qué no, una de Facebook. Sin embargo, un blog es una herramienta absolutamente vigente. Si acaso, yo me decantaría por añadir al blog algo que hace mucha ilusión (yo lo he comprobado): un dominio personalizado. Eso sí, con este tipo de regalos te arriesgas, como decía alguien en los comentarios de aquél post de Mangas verdes, a convertirte en el servicio técnico 24×7 del destinatario . Bromas aparte, a continuación te doy algunas pistas por si quieres poner en práctica esta divertida propuesta y que recomiendo totalmente. ¿Dónde registro el blog? Blogger sigue siendo el sistema de publicación de blogs ideal para empezar, por su facilidad de uso y la cantidad de funcionalidades que contiene. Con un par de clicks tienes un blog repleto de funciones listo para usarse. Tienes que utilizar una cuenta de Google para comenzar, así que lo mejor es que abras una nueva que vaya incluida en el “regalo”. Si la persona a la que vas a regalar el blog tuviese ya una, tendrá que utilizar la nueva para entrar en el blog. Tendrás que asignar el prefijo de la URL (lo que va delante de “blogspot.com”) y el nombre del blog, asignar una plantilla y poco más. Puedes imprimir una tarjeta con el nombre del blog, su URL, el usuario y la password, meterla en un sobre y materializar así el obsequio. ¿Necesito un dominio? No se necesita un dominio para publicar un blog en Blogger. El servicio incluye el alojamiento gratuito con una URL del tipo “loquesea.blogspot.com”. ... Thu, 25 Nov 2010 17:15:17 +0100 888951 http://librarytwopointzero.blogspot.com/2010/11/marketing-libraries-outside-echo_25.html Following on from my earlier post (and most likely regurgating Fiona and Ned's post). Anyhow Laura started the talk by explaining what the echo chamber. It is :-any situation in which information, ideas or beliefs are amplified or reinforced by transmission inside an "enclosed" space. Observers of journalism in the mass media describe an echo chamber effect in media discourse.Anyhow, Laura inderlines how librarians on both sides of the atlantic are suffering from fear of closure and how when we discuss this, we seem to discuss it within a 'library bubble' [my quote]. Laura mentioned how we as a profession are an easy target, and that we have many sceptics that see little relevance as now 'everything is online'. Laura felt we should reach beyond our users and make the none users as are (future) advocats. Laura pointed out if we (libraries) were invented today, we'd be seen as something fantastic.She then said how her an Ned had put out the idea on twitter on getting beyond the echo chamber. Library by day started a post on the subject called Thinking Outloud About The Echo Chamber. In the article she says:-Are we, the twittering, blogging, technology inclined shouting into the echo chamber? Are we only puffing each other up? Do we care that this defeats our purpose and goals? I guess it depends on your goals. (Some I’m sure, are just happy to have choir to preach to.) But for most of us, its not. If we’re too busy telling each other “right on man” who’s engaging in discussion with those who don’t agree with us? Because let’s face it, they aren’t reading your blog or following you on twitter.Laura then went on to say we need to hear more about criticism, so we can see how we improve the service and jobs we do. Then Ned appeared from his journey from Leeds (les said the better). (Source: librarytwopointzero) Thu, 25 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 889537 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blogpocket/~3/Ot8KGlfo4Tg/ Hay muchos motivos para iniciar un blog. En el caso de los blogs personales (sea de la temática que sea) es tan fácil como querer hacerlo. Sin embargo, me he encontrado con muchos bloguers en potencia que tienen un denominador común en la forma de reaccionar, para autoconvencerse y evitar hacerlo. Hay dos afirmaciones comunes que suelen expresar aquellos a los que se les ha pasado por la cabeza abrir un blog pero que sienten el lógico pánico de enfrentarse a crear contenidos y publicarlos en la Red. Veamos cuáles son y espero que, tras leer mis refutaciones, te atrevas a lanzarte a la apasionante aventura de bloguear. ¡Yo no tengo nada que contar! Es normal creer que uno no tiene nada que contar pero no hay aseveracion más falsa. Nuestra vida se basa en experiencias, en conocimientos y en ideas, entre otras muchas cosas. Puede ser por terapia o por exhibicionismo, porque nos guste enseñar lo que hemos aprendido. O porque queramos compartir los vídeos o fotos de ese reciente viaje, esa última tienda de ropa que vimos o aquél local de copas tan chulo. A lo mejor quieres quejarte, protestar o denunciar. Hay mil cosas, grandes y pequeñas. Si llevas escribiendo un tiempo, tal vez sea el momento de sacar a la luz esos textos. O esos dibujos. O esas estupendas fotografías que haces. Tu mente de ingeniero no para de maquinar y en las reuniones de amigos y familiares les deleitas con tus inventos; en un blog puedes plasmar todas esas ideas. Es un buen método para guardar de forma ordenada y comentada cualquier cosa que se te ocurra. Siempre hay algo que contar. Un blog es una