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This feed contains the latest headlines from journals and sites in the Podcasting interest group. http://www.libworm.com/rss/librarianqueries.php Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:52:10 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/5981 BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITYMarch 10, 2010 // Upcoming events and digital media [1] [TODAY 3/10/10] Institute of Politics Forum Event Co-Sponsored by the Berkman Center: "Digital Governance -- From the State House to the White House" with Aneesh Chopra: United States CTO; Ann Margulies: CIO, Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Teri Takai: CIO, State of California Event Moderator: Jerry Mechling: Lecturer in Public Policy, HKS (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2010/03/digitalgovernanceforum) [2] [TUESDAY 3/16/10] Berkman Center Luncheon Series: "Cyber-pluralism: Can We Get Along with Each Other in a “Splitting” Internet?" with Donnie, Hao Dong, Berkman Fellow (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2010/03/dong) [3] [REGISTER NOW! 4/9/10] Conference: Journalism's Digital Transition: Unique Legal Challenges and Opportunities, organized by the Citizen Media Law Project and Cyberlaw Clinic (http://www.omln.org/conference) [TODAY] IOP FORUM on DIGITAL GOVERNANCE==================================================================================3/10/10, 6:00PM, JFK Jr. Forum, Harvard Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School Topic: Digital Governance -- From the State House to the White HouseGuests: Aneesh Chopra: United States CTO; Ann Margulies: CIO, Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Teri Takai: CIO, State of California Event Moderator: Jerry Mechling: Lecturer in Public Policy, HKS The Berkman Center will co-sponsor a panel discussion with chief technology officers and information officers from the White House, State of CA, and State of MA. Panelists include: * Aneesh Chopra: United States CTO;* Ann Margulies: CIO, Commonwealth of Massachusetts;* Teri Takai: CIO, State of California* Event Moderator: Jerry Mechling: Lecturer in Public Policy, HKS This event will be webcast live; for more information and a complete description, see the event web page: http://cyber.law.harvard. ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:55:12 +0100 825360 http://lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu/enb/2010/03/10/studies-reveal-why-drinking-water-wells-are-vulnerable-to-contamination/ New USGS groundwater studies explain what, when, and how contaminants may reach public-supply wells. All wells are not equally vulnerable to contamination because of differences in three factors: the general chemistry of the aquifer, groundwater age, and direct paths within aquifer systems that allow water and contaminants to reach a well. More than 100 million people in the United States receive their drinking water from public groundwater systems, which can be vulnerable to naturally occurring contaminants such as radon, uranium, arsenic, and man-made compounds, including fertilizers, septic-tank leachate, solvents and gasoline hydrocarbons. The USGS tracked the movement of contaminants in groundwater and in public-supply wells in four aquifers in California, Connecticut, Nebraska and Florida. The importance of each factor differs among the various aquifer settings, depending upon natural geology and local aquifer conditions, as well as human activities related to land use and well construction and operation. Findings in the four different aquifer systems can be applied to similar aquifer settings and wells throughout the nation. Complete findings, fact sheets, maps and decision support tools are available. “Our findings can help public-supply well managers protect drinking water sources by prioritizing their monitoring programs and improving decisions related to land use planning, well modifications or changes in pumping scenarios that might help to reduce movement of contaminants to wells,” said Sandra Eberts, USGS groundwater study team leader. Research on the vulnerability of public-supply wells began in 2001. The USGS has also been working since 1991 to study the occurrence of more than 600 naturally occurring and man-made chemicals from more than 1,100 wells used for public supply across the nation. ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:17:22 +0100 825150 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digizen/~3/PQ_nqnVrnfc/ Me ha gustado  Cinchcast como alternativa para grabar audio en línea y tener una colección de podcasts que pueden ser insertados en el blog: Cinch is a free and easy way to create and share audio, text and photo updates using your phone or computer. Cinch enables you to capture and report on your experiences in a way that simple text just can’t do. Using a simple interface, you can make and broadcast your content creations through Facebook, Twitter, CinchCast.com and more. Comparto una prueba:   Compartir con del.icio.us ¡Compártelo con Digg! Añadirlo a Diigo Compartir con Reddit ¿Has encontrado algo bueno? Compártelo en StumbleUpon Compartir con Technorati Añadirlo a MySpace Compartir con Facebook ¡Compártelo en Twitter! ¿Enviarlo a un amigo? ¿Quieres suscribirte a los comentarios de este Post? Compartir con Linkedit Seed el Post en Newsvine Añdirlo a Google Bookmarks Añdirlo a Mister Wong Compartir con FriendFeed Enviar a Twittley Compartir con Wikio Store this link on MyLinkVault Add to a lense on Squidoo Clip this to Evernote Enviar a Meneame Enviar a Bitacoras Compartir con Tumblr Blog this on Blogger Compartir con Plurk Etiquetas: Blogs, web 2.0, web 2.0 Entradas relacionadas Zoho QuickRead: Para acceder y editar documentos desde el navegador (1) Bomberos 2.0 (0) Experimentando con Writely (3) Directorio de sitios 2.0 (0) Tubabel: diccionario social de regionalismos (1) (Source: DigiZen: Un blogfesor aprendiendo) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:47:48 +0100 825343 http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/03/09/18-interesting-firsts-on-the-internet/ Check out this post and see how recent some of these innovations are. 18 Interesting Firsts on the Internet 1. The First Email 2. The First Ever Domain Name 3. The First SPAM Email Ever 4. The First Ever Mobile Phone with Internet Access Facility 5. The First Ever Website 6. The First Ever E-Commerce Website and Transaction 7. The First Ever Online Bank 8. The First Ever Search Engine 9. The First Ever Blog 10. The First Ever Podcast 11. The First Item Ever Sold on eBay 12. The First Book Ever Sold on Amazon 13. The first edit on Wikipedia 14. The First Ever Video on YouTube 15. The First Ever Message on Twitter 16. The First Ever Voice Chat Service 17. The First Ever Website Hacked 18. The First Ever Social Network Site I was surprised by some. Stephen (Source: Stephen) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:13:21 +0100 824975 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lansinglibraryteen/podcast/~3/jqYLBdUv-Bo/march-book-of-month.html From School Library Journal, 10-1-2008:According to tradition, when the Martin children turn 15, they inherit a suite in the family's small Manhattan hotel and a job: to take care of the rooms and their occupant. On Scarlett's 15th birthday, Amy Amberson sweeps into the suite that Scarlett has just inherited. The woman is demanding and brash, but she does have her charms (and large amounts of cash). In the beginning, Scarlett is overwhelmed, but then her role becomes that of Mrs. Amberson's assistant for her projects, which change on a whim. When Amy decides to help the theater troupe that Scarlett's brother is involved in put on Hamlet, the teen begins a romance with one of the actors. Then everything starts to go awry, and when things get tough, Amy abandons ship, and plucky Scarlett is left to step in and save what needs saving, something that she does with flair. Scarlett's brand of humor is particularly dry and well articulated. This novel blends sibling rivalry and the importance of family, friendship, and romance into a plot that is charming and well delivered.Emily Garrett Cassady, North Garland High School, Garland, TX (Source: Lansing Library Teen Dept. Podcast) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:01:22 +0100 824635 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lansinglibraryyouth/podcast/~3/p0KmY9p10GE/diary-of-wimpy-kid.html Sixth grader Greg records his middle school experiences in this funny, often realistic journal. And as Greg points out, this is definitely a journal, not a diary! Tag along as he deals with an older, wanna-be-rock-star brother, a younger can-do-no-wrong brother and a best friend who surprisingly passes him up on the popularity ladder. Greg is like many 6th grade boys who think about girls, ALOT, find clever ways to avoid all forms of work, and day dream about life after the dreaded middle school. