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 Google interest group. http://www.libworm.com/rss/librarianqueries.php Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:50:31 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/10/tv-video-and-newspaper-coverage-of-boston-public-library-public-meeting/ Yesterday, we posted about potential closing of several Boston Public Library branch libraries. Today, a three reports about the meeting: 1) via Boston Globe “It’s outrageous that it has come to this,’’ said Yann Poisson of Dorchester. “Only a fifth-term mayor could dismiss libraries as a 21st-century anachronism, something that can be replaced by Yahoo or Google.’’ The library’s president, Amy E. Ryan, outlined a broad range of criteria that will be used to target branches for potential closing, including computer usage, handicapped accessibility, proximity to other branches, and the story behind each location. No decisions have been made. [Snip] Library administrators and [Mayor Thomas M.] Menino have talked about transforming the library for the digital age and moving services out of buildings by increasing offerings on the Internet and sending librarians to day-care centers and nursing homes. Yesterday Ryan referred to librarians as “information navigators’’ and compared the system’s current technology to an abridged encyclopedia, not a multivolume set. [Snip] But many in the audience bristled at the frequent references to technology. They spoke about their branches as refuges, gathering places, and focal points for their communities. 2) Video Report via WHDH 3) Video Report via WBZ Includes text transcript. (Source: ResourceShelf) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:29:17 +0100 825321 http://www.librarystuff.net/2010/03/10/interview-court-ruling-will-not-affect-italy-ops-google/ Reuters – “A senior Google Inc. executive dismissed any impact on the company’s Italian business from a court ruling on a cyber-bullying case, as the company unveiled a deal with the Italian government to digitise books. A Milan court last month gave six-month suspended jail terms to three Google executives, convicting them of violating the privacy of an autistic Italian boy by letting a video of him being bullied be posted on the site in 2006.” (Source: Library Stuff) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:00:57 +0100 825303 http://www.librarystuff.net/2010/03/10/google-china-censorship-talks-to-yield-results-%e2%80%98soon/ Bloomberg – “Google Inc., in talks with China after saying it will stop censoring Internet search results there, said the discussions will yield results soon. “We decided not to publicize our dealings with China,” Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt said today at a media conference in Abu Dhabi. “We’re in active talks with the Chinese government and we have no specific timetable, but something will happen soon.” More here (Source: Library Stuff) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:00:45 +0100 825305 http://www.librarystuff.net/2010/03/10/microsoft-rolls-out-new-msn-site-design/ AP – “The software maker is saying goodbye to MSN.com’s blue background and its blocks of text links. Instead, starting Tuesday, the site is sporting more white space and fewer categories. Microsoft Corp. hopes to get more Web surfers using its Bing search engine. Microsoft lags behind Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. in search share despite efforts to turn the money-losing online business around.” (Source: Library Stuff) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:30:39 +0100 825309 http://www.librarystuff.net/2010/03/10/google-adds-bike-lane-with-latest-mapping-feature/ AP – “Google Inc. is adding a bike lane with its latest online mapping option. The new bicycling directions available on Google Maps starting Wednesday supplement the guidance already provided to motorists and pedestrians. The biking directions initially will be available only for the United States.” (Source: Library Stuff) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:00:22 +0100 825311 http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=New_from_Google_Labs_An_Experimental_Data_Visualization_Tool_for_Public_Data New from Google Labs: An Experimental Data Visualization Tool for Public DataSomething neat via The Resourceshelf.... ?The Google Public Data E (Source: pligg - all) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:09 +0100 825145 http://collectingmythoughts.blogspot.com/2010/03/addon-script.html The addthis widget: Anyone else having a problem with the "Share" widget? This blog's been loading slowly and slowly wiggling and shaking the last two days. I reset the PC for March 8 and that didn't help. I took off two recent posts. Didn't help. It appeared to be the "share" widget I added at least 2 weeks ago. So I've removed it. We'll see. . . Now it looks like the Share button in the Google bar is hesitating, too. I think someone outside this office screwed up. (Source: Collecting my Thoughts) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 825195 http://outofthejungle.blogspot.com/2010/03/boston-public-library-branch-closings.html The Boston Globe's Andrew Ryan reports on a passionate and raucous meeting at the central Boston Public Library. Nearly 400 people packed a lecture hall in the beautiful Copley branch. When City Council President Michael Ross stepped to the microphone at one point, the crowd roared, and people shouted: "The public goes first!" and "Let the people speak!" And speak they did! The city council, Mayor Menino and the Trustees of the Public Library got quite an earful from the people of Boston. Sell a page from the 556-year-old Gutenberg Bible, one woman suggested. Charge a modest fee for library cards, said another, waving a $10 bill.One man said that he was a prison librarian while serving time in Walpole and that closing any library branches would be far worse than any of his crimes.“I may have robbed a bank, but I have never burned a book,’’ said the man, John McGrath. “And that’s what you do when you close a library branch, because they are never going to reopen.’’ (snip)“It’s outrageous that it has come to this,’’ said Yann Poisson of Dorchester. “Only a fifth-term mayor could dismiss libraries as a 21st-century anachronism, something that can be replaced by Yahoo or Google.’’The library’s president, Amy E. Ryan, outlined a broad range of criteria that will be used to target branches for potential closing, including computer usage, handicapped accessibility, proximity to other branches, and the story behind each location. No decisions have been made.The library lacks a sufficient number of computers, Ryan said, and it cannot adequately staff some of its most basic programs, such as story hours.“We have to ensure that if it says Boston Public Library over the door that we have to commit resources for families, kids, and adults,’’ Ryan said.Some at the meeting, though, accused Mayor Thomas M. Menino of trying to divide the city and pit neighborhood against neighborhood. ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 825179 http://lisnews.org/how_do_researchers_use_online_journals How do researchers use online journals? In the paper, the use of Oxford Journals by 10 major UK research institutions was analyzed in the fields of life sciences, economics and history, using the server logs for the full year 2007. Some of the key findings of the study include: One third of users access Oxford Journals outside business hours. Around 40% of sessions originated from a Google Search... (Source: LISNews.org) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:45:30 +0100 825099 http://lisnews.org/new_google_labs_experimental_data_visualization_tool_public_data New from Google Labs: An Experimental Data Visualization Tool for Public Data Something neat via The Resourceshelf.... ?The Google Public Data Explorer makes large datasets easy to explore, visualize and communicate. As the charts and maps animate over time, the changes in the world become easier to understand. You don't have to be a data expert to navigate between different views, make your own comparisons, and share your findings. (Source: LISNews.org) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:43:50 +0100 825100 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/09/resourceshelf-roundup-of-google-items/ 1) Google’s Computing Power Refines Translation Tool (via NY Times) 2) Google Buzz Could Have Dominated Location. (And Snuck Up On Facebook And Twitter (TechCrunch via WPost) 3) EPIC Google Buzz Complaint Raises “A Number of Privacy Concerns” for the FTC (via EPIC) 4) EU Privacy Push May Drive Google To Stop Updating Street View In Europe (via Search Engine Land) 5) Why Google keeps your data forever, tracks you with ads (via Ars Technica) 6) How Google became the indispensable frenemy (via Sydney Morning Herald) (Source: ResourceShelf) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:08:12 +0100 824985 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/a-informacao/~3/qLWeLq3YWOw/inquerito-revela-pros-e-contras-da.html A maioria dos especialistas acredita que faz o ser humano mais inteligente. A Internet está a fazer-nos mais inteligentes. Este é um dos resultados do mais recente inquérito do Pew Research Center. Pelo quarto ano consecutivo, a Pew Internet & American Life Project e a Elon University's Imagining the Internet Center levam a cabo o estudo «Future of the Internet», no qual pretendem lançar luzes de como a tecnologia irá afectar o ser humano nos próximos dez anos. O inquérito foi realizado através de cinco perguntas a 900 especialistas na área, entre eles, professores universitários e responsáveis por empresas tecnológicas.   Esta ‘sessão’ do estudo foi a mais provocadora das quatro. Duas das perguntas debruçavam-se sobre a possibilidade da Internet estar a modificar o intelecto humano. Questionava-se também se as inovações tecnológicas continuariam a surpreender a humanidade. As duas últimas tinham um carácter mais social, a saber: se continuaria a existir o princípio de «neutralidade da rede» e se daqui a dez anos seria ainda possível ser-se «anónimo» na Internet.As conclusões parecem ser animadoras. Dos 900 especialistas, 76 por cento acredita que a Internet está a tornar o ser humano mais inteligente. Isto vem contradizer um artigo publicado em 2008 na revista «The Atlantic», intitulado «Is Google Making Us Stupid?» (Estará o Google a tornar-nos estúpidos?), de Nicholas Carr. Ali, um grupo de neurologistas e psicólogos defendia que o fácil acesso a dados e a própria forma de navegar na Internet limitava a nossa capacidade de concentração. Artigo da «The Atlantic» dizia que Internet diminiu profundidade de pensamento Neste estudo, a maior parte dos especialistas acredita que a Internet potencia das habilidades mentais. Apenas 21 por cento considera que o seu impacto será negativo. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:18:00 +0100 824978 http://www.librarystuff.net/2010/03/09/tough-road-for-googles-network/ WSJ – “Plan to Build High-Speed Internet Faces Infrastructure Hurdles, Lack of Content” (Source: Library Stuff) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:00:21 +0100 824956 http://www.librarystuff.net/2010/03/09/woo-hoo-popular-science-archive-free-online-for-the-win/ Research Buzz – “I read an article in Wired last week that made me very happy: Popular Science is now online as entire archive, and it’s free! The magazine has teamed up with Google Books to make its archive available.” (Source: Library Stuff) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:00:38 +0100 824958 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/btvt_id0Qjc/google-als-darth-vader-in-cloud.html Zoals Google OS opmerkt kloppen niet alle cijfers die gebruikt worden (gedateerd), maar dat doet niets af aan het feit dat dit filmpje heel knap gemaakt is. Het blijft een lastige vraag: willen we Google nu vertrouwen of niet? Ik laat het nog steeds in het midden. Het voert me wel te ver om Google te bestempelen als 'het Kwaad'. Nu we het toch over het Kwaad hebben: Infocaris plaatste gisteren een mooie animatie over dat onderwerp. Check. @ (Source: Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:59:00 +0100 824984 http://enmarchaconlastic.educarex.es/2010/03/09/gmail-el-correo-electronico-20/ Retomamos la publicación de una serie de artículos escritos por Juan Manuel García Molina, Coordinador TIC del IES “Bembézar” de Azuaga, sobre los principales servicios web que ofrece Google y que pueden ser de utilidad en un centro educativo. Todo sobre el correo electrónico de Google, cómo buscar eficazmente, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Sites, Google Apps y Blogger. Esta semana comenzamos con Gmail: el correo electrónico de Google, que puedes descargarte haciendo click aquí. Compártelo! (Source: En Marcha con las TIC) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:29:35 +0100 824835 http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/023699.html New York Times: "Google Translate service handles 52 languages, more than any similar system, and people use it hundreds of... (Source: beSpacific) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824922 http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2010/03/finding-dead-websites.html There's is an interesting resource that I found when I was digging around trying to answer a question for my CILIP update column. 'Is it possible to prove exactly what was on a particular webpage at any moment in time?' I found FreezePage which does exactly that. You can type in a web address, add your name, and save it to a folder. The resource will then provide you with a URL of the frozen page, with a date and time that you can refer other people to. It worked reasonably well - I tried it with one of my pages, but it didn't store the menu bar, some of the images, the Google adverts or the social media bar - most of that stuff (but not all) does come from 3rd party sites, but it's still a bit of disadvantage.Of course, if you don't like that, there's always the Wayback Machine, which stores sites/pages that it chooses to, on its own time scale, but while you can't take snapshots, you do stand a fair chance of finding older pages. Alternatively, you can try the UK Web Archive, which has been going since 2004 and has a specific UK bias. If that's not helping - try the cache of a search engine. Many search engines will provide you with access to the most recent cached version of a web page that they've got in their database. In Google simply type cache:URL to view a specific page if you want speedy access. (Source: Phil Bradley) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824919 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Digitization101/~3/WgyFr1FuX_s/blue-ribbon-task-force-report.html Below is a press release that I received via email. The idea of preserving our digital knowledge is something we all know and something that many of us ignore. The fact is that our reliance on digital information means that our knowledge could be lost very quickly, if saving it is not made a priority.Blue Ribbon Task Force Report: Preserving Our Digital Knowledge Base Must be a Public Priority Dollars Won't Do It Alone: Deluge of Digital Data Needs Economically Sustainable Plans Addressing one of the most urgent societal challenges of the Information Age - ensuring that valued digital information will be accessible not just today, but in the future - requires solutions that are at least as much economic and social as technical, according to a new report by a Blue Ribbon Task Force.The Final Report from the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access, called "Sustainable Economics for a Digital Planet: Ensuring Long-term Access to Digital Information", is the result of a two-year effort focusing on  the critical economic challenges of  preserving an ever-increasing amount of information in a world gone digital. The full report is available online at http://brtf.sdsc.edu/biblio/BRTF_Final_Report.pdf ."The Data Deluge is here.  