herramienta ideal si eres desordenado o no estás acostrumbrado a esribir, porque te forzarás a corregirte. También puedes filosofar. Y miles de cosas más. ¡A quién le va a interesar lo que yo publique! En la blogosfera nunca estarás solo. Y siempre hay alguien, con tus mismos gustos o intereses. Si haces las cosas bien, pronto tendrás tu pequeña audiencia. ... Wed, 24 Nov 2010 11:01:30 +0100 888952 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Elsua/~3/tLyjyqyvipA/ I am sure that at this point in time regular readers of this blog may have been wondering where I have been all of this time, or whether I may have abandoned my blog altogether, since the last time I created a blog post over here was over a month and a half ago and by this time plenty of people may be thinking it’s just too late to come to the blog back again, right? Well, you know, after all, blogs are dying, aren’t they? So it may have looked like this one was heading in that very same direction after such a long time without an entry being published. Well, nothing further than the truth. Yes, I have just gone through, perhaps, one of the longest blogging hiatus I can remember in my whole 7 years of blogging. But the reality is that I am now, finally, back to my usual regular blogging activities after such extended break. Thus I guess I could also say to all of you as well … Welcome back! Thanks for sticking around and for dropping by once again! I surely have missed you all, too! I bet by now you may be wondering where have I been all of this time then, right? What has kept me away from the blog throughout all of these weeks and why I am coming back to it, once again. I am sure you may be pondering what has happened to Luis Suarez, yours truly, over the last few weeks. Or, maybe not. Maybe, you didn’t even notice I have been away all along and you just saw this blog post for the first time. Either way, I think I could summarise it all with a rather short sentence: things have been incredibly hectic as of late! And like I have been mentioning in my twitterings over at @elsua, it looks like things are not going to change and become a bit quieter anymore, so I might as well take this opportunity to pick up my usual regular blogging and start writing again. ... Wed, 24 Nov 2010 01:25:41 +0100 888135 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=8528 State: South Carolina Virtual Services Librarian I Richland County Public Library, Columbia, SC. www.myrcpl.com Location: Virtual Services Department, Main Library, 1431 Assembly St., Columbia, SC 29201. (RCPL may change work location, schedule, and duties of any library job, dependent upon needs of the library system.) Hours: 37.5 hours per week: Mon. – Fri. 9-5:30; other hours as needed. Essential Functions of the Job: Works with customer-focused, customer-facing content on the Library’s Web site in consultation with the Virtual Services Manager (VSM). Web site content development and administration: Writes and/or collects new content for the RCPL Web site. Writes clear, concise, accurate copy using search engine optimization and web standards best practices. Adds, changes, schedules, and deletes content on the Web site using the administrative interface of RCPL’s Drupal content management system. Coordinates project teams of librarians and other subject matter experts in conjunction with the Virtual Services Manager to manage and contribute content to the RCPL Web site. Plans, coordinates, and manages online events such as online talks with authors, online art shows, webcasts, webinars, Q&A events, etc. Web site enhancement: Identifies and/or reports on new and innovative uses of current and emerging technologies in support of virtual library services. Builds wireframes and other illustrative and/or planning documents to be used in case for development scenarios, and as part of the project execution plan. Plans and facilitates implementation of new tools, services, and functionality for the Web Site as directed by VSM. Social Networking, web based services, mobile applications, and other technologies: Coordinates customizations and functionality enhancements for the Library’s presence on social networking sites. Coordinates with Public Relations department to maintain presence on Social Media sites. ... Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:00:02 +0100 887883 http://rabid-librarian.blogspot.com/2010/11/not-feeling-best.html I went to bed early last night because my back and stomach were bothering me. The stomach's okay this morning, but my back issue has spread from the lower back all the way up to the neck and I'm aching all over. The weather is unseasonably warm, with rain in the forecast, so that may be something, I don't know. But I'm sorry I didn't get around to blogging last night. I'm going to a friend's house tonight so may get in late, so we'll see. Hope you have a wonderful day. (Source: The Rabid Librarian's Ravings in the Wind) Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 888029 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blogpocket/~3/mBlGUMnTAxo/ Lo que dio de sí el EBE10 para mí, se puede resumir en 10 tuits y