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney is a quick read with amusing illustrations that every middle-schooler will enjoy. FYI--Look for this movie in theaters March 19th and the Borders in Schaumburg will host a meet & greet with the author and cast on March 10th at 7pm but you first must get a wristband at the store starting at 9am. (Source: Lansing Library Youth Dept. Podcast) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:54:42 +0100 824638 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/08/meet-adrian-praetzellis-audiobook-narrator-for-librivox-org/ Most of you are probably aware of LibriVox. For those who aren’t, it’s a FREE service offering audiobooks utilizing books and other text documents in the public domain. Simply download the audiobook either as a podcast (the book in three installments per week) or browse/search the catalog find what you want to listen to and then download as a Zip file. This page has more details and yes, you can listen to LibriVox content with your iPod,iPhone,iTouch, and in the near future, your iPad. Access the catalog (browse or search here) of audiobooks here. So, with that 30 second intro complete you might want to take a look and enjoy an interesting article from the Santa Rosa, CA Press Democrat. The article is about Sonoma State University anthropology professor Adrian Praetzellis, who is also a “narrator” of the books (more than 75 hours so far) LibriVox offers as audiobooks. From the Article: His solitary and unpaid exercise in story-telling has reached close to half a million listeners through LibriVox, a free and communally run library of digital audio recordings. The operation was started four years ago by young Montreal techie Hugh McGuire, with the altruistic mission of making as many texts as possible available to a limitless number of people around the world in audio format with no filters, no judgments and no fees. It not only is nonprofit {they’re having a fundraising drive at the present time], but has no paid administration. The only real restriction is that all the texts must be non-copyrighted and in the public domain. In the U.S. that would include anything published before 1923. Some 3,500 people like Praetzellis have posted recordings — 3,175 books and 65,000 other audio texts ranging from poetry and plays to government documents and important letters and speeches on the site, LibriVox.org. [Snip] What the Jewish Praetzellis has mastered well is Yiddish. ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:34:06 +0100 824604 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/khYGqPs0P2E/listen-lisnewsorg-podcast-episode-109.html LISTen: The LISNews.org Podcast - Episode #109. "This week's episode brings word of a developing story relative to the logistics back-end to interlibrary loans in the United States as well as discussion of the digital divide from a practical perspective. The BBC World Service is used as the example in the essay". Previous Podcasts can be found here (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:39:48 +0100 824538 http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=LISTen_An_LISNews-org_Podcast_-_Episode_109 This week's episode brings word of a developing story relative to the logistics back-end to interlibrary loans in the United States as well as discus (Source: pligg - all) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:00:05 +0100 824445 http://lisnews.org/audio/download/36203/LISTen-109.mp3 This week's episode brings word of a developing story relative to the logistics back-end to interlibrary loans in the United States as well as discussion of the digital divide from a practical perspective. The BBC World Service is used as the example in the essay. (Source: LISNews.org) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:28:43 +0100 824373 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lansinglibraryadult/podcast/~3/a9jdg_Sa1lo/dyed-in-wool-performs-at-lansing-public.html Click to Play Dyed in the Wool performed at Lansing Public Library on March 5, 2010. (Source: Lansing Library Adult Dept. Podcast) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:35:17 +0100 824627 http://otherlibrarian.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/how-to-talk-about-your-blog-in-public/ A basic Google search will turn up all kinds of blogging and podcasting advice.   How to get bonus Google Traffic using SEO tips.    How to write great content.   How to monetize.   How not to become a viral ad for social media marketing douchebags.   What to Tweet and What Not to Tweet. What seems to be missing is what happens when you talk about your blog or podcast in actual public.    But, the way that Twitter and Foursquare seem to encourage ‘meet-ups’ and the popularity of large-scale unconferences such as Podcamp Toronto make it more necessary to remind bloggers that the people who read your blog are also the people who are going to try and meet with you in public.   They may never ever tell you that they read your blog or listen to your podcast, but that does not mean they do not have a dialogue in their head about what they like or do not like about your web presence. Enter case study #1 – I’m at a bar mingling with a whole group of people with common interests in social media.    I’m excited to meet so may new faces.    I join in to a conversation half-way through and a woman is talking about her blog or podcast.   She’s bragging about the huge response she gets from her readers claiming , somewhat disingenuously, that she does not know why they bother to follow her.    Then comes the punch line:   “Maybe they only read my blog because I’m a girl.” I couldn’t help it – it’s part of my east coast blood to knock anyone just a little off their high horse.   I mean no malice nor do I wish to give an air of arrogance, but I reply: “Actually, I am almost convinced that everyone reads my blog because I’m a boy.” What followed was a pre-rehearsed tirade of insults for my ’sarcasm’ that I wasn’t able to hear because the music in the bar was too loud. ... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:20:19 +0100 824369 http://media.libsyn.com/media/oclspodcast/ocls_harlemglobetrotters.mp4 "Hot Shot" Aundre Branch of the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters visits the Orlando Public Library to teach the audience a few tricks... and to show off a few of his own! (1:46) (.mp4 video format; iPhone and iPod Touch compatible) (Source: OCLS Podcast (OCLS Events)) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:49:00 +0100 824486 http://media.libsyn.com/media/oclspodcast/teen_teentechweek2010.mp3 When the Library lady is attacked by everyday electronics, she makes sure to let the teens in on all the stuff going on at the library. Teens, don’t miss out just because of a Robot Revolt. You can catch up with us on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and at programs. We’ll see you there. Beep bo bop bo beep bop boop. Transmission ended. (2:17) (.mp3 audio format) (Source: OCLS Podcast (OCLS Teen Podcast)) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:44:00 +0100 824488 http://cubgovpubs.blogspot.com/2010/03/gao-reports.html The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is often called the investigative arm of Congress. This week GAO investigated Iran sanctions, food safety, the Recovery Act, and other topics. GAO also launched a podcast series called "Watchdog Report". If you would like to know more about GAO, check out the library's guide.ReportsCybersecurity: Progress Made but Challenges Remain in Defining and Coordinating the Comprehensive National Initiative. GAO-10-338, March 5.http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-338Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10338high.pdfForest Service: Information on Appeals, Objections, and Litigation Involving Fuel Reduction Activities, Fiscal Years 2006 through 2008. GAO-10-337, March 4.http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-337Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10337high.pdfIran Sanctions: Complete and Timely Licensing Data Needed to Strengthen Enforcement of Export Restrictions. GAO-10-375, March 4.http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-375Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10375high.pdfRecovery Act: One Year Later, States' and Localities' Uses of Funds and Opportunities to Strengthen Accountability. GAO-10-437, March 3.http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-437Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10437high.pdfThe Federal Government's Long-Term Fiscal Outlook: January 2010 Update. GAO-10-468SP, March 2.http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-468SPState and Local Governments' Fiscal Outlook: March 2010 Update. GAO-10-358, March 2.http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-358Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10358high.pdfFinancial Audit: American Battle Monuments Commission's Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 2009 and 2008. GAO-10-399, March 1.http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-399Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d10399high.pdf Humane Methods of Slaughter Act: Actions Are Needed to Strengthen Enforcement. GAO-10-203, February 19.http://www.gao. ... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 823786 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LawLibrarianBlog/~3/n6MkRQLHWHc/reminder-new-name-new-platform-same-informative-podcasts-law-librarian-conversations-features-lipa-e.html Rich Leiter and Marcia Dority Baker's Law Librarian Conversations (formerly known as The Law Librarian Podcasts) is now being hosted and supported by CALI. Today's program will feature a discussion of developments in preservation with LIPA Executive Director Margie Maes... (Source: Law Librarian Blog) Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 823741 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/04/gao-launches-%e2%80%9cwatchdog-report%e2%80%9d-podcast-series/ GAO Launches “Watchdog Report” Podcast Series As part of its ongoing efforts to utilize emerging technologies to help carry out its mission, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has launched an audio podcast series titled “GAO’s Watchdog Report.” These five-minute audio files feature interviews with GAO officials on significant issues and new reports, and are easily downloadable for listening on computers or mobile music devices. … To date, GAO has released five episodes of the Watchdog Report: March 3, 2010: On GAO’s latest review of the use and accountability of Recovery Act funding and how jobs created or retained by the Act are being reported, featuring an interview with Chris Mihm, Managing Director of Strategic Issues February 26, 2010: On how the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard are handling sexual assault prevention and response efforts, featuring an interview with Brenda Farrell, Director of Defense Capabilities and Management February 3, 2010: On key challenges facing NASA, featuring an interview with Cristina Chaplain, Director of Acquisition Sourcing and Management January 6, 2010: On the 2010 Census, featuring an interview with Robert Goldenkoff, Director of Strategic Issues January 6, 2010: On the financial condition of the U.S. Postal Service, featuring an interview with Phil Herr, Director of Physical Infrastructure Users can listen to all episodes of GAO’s Watchdog Report podcast and subscribe to receive future episodes from a feed at GAO’s website (http://www.gao.gov/podcast/watchdog.xml). The Watchdog Report is also available free through Apple’s iTunes store. Source: Government Accountability Office (Source: ResourceShelf) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:55:57 +0100 823495 http://lawlib.lclark.edu/podcast/?p=3029 Student Group Speaker Series Career Services Information Session – Law Clerk Opportunities with the Oregon Department of Justice January 14, 2010 Career Services | email Career Services Each year, the Oregon Department of Justice (DOJ) hires 40-50 first and second year law clerks. In this podcast, attorneys from the DOJ will give an overview of the office and discuss clerking opportunities with the various divisions of DOJ. Information about the application process, and application forms, will also be provided. The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on January 14, 2009. View presentation here (Source: Lewis) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:54:44 +0100 824615 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lansinglibraryteen/podcast/~3/luCDdaamMBY/march-events.html Teen Tech Week: Learn, Create, Share @ Your Library: March 7-13Stop by the Teen Desk throughout the month of March to get your internet scavenger hunt. Those who complete their scavenger hunt may be eligible for a prize.Movie Night: National TreasureWednesday, March 10 @ 5 p.m.Grades 6 and upSince his childhood, Benjamin Franklin Gates has known that his is a descendant of a long line of people whose job it has been to guard a treasure hidden by the Founding Fathers. They hid clues to its where-abouts in the country's currency and on the back of the Declaration of Independence. Now, Ben has learned of a plot to steal the Declaration, and has only one option: he has to steal it himself. Even if he pulls off this monumental task, keeping the treasure safe is still going to be incredibly hard, especially since the FBI now knows of his plans. Rated PGCD CraftThursday, March 11 @ 5 p.m.Saturday, March 20 @ 5 p.m.Grades 6-12Celebrate technology by transforming it into something new. Use pieces of CDs to create picture frames, disco balls, or your own artistic mosaic.Sign-up is appreciated but not required."Off the Shelf" Book Discussion:Lemonade Mouth by Mark Peter HughesMonday, March 22 @ 5 p.m.Grades 6-12A disparate group of high school students thrown together in detention form a band to play at the school talent show and end up competing with a wildly popular local rock band.Sign-up is appreciated but not required.Reminder!The Read for a Lifetime program ends March 31st. Stop by the library once you've read four books from the list in order to get your Certificate from the State of Illinois and your chance to win a gift card. (Source: Lansing Library Teen Dept. Podcast) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:21:34 +0100 824636 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/04/gaos-new-watchdog-podcast-series/ The GAO (General Accountability Office) is now doing the “podcast” thing. The series of podcasts is titled, “GAO’s Watchdog Report.” From the Announcement: These five-minute audio files feature interviews with GAO officials on significant issues and new reports… To date, GAO has released five episodes of the Watchdog Report: + March 3, 2010: On GAO’s latest review of the use and accountability of Recovery Act funding and how jobs created or retained by the Act are being reported, featuring an interview with Chris Mihm, Managing Director of Strategic Issues + February 26, 2010: On how the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard are handling sexual assault prevention and response efforts, featuring an interview with Brenda Farrell, Director of Defense Capabilities and Management + February 3, 2010: On key challenges facing NASA, featuring an interview with Cristina Chaplain, Director of Acquisition Sourcing and Management + January 6, 2010: On the 2010 Census, featuring an interview with Robert Goldenkoff, Director of Strategic Issues + January 6, 2010: On the financial condition of the U.S. Postal Service, featuring an interview with Phil Herr, Director of Physical Infrastructure Users can listen to all episodes of GAO’s Watchdog Report podcast and subscribe to receive future episodes from a feed at GAO’s website (http://www.gao.gov/podcast/watchdog.xml). The Watchdog Report is also available free through Apple’s iTunes store. Source: GAO (Source: ResourceShelf) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:16:37 +0100 823507 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lansinglibraryinternettechnology/podcast2/~3/lRgF548oBiQ/ebscohost-magazine-articles-online.html Ebsco is currently unavailable.We hope to have service restored soon. (Source: Lansing Library Internet and Technology Podcast) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:21:51 +0100 824633 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lansinglibraryadult/podcast/~3/PXDV4Ydfhu0/kolo-folklore-serbian-dance.html Click to Play KOLO Folklore group of St. Archangel Michael Orthodox Church, Lansing, Illinois performed Serbian dances at Lansing Public Library February 5, 2010 (Source: Lansing Library Adult Dept. Podcast) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:18:32 +0100 824628 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lansinglibraryadult/podcast/~3/rwRovjweeOw/kolo-folklore-serbian-music.html Click to Play The group performed at the Lansing Public Library on February 5, 2010 (Source: Lansing Library Adult Dept. Podcast) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:09:15 +0100 824629 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lansinglibraryadult/podcast/~3/FRj0EcMmRxY/message-from-historical-society.html The Lansing Historical Society is currently updating the records of Lansing's men and women who are serving in the Armed Forces. We would like to salute them appropriately, thus we need your help in this endeavor.We need name, rank, and branch of service. Please contact the Historical Society at 708-474-6160 and leave your contact number or email us at LansingHistoricalSociety@yahoo.comWe will get in contact with you soon. If your Veteran is not currently active, please give us the dates of his or her service. Thank you ahead of time for helping us salute Lansing's men and women who serve our country. (Source: Lansing Library Adult Dept. Podcast) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:37:37 +0100 824630 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/HEWGPP_moK0/ The University of Bridgeport is recruiting a Digital Services Specialist. Here's an excerpt from the ad: This position resides within a combined Wahlstrom Library, Office of Information Technology, Projects Office, and Media Services organization that reports to the AVP Information Technology and CIO. The Associate University Librarian provides key direction on library matters. The Digital Services Specialist collaborates closely with academic faculty and administrative staff to manage lifecycle development, storage and use of digital content. Responsibilities include researching emergent applications, implementing technologies, assessment, and instruction for University students, faculty and staff in new technology, tools and resources for digitally-mediated or digitally-delivered content services. This includes working with the ExLibris software suite of Primo, Metalib, sfx; maintaining the Library Web interfaces; working with the University Web Manager to develop content management schema for the University Web, Datatel Portal, Datatel Active Admissions, digital signage; technology support for Information Literacy initiatives, including use of the Blackboard CMS, podcasting, and Wimba; developing a new institutional repository service; the integration of handheld devices into the library service environment; overall Web content management; collaborating with the Library metadata specialist on online knowledge base development, will also work closely with library staff, and support library functions as needed. ... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:04:43 +0100 824237 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/03/03/digital-services-specialist-at-university-of-bridgeport/ The University of Bridgeport is recruiting a Digital Services Specialist. Here's an excerpt from the ad: This position resides within a combined Wahlstrom Library, Office of Information Technology, Projects Office, and Media Services organization that reports to the AVP Information Technology and CIO. The Associate University Librarian provides key direction on library matters. The Digital Services Specialist collaborates closely with academic faculty and administrative staff to manage lifecycle development, storage and use of digital content. Responsibilities include researching emergent applications, implementing technologies, assessment, and instruction for University students, faculty and staff in new technology, tools and resources for digitally-mediated or digitally-delivered content services. This includes working with the ExLibris software suite of Primo, Metalib, sfx; maintaining the Library Web interfaces; working with the University Web Manager to develop content management schema for the University Web, Datatel Portal, Datatel Active Admissions, digital signage; technology support for Information Literacy initiatives, including use of the Blackboard CMS, podcasting, and Wimba; developing a new institutional repository service; the integration of handheld devices into the library service environment; overall Web content management; collaborating with the Library metadata specialist on online knowledge base development, will also work closely with library staff, and support library functions as needed. Related Posts Senior Web Specialist for Library Services & Scholarly Applications at Villanova University Digital Repository Services Librarian at George Mason University Digital Repository Developer at Duke University Systems Specialist/Library Systems & Application Administration at University of Kansas Information Technology Specialist (Systems Analysis) at the Library of Congress (Source: DigitalKoans) Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:04:42 +0100 824002 http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/index.cfm?fa=viewfeature&id=2443 When an entrepreneur has identified a potential business opportunity, the next step is developing a business plan for the new venture. What exactly should the new plan contain? How can the entrepreneur ensure it has the substance to find interest among would-be investors? In this installment of a series of podcasts for the Wharton-CERT Business Plan Competition, Wharton management professor Ian MacMillan explains that business plans must contain several crucial elements: They must articulate a market need; identify products or services to fill that need; assess the resources required to produce those products or services; address the risks involved in the venture; and estimate the potential revenues and profits. (Source: Knowledge@Wharton) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:37:47 +0100 823622 http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/index.cfm?fa=viewfeature&id=2442 Why do more than half of all start-ups fail? Because they bungle their marketing, according to Leonard Lodish, a professor of marketing at Wharton and co-author of two books, Entrepreneurial Marketing and Marketing That Works. "The dogs won't eat the dog food is the way venture capitalists describe it," Lodish says. The key lies in how a marketing plan is crafted. In this installment of the podcast series for the Wharton-CERT Business Plan Competition, Lodish explains that marketing plans must take into account three critical strategic and tactical factors: positioning, targeting and pricing. (Source: Knowledge@Wharton) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:37:41 +0100 823623 http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/index.cfm?fa=viewfeature&id=2444 A critical step in the creation of a new venture is raising the capital to bring the new business to life. What sources of capital can an entrepreneur tap and what factors must she or he keep in mind while going through the process? According to Stephen Sammut, a senior fellow and lecturer at Wharton, so-called angel investors represent one possible option. Another source is venture capitalists (VCs), who may fund start-ups or invest at a later stage in a company's growth. In this podcast for the Wharton-CERT Business Plan Competition, Sammut explains the promises and pitfalls of dealing with venture capitalists. (Source: Knowledge@Wharton) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:37:30 +0100 823624 http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/index.cfm?fa=viewfeature&id=2445 Who are you? What do you stand for? What do you want? Entrepreneurs usually know the answers to those questions when they start up companies. But do their leadership teams? To make sure they do, top entrepreneurs develop a "blueprint" that will guide their companies as they grow from six to 60 to 600 employees, says Michael Useem, Wharton professor of management and director of its Center for Leadership and Change Management. In this installment of the podcast series for the Wharton-CERT Business Plan Competition, Useem discusses blueprints and other things that entrepreneurs need to develop successful leadership teams, including a knack for telling a good story. (Source: Knowledge@Wharton) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:37:22 +0100 823625 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~3/yDsfOqz8f8U/ Dr Michael Stephens delivered the Dr Laurel Anne Clyde Memorial Keynote Address at the ASLA XXI Biennial Conference, held in Perth, Western Australia, from 29 September to 2 October 2009. Reprinted with permission from the Australian School Library Association Inc. (ASLA) Access 2010 24(1): 5. The evolving Web is an open and social place. The Web has changed everything. Its impact on every facet of our lives — home, work and school — would be difficult to measure but the ‘always on, always available’ Internet is certainly a game changer. Can you recall the first time you realised that the Internet would change your job? Your school? Your students? Dr Laurel Anne Clyde recognised the power and potential for emerging technologies in schools and spent time exploring the implications. As technology evolved, so did her research. Her work examining weblogs was one of the first scholarly endeavours with emerging Web 2.0 tools. Now many of us study and move in a world of hyperconnected spaces: Facebook, WordPress Multi- User Blog communities (WordPress MU), Flickr and any number of socially enabled sites. What a world Dr. Clyde would see today! Sadly, this world includes the fact that many libraries are suffering financial setbacks. The recent news that Australian school libraries are in dire need of support all too well illustrates that changes are needed. The press release from the Australian School Library Association (ASLA 2009) detailed the findings of a 2007 study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), including: That means ensuring there are enough qualified teacher librarians as well as maintaining and improving infrastructure. Having a new or refurbished school library is important, but the full potential of these resources cannot be realised without a qualified teacher librarian in place as well. This fact cannot be ignored. Schools need qualified librarians. ... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:09:41 +0100 822933 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/teleread/KHnj/~3/x6sNQCGSBCU/ Alexandria Digital Literature, one of the earliest e-book stores (though the store portion of the site is now defunct), has gotten its collaborative filtering literature recommender, Hypatia, up and running again after a while of being down, and is accepting new accounts. Hypatia is a unique system that is still entirely unmatched on the web today. To use it, you go in and spend time rating books and stories. You might rate a book you truly love as “Fabulous”, one that you enjoyed a whole lot but doesn’t quite reach the level of “love” as “Excellent,” and so on. Once you have rated a sufficient number of books, Hypatia will compare your tastes to those of thousands of other patrons on file, see which ones are the most similar to yours, and then display a list of books they loved that you haven’t read yet. This gives you a great basis for making out your next check-out list at the library or searching for e-books. Back in Alexlit’s heyday, I discovered many of my current favorite authors through the recommender. Perhaps you can do the same. One caveat: Alexlit currently runs on a trial version of a database server that allows only five simultaneous users, so it is possible the site might hit capacity fairly quickly. If that happens, just try again in a few hours. For more information on Alexlit, check out this summary of the podcast interview I did with its founder, Dave Howell, three years ago. Digg us. Slashdot us. Facebook us. Twitter us. Share the news. (Source: TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home) Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:59:03 +0100 822827 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/teleread/KHnj/~3/bYBI38EGmo8/ This is part 5 of a 5 part interview with  84 year old Ohio author Jack Matthews. See also: Part 1 ,Part 2 , Part 3, Part4. Also: Jack Matthews (an introduction),  Jack Matthews: The Art and Sport of Book Collecting and On Choosing the Right Name for a story character by Jack Matthews.  The mobile phone is emerging as an important way for people to read; indeed, in Asian countries, authors are already writing specifically for phone owners. The challenge is writing in smaller chunks — so the reader is not required to read for extended periods on a smaller screen and can easily resume where he/she left off. For poetry, this isn’t a problem, but what about fiction? Does limiting chapter length to (for example) 400 or 500 words reduce the dramatic or literary potential for the story writer?  I don’t know — I like the rhetorical short jab (Obama mastered it by dropping his voice to briefly pause after every 5 to 15 words, suggesting conclusiveness, authority & mastery of the material, & this unfortunately got him elected). As for the technical modifications: I’m at a loss. I like to tell people that I’m still getting used to electric lights. A touch of hyperbole there, but I also collect antiquarian books. Do you think the ideas that led to your stories (and novels) could have been repurposed into bite-sized chunks for a cell phone? Only in the sense that a story’s or novel’s key situation can sometimes be contracted into one or two sentences. I once wrote a condensed version of Petronius‘ Widow of Ephesus in 200 words (see below). This works beautifully for what it is; for what it is not (i.e., a fully textured narrative), it doesn’t. Sound like double talk? Yes & no. THE WIDOW OF EPHESUS (From the SATYRICON, as retold by Jack Matthews. Read the original version by Petronius). ... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:44:55 +0100 822829 http://www.slaw.ca/2010/03/02/law-librarian-podcast-changes-new-name-new-platform/ Changes are afoot with the Law Librarians podcast! We have moved to hosting and support by CALI (Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction). We have also taken advantage of this change to rename the show Law Librarian Conversations. More information is on the website at http://lawlibcon.classcaster.net/. This show was created and is produced by Richard Leiter, is co-hosted by Marcia Dority Baker, and given web support by Roger Skalbeck. It includes a varying group of panelists (of which I am one) and a number of special guests. We are now recording live twice a month (the first and third Fridays of each month, at 2:00 p.m. Central time). Information on accessing each show live will be posted on the website. Live chat for audience members during the show is also available on the website. Past episodes are available from the website and from iTunes.  Discussions on Twitter about the show may be tagged #lawlibcon. Next show: March 5, 2010,  2:00 p.m. Central Margie Maes, Executive Director of the Legal Information Preservation Alliance (LIPA), and regular panelist on the podcast, will join us for a discussion about LIPA’s involvement in many important initiatives and projects to insure the longterm access to legal materials. Additional details and register to attend. (Source: Slaw) Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:30:05 +0100 824463 http://information-literacy.blogspot.com/2010/03/web-20-what-it-can-do-for-you.html Most presentations from the Libraries for Nursing study day (Nov 2009), Web 2.0 - What it can do for you, including presentations on wikis and podcasts, are online at http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/health/subject-groups/libraries-for-nursing/Pages/study-day-web2.aspxPhoto by Sheila Webber: After holi celebrations, Sheffield, March 2010 (Source: Information Literacy Weblog) Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 822878 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/01/library-of-congress-digital-preservation-podcast-now-part-of-itunes-u/ From the Announcement: The new Library of Congress podcast series of interviews with prominent digital preservation practitioners was recently named a noteworthy podcast at iTunes U . These podcasts offer a chance to hear experts talk about current approaches to keeping digital content accessible over time. The podcasts are available on the Library of Congress digital preservation website and by subscription through iTunes U. Source: LC/NDIIPP (Source: ResourceShelf) Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:35:09 +0100 822599 http://www.slaw.ca/2010/03/01/berkman-podcast-interviews-carl-malamud/ The latest Radio Berkman podcast has Dave Weinberger interviewing Carl Malamud about his efforts to make US law more accessible and copyright free. (Source: Slaw) Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:55:56 +0100 824465 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Librarianinblack/~3/qKG4EKQk2jk/pewnews.html The Pew Internet & American Life Project released a new report this morning about the consumption of news in a digital setting.  The report can be found on the Pew website.  Some of the interesting findings: 92% of Americans surveyed use multiple places & platforms to get their daily news local & national television stations still come out ahead of the internet as news sources 59% of Americans surveyed use both online & offline news sources 33% of cell phone owners access news on their phones 28% of internet users have customized homepages with news sources (e.g. iGoogle) 37% of internet users have actually participated in news dissemination, creation, or commenting 75% of those who get news online find news through email forwards or through friends’ posts on social networking sites 52% of those who get news online also share links to news with others through email or social networking 55% report that it is now easier to keep up with news and information than it was five years ago, and yet… 70% feel overwhelmed by the amount of news and information available So how does this affect libraries?  Well, we have an opportunity to help act as filters for our communities.  Why not create a great webpage that offers widgets with headlines from local & national & international news sources in different media (radio, newspaper, blogs, television, podcasts, etc.)?  Why not offer classes on finding good news sources?  Why not present tutorials on the great news digesting widgets & personalized homepages for our customers? Why not be the community resource that helps people with that last item about how people feel overwhelmed by too much news?  That last issue really is a big one for me.  It’s the gap into which reference librarians can step.  Dealing with information & information overload is a key resource we can offer our communities. ... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:58:48 +0100 824296 http://www.cla-net.org/weblog/2010/03/san_francisco_p.php After two years of planning and design, San Francisco Public Library is pleased to unveil its new Web site at sfpl.org. The new site is intended to be more user friendly and inclusive; it provides a variety of formats to locate online information from SFPL. For example, the online catalog of materials, with a query box located in the upper right hand corner of the Web site, enables patrons to search for materials using either the classic catalog or the new Explore catalog which leverages Web 2.0 technology to offer more items related to a search. "Among the major new enhancements to our Web site is the ability to offer a wealth of online resources and information to our diverse community, thanks to translated versions of web pages in Spanish and Chinese," said City Librarian Luis Herrera. SFPL staff devoted time to studying the needs of its patrons and the development of Web 2.0 features and then worked with Desite Design, a San Francisco web development firm, to execute and deploy the new online presence. The overall site offers a more modern display of information intended to keep library patrons and online visitors better informed about the variety of collections, programs, services and calendar of events provided by San Francisco Public Library. New links enable all to obtain quicker access to information such as dynamic listings of events linked by branch or by series of interest. Links on each event page make it easier to share information from the calendar. Users also can learn about current highlights at the library through a series of rotating spotlights on the home page. Online visitors can find information about the branches in the SFPL system by clicking to a dedicated page for each branch. The site also offers Library podcasts and videos and new photo gallery features. To enhance the user experience, the site is programmed with print settings that avoid wasting paper and the ability to change text size for readability. ... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:56:32 +0100 822915 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/pja9_JosTj4/listen-lisnewsorg-podcast-episode-108.html LISTen: The LISNews.org Podcast - Episode #108. "This week Stephen moved away from the microphone as long-time engineer Mike Kellat took charge instead. This episode has a zeitgeist recap and talks briefly about the situation post-earthquake in Chile. Practical suggestions are offered as to worthwhile avenues of action by concerned library personnel. In addition to the audio program an attempt was made to reformat one of the segments of LISTen 107 as an animation bit.". Previous Podcasts can be found here (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:38:22 +0100 822418 http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=LISTen_An_LISNews-org_Podcast_-_Episode_108 This week Stephen moved away from the microphone as long-time engineer Mike Kellat took charge instead. This episode has a zeitgeist recap and talks (Source: pligg - all) Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:00:07 +0100 822354 http://lisnews.org/audio/download/36106/LISTen-108.mp3 This week Stephen moved away from the microphone as long-time engineer Mike Kellat took charge instead. This episode has a zeitgeist recap and talks briefly about the situation post-earthquake in Chile. Practical suggestions are offered as to worthwhile avenues of action by concerned library personnel. In addition to the audio program an attempt was made to reformat one of the segments of LISTen 107 as an animation bit. (Source: LISNews.org) Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:45:09 +0100 822268 http://hobohm.edublogs.org/2010/02/28/empathie/ “Empathie” ist bekanntlich ein zentraler Begriff der Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft, da es in diesem Disziplinen ja vorwiegend um die Zielgruppen gerechte Aufbereitung von Information und Wissen geht und dabei diesen gegenüber Empathie walten muss. In diesen Tagen ist “dazu” ein viel beachtetes Buch des amerikanischen Soziologen Jeremy Rifkin (Autor von “Access: das Verschwinden des Eigentums”) erschienen. Er zeichnet ein sehr positives Menschenbild, in dem er dem Menschen eben jene Empathie als Grundcharakteristikum des Menschseins zuspricht und dies mit großem interdisziplinärem Geschütz (von der Phylogenese bis zur Neurobiologie und der Geschichte) auch belegen kann. Er vermutet, dass wir uns an einem sehr entscheidenden Wendepunkt der Menschheitsgeschichte befinden und diesen auch meistern können. Nicht nur die deutsche Presse hat das neue Buch des Erfolgsautors und Beraters der EU ziemlich verrissen. Es ist ein Buch, das dem aktuell immer noch stark vorherrschenden Neoliberalismus nicht geheuer sein kann. Ich frage mich dennoch, ob es nicht auch das positive Menschenbild dieses weisen (?) Mannes ist, dass so aneckt. Das Buch bzw. die These von Rifkin weckt Hoffnung angesichts von so viel offensichtlicher Unvernunft auf der Welt. Und: wenn sich hier dann auch noch Argumente für bessere Bildung vielleicht sogar mit Bibliotheken finden lassen, könnte ich mir eine Lektüre trotz aller Feuilleton Kritik schon vorstellen. Auch ihm zuschauen macht Hoffnung und Spaß: Die heutigen Kritiken: DRadio (mit Podcast),  Tagespiegel (Interview) und mehr dazu im Perlentaucher. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fhobohm.edublogs.org%2F2010%2F02%2F28%2Fempathie%2F'; addthis_title = 'Empathie%21'; addthis_pub = ''; (Source: LIS in Potsdam) Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:58:46 +0100 822251 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TameTheWeb/~5/HeE_TRnL0pU/AnArmyOfDavids1.mp3 An Army of Davids (Podcast) http://lis768.tametheweb.com/ahbraincramp/files/2010/02/AnArmyOfDavids1.mp3 Born Digital Community: The Structure of Belonging Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com. Googeled: The End of the World as We Know It Grown Up Digital Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out Tribes http://animoto.com/play/JmI0BkZymqMdeclKOXcyzg Twitterville (Source: Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology) Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:29:23 +0100 822157 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pandia/vfbc/~3/sS2qhRt0GYU/2553-state-of-search.html State of Search is a new blog covering the search engine scene, focusing on articles relevant to the industry, search engine marketing and social media. It is a well designed site with interesting news articles and comments. The man behind State of Search is Bas van den Beld, who used to write for the European search blog Searchcowboys. Van den Beld has been running the Searchcowboys radio show over at Webmasterradio.fm. This is to be replaced by a State of Search podcast. If you go to our Detective page, you will find links to a large number of sites with search engine industry coverage. SMX East: NYC Oct 5-7 Click Here for Agenda! (Source: Pandia Search Engine News) Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:16:11 +0100 822797 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/4yHzDQ8xQl4/podcast-kindertransport-britains-rescue.html The Wiener Library holds many personal accounts of children evacuated from Nazi Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia between December 1938 and September 1939. Using individual first-hand accounts sourced from The Wiener Library and documents held at The UK National Archives, this talk gives insights into how Britain dealt with the refugee children who arrived on the Kindertransports and the difficulties they faced (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:33:41 +0100 822138 http://michaelgolrick.blogspot.com/2010/02/library-license-plates.html With a tip to my non-librarian friend Woody, I got this in a note: Library Support Through License PlatesSo here is a link with a shout out to my friends at Louisville Public, Craig Buthod and Greg Schwartz. Craig and I go back to a Public Library Association committee on tax forms and the IRS and Greg and I share an alma mater (undergrad), and have communicated online in the days of his live conversations/podcasts [Uncontrolled Vocabularyh] on library topics. (Source: Thoughts from a Library Administrator) Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824111 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/UpeMO2FAE24/podcast-fashion-or-ration-hartnell.html "How did the fashionable woman of the Second World War and post war era manage to remain chic in a climate of rationing? Using sources from The UK National Archives this talk will consider the fashion industry of the time, and reveal how designers Norman Hartnell and Hardy Amies not only contributed to the war effort, but made a lasting impact on British style" (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:46:41 +0100 821892 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/digizen/~5/YWbQxSVOSnI/3FC.mp3 Es realmente impresionante lo sencillo que es hoy en día grabar un mensaje de audio y publicarlo en línea. Hace unos días hablamos de Vocaroo y hoy le presentamos otras dos herramientas para grabar audio: Audioboo y Chir.ps. Entre las ventajas de estas aplicaciones es que no necesitas instalar ningún programa, no tienes que preocuparte por publicar el archivo y son gratuitas. Nuestros estudiantes pueden utilizarlas sin mayores problemas para completar tareas relacionados a un curso. Chir.ps esta dirigida a añadir audio a las publicaciones en Twitter pero puede ser usado de forma independiente. Después de crear una cuenta en el sistema puedes comenzar a grabar un mensaje usando esta interfaz: Después de grabar el mensaje, añades lo que deseas que aparezca en Twitter y oprimes el botón de “Tweet Your Audio Now”. Si lo hacen más sencillo, lo dañan. El mensaje es procesado en pocos minutos y se publicará tanto en Twitter como en el portal del Chir.ps. Existe también la opción de subir un archivo en formato mp3 He creado un sitio en Chir.ps para añadir  algunos cuentos cortos. Los mensajes pueden ser descargados en formato mp3 pero no ofrecen un código para insertarlos en un blog o página web. Sin embargo, puedes usar un “player” para que se pueden escuchar desde el blog: [audio http://chir.ps/3FC.mp3 ] Para grabar un mensaje en Audioboo seleccionas entre el botón de grabar un mensaje en línea o subir un archivo en formato mp3: Si seleccionas la primera alternativa, se presentará una página en donde puedes comenzar a grabar el mensaje: Después de terminar de grabar el mensaje, añades un título y una etiqueta para describir el mismo: Incluso puedes incluir una imagen relacionada al mensaje: Si lo deseas pues también añadir tu localización: Finalmente, pulsas en el botón de “Publish”. Audioboo ofrece un código para insertar el mensaje en un blog o página web. ... Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:36:59 +0100 821827 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FreakonomicsBlog/~3/wv7DSjyuGO0/ We've just completed our second full-length podcast. It's called "Is America's Obesity Epidemic for Real?" (Source: Freakonomics Blog) Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:54:32 +0100 821749 http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/2SZ2NozjNCo/david-shields-reality-hunger-advice-writers In this week's podcast we discuss Reality Hunger, David Shields's controversial manifesto for a new literature based on fact rather than fiction. He tells us how theft can be more creative than invention, why collage is the artform of today, and why the lyric essay has more to offer the modern age than that old-fangled form, "the novelly novel"...We also debate the issues raised by last week's much-talked-about feature, Ten Rules for Writers, with novelist and creative writing teacher Toby Litt. Will Self, Anne Enright, Sarah Waters, Elmore Leonard and Richard Ford are among the authors whose "rules" we interrogate.We learn what David Hare thinks of literary fiction. Plus we get a glimpse into what the process of filming Nick Hornby's novel High Fidelity taught director Stephen Frears about the structure of novels.Reading listReality Hunger, by David Shields (Hamish Hamilton)10 Rules of Writing, by Elmore Leonard (Weidenfeld)Becoming a Writer, by Dorothea Brande (Pan)Journey to the Moon, by Toby Litt (Penguin)I Play the Drums in a Band Called Okay by Toby Litt (Penguin)Claire ArmitsteadSarah CrownLisa AllardiceToby LittScott Cawley (Source: Guardian Unlimited Books) Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:40:51 +0100 821717 http://media.libsyn.com/media/oclspodcast/ocls_bbmorgan.mp4 B.B. Morgan brings his soulful, Southern-style blues to the Orlando Public Library for a free concert. (5:08) (.mp4 video format; iPhone and iPod Touch compatible) (Source: OCLS Podcast (OCLS Events)) Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:10:00 +0100 822361 http://wiredforbooks.org/mp3/JackMatthews1984.mp3 (See also: Jack Matthews Interview  Part One. (Parts 2 and 3 will appear in the next week). My introduction to short story writer Jack Matthews could not be more accidental. Between 2007 and 2008, I had been downloading and listening to a series of author interviews conducted by Don Swaim during the 1970s and 80s. Don Swaim did a series of 3 minute interviews with CBS Radio Services called Book Beat, presumably when authors showed up in NYC for a book tour.  Swaim shot the breeze with authors for an hour, talking about random things, and later found enough material for the three minute segment that actually aired.  But he saved the audio from the full interviews, digitalized them and put them online. The Wired for Books  interviews themselves are unpredictable, unrehearsed, meandering, sometimes dull and sometimes overly focused on topical irrelevancies (See Note below). Unlike the erudite interviews of  the KCRW Bookworm podcast, (which Michael Silverblatt conducts like a graduate student eager to show off his profound understanding of an  author’s oeuvre),  the exigencies of a radio schedule gave Swaim little time to do real preparation.  Over the decades  Swaim interviewed a number of literary greats (both recognized and unrecognized). At the same time, he interviewed a lot of popular authors, biographers, historians  and celebrities who had no business writing books. Sometime in 2008, I was listening to a random mp3 while doing housework.  It was a fascinating interview with a man who collected rare books and had recently published a book about book collecting. Midway through the interview, I realized I had already heard the same interview while driving from San Antonio to Houston. I remember making  a mental note to look the author up, but never did. His name was Jack Matthews, and the interview was done  in 1984. (Listen to the mp3). ... Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:49:44 +0100 821800 http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=PodOmatic__Podcast_-_Abilene_Public_Library39s_podcast_-_02-25-10_--- Check out the audio and video feeds that the Abilene Public Library will be posting of services, programs, special events, and more to keep up with w (Source: pligg - all) Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:00:32 +0100 821609 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/XP1Zdz19Eio/ JISC has released Modelling Scholarly Communication Options: Costs and Benefits for Universities. Here's an excerpt from the announcement (announcement includes podcast): The key findings from the report show The annual savings in research and library costs of a university repository model combined with subscription publishing could range from £100,000 to £1,320,000 Moving from Open Access journals and subscription-funding to per-article Open Access journal funding has the potential to achieve savings for universities between £620,000 per year and £1,700,000 per year if the article-processing charge is set at £500 or less Savings from a change away from subscription-funding to per-article Open Access journal funding were estimated to be between £170,000 and £1,365,000 per year for three out of the four universities studied when the article-processing charge is £1000 per article or less For the remaining university in the study a move from subscription-funding to the per-article Open Access journal funding saw the university having to pay £1.86m more in this scenario See also the related documents: How to Build a Case for University Policies and Practices in Support of Open Access and Publishing Research Papers Which Policy Will Deliver Best Value for Your University?. Related Posts Academic Journal Publisher Brill Launches Brill Open Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, MIT, and UC Berkeley Commit to Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity Scholarly and Research Communication Established Open Access—What Are the Economic Benefits? A Comparison of the United Kingdom, Netherlands and Denmark Costs and Benefits of Research Communication: The Dutch Situation (Source: DigitalKoans) Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:01:56 +0100 822389 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/02/25/modelling-scholarly-communication-options-costs-and-benefits-for-universities/ JISC has released Modelling Scholarly Communication Options: Costs and Benefits for Universities. Here's an excerpt from the announcement (announcement includes podcast): The key findings from the report show The annual savings in research and library costs of a university repository model combined with subscription publishing could range from £100,000 to £1,320,000 Moving from Open Access journals and subscription-funding to per-article Open Access journal funding has the potential to achieve savings for universities between £620,000 per year and £1,700,000 per year if the article-processing charge is set at £500 or less Savings from a change away from subscription-funding to per-article Open Access journal funding were estimated to be between £170,000 and £1,365,000 per year for three out of the four universities studied when the article-processing charge is £1000 per article or less For the remaining university in the study a move from subscription-funding to the per-article Open Access journal funding saw the university having to pay £1.86m more in this scenario See also the related documents: How to Build a Case for University Policies and Practices in Support of Open Access and Publishing Research Papers Which Policy Will Deliver Best Value for Your University?. Related Posts "A Survey of the Scholarly Journals Using Open Journal Systems" "Recognizing Opportunities: Conversational Openings to Promote Positive Scholarly Communication Change" Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog Update (1/20/10) STM Reacts to Scholarly Publishing Roundtable Report Report and Recommendations from the Scholarly Publishing Roundtable (Source: DigitalKoans) Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:01:20 +0100 821862 http://lawlib.lclark.edu/podcast/?p=2717 Public Interest Law Project Speaker Series How to Apply for a PILP Stipend Bill Penn, January 13, 2010 Public Interest Law | PILP Stipend Information | email Bill Penn In this podcast, learn about the application process for the PILP stipend for summer work from Public Interest Coordinator Bill