Ensuring that our most valuable information is available both today and tomorrow is not just a matter of finding sufficient funds," said Fran Berman, vice president for research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and co-chair of the Task Force. "It's about creating a "data economy" in which those who care, those who will pay, and those who preserve are working in coordination."The challenge in preserving valuable digital information - consisting of text, video, images, music, sensor data, etc. generated throughout all areas of our society - is real and growing at an exponential pace. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824895 http://hurstassociates.blogspot.com/2010/03/blue-ribbon-task-force-report.html Below is a press release that I received via email. The idea of preserving our digital knowledge is something we all know and something that many of us ignore. The fact is that our reliance on digital information means that our knowledge could be lost very quickly, if saving it is not made a priority.Blue Ribbon Task Force Report: Preserving Our Digital Knowledge Base Must be a Public Priority Dollars Won't Do It Alone: Deluge of Digital Data Needs Economically Sustainable Plans Addressing one of the most urgent societal challenges of the Information Age - ensuring that valued digital information will be accessible not just today, but in the future - requires solutions that are at least as much economic and social as technical, according to a new report by a Blue Ribbon Task Force.The Final Report from the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access, called "Sustainable Economics for a Digital Planet: Ensuring Long-term Access to Digital Information", is the result of a two-year effort focusing on  the critical economic challenges of  preserving an ever-increasing amount of information in a world gone digital. The full report is available online at http://brtf.sdsc.edu/biblio/BRTF_Final_Report.pdf ."The Data Deluge is here.  Ensuring that our most valuable information is available both today and tomorrow is not just a matter of finding sufficient funds," said Fran Berman, vice president for research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and co-chair of the Task Force. "It's about creating a "data economy" in which those who care, those who will pay, and those who preserve are working in coordination."The challenge in preserving valuable digital information - consisting of text, video, images, music, sensor data, etc. generated throughout all areas of our society - is real and growing at an exponential pace. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824845 http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/03/08/user-intentions/ John Battelle posted this Database of Intentions Chart: The Purchase (Amazon, eBay, Walmart) What I buy. The Query (Google, Yahoo!, Bing) What I want. The Social Graph (Facebook, MySpace, Google) Who I am. Who I know. The Status Update (Twitter, Facebook, Google) What I’m doing. What’s happening. The Check In (Foursquare, Yelp, Gowalla) Where I am. It’s all about sharing. Check out the post for a prettier graphic. I’d be interested in seeing such a chart for library websites? What are the intentions of users when the approach our sites, landing pages, databases and OPACs? Stephen (Source: Stephen) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:26:11 +0100 824673 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThoughtsAndExperiments/~3/tR7_tiDyRFE/ With the ever increasing push to move things to the cloud, I decided to take advantage of this workshop at the NERCOMP pre conference session.  The major focus is on the Amazon services for file storage and web services. My main focus in this is to try and crystalize where I view it appropriate to use cloud resources and when it is important to use oncampus resources on projects. Products focused on in this session - Amazon Web Services (aws) Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) Google Apps Rackspace A quick checklist for when it makes sense to use cloud duration of the project Type of services needed Amount of data used IDEA – Use S3 to deal with the file storage problems of Sports Marketing and Information.   An addon to speed things up (and I possibly useability) is Cloud Front (CDN).  There is additional fees Tagged: @mrichwalsky, NERCOMP 2010 (Source: Thoughts and Experiments) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:44:04 +0100 824637 http://dallnet.blogspot.com/2010/03/popular-science-archive.html Popular Science is partnering with Google to make their entire 137 year history available for free browsing. See more details in their announcement. (Source: Lex Scripta) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824697 http://outofthejungle.blogspot.com/2010/03/nicholas-carr-is-google-making-us.html In 2008, Nicholas Carr wrote a very provocative article in the July/August issue of the Atlantic Monthly, Is Google Making Us Stupid?. While he loves the wonderful access the Internet gives him as a writer to all kinds of information, Carr has noticed that it seems to have changed how he reads the materials he gets online: For me, as for others, the Net is becoming a universal medium, the conduit for most of the information that flows through my eyes and ears and into my mind. The advantages of having immediate access to such an incredibly rich store of information are many, and they’ve been widely described and duly applauded. “The perfect recall of silicon memory,” Wired’s Clive Thompson has written, “can be an enormous boon to thinking.” But that boon comes at a price. As the media theorist Marshall McLuhan pointed out in the 1960s, media are not just passive channels of information. They supply the stuff of thought, but they also shape the process of thought. And what the Net seems to be doing is chipping away my capacity for concentration and contemplation. My mind now expects to take in information the way the Net distributes it: in a swiftly moving stream of particles. Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski. That is the basic premise of the article. That the huge sea of information that is the Internet seems to somehow subvert HOW we read, from deep, meditative reading to a kind of skimming. And Carr does not just rely on his own and others' anecdotal evidence. He presents some impressive experimental data. And we still await the long-term neurological and psychological experiments that will provide a definitive picture of how Internet use affects cognition. But a recently published study of online research habits , conducted by scholars from University College London, suggests that we may well be in the midst of a sea change in the way we read and think. ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824664 http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2010/03/bing-vs-google-vs-yahoo.html Mixxr. Usual idea - whack in a search term, see what each engine comes up with. Each engine result is framed in its own window, leading to scrolling hell. The list of 'last searches' isn't filtered either, so it might not be the kind of thing you want to make available in your library or school. However, if you want to do a quick search with a couple of engines, this would do it ok(ish) for you. (Source: Phil Bradley) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824559 http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2010/03/sortfix-for-easy-searching.html I've mentioned SortFix before, but I had an email suggesting that I take another look at it. It's a really simple engine, and one that will appeal to children. Basically it's a multisearch engine that takes content from Google, Bing and Twitter. However, the way in which it works is what is interesting. Simply type in a search (I started with civil war statistics) and SortFix then pulls results from each search engine which it makes available in a tabbed window. It also pops up boxes under the search area called 'Power words', 'Add to search', 'Remove' and 'Dictionary'. These are then populated for you, and you simply click and drag to the appropriate box as needed. This is what it looks like: Dragging and dropping then changes the search that's being run for you. It's a very simple, but effective concept. Perfect to get children to think about how to construct better searches. (Source: Phil Bradley) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824558 http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2010/03/beemp3com---mp3-search.html If you're trying to locate .mp3 files and having difficulty (and as was pointed out to me the other day, why doesn't Google have that as a file format option?) you might want to try Beemp3 which is a music search engine for locating an mp3-audio files over the Internet. They don't host any files - their crawler searches through the Net and indexes all the brand new and popular songs for you. Today they have 800 000 mp3 files in their search database and approximately 10 000 files are added daily.  Is it legal? Probably not, but I just bring you this stuff. (Source: Phil Bradley) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824557 http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/002063.html In preparing some recent presentations I have been talking about three primary ways of experiencing the web which emerged successively and continue to work together. Here I will call them the site-web, the search-web, and the context-web (alternatives might be site-centric, network-centric, and user-centric). Site-web. Our early experience of the web tended to focus on individual websites. Enumeration of websites was common, in lists, directories and guides. Search-web. Attention soon shifted to the network of websites as a while and search quickly emerged as central to our web experience. Google rose to prominence based on the insight - expressed in its pagerank algorithm - that not all websites are equal. Search is now our primary way of finding resources and navigating the web. This was underlined, I think, by the introduction of the single box in the Chrome browser for both url entry and search. A while ago, I was looking for something with my son. He was amused that I was typing in a longish URL - search is how he goes to everything, even where he knows the URL. Context-web. It seems to me that we are now moving to what I call for my purposes here the context-web. Search remains important but is no longer enough. We expect services not only to know about resources on the web, but also to know about us. We are seeing servces contextualised by their knowledge of people using those services and their relationships. Think about how Google is incorporating location- and social-based results in their searches. If I search for cameras, I will be shown mapped results from near Dublin Ohio and I will be shown what people in my 'social circle' are saying about cameras (my 'social circle' is what Google knows about people in my social networks - Twitter and so on). As the recent controversy about Buzz showed, Google knows quite a bit about me through my use of is services (I regularly use Search, Reader and Gmail, and dip into other services). ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:18:03 +0100 824365 http://www.slaw.ca/2010/03/07/implications-of-china-v-google-standoff-to-canada/ As many of our readers surely know, Google has been reassessing whether to continue its operations in China following a series of hacking incidents that allegedly originated from that country. Prof. Ronald Deibert of UofT revealed today that the hackers also attempted to access Google directories, which was not widely reported when the story first broke.  Deibert is one of the experts Google is consulting with on how to respond to the incidents. Despite the The Investigative Powers of the 21st Century Act (IP21C) that was tabled before the prorogue, Deibert claims that cyberspace generally operates in a policy vacuum in Canada. His recent paper with the Canadian International Council, China’s Cyberspace Control Strategy: An Overview and Consideration of Issues for Canadian Policy, states, Like many other countries, Canada depends on economic exchange with China, and is home to a large and growing Chinese diaspora community that can be vocal critics of China’s human rights policies. It is also the home of some of the leading research and development projects on Internet censorship, surveillance and information warfare that, at times, are antagonistically linked to China. He proposes that Canada: (1) Take a leadership position in promoting a global, multilateral agenda around arms control in cyberspace. The present state-based cyber security agenda is almost entirely absent of voices or forums dedicated to creating norms of mutual restraint, confidence building and information sharing. (2) Take a more active interest in the role played by Canadian companies which support China’s vast censorship and surveillance regime. ... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:50:43 +0100 824446 http://bibliotequices.blogspot.com/2010/03/bibliotecaria-secreta-do-google.html Afinal o Google tem uma aliada de peso para a suas pesquisas: uma bibliotecária.O site www.insideyoursearch.com mostra tudo o que se passa do outro lado do monitor quando você faz uma pesquisa. Existem vários cenários de pesquisa e dá para umas boas gargalhadas.Bibliotequices: http://bibliotequices.blogspot.com (Source: Bibliotequices) Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 825011 http://bibliotequices.blogspot.com/2010/03/pesquisa-oculta.html Quando na web se pesquisa por um número de telefone... é isto que "quase" acontece.Está em sueco mas dá para perceber!Ver ainda a versão actualizada: A bibliotecária secreta do Google - http://bibliotequices.blogspot.com/2010/03/bibliotecaria-secreta-do-google.htmlBibliotequices: http://bibliotequices.blogspot.com (Source: Bibliotequices) Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 825010 http://www.llrx.com/features/geolocation.htm Nicole L. Black highlights how our net activities are carefully monitored and meticulously tracked by some of the biggest players, including Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Facebook. Our individual online footprints, from the Web sites we visit, the items we purchase, the people with whom we communicate, to the locations where we access the Internet, are extremely valuable commodities that are increasingly sought after. (Source: LLRX.com) Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:15:25 +0100 824843 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/03/05/gbs-march-madness-paths-forward-for-the-google-books-settlement/ The American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries, and the Association of College and Research Libraries have released "GBS March Madness: Paths Forward for the Google Books Settlement." Here's an excerpt from the press release: This diagram, developed by Jonathan Band, explores the many possible routes and outcomes of the Google Books Settlement, including avenues into the litigation and appeals process. Now that the fairness hearing on the Google Books Settlement has occurred, it is up to Judge Chin to decide whether the amended settlement agreement (ASA), submitted to the Court by Google, the Authors Guild, and the Association of American Publishers, is "fair, reasonable, and adequate." As the diagram shows, however, Judge Chin’s decision is only the next step in a very complex legal proceeding that could take a dozen more turns before reaching resolution. Despite the complexity of the diagram, it does not reflect every possible twist in the case, nor does it address the substantive reasons why a certain outcome may occur or the impact of Congressional intervention through legislation. As Band states, "the precise way forward is more difficult to predict than the NCAA tournament. And although the next step in the GBS saga may occur this March, many more NCAA tournaments will come and go before the buzzer sounds on this dispute." Related Posts "The Amended Google Books Settlement is Still Exclusive" "Academic Author Objections to the Google Book Search Settlement" Stanford University Signs Amended Google Book Search Settlement Agreement "The Long and Winding Road to the Google Books Settlement" "Google Book Search and the Future of Books in Cyberspace" (Source: DigitalKoans) Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824484 http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/023678.html Popular Science: "We've partnered with Google to offer our entire 137-year archive for free browsing. Each issue appears just as... (Source: beSpacific) Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824139 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2010/03/05/march-5th-stream.html new post: March 3rd Stream http://bit.ly/beOmXm [shifted] new post: March 3rd Stream http://bit.ly/dtFb5R [shifted] Watched Burn Notice — s3 | e15 — Good Intentions. Posted librarycourtney: More ALA service? Why not!. Posted Jenica: I wish organizations would stop saying they’re “going green” with the quotes included. Makes it sound incredibly insincere.. Posted Jason Griffey: Oh, ALA. I love you, but for serious…a downloadable Program in a format that I have to INSTALL SOFTWARE TO READ?!? KTHXBAI.. Posted emdigangi: Looking at the Annual Conference Preliminary on Nxtbook. Kinda cool. #ALA10. hellllooooo, #akla10 participants! hope to see you tonight for some gaming. lobby-ish after the dessert reception. fun & laughter guaranteed [shifted] “is there a tipping point where too much information becomes a bad thing? the answer to that is no.” — daniel russell, google #akla10 [shifted] new TSL post: The Mind of the Researcher — Daniel Russell (#akla10) http://bit.ly/aBlDtx [shifted] hey #akla10 participants– Wendy has games in the Adventure room. come play as part of her preso. it’ll be the funnest session you attend [shifted] new post: The Mind of the Researcher — Daniel Russell (akla10) http://bit.ly/bL4bo3 [shifted] Share: No tags for this post. (Source: The Shifted Librarian) Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:57:00 +0100 823911 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/03/05/highwire-press-2009-librarian-ebook-survey/ HighWire Press has released HighWire Press 2009 Librarian eBook Survey. Here's an excerpt from the press release: The survey was conducted as part of HighWire's ongoing exploration of the fast-growing scholarly ebook market. The results and accompanying analysis draw together the input of 138 librarians from 13 countries. The responses underscore the significant growth librarians expect in ebook acquisitions and point to their current preferences and possible trends in this evolving area. The survey data was analyzed by Michael Newman, Stanford University’s Head Biology Librarian, and the report presents his perspective on what his librarian colleagues had to say about ebooks. The report espouses some familiar and consistent themes: Simplicity and ease of use seem more important than sophisticated end-user features. Users tend to discover ebooks through both the library catalog and search engines. While users prefer PDFs, format preference will likely change as technology changes. DRM seems to hinder ebook use for library patrons; ability to print is essential. The most popular business model for librarians is purchase with perpetual access. Related Posts "GBS March Madness: Paths Forward for the Google Books Settlement" Google Book Search Settlement Hearing Transcript "Academic Author Objections to the Google Book Search Settlement" Stanford University Signs Amended Google Book Search Settlement Agreement "Google Book Search and the Future of Books in Cyberspace" (Source: DigitalKoans) Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:05:40 +0100 823991 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/G1iJ4VEMtV8/ HighWire Press has released HighWire Press 2009 Librarian eBook Survey. Here's an excerpt from the press release: The survey was conducted as part of HighWire's ongoing exploration of the fast-growing scholarly ebook market. The results and accompanying analysis draw together the input of 138 librarians from 13 countries. The responses underscore the significant growth librarians expect in ebook acquisitions and point to their current preferences and possible trends in this evolving area. The survey data was analyzed by Michael Newman, Stanford University’s Head Biology Librarian, and the report presents his perspective on what his librarian colleagues had to say about ebooks. The report espouses some familiar and consistent themes: Simplicity and ease of use seem more important than sophisticated end-user features. Users tend to discover ebooks through both the library catalog and search engines. While users prefer PDFs, format preference will likely change as technology changes. DRM seems to hinder ebook use for library patrons; ability to print is essential. The most popular business model for librarians is purchase with perpetual access. Related Posts "Internet Archive Dishes up BookServer as Digital Books Market Heats Up" Stanford University Preparing Proposal for Text Mining Center Providing Access to 30 Million Digitized Books Plus Highwire Journals Barnes & Noble's eBookstore Offers over 700,000 E-Book Titles Open Publication Distribution System Draft Released Sony’s eBook Store to Offer Over a Half-Million Public Domain Books from Google (Source: DigitalKoans) Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:05:36 +0100 824226 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/03/05/gbs-march-madness-paths-forward-for-the-google-books-settlement/ The American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries, and the Association of College and Research Libraries have released "GBS March Madness: Paths Forward for the Google Books Settlement." Here's an excerpt from the press release: This diagram, developed by Jonathan Band, explores the many possible routes and outcomes of the Google Books Settlement, including avenues into the litigation and appeals process. Now that the fairness hearing on the Google Books Settlement has occurred, it is up to Judge Chin to decide whether the amended settlement agreement (ASA), submitted to the Court by Google, the Authors Guild, and the Association of American Publishers, is "fair, reasonable, and adequate." As the diagram shows, however, Judge Chin’s decision is only the next step in a very complex legal proceeding that could take a dozen more turns before reaching resolution. Despite the complexity of the diagram, it does not reflect every possible twist in the case, nor does it address the substantive reasons why a certain outcome may occur or the impact of Congressional intervention through legislation. As Band states, "the precise way forward is more difficult to predict than the NCAA tournament. And although the next step in the GBS saga may occur this March, many more NCAA tournaments will come and go before the buzzer sounds on this dispute." Related Posts "The Amended Google Books Settlement is Still Exclusive" "Academic Author Objections to the Google Book Search Settlement" Stanford University Signs Amended Google Book Search Settlement Agreement "The Long and Winding Road to the Google Books Settlement" "Google Book Search and the Future of Books in Cyberspace" (Source: DigitalKoans) Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:03:58 +0100 823993 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/X9rWOMIh1Ec/ The American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries, and the Association of College and Research Libraries have released "GBS March Madness: Paths Forward for the Google Books Settlement." Here's an excerpt from the press release: This diagram, developed by Jonathan Band, explores the many possible routes and outcomes of the Google Books Settlement, including avenues into the litigation and appeals process. Now that the fairness hearing on the Google Books Settlement has occurred, it is up to Judge Chin to decide whether the amended settlement agreement (ASA), submitted to the Court by Google, the Authors Guild, and the Association of American Publishers, is "fair, reasonable, and adequate." As the diagram shows, however, Judge Chin’s decision is only the next step in a very complex legal proceeding that could take a dozen more turns before reaching resolution. Despite the complexity of the diagram, it does not reflect every possible twist in the case, nor does it address the substantive reasons why a certain outcome may occur or the impact of Congressional intervention through legislation. As Band states, "the precise way forward is more difficult to predict than the NCAA tournament. And although the next step in the GBS saga may occur this March, many more NCAA tournaments will come and go before the buzzer sounds on this dispute." Related Posts "The Long and Winding Road to the Google Books Settlement" Digital Video: The Google Books Settlement: Issues and Options The Google Books Settlement: Who Is Filing And What Are They Saying? Google Book Settlement Fairness Hearing Postponed "Antitrust and the Google Books Settlement: The Problem of Simultaneity" (Source: DigitalKoans) Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:03:06 +0100 824228 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/seealso/~3/LRozMNM0FUc/can_i_just_say_a_whole_bunch.html Room 31 of the Main Stacks Originally uploaded by Klara Kim About a month ago, I had a fight with my friend and co-worker, Jessy (that would be Library Shenanigans and the History and Future of the Book Jessy). It was a rather polite, librarianly fight over the importance of academic library collection size. At our small private liberal arts college library, when we give tours someone inevitably asks how many books we have. In the last seven years that I have worked at the library, our usual answer was “about five hundred thousand.” At a meeting last month, one of Jessy’s and my colleagues said that she’d done a little investigating in the catalog, and the number she came up with was closer to eight hundred thousand. She didn’t have all the information in front of her, though, so it was hard for her to answer our questions. 800K what? Item records? Non-serials item records? Did that include electronic books? Websites in the catalog? It wasn’t entirely clear. I was in a bit of a Mood that morning, so I came out with something like “we should just say ‘a lot’ and refuse to answer that question. I feel like I could say ‘fifty thousand’ or ‘five million’ and get the same reaction from most people. If it has the books you want, a tiny collection is fine. If it doesn’t have the books you want, an enormous collection is inadequate.” Jessy disagreed strongly. She pointed out that if you are researching a literary figure on the edge of the canon, you will be lucky if our library has a single critical biography, while a large research library might have several published over the last fifty years. She made the case that while sharing and ILL is great, even greater is being able to go to the stacks in your own library to get the books that you need. ... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:58:12 +0100 825168 http://www.librarystuff.net/2010/03/05/google-dangles-ultrafast-broadband-and-cities-leap/ AP – “Wearing just a T-shirt and shorts, Mayor Don Ness strolled to the end of a dock jutting into frigid Lake Superior. He grinned, waved his arms to a cheering crowd, and jumped in. “I’ve laid down the gauntlet!” Ness cried, shivering and dripping as he emerged from the lake in a video posted on YouTube. “All right, you other mayors! You want Google Fiber, you jump in Lake Superior!” (Source: Library Stuff) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:50:58 +0100 823864 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/05/how-librarians-can-save-the-world/ It’s NPR.org this time with a review of Marilyn Johnson’s book, This Book Is Overdue. We don’t think we’ve ever seen a book about librarians and libraries get this kind of mainstream press attention. Heller McAlplin Writes on NPR.org: If librarians are finders, archivists are keepers. Johnson addresses questions of what’s worth saving — she seems to feel that everything is — and, as crucial, how to avoid “the looming nightmare of lost digital data.” Do we really need librarians when we can just do a Google search ourselves? Oh yes, Johnson writes, citing multiple examples of librarians who “could wring things out of Google” that ordinary mortals can’t begin to find. Her book offers a compelling case that even — or especially — in these tough times, librarians are “invaluable and indispensable” and “a terrible thing to waste.” An overdue tribute, indeed. This review also contains an excerpt from the book. It’s about two librarians in Deadwood, South Dakota. Source: NPR Instead of repeating what we’ve already said about the book on ResourceShelf along with an interview with Marilyn Johnson, here are links to other posts. You’ll find them here, here, and here (interview). (Source: ResourceShelf) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:01:40 +0100 823885 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/7toTuc99knk/de-verslavende-aanbevelingen-van.html Zoeken met Google wordt steeds persoonlijker. The Register meldde eerder deze week dat maar liefst 20 % van onze zoekacties worden beïnvloed door onze zoekgeschiedenis, onze online contacten en onze locaties. De verschillen per land of continent zijn in die cijfers niet eens meegerekend. Zouden mensen hier nu eigenlijk wel op zitten te wachten, vraag ik me af. Natuurlijk is het handig als je nuttige zoekresultaten niet iedere keer opnieuw hoeft op te snorren maar dan voldoen die nieuwe sterretjes van de zoekmachine toch ook prima? Ik vind het zelf helemaal niet zo'n prettig idee dat ik regelmatig heel andere pagina's met zoekresultaten in beeld krijg dan andere mensen. Je inzicht in de werking van zoekmachines neemt daar namelijk door af. En dan nog: mensen zijn juist dol op de de meningen en zoekresultaten van anderen. Dat gegeven zorgde er voor dat de aanbevelingen van sites als Amazon en Digg zo snel populair werden. In dat kader heb ik me eens in GetGlue verdiept, een aanbevelingswebsite voor vrijwel alles wat je kunt bedenken. Van boeken tot films, van muziek tot beroemde personen. Je kunt stemmen binnen de website maar er is ook een extensie voor de browser beschikbaar, die een beetje doet denken aan Google Sidewiki en die het mogelijk maakt om items binnen sites als Wikipedia en Amazon ter plekke van een beoordeling te voorzien. GetGlue is verslavend. RWW noemde het zelfs a nerd's dream come true. Naarmate je meer beoordelingen geeft krijg je meer suggesties. Daar komt geen eind aan. Het systeem maakt dat je blijft klikken maar doet je ook weer even stilstaan bij het feit dat er ontzettend veel dingen in het leven zijn die je leuk vindt (de keerzijde van die medaille is natuurlijk dat je ook weer precies weet wat je niet leuk vindt). GetGlue is in ieder geval leuker dan de nieuwe aanbevelingsmachine van Library Thing. Die kan ook nog wel een keer van pas komen weliswaar, maar is gewoon een stuk saaier. ... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:25:00 +0100 823880 http://www.librarystuff.net/2010/03/05/eu-urged-to-level-playing-field-for-web-browsers/ Reuters – ” first sight, Microsoft’s browser Choice Screen (www.browserchoice.eu) shows its own Internet Explorer, Mozilla’s Firefox, Apple Inc’s Safari and Google Inc’s Chrome. It is not immediately obvious that the remaining choices are available by scrolling to the right of the Web page.” (Source: Library Stuff) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:32:54 +0100 823865 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ouseful/~3/hFaL771BMtc/ A comment to Updating Google Calendars from a Google Spreadsheet, where I showed how to get events described in a Google spreadsheet into a Google Calendar wondered if the other way around is possible? … It would be great for logging hours for projects or declaring working hours ;-) Yes:-) Twenty seconds ago, this spreadsheet was empty: A quick run of a script and I populated it from my default calendar using Google Apps script. Once again, all I did was peek through the docs and pull out the fragments I needed: Here’s the script: function caltest3(){ //http://www.google.com/google-d-s/scripts/class_calendar.html#getEvents // The code below will retrieve events between 2 dates for the user's default calendar and // display the events the current spreadsheet var cal = CalendarApp.getDefaultCalendar(); var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet(); var events = cal.getEvents(new Date("March 8, 2010"), new Date("March 14, 2010")); for (var i=0;i<events.length;i++) { //http://www.google.com/google-d-s/scripts/class_calendarevent.html var details=[[events[i].getTitle(), events[i].getDescription(), events[i].getStartTime(), events[i].getEndTime()]]; var row=i+1; var range=sheet.getRange(row,1,1,4); range.setValues(details); } } So now not only can we use a spreadsheet as a database we can also use a calendar in a similar way, and if necessary, link them all together? (Source: OUseful Info) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:47:36 +0100 824198 http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/023674.html Follow up to previous postings on Google Book Search: "Now that the fairness hearing on the Google Books Settlement has... (Source: beSpacific) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 823847 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JohnBattellesSearchblog/~3/oh7_uytFCXg/005142.php Way back in November of 2003, when I was a much younger man and the world had yet to fall head over heels in love with Google, I wrote a post called The Database of Intentions. It was an attempt to explain a one-off reference in an earlier post - but not much earlier, as the "DBoI" post, as I call it, was just the sixty-third post of my then-early blogging career. (This is the 5,142nd, by comparison...) I had, in fact, been ruminating on this concept for over a year, driven by an Holy Sh*t moment in late 2001 when Google introduced its first ever Zeitgeist round up of trending search terms. Scanning the lists of rising and declining terms, I realized that Google - not to mention every other search engine, ISP, and most likely every government - had in their grasp a datastream that, were they to just pay attention, could quite possibly be the most potent signal of human intentions in the history of the world. Zeitgeist, it struck me, was proof that Google was indeed paying attention. I went on to write The Search, and Google went on to become, well, Google. My study of Google also led me to start Web 2, with Tim O'Reilly, and Federated Media, which I positioned as a media company that leveraged the impact of The Database of Intentions. But over the past few years, as I've labored in the fields of digital media and marketing - mostly through my work at FM - I've come to revise my concept of what The Database of Intentions truly is. In my initial description, I limited the concept to web search and web search alone: The Database of Intentions is simply this: The aggregate results of every search ever entered, every result list ever tendered, and every path taken as a result. At the time, that certainly seemed like a big enough idea. No such artifact had ever existed, and its implications were massive. ... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 823815 http://outofthejungle.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-madness-decision-tree-for-google.html Wow! That's all I can say about the loving job somebody did on this amazing decision tree, or flow chart, depicting the possible futures for the Google Book Project. It's beautifully done from the LibraryCopyrightAlliance.org, and you need to enlarge it when you go there, so you can read all the various possibilities. But it's real, and it's very well done, from the Fairness Hearing onward, there are the possible outcomes rippling outward. (Source: Out of the Jungle) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 823698 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/03/04/unintended-consequences-12-years-under-the-dmca/ The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released Unintended Consequences: 12 Years Under the DMCA. Here's an excerpt from the announcement: EFF today released Unintended Consequences: 12 Years Under the DMCA. This is the sixth update to the report, which aims to catalog all the reported instances where the DMCA's ban on tampering with DRM have been abused to stymie fair use, free speech, and competition, rather than to attack "piracy." Congress enacted the DMCA's ban on bypassing DRM at the urging of entertainment industry lobbyists who argued that DRM backed by law would quell digital copyright infringement. Of course, 12 years later, that exactly hasn't worked out. Nor is it likely to ever work out. But lots of industries have recognized that these provisions of the DMCA are good for other things—like impeding scientific research and legitimate competition. The Unintended Consequences report collects these stories, including oldies like Lexmark's effort to block toner cartridge refilling and new cases like the lawsuit against RealDVD. Other new additions to the report include Apple's use of the DMCA to lock iPhone owners to Apple's own App Store for software, Apple's DMCA threats against Bluwiki for hosting discussions about iPod interoperability, and Texas Instruments' use of the DMCA to threaten calculator hobbyists trying to write their own operating systems. Related Posts Google Book Search Settlement Hearing Transcript "Academic Author Objections to the Google Book Search Settlement" "The Long and Winding Road to the Google Books Settlement" Lessig: "For the Love of Culture: Google, Copyright, and Our Future" "Google Book Search and the Future of Books in Cyberspace" (Source: DigitalKoans) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:03:40 +0100 823998 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/Nipa8yWvzQY/ The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released Unintended Consequences: 12 Years Under the DMCA. Here's an excerpt from the announcement: EFF today released Unintended Consequences: 12 Years Under the DMCA. This is the sixth update to the report, which aims to catalog all the reported instances where the DMCA's ban on tampering with DRM have been abused to stymie fair use, free speech, and competition, rather than to attack "piracy." Congress enacted the DMCA's ban on bypassing DRM at the urging of entertainment industry lobbyists who argued that DRM backed by law would quell digital copyright infringement. Of course, 12 years later, that exactly hasn't worked out. Nor is it likely to ever work out. But lots of industries have recognized that these provisions of the DMCA are good for other things—like impeding scientific research and legitimate competition. The Unintended Consequences report collects these stories, including oldies like Lexmark's effort to block toner cartridge refilling and new cases like the lawsuit against RealDVD. Other new additions to the report include Apple's use of the DMCA to lock iPhone owners to Apple's own App Store for software, Apple's DMCA threats against Bluwiki for hosting discussions about iPod interoperability, and Texas Instruments' use of the DMCA to threaten calculator hobbyists trying to write their own operating systems. Related Posts "Looking for Fair Use in the DMCA's Safety Dance" Jonathan Band’s Testimony on the DMCA Film Clip Compilation Exemption Library of Congress Releases Audio Files of Washington DMCA Exemption Hearings “The Google Book Search Settlement: Ends, Means, and the Future of Books” (Source: DigitalKoans) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:03:24 +0100 824233 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/walkingpaper/full/~3/E9hiClTa5JU/2608 137 years of archives now available via Google Books. Majorly distracted over here. (Source: walking paper) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:05:31 +0100 823902 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/04/new-free-online-archives-containing-137-years-of-popular-science-magazine/ The entire archives (137 years) of Popular Science is now accessible, searchable, and free via the PopSci web site. Here’s the official announcement. You’ll see that the technology and scanning comes with the assistance of Google. In fact, you’ll notice a Google ad at the bottom of each scanned page. Direct to Popular Science Archive The Pop Science Archives intro page points out that “advanced features and browsing” are in the works because they are needed. For example, to be able to limit your search to a specific year or range of years would be very helpful. Nevertheless, it’s more useful (interesting, too!) and free content available to all. Direct to Popular Science Archive Source: CrunchGear, Twitter, PopSci (Source: ResourceShelf) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:02:14 +0100 823502 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ouseful/~3/U5KiCZEURgg/ I got a request today along the lines of: We’re in the process of creating a master calendar of events spreadsheet relevant to [various things]. These [various things] will all then have their own Google calendar so they can be looked at individually, embedded etc and everyone could of course have access to all and view them all via their personal Google calendar, turn different calendars on or off, sync with Outlook etc. etc. X said “wouldn’t it be great if we made the master spreadsheet with Google docs and it could somehow automate and complete the calendars”. Sigh…;-) So – is it possible? I’ve only had a quick play so far with Google Apps script, but yes, it seems to be possible… Take one spreadsheet, liberally sprinkled with event name, description, start and end times, an optional location, and maybe a even a tag or too (not shown): The time related columns I specified as a date type using the “Data Validation…” form from the Tools menu: Now take one Google apps script: function caltest1() { var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet(); var startRow = 2; // First row of data to process var numRows = 2; // Number of rows to process var dataRange = sheet.getRange(startRow, 1, numRows, 5); var data = dataRange.getValues(); var cal = CalendarApp.getDefaultCalendar(); for (i in data) { var row = data[i]; var title = row[0]; // First column var desc = row[1]; // Second column var tstart = row[2]; var tstop = row[3]; var loc = row[4]; //cal.createEvent(title, new Date("March 3, 2010 08:00:00"), new Date("March 3, 2010 09:00:00"), {description:desc,location:loc}); cal. ... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:20:41 +0100 824199 http://www.slaw.ca/2010/03/04/the-future-wasnt-what-we-will-think-it-is/ Oh, all right: I’m only sidling up to the matter of predicting the technology/internet future, a venture that would have foxed even the greatest classical soothsayers, surely. The current augur of the moment is Google Vice President of Global Ad Operations, John Herlihy, who, according to SiliconRepublic.com, told a conference recently that “In three years time, desktops will be irrelevant. In Japan, most research is done today on smart phones, not PCs.” As of 9.30 GMT this morning, this was the top Twitter trending topic in the UK, according to The Independent. (Fortunately or not, it’s since been replaced by #everydayiwakeup.) Far be it from me to doubt the wisdom of a Google exec about such things. Yet, if he means that laptops and netbooks will also be swept aside in favour of thumbing things, I’ll lodge a small demurrer now. Why, we haven’t even had the iPad wave yet. As for me, it’s possible, I suppose, that having learned to think with nine digits instead of with a wrist and a right hand gripping a pen, I could learn to think with the two fat fingers as I search, research, and compose — but I’ll likely decline if it comes to that. At least that’s how I see my small part of the future. You? (Source: Slaw) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:47:21 +0100 824451 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/04/google-book-search-march-madness-paths-forward-for-the-google-books-settlement-diagram/ Just Released. Here’s a well done “info rich” diagram (it’s cool too!) developed by Jonathan Band and released by the Library Copyright Alliance. If the chart sorta/kinda reminds you of NCAA Basketball Tournament brackets, that’s the concept. However, you’ll not find b-ball pairings here but rather some of the potential paths (more are possible) that the Google Book Search case could take going forward. Access the Diagram (PDF) Jonathan Band Writes: [This] chart attempts to diagram some of the possible paths forward. Notwithstanding the complexity of the chart, it does not reflect all the possible permutations. For example, it does not mention stays pending appeals nor whether litigation would proceed as a class action. Moreover, the chart does not address the substantive reasons why a certain outcome may occur, e.g., the basis for Judge Chin accepting or rejecting the settlement. And it doesn’t begin to address the issue