su correspondiente comentario. @fernandot: Evento Blog España: 5 años de comunidad #EBE10: Pues como quien no quiere la cosa, ya han pasado 5 años desde e… http://bit.ly/9z5CXj 5 años no es nada, como cantaba Gardel. Bueno, esos eran 20. Pero en Internet, un lustro es mucho. El Evento Blog España 2010 cumplía 5 años. Comezó siendo una reunión exclusivamente de bloguers, para convertirse -dicen- en un meeting de community managers. No es cierto, la mayoría de los asistentes al ebe vamos porque, entre otras cosas, somos bloguers. Tuitear es bloguear o, mejor dicho, microbloguear. El ebe desaparecería si le quitasen la palabra ‘blog‘. @RafaOsuna: El encuentro de blogueros tecnológicos ha terminado siendo una entrevista a @Drita Este año, las sesiones paralelas fueron la gran novedad del EBE. Aunque en ediciones anteriores ya habían aparecido tímidamente. Asistí a dos (encuentro de bloguers de tecnología y podcasters), en las que había puesto muchas expectativas. La de Alexandra Guerrero, antigua tecnochica, sin defraudar, no dejó de ser, como dice Rafa Osuna, una entrevista. Mucha gente espera, como en la de podcasters, un taller práctico. Encontrar el formato adecuado a gusto de todos es la asignatura pendiente de este tipo de eventos. @labrujulaverde: @dreig fue un placer desvirtualizarte! Enhorabuena otra vez por tu charla, fue de lo mejor del #ebe10 Las charlas predominaron en 2010 sobre las mesas, formato éste absolutamente agotado, cuyo éxito no solo radica en lo interesante del tema (muy difícil dar gusto a 2.000 personas, como mínimo -más las que asisten por streamming-), sino en el carisma de los participantes y las habilidades del moderador. La conferencia es más digerible. A veces mucho más pesada. La de Dolors Reig fue muy buena. ... Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:16:00 +0100 888953 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/seealso/~3/c6nVW8R7_Go/charity_case.html I have been thinking about the idea of “charitable reading” lately. I’m not sure why; it’s not because of any particular blog post or comment I have read. Perhaps I have just been thinking more than usual about how I react and appear to other people. In library blogland, the idea of charitable reading is mostly associated with my main man, Josh, who brought the idea over from the Forge, a role playing game discussion site. The original Forge post makes it clear that this is an issue of etiquitte and social norms–something that readers should do because it is fair to the writer and helps maintain the community. This is interesting and useful, but it always strikes me as odd when someone feels wronged by a response to their words and comes back with “I guess you just aren’t being a charitable reader.” The more I think about it, the more I am sure that it isn’t up to the writer to demand to be read a certain way. What if, instead of looking at “charitable reading” as etiquitte, we instead thought of it as a philosophical or even spiritual practice? That we should read charitably, not for the writer’s sake, but for our own sake. We should be charitable readers because such charity gives us a chance to see things from someone else’s point of view, to respond in a way that is constructive and generous instead of defensive or snarky. We should all practice charitable reading not because it makes our online communities more placid, but because it makes us better people. What if we thought of it less as an expansion on Wil Wheaton’s catchphrase “don’t be a dick,” and more as a subset of the Golden Rule? The next time I feel wronged by a reader, I will try not to suggest that they need to read me charitably. Instead I will try to read and respond to my critic charitably . ... Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:08:36 +0100 888112 http://futura.edublogs.org/2010/11/22/21st-century-education-is-the-real-reform/ For National Day of Blogging for Real Reform day, I’m re-sharing my HuffingtonPost article from a couple of weeks ago, 21st Century Education is the Real Reform. We need to honor and listen to the stories of innovative educators like the ones mentioned in my post above (and their students) around the globe–and instead of fostering an atmosphere of negativity towards the teaching profession, honor the creativity, dedication and ingenuity of those teachers and the many more who are innovating but perhaps aren’t blogging about their experiences. The real reform?  Really listening to and respecting the voices of educators, and believing in their stories.  Believing testing and achievement scores aren’t even the right question and listening to teachers who know so. Ask them, they’re out there.  And they have ideas to share.  Maybe then the “real reform” of envisioning the future can begin.  Thank you ASCD for asking. My previous post:  Reflective practitioners need not apply may also be of interest. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Ffutura.edublogs.org%2F2010%2F11%2F22%2F21st-century-education-is-the-real-reform%2F'; addthis_title = '21st+Century+Education+is+the+Real+reform'; addthis_pub = ''; (Source: Not So Distant Future) Mon, 22 Nov 2010 20:07:30 +0100 888864 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/Cc95Jw0Vzwk/ The theme for the 2011 Annual Meeting is Rethink and Molly Knapp, 2010 Annual Meeting blog administrator and 2011 member of the National Program Committee, writes in the MLA News about rethinking the Annual Meeting Blog (full text available to MLA members).  The Annual Meeting blog has evolved significantly over the years.  In the beginning it was just a few people who submitted some posts that were aggregated on the blog site.  Now people apply to be bloggers and write on various aspects of the meeting, those who are accepted get AHIP points and possibly free wifi courtesy of MLA.  I managed the 2009 Annual Meeting Blog and I told Molly when she was handed the reigns to the 2010 blog, that we might be growing a little big to be randomly writing on topics and that we may need to think about how we organize things. Well, based off of the 2009 Annual Meeting blog and 2010 Annual Meeting blog, Molly decided to rethink the way the 2011 meeting blog will be handled.  During the last two annual meetings we sometimes had multiple people blog about the same thing, and while it was nice to get two different perspectives on an event, we really didn’t need four posts summarizing the Presidential Address.  I wasn’t just the only one who felt this way, based on the 2009 Annual Meeting blog survey I conducted, members wanted more variety and coverage of different events.  In years past when there was only 4-5 bloggers it was difficult/impossible to cover that much stuff.  But in 2009 we had approximately 20 bloggers and in 2010 there were 17 bloggers.  With that many bloggers, there are certainly opportunity to change things so that the blog can be more relevant to members.  One of the ways is to have a little more structure as to who will be blogging and what they will be blogging about. ... Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:48:09 +0100 887849 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ahniwa/~3/v1pS8pPhm0s/ Welcome to my new blogging project, Roly Poly. As I tinker with the site some more, back pages like “About” and “Links” and such will begin to fill in, but for now, being that I will constantly tinker with those things rather than using this blog for what it’s actually for (that would be writing), I thought I should put those things aside for a minute and get my feet wet. My name is Ahniwa Ferrari, and I’m 30 years old. I am, among other things: a librarian in Olympia, WA; a husband; a step-dad to a 10-year-old; a soon-to-be papa (our due date is November 25!); a gamer; a writer/poet; a lindy-hopper; a technophile; and sometimes a musician. There are other boxes I could stuff myself in, but you get the idea. This blog is a place for me to talk about those things that I am and that interest me, mainly libraries, fatherhood, and Olympia, but also anything else that strikes my fancy. My update schedule is, starting now, at least three times per week on a M-W-F schedule, with additional posts a possibility. We’ll see how things go. You can find me other places on the web, if you want to, like: facebook | twitter | tumblr | goodreads. I also have an old blog dating back to 2004, and a webcomic that I did with my friend Theo (I wrote, he drew), called La Casa. I hope that you enjoy reading and that you’ll comment every now and again so I know you’re out there. (Source: ahniwa de montréal) Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:42:59 +0100 888630 http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/nov/20/technology-writing-julian-dibbell-review By PD SmithThe impact of digital technology dominates this excellent collection of essays. As Dibbell points out, we now rely so much on digital devices, from BlackBerrys to iPads, that "we're all cyborgs now". Steven Johnson says the micro-blogging site Twitter has opened up a whole new world of "social creativity" and that in the future "every major channel of information will be Twitterfied". Twitter is also an unparalleled source of distraction and in his fascinating piece, Sam Anderson explores the pros and cons of this surfeit of information and the resulting epidemic of "elective ADHD". Clay Shirky argues here that the traditional print media are doomed: "Society doesn't need newspapers. What we need is journalism." But ironically these essays were all from the old media and even Shirky admits he doesn't know what the new model will be. But new media does get the last word – a tweet from astronaut Michael James Massimino on the International Space Station: "From orbit: Listening to Sting on my ipod watching the world go by – literally."Computing and the netSocietyPD Smithguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds (Source: Guardian Unlimited Books) Sat, 20 Nov 2010 00:06:43 +0100 887328 http://www.teleread.com/chris-meadows/social-networking-is-not-a-magic-bullet-for-selling-books/ Lately, social networking has often been hailed as a kind of great equalizer to help writers connect better with fans and sell more books. It’s a way to connect with fans, show that you’re a real person, and show the human face behind your stuff so they might be more inclined to support you. But, as guest writer Daniel Kalder notes in a Publishing Perspectives editorial, too much emphasis on social networking as a sort of publicity cure-all is fundamentally misguided for several reasons. For one thing, it runs the risk of turning into specious “magical thinking”. What do I mean? Well, consider the following essential truths about publishing: crap sells, except when it doesn’t. Quality never sells, except when it does. Good men die screaming in the gutter; the wicked flourish. To quote William Goldman: nobody knows anything. Given that we live in a state of total chaos, it is only natural that individuals study the chicken’s entrails for guidance. What’s that spelled out in the guts? Blogging! Facebook! Awesome! What could go wrong? Blogging is free, plus you can subvert the hierarchical media model and go direct to your readers. Wait for it, but here comes the magical thinking: Hey ma, lookit me! Any minute now I’m going to go viral and everybody’s going to buy my book! The problem is, Kalder points out, if you build it they will not necessarily come. Or if they do come, they might not stick around very long—the next YouTube video is only a click away. Further, blogging and social networking require skill sets that many writers simply don’t have. After all, writing is usually a solitary activity, meaning that the authors don’t have to interact that much with other people. And when everybody is blogging or social networking, how exactly are you going to stand out from the crowd? If writers are going to engage in social media or blogging, Kalder says, they should do it for the right reasons. ... Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:15:00 +0100 887054 http://rabid-librarian.blogspot.com/2010/11/i-came-home-bit-early-today-too.html because the website I normally use to do my secondary duties for the last hour or so of my shift was down. Since I'd finished everything else, I decided to just come on home. I've spent that extra time going through my news reader. I found a few interesting things, but nothing really worth blogging about (until I hit the recommended items, anyway). I'm glad the week is over and there's the weekend to look forward to. I'd love to go see the newest Harry Potter film this weekend, but my passes aren't good for it yet and I'd rather get to see it free. Plus, I want to see it with my best friend and we haven't officially made plans yet. Next week is a short week. Thursday's Thanksgiving, of course, and I'm also off Friday, so I'll probably spend Thursday night at my grandmother's and come back Friday evening. We'll see. Must remember to take the CPAP machine if I do, though--that one time was awful, when I forgot and couldn't sleep all night. Okay, I'm going to wander off and decide what to do next. I'll write later, though. (Source: The Rabid Librarian's Ravings in the Wind) Fri, 19 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 888034 http://sites.menashalibrary.org/2010/11/19/wylio/ Wylio is a very handy new service that allows you to search for Creative Commons images and then manage the image online without having to use a photo editor.  For bloggers and others who use images on websites, this saves a lot of steps! Just enter a search in the box and your results are shown as thumbnails which are quickly scanned.  Select the photo you want to use, and then a helpful popup appears that allows you to set alignment of the image and change the size.  When you are finished with your adjustments, click Get the Code and you can then pop it into any blogging software and most websites. Nicely, the software takes care of the attribution of the photograph for you, adding it in a subtle gray under the photo.  This is definitely a go-to site for photographs for me!  I hope you find it useful as well. (Source: Sites and Soundbytes) Fri, 19 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 887551 http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/nov/18/nick-hornby-ministry-stories Children will be lured in by 'monster supply shop' – and volunteer teachers including Zadie Smith and Roddy DoyleSince 2002, Dave Eggers, the American author best known for his novel A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, has been reinventing himself as something of a literacy guru for children. As part of his 826 Valencia children's writing project, he has opened after-school clubs across America where kids can turn up to develop their creative writing.The only property Eggers could find to house the first club was a San Francisco shop that reminded him of a pirate ship, so he decided to set up a pirate supply store. Parrots and peg legs helped entice the local kids in to develop their writing skills in informal workshops, and the San Francisco store was followed by a Superhero Supply Store in Brooklyn, New York, selling capes and tins of "anti-matter". Next, Seattle opened the Greenwood Space Travel Supply Company. There are now eight of these initiatives, for children aged six and up, all of them linked through the Once Upon a School website. Roddy Doyle has done