of Congressional intervention through legislation. In short, the precise way forward is more difficult to predict than the NCAA tournament. And although the next step in the GBS saga may occur this March, many more NCAA tournaments will come and go before the buzzer sounds on this dispute. Access the Diagram (PDF) The diagram was designed by Tricia Donovan from ARL. Source: Library Copyright Alliance ALA, ARL, and ACRL are Members (Source: ResourceShelf) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:00:09 +0100 823509 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/infoesfera/~3/5h_4f0Ymt1Q/predicciones-para-los-social-media-en.html Interesante informe sobre lo que veremos de los social media en el 2101 a cargo de Marc Cortés y del que destaco los siguientes párrafos:En relación con el empleo y las redes sociales:"Las empresas seguirán sin buscar trabajadores de forma generalizada en las redes sociales. Serán personasconcretas, empleadoras y emprendedoras, las que “encuentren”mediante escucha, conversación y networking a profesionales con perfiles especialmente relacionados con elmundo de internet"En relación a los tradicionales portales web:"Los portales de empleo “clásicos” seguirán aumentando la socialización de sus servicios pero sin definir auténticas estrategias relacionadas con la Web 2.0." "Las empresas tendrán que hablar más de lo que le interesa a la gente y no tanto de sus productos y servicios" "tendrán que conectar con sus clientes a través de aquello que les interesa y pueda captar su atención" "muchas se lanzarán a crear proyectos en los que ofrezcan sus recursos a todos los clientes/usuarios y que sean ellos quienes decidan que desean hacer". "Ya no es tanto “mira que teléfono móvil acabo de lanzar”, sino “ahora vas a poder hablar con tus amigos en tiempo real gracias a esta aplicación que te regalo para que la utilices en tu móvil”. La gente ya no quiere hablar de lo que hacen las marcas, quiere hablar de cómo las marcas les ayudan para que su vida social sea mucho más plena"En cuanto a la administración 2.0:"Las administraciones públicas seguirán sin aprovechar el potencial social de la Red para aumentar la transparencia, escuchar a los ciudadanos y mejorar la calidad de los servicios."Y sobre la implicación de los funcionarios:El limitado desarrollo del socialmedia en lo público se deberá al control político y a las rigideces administrativas, pero también a la poca implicación de las personas: los trabajadores públicos. ... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:11:00 +0100 823367 http://www.labrujulaverde.com/google/google-stars-los-resultados-estan-llenos-de-estrellas/ Google ha anunciado una interesante novedad en sus resultados de búsqueda: la posibilidad de marcar con una estrella aquellos que nos interesen para que salgan arriba de los resultados siempre que repitamos búsquedas similares. Es como tener un Delicious en el buscador, donde no tenemos que preocuparnos siquiera por poner etiquetas y organizar, Google lo hace por nosotros y nos muestra nuestros favoritos si son relevantes a la búsqueda. Los resultados que marquemos se sincronizarán con Google Bookmarks y serán accesibles desde la barra de Google, de modo que siempre podemos recurrir a consultar nuestra lista, organizarla o eliminar items. Stars viene a reemplazar a SearchWiki, que no tuvo demasiado éxito, precisamente porque alteraba el orden de los resultados en las búsquedas. Ahora Stars hace algo parecido pero sin alterar ese orden, lo que es de agradecer. Estará disponible en los próximos dos días para todos los usuarios logueados con una cuenta de Google o Gmail. Si te ha gustado el post puedes votarlo en bitacoras.com para que otros puedan descubrirlo © Guillermo Carvajal para La Brujula Verde, 2010. | Permalink | 1 Comentario | Guardar en Delicious (Source: La brujula verde) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:59:06 +0100 824336 http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Edgar_Public_Library_Edgar_ndash_Libraries-Public__Wisconsin_white_pages Ads by Google Edgar Public Library - 224 s 3rd ave edgar marathon WI Company Name: Edgar Public Library Street Address: 224 S 3rd Ave City: Edgar Zip (Source: pligg - all) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:00:26 +0100 823328 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/03/03/the-amended-google-books-settlement-is-still-exclusive/ James Grimmelmann has self-archived "The Amended Google Books Settlement is Still Exclusive" in SSRN. Here's an excerpt: This brief essay argues that the proposed settlement in the Google Books case, although formally non-exclusive, would have the practical effect of giving Google an exclusive license to a large number of books. The settlement itself does not create mechanisms for Google's competitors to obtain licenses to orphan books and competitors are unlikely to be able to obtain similar settlements of their own. Recent amendments to the settlement do not change this conclusion. Related Posts "GBS March Madness: Paths Forward for the Google Books Settlement" "Academic Author Objections to the Google Book Search Settlement" Department of Justice Files Statement about Amended Google Book Search Settlement Stanford University Signs Amended Google Book Search Settlement Agreement "The Long and Winding Road to the Google Books Settlement" (Source: DigitalKoans) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824485 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JohnBattellesSearchblog/~3/hwoWAETrkoI/005140.php Today in Signal we take a walk down memory lane, of sorts, because sometimes such a journey helps us prepare for what lies in the path ahead.   Early last week I ran into Susan Wojcicki, VP of Product Management for Google. Now, Susan is more than just another Google VP, she's also on Google's operating committee. Oh, and the person in whose garage Google was founded, not to mention Sergey's sister in law. If Google were a family, Susan would be something of a matriarch. Susan had just gotten off stage at the annual IAB conference, and I caught up with her as we were both leaving. We got to talking about all things AdSense, and I mentioned a story I had heard recently - without divulging my source, the story went that some at Google believed AdSense had been rolled out too early, before it was ready for primetime. Now, nothing will provoke the ire of a product person more than a charge such as that, and I'll admit my own ignorance of this fact even as I spoke. Susan disputed my story, and then responded that if Google was too late on anything, it was putting a cookie into AdSense. "We didn't do that until late 2008!" she reminded me - and did so only as part of integrating DoubleClick into the Google Content Network. And the company didn't really commercialize that cookie until March of last year, when it implemented the Ads Preferences Manager, a sets of controls that I noted at the time was industry leading (and I've been a pretty harsh critic in this area, as you may recall.) All this stopped me short. Somehow I missed this story - I just assumed that AdSense dropped a cookie on all of us, and had done so since the service was launched back in 2001. After all, Google has been Keeblering the web for as long as I could remember, as a fair share of critics had already pointed out. I figured AdSense was just integrated into the master Google cookie - one Oreo to rule them all, right? Wrong. ... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 823428 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/03/03/the-amended-google-books-settlement-is-still-exclusive/ James Grimmelmann has self-archived "The Amended Google Books Settlement is Still Exclusive" in SSRN. Here's an excerpt: This brief essay argues that the proposed settlement in the Google Books case, although formally non-exclusive, would have the practical effect of giving Google an exclusive license to a large number of books. The settlement itself does not create mechanisms for Google's competitors to obtain licenses to orphan books and competitors are unlikely to be able to obtain similar settlements of their own. Recent amendments to the settlement do not change this conclusion. Related Posts "GBS March Madness: Paths Forward for the Google Books Settlement" "Academic Author Objections to the Google Book Search Settlement" Department of Justice Files Statement about Amended Google Book Search Settlement Stanford University Signs Amended Google Book Search Settlement Agreement "The Long and Winding Road to the Google Books Settlement" (Source: DigitalKoans) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:03:55 +0100 824003 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/LZYQkz1Nj10/ James Grimmelmann has self-archived "The Amended Google Books Settlement is Still Exclusive" in SSRN. Here's an excerpt: This brief essay argues that the proposed settlement in the Google Books case, although formally non-exclusive, would have the practical effect of giving Google an exclusive license to a large number of books. The settlement itself does not create mechanisms for Google's competitors to obtain licenses to orphan books and competitors are unlikely to be able to obtain similar settlements of their own. Recent amendments to the settlement do not change this conclusion. Related Posts Stanford University Signs Amended Google Book Search Settlement Agreement Objections to the Google Books Settlement and Responses in the Amended Settlement: A Report Google Book Search Settlement Amended Pamela Samuelson: "DOJ Says No to Google Book Settlement" “The Google Book Search Settlement: Ends, Means, and the Future of Books” (Source: DigitalKoans) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:03:22 +0100 824238 http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2010/03/article-note-on-assessing-promotion-of.html Citation for the article:Sobel, Karen, "Promoting Library Reference Services to First-Year Undergraduate Students: What Works?" Reference and User Services Quarterly 48.4 (2009): 362-371.Read via Academic Search Complete (EBSCO).I continue my look at some articles on reference assessment that I started over here and continues here. This one seemed relevant to me given the work I do as an outreach librarian where a good part of my job is promoting the library. When it comes to promotion for undergraduates, it is something I try to do in collaboration with our instruction librarian when it is feasible. Sobel's article explores three things. First, it looks at how aware are undergraduate students when it comes to reference services. Second, it asks what percentage of those students seek help from reference librarians. Third, the author asks about what online media the students find comfortable to use in communicating with the reference librarians. I think that last question could have been explored a bit further. It certainly can be explored further now given the ubiquity of services like Facebook and Twitter. That would be something I would be interested in especially since we do have a Facebook page for the library, and we use Meebo chat widgets in our subject guides. I know the study took place in 2007, according to the article, when things like Facebook (it opened to everyone in 2006) and Twitter (also founded in 2006) were still gaining ground, but I guess the fact I can ask the question just shows how quickly things have changed. By the way, Meebo was launched in 2005, and the widgets we use in 2006. I guess I am just saying if I was expanding this type of assessment, I would want more on how social networking is used by the library to reach students.The article opens with a brief summary of promotional techniques that libraries commonly use such as flyers and online links to chat services, things that I will note we do her as well. ... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:30:00 +0100 824192 http://www.librarystuff.net/2010/03/03/take-a-look-at-imo-im-%e2%80%93-a-web-based-im-service/ Blackweb – “We have another web based IM service that has hit the alpha stage. This service is called imo.im. This service comes to us courtesy of ten of the first Google employees and is based in Palo Alto, California” (Source: Library Stuff) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:39:18 +0100 823121 http://www.traffick.com/2010/03/go-deep-with-our-paid-search-training.asp Are you and your company dabbling in paid search, but feel that you're far from maximizing the assets you have? Or you're thinking about investing, but don't know how to get fully up to speed in the shortest time possible? Or maybe you were into it five or six years ago but need a serious refresher course, or are an SEO, developer, or another related professional looking to diversify your skill set.Well, you can browse the forums or sample the short presentations at the conferences, but to get as much as possible in the shortest possible space of time, nothing beats a full day of paid search training, with detail-by-detail examinations of fundamentals, new ideas, live workshop sessions, and more.Led by me and Mona Elesseily, the Page Zero paid search training course takes place in conjunction with SES New York on March 22, 2010. What's even better - you can take 20% off the already low price if you use coupon code SESPPC20 when you sign up.Check out the agenda, and sign up early to avoid disappointment. ----- Download a FREE E-Book by Andrew Goodman: Google AdWords: A Brave New World Are you new to search marketing and looking to come up to speed quickly to Google AdWords? Or maybe you’ve just fallen a tiny bit behind, and you’re looking to re-engage with the latest thinking. If so, Andrew's free e-book is for you. (Source: Traffick) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824526 http://erikhoy.blogspot.com/2010/03/aardvark.html Akilleshælen hos alle søgemaskiner er at de ikke er mennesker som kan forstå og svare på spørgsmål. Det har man været klar over siden de opstod for omkring 15 år siden. Og spørgsmålet er stadig ikke besvaret. Der har været mange bud. Ask er et. Yahoo Answers er et andet. Google havde også en lignende mere professionel tjeneste, Google Answers. Men den eksisterede kun i et par år. Og var i øvrigt også lidt uden for mediegigantens forretningskoncept.Nu har Google imidlertid igen forsøgt sig, ved at erhverve Aardvark. Konceptet bygger på at når du har et spørgsmål, så er der sikkert nogen som allerede i forvejen har stillet det spørgsmål. Og øvelsen går så blot ud på at finde dette svar. Og ikke nok med det, også finde et kvalificeret svar. Problemet på fx Yahoo Answer er jo at der ikke er så god kontrol med om den som svarer nu også er pålidelig. Selv om Yahoo gør et hæderligt arbejde med at luge ud i brådne kar.Problemet med Ask har altid været at den i sidste ende bunder i søgemaskineteknologi. Og dens styrke er mere at præsentere fundene på en pæn og overskuelig facon. Men dybest set, synes jeg ikke at Ask er væsentligt bedre til at besvare specifikke spørgsmål end fx Google eller Yahoo.Aardvark er foreløbig lagt udpå Google Labs, hvilket betyder endnu et betaprodukt. Som Google jo er berømt/berygtet for. Berygtet fordi de fungerer miserabelt, berømt fordi det giver brugerne mulighed for at påvirke produktet på et meget tidligt stade.Aardvark tilbyder at du forbinder dig via Facebook eller din Google Konto. Efter mange forgæves forsøg med dels at finde ud af du kan har mulighed for det hvis du bor i USA, og så iøvrigt angiver din fødselsdato korrekt (hvilket ikke lykkedes mig), opgave jeg. Åbenbart er jeg for stupid til at finde ud af de mange spidsfindigheder. Jeg ved hvornår jeg er født osv. Men det var ikke godt nok. ... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824191 http://bsf.org.br/2010/03/02/koha-software-livre-para-grandes-bibliotecas/ Passei as últimas semanas testando o Koha, um dos mais comentados softwares livres para bibliotecas no mundo. Minha primeira conclusão é: O Koha não é para bibliotecas pequenas, pois é um software que exige bastante da máquina e muito conhecimento técnico para ser instalado e mantido. Para começar, a documentação não está completa e por que existem diversos tipos de sistemas, é muito confuso achar onde você se encaixa e ainda, se essa documentação está atualizada. O melhor local para se buscar informações é no forum ou nas listas de discussão via google. Características: 2 modos de indexação: Pelo software Zebra e pela base mysql. Na base mysql não consegui que funcionasse, mas via Zebra é muito eficiente, mas bem trabalhoso para configurar. Servidor Z39.50 e Cliente Z39.50 (Usando o software Yaz) Servidor OAI-PMH Compatibilidade total com os formatos MARC21 e UNIMARC. Utiliza web services no catálogo como por exemplo os comentário e capas da Amazon ( pouco útil para nós brasileiros ) Quando usar o Koha? Eu acredito que o sistema está bem estável, com poucos bugs e portanto a hora é agora. Falta desenvolver uma comunidade brasileira para corrigir a tradução para o português do Brasil ( que dá um pequeno bug ) e criar uma documentação no nosso idioma. Ele serve como alternativas a bibliotecas maiores que queiram controlar melhor o sistema, e ter acesso a uma comunidade forte internacional. O Koha tem um sistema para a tradução coletiva do sistema. Vale a pena consultar: http://koha-community.org/ e seguir no twitter: kohails Mapa de bibliotecas usando o Koha (nenhuma no Brasil) . Tá vindo uma nova versão. A atual é a 3.00.04 e agora virá a 3.2. ... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:48:57 +0100 824480 http://www.labrujulaverde.com/fotos/google-compra-el-editor-de-imagenes-online-picnik/ Google ha anunciado la compra de Picnik, uno de los mejores editores de imágenes online. Curiosamente es el editor que utiliza Flickr, que pertenece a su ‘competidor’ Yahoo. ¿Seguirá Yahoo utilizándolo ahora? El servicio que ofrece Picnik, mediante el cual los usuarios pueden subir fotos desde la computadora, o desde Flickr y Facebook, por ejemplo, es gratuito, aunque existen cuentas premium por 25 dólares anuales con herramientas adicionales y algunas funciones interesantes. Parece que Google va a integrar Picnik en Picasa, su software de escritorio de gestión de fotografías, y de momento no anuncian grandes cambios aunque es seguro que los habrá. En el anuncio oficial no dan demasiadas pistas, de hecho siguen animando a los usuarios a utilizar Picnik con Flickr o Facebook. Otro asunto será que Yahoo se busque ahora una alternativa que no le haga depender de Google. Si te ha gustado el post puedes votarlo en bitacoras.com para que otros puedan descubrirlo © Guillermo Carvajal para La Brujula Verde, 2010. | Permalink | 1 Comentario | Guardar en Delicious (Source: La brujula verde) Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:14:02 +0100 824339 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/F_n-xk3Y8m0/3634 Google SquaredGoogle Squared is a search tool that helps you quickly build a collection of facts from the Web, for any topic you specify. More of my links (Source: What I Learned Today...) Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:02:03 +0100 823142 http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2010/03/01/march-1st-stream.html Posted chrisbrogan: Awesome post by @djambazov on social media metrics / ROI — http://bit.ly/apEjOk. Posted ericschnell: The Medical Library Association is leaning towards adopting the conference tag #mla2010 instead of #mla10 #fb. Shared Google Analytics for Facebook Fan Pages — PHP, Web and IT stuff. “One of the limitations of Facebook Fan pages is that you can only run limited Javascript on it and Google Analytics needs Javascript code included to correctly track visitors. We have successfully managed to get ALL functions of Google Analytics working on our Facebook fan page (including visitor statistics, traffic sources, visitor country, keyword searches with all other powerful reporting & maps overlays etc).” Posted geoffliving: An Olympic social media post mortem on Mashable http://cot.ag/ckEv86. Posted oodja: The hardest thing to convey to my staff as a manager is that anything is possible once. Anomalies are only problems if they recur.. Posted pbromberg: Cool coffeebreak site of the day: How does your website sound? http://www.codeorgan.com/. Posted ALA_TechSource: You asked, we listened–ALA TechSource is breaking up with ow.ly. Posted steverubel: The State of the Twittersphere 2010 http://bit.ly/ciVtUQ /via @resourceshelf. Posted pbromberg: RT @n0rbert: being right and being helpful are not always the same thing.. thank you! @hootsuite — pls let admins turn off frames RT @ALA_TechSource: You asked, we listened–ALA TechSource is breaking up with ow.ly [shifted] conference organizers: as much as my lib <3 wants to use “2010” in hashtags, my personal exp is go with “10” instead to avoid tag fracture [shifted] Posted steverubel: 3 Tips for Managing a Social Media Community http://bit.ly/ae4wsa /via @Britopian. ... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:56:59 +0100 822790 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/uq-OSPDas_8/3629 The day ended with Lorcan Dempsey of OCLC who gave the Miles Conrad Lecture on “Universities, libraries, collections, futures.” Lorcan started by warning us that he does not have a lot of evidence to show us in relation to the trends he is going to introduce us to. Education Trends Lorcan began by taking us on a tour of universities in his area of Ohio via Google Maps. In this area there are not only several traditional and liberal arts colleges, but many for-profit colleges like Devry and University of Phoenix. The point of this tour was to explain to use the variety of educational models. Lorcan shared with us a quote from the Chronicle of Higher Education, “Colleges have three basic business models for attracting and keeping students. Two will continue to work in the next decade and one almost certainly will not.” The two they say will succeed are the elite/research institutes with a strong brand that are connected to international network of science and scholarship and the convenient educational institutes, like those that provide education as a service and focus on continuing ed and adult education. The one that will no succeed is the struggling middle – those institutions with a broad education focus and have not kept up with distance and convenience agendas. These institutions in the middle here have an unclear brand and direction. That may be why many educational institutions are trying to concentrate their resources on research excellence – both in the US and abroad. On the other hand, for-profit education institutes – aka the convenient institutions are the largest growing category in this area. These two models are having an influence on the models for those in the middle. Collection Trends In our libraries we of course are going to see the volume of publications continue to grow, but format will become less important than the channel. ... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:12:54 +0100 823143 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/L9X3UVKbfZQ/ Check-ins, badges, and becoming mayor have nothing to do with libraries and everything to do with the geolocation game foursquare…. well it did until some of the librarians here at Darien began hijacking our own venue (Darien Library).  We began checking in every time we came into work, closely monitoring who among us was crowned Mayor of Darien Library.  Possibly making snide comments to our new ruler – of course in good fun. Then it dawned on us: Why are we checking in all the time when we could offer up this service to our users? We began looking a little closer at it, finding out how we could build a whimsical program out of it that, yes, would be a little silly, but also potentially informative and rewarding.  foursquare allows users to add to-do’s to venues for individual use and tips for others who check-in.  What tips could we offer? To our benefit, our cadre of staff foursquare users represents pretty much every department in the library: User Experience (UX), Teens, Technology, Knowledge and Learning Services (KLS), and Children’s.  Together we thought of 3 to 5 tips we could each offer up from our department.  For example, Teens has video games, UX puts together some great programming, KLS has a fabulous Bloomberg Terminal, and so on.  So when we thought of ideas and potential hurdles we all funneled them into our Google Wave and then filtered the good ideas off to the venue as tips. We were left wondering about incentives.  foursquare is like twitter was in the beginning, popular for early adopters but seemingly useless for the rest of the population.  We wanted to invite our users to try a new technology, to not worry about the “silliness” of it at the beginning.  To do this we needed our incentive.  Because we can track who becomes Mayor of Darien Library we thought it best to give out a prize:  a fancy tote bag (a $25 value!).  Become Mayor, get a tote bag. ... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:36:20 +0100 822584 http://libraryassessment.info/?p=488 The current issue of the LibQUAL+® Update is now available online at: http://libqual.org/documents/admin/LQUpdate_Winter_2010.pdf. Highlights in this issue: * 2009 Survey Wrap-up * 2010 Survey Underway * LibQUAL+® Events: 2010 ALA Midwinter Training Sessions presentations online; Google Analytics, METS, and Value & Impact workshops; 2010 Library Assessment Conference * In-Kind Grant Winners Announced * Bookmark design contest * Spotlight on McGill University Please contact libqual@arl.org with any questions or comments regarding this publication or anything else related to LibQUAL+®. Best, David Library Relations Coordinator, ARL (Source: libraryassessment.info) Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:04:05 +0100 824283 http://infobib.de/blog/2010/03/01/dmoz-relaunch-im-marz/ Das Open Directory Project DMOZ war mal ein unverzichtbarer Bestandteil des Webs, ein moderierter Webkatalog mit hohem Anspruch an Aktualität und Seriösität. Administratoren für spezielle Kategorien sollten dafür sorgen, dass nur geprüfte, “gute” Webseiten aufgenommen werden. Dadurch baute sich DMOZ einen sehr guten Ruf auf, der natürlich schwarze SEO-Schafe noch und nöcher anzog. Kürzlich konnte man sogar einen DMOZ-Eintrag (für 87 €!) bei Ebay ersteigern. Dazu kommt, dass manche Kategorien schon seit Jahren nicht mehr gepflegt wurden. Nichtsdestotrotz wird die Aufnahme einer Webseite in DMOZ nach wie vor von vielen Ranking-Tools und vielleicht sogar noch von Suchmaschinen als Qualitätsfaktor gewertet. Als Beispiel sei seitwert.de genannt. Wie Webranking.com nun berichtet, soll (eventuell noch in diesem Monat) ein Relaunch stattfinden. Wird ein Webkatalog wie DMOZ jedoch überhaupt noch noch benötigt? Die Verschiebung von Webkatalogen zu Suchmaschinen fand vor einigen Jahren statt. Aktuell zieht Facebook zumindest in den USA an Google in puncto generierter Traffic vorbei. Wenn man möchte, kann man also von vier Phasen der “Webseitenfindung” ausgehen: Die persönliche Empfehlung von Webseiten durch Freunde & Bekannte in direkter Kommunikation. Motto: “Guck mal, ich bin beim Surfen auf diese Webseite gestoßen.” Nachschlagen in Webkatalogen wie z.B. Altavista. Suchen in Suchmaschinen wie Yahoo oder Google. Die persönliche Empfehlung von Webseiten über Social Networks wie Facebook & Co. Auch wenn sich die Mechanismen geändert haben, ist die Übermittlung von Webfundstücken wieder an ihren Ursprung gelangt. Ein modernes DMOZ müsste sich diesen Gegebenheiten anpassen. Es dürfte also weder Moderatoren noch vorbestimmte Kategorien geben. Beides ist anachronistisch. ... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:40:51 +0100 823423 http://www.kmworld.com/Articles/News/News-Analysis/The-Google-enterprise-fabric-61173.aspx In the last half of 2009, Google operated like a medieval wool mill. The basic technology works, and the mill operators have been focusing on increasing production. But Google is a 21st century company. What few of its competitors and customers have realized is that Google is now in production mode... (Source: KMWorld RSS Feeds : Research Center: Enterprise Search) Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0100 822707 http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Oakfield_Public_Library_Oakfield_ndash_Libraries-Public__Wisconsin_--- Ads by Google Oakfield Public Library - 130 n main st oakfield fond du lac WI Company Name: Oakfield Public Library Street Address: 130 N Main St Cit (Source: pligg - all) Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:00:29 +0100 822348 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/technology/companies/25google.html (Source: Library Link of the Day) Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100 822410 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/02/28/filtering-piracy-surveillance-and-disobedience-2/ Sonia Katyal, Professor of Law at the Fordham University School of Law, has self-archived "Filtering, Piracy Surveillance, and Disobedience" in SSRN. Here's an excerpt: There has always been a cyclical relationship between the prevention of piracy and the protection of civil liberties. While civil liberties advocates previously warned about the aggressive nature of copyright protection initiatives, more recently, a number of major players in the music industry have eventually ceded to less direct forms of control over consumer behavior. As more aggressive forms of consumer control, like litigation, have receded, we have also seen a rise in more passive forms of consumer surveillance. Moreover, even as technology has developed more perfect means for filtering and surveillance over online piracy, a number of major players have opted in favor of “tolerated use,” a term coined by Professor Tim Wu to denote the allowance of uses that may be otherwise infringing, but that are allowed to exist for public use and enjoyment. Thus, while the eventual specter of copyright enforcement and monitoring remains a pervasive digital reality, the market may fuel a broad degree of consumer freedom through the toleration or taxation of certain kinds of activities. This Article is meant largely to address and to evaluate these shifts by drawing attention to the unique confluence of these two important moments: the growth of tolerated uses, coupled with an increasing trend towards more passive forms of piracy surveillance in light of the balance between copyright enforcement and civil liberties. The content industries may draw upon a broad definition of disobedience in their campaigns to educate the public about copyright law, but the market’s allowance of DRM-free content suggests an altogether different definition. ... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 822696 http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/2010/03/citation-metadata-for-google.html If Google can find something, that goes quite a way to making it discoverable. The NASA Astrophysics DATA Service, (ADS) is using metadata Google recognizes to enhance their service. They kindly provide a list of the fields Google will index. (Source: Catalogablog) Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 822557 http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2010/03/a-search-engine-for-buzz.html Buzzzy actually searches, or claims to search, a broader range of resources than simply Google Buzz. These include Twitter, FriendFeed, GoogleReader, Buzz and Flickr. Results are clear, and I really like the way in which the person who made the post is identified, though it doesn't always work - I'm a 'Freelance librarian at Internet Consultant' so there's something that's gone slightly amiss there. The results are however less than impressive. I ran a search for Wordle, which was the subject of a huge amount of interest yesterday. Buzzzy only found a total of 184 results for the last week. Tweets yesterday were running at that per hour I suspect. Other searches also showed a distinct lack of results. While it's an interesting engine in that it is searching Google Buzz, I have considerable doubts over its abilities yet. One to remember and revisit in a few months time I think. (Source: Phil Bradley) Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 822442 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JohnBattellesSearchblog/~3/wCbhFElXTdk/005137.php Consider this the *early* Monday Signal, as I'm already deep in writing this morning, then off to staff meetings the rest of the day. So these are notes from my weekend readings, for the most part. Besides a rant on the iPad that I wrote in something of a hurry (and elicited a very strong response, I'll admit), here's what I found interesting, and why: Redrawing the Route to Online Privacy (NYT) If you are in marketing, you should read this. From it: "....the next round of online privacy regulation needs to proceed carefully, policy experts warn. They say that online data collection and analysis is an economic imperative, and that the Internet industry of the future will involve adding value to the free flow of information — much of it created by individuals and their browsing activity." And if you're not sure privacy is a big deal, please also read The Eternal Value of Privacy (Bruce Schneier) As I've said before, I don't think we as a society have had a full throated conversation about this topic, and we're heading into a potential privacy pileup that could retard all of our growth - the marketing industry's certainly, but also the breadth and depth of services that the web can deliver to us overall. This will get far more complicated before it resolves. The synaptic fluid of social business (Anne McCrossan - Visceral Business) Two weeks, old, but worth a read. Inspired by a debate about private communities, but I like this post for the last paragraph: "Old business models are yielding fewer returns. Generative listening is an antidote to the velocity of today’s overloaded information flows. The action potential contained within committed, visceral and trustworthy human relationships, that’s at the heart of the social connections, has never been more important. It’s the synaptic fluid of social business." A special report on managing information (The Economist) The stories are listed on the right, halfway down the page. ... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 822411 http://lisnews.org/libraries_lead_ebook_revolution Have you read an e-book yet? Do you think it means the end of bookshops and libraries as we know them? Will book people have to turn into e-book people to meet the brave new world? It's all a bit early to say. I [Philip Harvey, see below] haven't read an e-book and when asked by borrowers if I feel that my profession of librarian is under threat, I ask them if they themselves have used an e-book. No, is the consistent reply. But they know chapter and verse about the developments, usually from what they have seen on the internet. The new slimline gadgets can display everything a text maniac wants to get their hands on. Or so it seems. More on ebooks, Google, digitisation, and the Information Revolution from Philip Harvey, President of the Australian and New Zealand Theological Library Association in Australia's Eureka Street. (Source: LISNews.org) Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:34:35 +0100 822272 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/lMa7Pfd_974/3603 Dr. Cameron Neylon was up next to talk to us about filtering information in the scientific world. Carmeron finished high school in 1990 and had his first email address in 1991. His professor told him that he had to spend 1/2 a day a week in the library to read new journals so he could keep up with new information. It wasn’t until 1995 that he really discovered the web. Around 1997 – “Someone showed me Google and finally the web worked.” By 2001/2 everyone is subscribed to table of contents updates via email – and no one is reading them. How do we improve the situation? Search is by far the dominant filter in a researchers lives – in the science world, Scopus, Google Scholar, PubMed … etc. Now to get table of contents you can do a text search on your database of choice and then subscribe to the RSS feeds. That said, you’re not really searching full text in many cases – you’re searching abstracts only. In the end you’re left with a very lacking set of data. How do we improve this? Cameron showed us FriendFeed and showed how he can now get information relevant to him – not just relevant but current information – instantaneous updates. Because we can’t cope with the about of information we’re talking about we have to share the load, we have to use tools like this and let our friends share the information they have found with us. This is how I use tools like Twitter and Facebook and FriendFeed – I make sure that all of the resources I find that might be interesting to my colleagues is shared on these resources so that I hopefully can help them find the information that is important to them. Carmeron brought up a great point – using these tools to gather information completely bypasses having to use the database products that many of the people in the room provide. ... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:05:39 +0100 823155 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/02/28/libraries-lead-the-e-book-revolution-according-to-australian-info-pro/ by Philip Harvey From the Column: Digital is moving in, that’s for sure. But will readers get what they want? I don’t mean readers who ask for the latest blockbuster, but all of us who need those difficult-to-get books for study or personal interest, the ones Google says are not easily accessible. It is the same librarians who remind the digitising deliverers that inter-library loan can get the requested print version at next to no cost and in short time. Far from sidelining academic and special collections, the digital libraries of the future make easy and free access to print-libraries even more of a priority: there is no way of predicting the price tag for that rare thesis or out-of-print title in its downloadable form. This is an issue that more academics and specialists need to be questioning now, especially as they are the ones often making the decisions about their libraries, and not the librarians. [Snip] Indeed, the fourth century shift from the scroll to the codex is being used as a comparison to the present transmogrification. I tend to believe that we are seeing the early technology of the e-book. In five years the e-book will look, feel, sound, smell and gesticulate in very different ways from its iPad and Kindle prototypes. iPad will look as cute as a cassette tape. As usual, libraries are quietly ahead of everyone else. At universities there are library departments dedicated solely to the acquisition of e-materials for students and lecturers, while public libraries make e-books available and train the staff in their use, anticipating the demand before the e-books themselves are even on the market. But neither are libraries in a hurry to drown their books and make the sea change. I imagine that the e-book and the book will thrive together. The real question is usability. Will people quite simply prefer one over the other? If everyone goes mad over the e-book then it will place publishers in a very interesting situation. ... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:13:55 +0100 822295 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/web2learning/YOVk/~3/GC3d36r9mFo/3600 Roger Strouse from Outsell followed Clay Shirky with his talk titled: “What Information Users Really Value.” Throughout the talk, Roger gave us insights into what users are thinking based on studies and surveys that Outsell has performed. Roger started with what he called a ‘provocative statement’ – ‘In a challenging environment, meeting users’ value expectations is necessary for survival’ — why are we talking about this 2010 – when we’ve been thinking about this for 20 years now. The problem is that advertising budgets are shrinking, “free” is a competitor, users are sophisticated and know what’s possible, and good enough is good enough. The economy isn’t all that has changed for users though. Users are rethinking about what’s valuable. There are rising expectations for online experiences. Providing information is not enough anymore, you need to provide a well-rounded experience (tagging, commenting, interaction in general). There is also a morphing definition of authority – there is a dislike for peer-reviewed content. Users expect to be able to get academic and professional data on their mobile devices more than ever before. This all adds up to users have very different value filters than they used to have. Users now value things like usability, fun and sophistication. I can (and you know you can to) think of plenty of these research products that I’d rather stay very very far away from simply because of the usability and/or interface design. Another key value we’re used to hearing about is the desire to aggregate content – mix free and fee content together because users don’t want to be searchers – they want all their content in one place. ... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:20:39 +0100 823156 http://chicagolibrarian.com/node/535 Current Cites for February 2010 is out! You can find the issue here... I wrote about this rather striking article by Peter Jacso where he completely trashes the job Google Scholar is doing getting correct bibliographic information together for its entries. His tone is quite strident and as I say, you really have to wonder why Google can't get this right. On the other hand, if their product is so broken in this respect, why should academics (who should know better) be using it in the first place. read more (Source: Chicago Librarian - Design, Techology & Culture from a Librarian living in Chicago) Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:59:44 +0100 822333 http://bsf.org.br/2010/02/28/jose-mindlin-comte-fortsas-hoax/ O imortal José Mindlin morreu hoje. Tenho certeza que ele teve uma vida feliz, não entre os livros, mas entre grandes autores. — Pensando nele lembrei de uma coisa que tinha lido uns meses atrás, vou traduzir aqui: Jean Nepomucene Auguste Pichauld, Comte de Fortsas, era um homem com uma paixão singular. Ele coletava livros que possuiam uma única cópia conhecida. Sempre que ele descobria que um dos volumes da sua biblioteca tinha uma duplicata em qualquer lugar do mundo, ele imediatamente se desfazia dele. Então quando ele morreu em setembro de 1839 ele possuia apenas 52 livros, mas cada um deles era incontestavelmente único. Seu herdeiro, que não compartilhava a paixão do pai pela coleta de livros, organizou um leilão para vender a biblioteca e assim um catálogo desta pequena coleção, mas altamente incomum, foi enviado para bibliófilos de toda a Europa. O leilão, os coletores foram informados, seria realizado nos escritórios da Maitre Mourlon, notário, 9 rue de l’Église, em Binche, Bélgica, no dia 10 de agosto de 1840. Infelizmente para os colecionadores, nem Comte de Fortsas nem a coleção existiam. O homem por trás da fraude foi um antiquário local chamado Renier Hubert Ghislain Chalon (1802-1889). O planejamento foi incrível. Ele tinha cuidadosamente pesquisado os interesses de todos os bibliófilos importantes na Europa, a fim de assegurar que eles iriam fazer a longa e infrutífera caminhada até Binche. E ele tinha feito tudo isso apenas como uma brincadeira. A fraude não provou ser uma perda total para suas vítimas. O próprio catálogo que tinham recebido se tornou um item de colecionador muito cobiçado. Dentro de algumas décadas ele tinha mais do que quadruplicado de preço. O bibliotecário e bibliófilo Jeremy Dibbell postou o conteúdo do referido catálogo no LibraryThing. Você também pode ver scans dele no Google Books. ... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:55:29 +0100 822355 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/Ar_JRgJyFMU/ Philpapers Breaks New Ground for Discipline Based Repositories http://icio.us/nl1wfu # Jewel in the Open Content Crown Needs Help http://icio.us/mjxpa1 # OASPA: act now or lose credibility forever http://icio.us/a3w2cr # 50+ CSS Techniques Designers Should Know http://icio.us/xzl4h3 # Epub reader plugin for Firefox http://icio.us/0quiwr # January 2010 Profile: Michael Healy [Executive Director, Google Book Rights Registry] http://icio.us/tgooxz # E-Books and ISBNs: a position paper and action points from the International ISBN Agency http://icio.us/uygmsb # Europe 'will not accept' three strikes in Acta treaty http://icio.us/b5cffd # New Mexico State Must Cut Materials Budget by 27% http://icio.us/i2qnrq # 500,000 journal articles listed on RePE http://icio.us/nprlmy # Three-strikes petition gets attention of 10 Downing Street http://icio.us/lty5j0 # Next Generation Connectivity: A Review of Broadband Internet Transitions and Policy from Around the World http://bit.ly/az3fHe # RSA System Administrator/Manager at Alliance Library System http://bit.ly/aULzUz # 2010 Publication Schedule for the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography http://bit.ly/bSjT26 # Systems Librarian at Florida Institute of Technology http://bit.ly/devcGr # Modelling Scholarly Communication Options: Costs and Benefits for Universities http://bit.ly/b2rXwj # When using open source makes you an enemy of the state http://icio.us/stzzzn # European Commission Gets Tough Treatment From Parliament Over ACTA http://icio.us/mj4vps # How efficient is our licensing system? http://icio.us/mwudov # The Big Brother of Europe?: France Moves Closer to Unprecedented Internet Regulation http://icio.us/lfih1b # RIAA ’statutory damages’ argument trashed? http://icio.us/aozzu1 # Third RIAA trial for Jammie Thomas-Rasset http://icio.us/xrkoek # Riggio: Barnes & Noble to Become E-Commerce Retailer http://icio. ... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0100 822384 http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Gillett_Public_Library_Gillett_ndash_Libraries-Public__Wisconsin_--- Ads by Google Gillett Public Library - 200 e main st gillett oconto WI Company Name: Gillett Public Library Street Address: 200 E Main St City: Gille (Source: pligg - all) Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:00:29 +0100 822195 http://www.traffick.com/2010/02/yahoo-its-worse-than-it-looks-again.asp Techcrunch reports on a Wall Street analyst's recent analysis of Yahoo (YHOO).Among the more painful realities:Only a third of Yahoo's $21b valuation derives from US assets.Yahoo's stock-based compensation, awarded to employees and managers with low morale or who foster poor morale, is generous even by the standards of generous compensators like Google or Facebook.A picture of Yahoo emerges as a company that manages a stable asset, not one that forges new ground. Maybe an appropriate stance for a half-century-old media giant, but a sad fate for a company many of us not long ago still considered a "cool" Internet player. ----- Download a FREE E-Book by Andrew Goodman: Google AdWords: A Brave New World Are you new to search marketing and looking to come up to speed quickly to Google AdWords? Or maybe you’ve just fallen a tiny bit behind, and you’re looking to re-engage with the latest thinking. If so, Andrew's free e-book is for you. (Source: Traffick) Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 822810 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/02/28/last-weeks-digitalkoans-tweets-2010-02-28/ Philpapers Breaks New Ground for Discipline Based Repositories http://icio.us/nl1wfu # Jewel in the Open Content Crown Needs Help http://icio.us/mjxpa1 # OASPA: act now or lose credibility forever http://icio.us/a3w2cr # 50+ CSS Techniques Designers Should Know http://icio.us/xzl4h3 # Epub reader plugin for Firefox http://icio.us/0quiwr # January 2010 Profile: Michael Healy [Executive Director, Google Book Rights Registry] http://icio.us/tgooxz # E-Books and ISBNs: a position paper and action points from the International ISBN Agency http://icio.us/uygmsb # Europe 'will not accept' three strikes in Acta treaty http://icio.us/b5cffd # New Mexico State Must Cut Materials Budget by 27% http://icio.us/i2qnrq # 500,000 journal articles listed on RePE http://icio.us/nprlmy # Three-strikes petition gets attention of 10 Downing Street http://icio.us/lty5j0 # Next Generation Connectivity: A Review of Broadband Internet Transitions and Policy from Around the World http://bit.ly/az3fHe # RSA System Administrator/Manager at Alliance Library System http://bit.ly/aULzUz # 2010 Publication Schedule for the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography http://bit.ly/bSjT26 # Systems Librarian at Florida Institute of Technology http://bit.ly/devcGr # Modelling Scholarly Communication Options: Costs and Benefits for Universities http://bit.ly/b2rXwj # When using open source makes you an enemy of the state http://icio.us/stzzzn # European Commission Gets Tough Treatment From Parliament Over ACTA http://icio.us/mj4vps # How efficient is our licensing system? http://icio.us/mwudov # The Big Brother of Europe?: France Moves Closer to Unprecedented Internet Regulation http://icio.us/lfih1b # RIAA ’statutory damages’ argument trashed? http://icio.us/aozzu1 # Third RIAA trial for Jammie Thomas-Rasset http://icio.us/xrkoek # Riggio: Barnes & Noble to Become E-Commerce Retailer http://icio. ... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 822699 http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/023629.html New York Times: 2 Million Displaced After Chile Quake and Chilean Quake a Warning to U.S. Northwest Google Person Finder:... (Source: beSpacific) Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 822280 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/02/27/chile-earthquaketsunami-resources-from-google-and-others/ Google has posted a link on their home page to: + Ability of Donate Directly from the Page to UNICEF and DirectRelief International + A Person Finder Database Available in English or Spanish. At about 4pm EST (Saturday) the database contained about 3700 records. + You’ll Also Find a Map of Earthquake Aftershocks (in Chile Region) + The American Red Cross Disaster Newsroom includes video updates from the International Response Operations and other information from the International Response Operations Center. Twitter Feeds + American Red Cross HQ + International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies + Red Cross-Chile (Spanish) + Red Cross-Chile (Translated via Google Into English) ++ Red Cross-Hawaii ++ People Finder for Tsunami (Hawaii and Other Locations in the Pacific) ++ U.S. Department of State (DipNote) Maps and Aerial Imagery The OpenStreetMap Wiki lists several resources. According to the this source, As of February 2010, the only high resolution image data available is the normal Yahoo! Aerial Imagery. This only covers Santiago (coverage map) and Iquique, and is pre quake (around 10 years old). Low resolution Landsat imagery is available for the entire impacted area. (In Spanish) UStream is Providing a Live Stream of TV de Chile Live Streams of TV from Hawaii (via UStream) ++ A Wikipedia Entry is Being Developed and Update. It covers the earthquake and tsunami. Sources: Examiner.com, Google, Various Twitter Feeds, Wikipedia (Source: ResourceShelf) Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:57:17 +0100 822027 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ouseful/~3/AP2lk8NeKhw/ One of the goals I set myself for this year’s Dev8D was to get round to actually using some of the things I’ve been meaning to try out for ages, particularly Google App Store and JQuery, and also to have a push on some of the many languishing “projects” I’ve started over the last year, tidying up the code, making the UIs a little more presentable, and so on… Things never turn out that way, of course. Instead, I did a couple of presentations, only one of which I was aware of beforehand!;-) a chance remark highlighting me to the fact I was down to do a lightning talk yesterday… I did start looking at JQuery, though, and did manage to revisit the Treemapping Council Committees Using OpenlyLocal Data idea I’d done a static proof of concept for some time ago… On the JQuery front, I quickly picked up how easy it is to grab JSON feeds into a web page if you have access to JSON-P (that is, the ability to attach a callback function to a JSON URL so you can call a function in the web page with the object as soon as it loads), but I also ran into a couple of issues. Firstly, if I want to load more than one JSON feed into a page, and then run foo(json1, json2, json3, json4, json5), how do I do it? That is, how do I do a “meta-callback” that fires when all the separate JSON calls have loaded content into the page. (Hmm – I just got a payoff from writing this para and then looking at it – it strikes me I could do a daisy chain – use the callback from the first JSON call to call the second JSON object, use the callback from that to call the third, and so on; but that’s not very elegant…?) And secondly, how do I get a JSON object into a page if there is no callback function available (i.e. ... Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:10:35 +0100 822065 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JohnBattellesSearchblog/~3/cAF1N2IWrA8/005136.php ...it's driven by the same old media love affair with distribution lock in. I've been on about this ever since I studied Google in 2001: Media traditionally has gained its profits by owning distribution. Cable carriage, network airwaves, newsstand distribution and printing presses: all very expensive, so once you employ enough capital to gain them, it's damn hard to get knocked out.   The web changed all that and promised that economics in the media business would be driven by content and intent: the best content will win, driven by the declared intent of consumers who find it and share it. Search+Social was the biggest wave to hit media since the printing press. And the open technology to make better and better experiences has been on a ten year tear: blogging software, Flash, Ajax, HTML 5, Android, and more and more coming. But the iPad, just like the iPhone, is designed for vertical integration and distribution lock in. Apple is building its own distribution channel, just as it did with iTunes, and media companies are falling over themselves to make an app for that. Why? Well sure, for once, it's sexy and cool and hip. That's why everyone loved the Wired demo. But the real reason media companies love the iPad is the same reason I don't: It's an old school, locked in distribution channel that doesn't want to play by the new rules of search+social. Sure, you can watch a movie on it. Sure, you can read a book on it. And sure, you can read a publication on it. But if you want to use the web natively, with all the promise that the web brings to media? Not so much. Apple will include a browser, of course. But will media you find through that browser be able to interact with the iPad platform so as to bring full value to you, the consumer? Nope. Not unless that same media is approved by Apple and makes it into the iPad app store. And that's why I don't like the iPad. ... Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 822135 http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/023622.html Bloomberg: "Google Inc. said it may spend as much as “hundreds of millions” of dollars on an experimental broadband service... (Source: beSpacific) Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 821999 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/02/26/just-released-ponemon-institute%e2%80%99s-annual-most-trusted-companies-for-privacy-study/ From the Announcement: In a year marred by highly publicized privacy mistakes and missteps, American Express quietly retained its position atop the list of brands most trusted by U.S. consumers, according to the Ponemon Institute’s annual Most Trusted Companies for Privacy Study. It is the fifth consecutive year that American Express earned the Most Trusted for Privacy distinction. IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Hewlett Packard, and E-Bay rounded out the five top-rated companies. The rankings were derived from responses given by 6,627 U.S. adults that included more than 38,000 individual company ratings, 229 of which were mentioned at least twenty times. Among the brands that made the top twenty were four not listed in the previous study, including Google, Weight Watchers, Walmart, and AT&T. Of the companies listed last year, Facebook, AOL, and eLoan did not make the 2010 list. “2009 was a tumultuous year for privacy, as illustrated by Facebook’s drop out of the top twenty in a year when they found themselves at the center of a very public debate over the evolution of their privacy policies and settings,” said Dr. Larry Ponemon, chairman and founder, Ponemon Institute. 2010 Most Trusted Companies for Privacy (Top 20) 1 American Express (1) 2 IBM (3) 3 Johnson & Johnson (5) 4 Hewlett Packard (6) 5 E-bay (2) 6 U.S. Postal Service (6) 7 Procter & Gamble (7) 8 Amazon (4) 8 Nationwide (9) 9 USAA (11) 10 WebMD (13) 11 Intuit (12) 12 Apple (8) 12 Disney (16) 13 Google (not in top 20) 14 Verizon (17) 15 US Bank (19) 15 Charles Schwab (10) 16 Weight Watchers (not in top 20) 17 Yahoo! (14) 18 FedEx (18) 19 Walmart (not in top 20) 20 AT&T (not in top 20) 20 Dell (20) Among the survey’s significant findings: + Consumers feel they are losing control of personal information. Only 41 percent of consumers feel they have control over their personal information, down from 45 last year and an overall drop from 56 percent in 2006. ... Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:45:29 +0100 821814 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/02/26/eu-warns-google-about-street-view-privacy/ From The Telegraph (UK): Google has been told by European Union data privacy regulators to warn people before it sends cameras out to take pictures for its Street View maps. The online search giant should shorten the length of time for which it keeps the uncensored photographs it takes from one year to six months, the regulators also said in a letter to the company. Google said its need to retain the original Street View images for a full year is “legitimate and justified” in a statement. The company said it already posts notifications on its website about where its cameras are being sent. The alert function indicated yesterday that Google’s picture-taking vehicles had been cruising the streets of Cagiliari in Italy, Nantes in France and possibly other nearby cities. [Snip] Alex Turk, the head of EU data protection agencies, told Google’s data privacy chief in a letter dated February 11 that the company should always give advance notice of camera van destinations on its website and in the local or national press before it takes pictures. It must avoid taking pictures “of a sensitive nature and those containing intimate details not normally observable by a passer-by,” Turk said in the message to Peter Fleischer. He added that the company should revise its “disproportionate” policy of keeping the original unblurred images for up to a year, saying improvements in Google’s blurring technology and better public awareness would lead to fewer complaints and a shorter delay for people to react to the photos they see on the site. [Snip] Access the Complete Article (Source: ResourceShelf) Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:16:24 +0100 821825 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/02/26/census-bureau-launches-online-mapping-tool-showing-2000-census-participation-rates-to-help-communities-prepare-for-2010-census/ Census Bureau Launches Online Mapping Tool Showing 2000 Census Participation Rates to Help Communities Prepare for 2010 Census With mail-out of the 2010 Census forms less than one month away, the Census Bureau today unveiled a new online mapping tool that allows communities nationwide to prepare for the 2010 Census by seeing how well they did mailing back their 2000 Census forms. Visitors to the new Google-based map will be able to find the 2000 Census mail participation rates for states, counties and cities, as well as smaller areas called “census tracts.” After the 2010 Census forms are mailed out in mid-March, the online map will be updated to include a tracking tool with daily updates of the 2010 Census mail participation rates for local areas across the nation. Users will be able to compare their 2010 Census progress using their 2000 Census rates as a benchmark. Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Source: ResourceShelf) Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:36:56 +0100 821574 http://yourlibrarycsu.blogspot.com/2010/02/future-of-internet.html Will Google make us stupid?Will the internet enhance or detract from reading, writing, and rendering of knowledge?Will it be possible to be anonymous online or not by the end of the decade?These are just a few of the questions being explored in Pew Internet’s report: The Future of the Internet IV."A survey of nearly 900 Internet stakeholders reveals fascinating new perspectives on the way the Internet is affecting human intelligence and the ways that information is being shared and rendered." Source: Pew InternetThe report is available on Pew Internet’s Future of the Internet pages. (Source: Your Library@CSU) Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 821884