something similar in Ireland, and he's had more than 11,000 children through his doors in just 17 months.Now the bestselling novelist Nick Hornby wants to do the same thing for Britain. Tomorrow, Hornby, along with art entrepreneurs Ben Payne and Lucy Macnab, is going open his new Ministry of Stories – plus the world's first supply store for monsters.The author hopes that a fantastical shopfront will lure children into something rather less fantastical, if no less fun: literacy lessons. In the shop, Hornby will sell "fang floss" and "human snot", while round the back novelists including Zadie Smith, Roddy Doyle and Michael Morpurgo might, on the right day, be found teaching children aged from eight to 18 to learn to write a little like they do.If all of this volunteering sounds a bit like that "big society" thing, then you are not alone. ... Thu, 18 Nov 2010 06:05:00 +0100 886784 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ouseful/~3/k7YurPcbXuE/ In his post Using Yahoo! Clues to target your headlines by demographic, Paul Bradshaw picked up on my post from earlier today about Yahoo Clues, which describes some of the demographic information behind who’s using what search terms. In particular, Paul wondered: “But what if your publication is specifically aimed at women – or men? Or under-25s? Or over-40s? Or the wealthy?”, the implication being that we can tune our words to hit particular searcher demographics (a more refined approach to SEO than the norm). This is the norm in ad placement, of course, where ad words are chosen according to demographic. I don’t spend as much time looking at ad tools as I should (one backburner project I really should try to get going properly is a consideration of how we can use contextual ad servers to place content), so I’m not really up to speed with what’s out there but a quick trawl turns up a couple of tools like those appearing on Yahoo Clues ob the Microsoft AdLab site. So for example, we have a demographics prediction tool, that predicts demographics based on keywords, in the example below comparing library with newspaper: There are also Search funnels, cf. the Yahoo Clues “Search Flow” tool: As well as search for “in” terms, you can also look for “out” terms, (i.e. terms that follow the term of interest in a search session. (You can hack the URL to choose between these). The AdLab Audience Intelligence tool also has a go at prediciting demographics, either of users of particular search terms, or visitors to a particular URL: (I have no idea if the above predication bears any resemblance to reality…?;-) I think that Google AdWords supports demographic placement, so it probably has a similar tool available. ... Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:21:55 +0100 887473 http://librarytwopointzero.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-do-keep-ahead-of-library-game.html In a recent post I discussed the new facebook page for librarians. In the four years or so of blogging, the way I've kept out to date has been via blogs. I've also used twitter to some degree to keep ahead. I did also occasionally pop into the library 2.0 ning site. I also created a daily google alert for the term library and library 2.0. Anyhow, anybody else get there information any other way. (Source: librarytwopointzero) Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 888166 http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2010/11/16/state_of_the_blogosphere_2010 Technorati every year puts out a report that discusses information and lessons about blogging and people that blog. See: State of the Blogosphere 2010 Welcome to Technorati's State of the Blogosphere 2010 report. Since 2004, our annual study has followed growth and trends in the blogosphere. For 2010, we took a deeper dive into the entire blogosphere, with a focus on female bloggers. This year's topics include: brands embracing social media, traditional media vs. social media, brands working with bloggers, monetization, smartphone and tablet usage, importance of Twitter and Facebook, niche blogging, and changes within the blogosphere over 2010. Past reports are also available. (Source: e3 Information Overload, E-Resources for Engineering Education) Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 886590 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LibraryCloud/~3/qeGy5lqCqTk/state-of-blogosphere-2010.html Tech Crunch contributor Erick Schonfeld's blog post 2010 State Of The Blogosphere: Facebook And Twitter Drive The Most Traffic summarizes key points from The State of the Blogosphere presentation given by Technorati CEO Richard Jalichandra.State Of The Blogosphere Presentation 2010 (Source: Library Cloud) Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:37:00 +0100 887405 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FreakonomicsBlog/~3/VWGa2dpR4_E/ Kal Raustiala, a professor at UCLA Law School and the UCLA International Institute, and Chris Sprigman, a professor at the University of Virginia Law School, are experts in counterfeiting and intellectual property. They have been guest-blogging for us about copyright issues. Last time, they wrote about the roles of "tweakers" and "pioneers" in the innovation world; today, they expand on the topic. (Source: Freakonomics Blog) Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:30:05 +0100 886170 http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/ediscoverylaw/klgates/~3/pi8nBNngzu8/ Thomson Reuters 14th Annual Electronic Discovery and Records Retention Conference – Achieving Practical Proportionality Dec. 1-2, 2010 San Francisco Marriott Marquis 55 4th St. San Francisco, CA 94103 K&L Gates Partner Julie Anne Halter will participate in this conference which will address a myriad of topics, including e-discovery in all cases, proportionality, early case assessment, litigation with the government and much more. To learn more or to register, click here.Pennsylvania Bar Institute:  Facebook, Twitter & Blogging … Oh MySpace! Dec. 6, 2010 PBI Professional Development Conference Center Heinz 57 Center 339 6th Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222 K&L Gates Partner David Cohen will participate in this program exploring one of the fastest growing phenomenons in our society: social networking.  This program includes discussions/presentations on a variety of topics including the implications of social networking in intellectual property law, employment law, and health care law as well as a discussion of litigation considerations generally, among others. To learn more or to register, click here. King County Bar Association:  Managing e-Discovery for All Types of Cases Dec. 10, 2010 Rainier Square Conference Center 1301 Fifth Avenue Third Floor Atrium Seattle, WA K&L Gates Partner Todd Nunn, Program Chair of this event, and several other members of the K&L Gates e-Discovery Analysis and Technology Group (e-DAT) will participate in this program for those who want to go beyond the basics to expand their technical and legal knowledge and gain insight into emerging e-discovery issues.  Topics to be addressed include effective communication with IT personnel and vendors, best practices for case management, particular concerns of in-house counsel, social networking sites and much more. To learn more or to register, click here. (Source: Electronic Discovery Law) Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:28:30 +0100 885892 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blogpocket/~3/a14eaSNB_R4/ Fotonazos es el fotolog de Jesús Pérez Pacheco, un informático que además de bloguer, se autodefine fotero y que esta semana les recomiendo en El blog de la semana. En Fotonazos se exponen todos sus proyectos fotográficos, incluido el más famoso de todos ellos, las suculentas recetas de cocina de los viernes, con todos los pasos necesarios espléndidamente fotografíados. Si te gusta la fotografía y el blogging, no tardarás en abonarte a su feed. También puedes seguir a Jesús Pérez en Twitter y ver su galería en Flickr. Los anteriores blogs de esta serie: Asteroide B612 El blog de la semana (todos) Blogpocket.com: blog ganador en los Premios Bitacoras.com 2010, en la categoría Premio Especial Honorífico También puedes leerme en Twitter y en Weblog Magazine Y si te gusta la música, no dejes de suscribirte a Acordes Modernos, finalista en los Premios Bitacoras.com 2010, en la categoría Mejor Blog Cultural (Source: blogpocket 6.0) Fri, 12 Nov 2010 18:57:00 +0100 886004 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LibraryCloud/~3/eEg8mBKT300/two-week-reader-wrap-up.html I delayed last weeks wrap-up to blog about the ALAO conference (late) and still have two posts remaining in my folder. So, this is a two-week reader collection that includes technology links, tips for blogging from MS Office 2010, and collaboration with Prezi . Take a few minutes to read the comments accompanying Steven Bell's Library Journal column, when I added to this post link there were very good discussions detailing the necessity of basic steps in elementary and high school before teaching research strategies in higher education.* In a very unblog-like fashion, the newest items are posted last ...OhioLINK What's NewA recent addendum to the previous post / announcement (9/30) regarding the new OhioLINK executive director (10/25).Research with Training Wheels From the Bell Tower "As much as we academic librarians sometimes whine about our problems (which I am guilty of here), our K-12 counterparts demonstrate a tremendous enthusiasm for their work. This summit was a no-whining zone. More than that, our K-12 counterparts are thinking hard about the future of reading. As I heard more than a few times at the Summit, it's not about the future of the book—it's about the future of reading. We may not know what the container will be, but we do know that student academic success is strongly tied to reading and comprehension—and the future of reading according to the experts, is digital." -- Steven Bell, Library Journal, 10/28/10More than a third of Higher Education Faculty are on Twitter"Twitter use by Higher Education Faculty is more extensive than you might expect, and it’s on the rise. This last week I came across this report from Magna Publications, published last month, which discusses their second annual survey of Twitter usage among college faculty. The survey was conducted over the summer and had 1,372 respondents." -- K Walsh, Emerging EdTech, 10/31/10It’s Time to Get to Work. ... Fri, 12 Nov 2010 18:25:00 +0100 885817 http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mind-your-language/2010/nov/12/guardian-style-mind-your-language A new edition of the book that Jon Snow describes as 'in a class of its own'The new edition of Guardian Style has just been published in the UK (American readers will have to wait until 6 December), and already Amazon is offering a "Used - Like New" copy for just £30.48 (tip: you can buy a new one for £15). Perhaps the optimistic seller was the customer whose review ran: "If you have ever wondered why the writing in the Guardian is often so appalling, here is your answer. The irritating tone of this guide is snotty and pompous; embodying a kind of Guardian speak faux-piety poorly disguising smug complacency." We decided against using that quotation on the jacket in favour of one from the broadcaster Jon Snow, who was kind enough to say: "If you love words, work with them, or simply toy with them – for me Guardian Style is in a class of its own."Like its predecessors, the book offers guidance, to our journalists and – we hope – a wider readership, on how to use English to communicate clearly and effectively. This edition, the first for three years, reflects changes in public life (changes of government in Britain, America and elsewhere) and in journalism itself, particularly the astonishing growth of digital media. We now publish our material in every format from printed newspaper to iPhone app, from blogpost to podcast, from millions of words in our Data Store to 140-character tweets: this edition of the book includes the Guardian's social media guidelines and blogging tips, as well as an introduction to the mysteries of the holy grail known as "seach engine optimisation" – how to increase traffic to your website by ensuring that your content shows up prominently in Google and other online search engines.If this all sounds a bit serious, we have aimed to provide an enjoyable read rather than a dry style manual. ... Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:45:51 +0100 885630 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LibraryVoice/~3/jO3TNtcgB24/vlomo10-day-11-veterans-day-parade Some clips of the 2010 Veteran’s Day Parade in Athens, Ohio. This is my 11th video for Video Blogging Month. I am producing one video each day highlighting something in my town. (Source: Library Voice) Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:15:53 +0100 886137 http://www.precisement.org/blog/Dave-Winer-on-blogging-stopping-to.html Dave Winer has been one of the first bloggers on the Internet [1]. He's also a web applications developer and as such, he wrote the first weblog software, and turned RSS into a standard [2]. Why am I writing about him ? Because he also wrote this [3]. Extract : « Blogging not only takes a lot of time (which I don't begrudge it, I love writing) but it also limits what I can do, because it's made me a public figure. I want some privacy, I want to matter less, so I can (...) (Source: Un blog pour l’information juridique) Thu, 11 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 886740 http://snailx.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/astray/ I seem to have hit something of a block. It tends to be the case that if I have a couple of tasks that need doing, they end up becoming bottlenecks for just about everything…the result of course is that nothing gets done. I s’pose the big one in my head, which I’ve been putting off for years, is getting rid of dad’s books. There’s about 3,000 or so of them, all in boxes. I really need to move them in the next week or so. It’s been hard to make the call though. I have kept a couple hundred for myself but can’t quite bring myself to call secondhand bookshops/bookfairs to get rid of the rest. Partly, I tend to get quite nervous/shy about making phonecalls, and partly it’s a big chunk of dad. I need to get rid of them but it’s hard to take the final action. Speaking of phonecalls, I have a few of those building up now, not least getting the lightbulb fixed in my study/computer room. It’s a strange bulb setup I’ve never seen before nor can I work it out. All I need to do is call a sparky and I’ve been putting that off too. I did at least manage to call Telstra and get a landline connected to my flat for the first time. I needed a landline in order to get an ADSL connection. I’m getting a Naked ADSL connection  which means the phone will be disconnected once the ADSL is established. Now I’m just waiting for Telstra to send me the account number so I can give it to my ISP. I s’pose I could call Telstra to ask for it but I’ve not been keen on that either. As a consequence of things like these, other things don’t get done – like blogging, or organising, or just the day to day. Yet, when I’m work mode I get lots done…which is probably a good thing. I just wish I could get the work mode to work for home mode. ... Thu, 11 Nov 2010 01:47:59 +0100 885737