Penn. The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on January 13, 2010 View Presentation Here (Source: Lewis) Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:53:06 +0100 822866 http://plablog.org/2010/02/bloggers-needed-for-pla-2010.html PLA is looking for lots of enthusiastic bloggers to fan out and cover all of the important details of the PLA 2010 conference. We’re planning to deliver detailed coverage of PLA 2010 programs, social events, exhibits, interviews, and maybe even a few podcasts. If you will be at the conference and want to blog sessions or other live events, write to contact or khughes and we’ll give you all the details. (Source: PLA Blog) Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:47:46 +0100 822209 http://www.lisnews.org/don039t_do_it_just_because_you_can_0 Technological advancements made in the past decade have certainly made librarians and libraries more efficient, more varied, and more approachable in the delivery of their services. Social networking allows for the online promotion of programs and services, as well as a way to communicate with others in the profession to exchange ideas. Vodcasting, podcasting, and blogs have allowed librarians to create material of their own and distribute it openly over the Internet, expanding their community far beyond their immediate geography. Video games have become a viable part of a library’s offerings; they represent the increasing amount of technology that libraries are making available to their patrons and the increasing diversity of collection development and programming. All in all, there are few faults to find with the grand role that technology and new media plays in the daily life of a librarian. However, there is one form of media that librarians should approach with caution and that should not be engaged in simply for the sake of progress: e-books. While resistance is ultimately futile, libraries should not rush to integrate e-books into their offerings. The majority of patrons don’t even own e-books readers (or e-readers) as of yet, and purchasing these devices to loan out to patrons could prove problematic. Unlike and Xbox 360 or a desktop computer, which is going to remain in place at the library and not be put solely into the hands of a patron, an e-reader is highly portable—and therefore highly fragile. They are quite expensive; the combination of fragility and cost represents a grim prospect for something that would be circulated as often as a book. Libraries could be staring down significant loss recovery budgets should their stock of e-readers falter. The reason of fiscal awareness, however, is not the primary reason for avoiding e-books and e-readers for now. ... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:29:52 +0100 821692 http://lisnews.org/don039t_do_it_just_because_you_can_0 Technological advancements made in the past decade have certainly made librarians and libraries more efficient, more varied, and more approachable in the delivery of their services. Social networking allows for the online promotion of programs and services, as well as a way to communicate with others in the profession to exchange ideas. Vodcasting, podcasting, and blogs have allowed librarians to create material of their own and distribute it openly over the Internet, expanding their community far beyond their immediate geography. Video games have become a viable part of a library’s offerings; they represent the increasing amount of technology that libraries are making available to their patrons and the increasing diversity of collection development and programming. All in all, there are few faults to find with the grand role that technology and new media plays in the daily life of a librarian. However, there is one form of media that librarians should approach with caution and that should not be engaged in simply for the sake of progress: e-books. While resistance is ultimately futile, libraries should not rush to integrate e-books into their offerings. The majority of patrons don’t even own e-books readers (or e-readers) as of yet, and purchasing these devices to loan out to patrons could prove problematic. Unlike and Xbox 360 or a desktop computer, which is going to remain in place at the library and not be put solely into the hands of a patron, an e-reader is highly portable—and therefore highly fragile. They are quite expensive; the combination of fragility and cost represents a grim prospect for something that would be circulated as often as a book. Libraries could be staring down significant loss recovery budgets should their stock of e-readers falter. The reason of fiscal awareness, however, is not the primary reason for avoiding e-books and e-readers for now. ... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:29:52 +0100 821551 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/02/25/new-report-from-jisc-how-to-build-a-business-case-for-an-open-access-policy/ From the Announcement and Key Findings: A new report launched today (25 February 2010) shows how universities can work out how much they could save on their profit and loss accounts as well as increasing their contribution to UK plc when they share their research papers through Open Access. The ‘modelling scholarly communication options: costs and benefits for universities’ report, written by Alma Swan, is based on different types of university. It shows how universities might reduce costs, and how they can calculate these saving and their greater contribution to society by following an Open Access route. Neil Jacobs, programme manager at JISC says, “This is the first time that universities will have a method and practical examples from which to build a business case for Open Access and to calculate the cost to them of the scholarly communications process. For example working out the value of researchers carrying out peer-reviewing duties or the comparative costs of the library handling of journals subscribed to in print, electronically, or in both formats. [Snip] The Report Focussed on Three Approaches to Open Access: + Open access journals Content freely available online using a business model that does not rely on subscriptions + Open access repositories The current subscription-based system is supplemented by the provision of Open Access articles in repositories + Open access repositories with overlay services Content is collected in repositories and service providers carry out the publishing services necessary, for example the peer-review process Access the Full Text Report A Podcast is Also Available (Runs 12:30) (Source: ResourceShelf) Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:55:16 +0100 821447 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/02/24/a-guide-to-distributed-digital-preservation/ The MetaArchive Cooperative has released A Guide to Distributed Digital Preservation. Here's an excerpt from the announcement: This volume is devoted to the broad topic of distributed digital preservation, a still-emerging field of practice for the cultural memory arena. Replication and distribution hold out the promise of indefinite preservation of materials without degradation, but establishing effective organizational and technical processes to enable this form of digital preservation is daunting. Institutions need practical examples of how this task can be accomplished in manageable, low-cost ways. This guide is written with a broad audience in mind that includes librarians, archivists, scholars, curators, technologists, lawyers, and administrators. Readers may use this guide to gain both a philosophical and practical understanding of the emerging field of distributed digital preservation, including how to establish or join a network. Related Posts International Internet Preservation Consortium Launches Web Archives Registry Harvard University Library OIS Releases File Information Tool Set Version 0.3.1 Library of Congress Launches Digital Preservation Podcast Series Center for Research Libraries Certifies Portico as Trustworthy Digital Repository Enhanced Publications: Linking Publications and Research Data in Digital Repositories (Source: DigitalKoans) Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:02:29 +0100 821867 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/teleread/KHnj/~3/y0grtDgmkbM/ I received the following email today from LibriVox.org, a site where people upload their own audiobook recordings of public-domain books. These recordings are themselves put into the public domain, so they can be used for any purpose just as the original texts can. I have used a couple of them myself in my podcast The Biblio File. Dearest LibriVox listeners, volunteers, & supporters: For four-and-a-half years, LibriVox volunteers have been making audiobooks for the world to enjoy, and giving them away for free. We’ve made thousands of free audiobooks that have been downloaded by millions of people; our site gets 400,000 visitors every month. To date, all our costs have been borne by a few individuals, with some generous donations and support from partners. However, these costs have become too big. For the first time (and hopefully for the last time for at least another four-and-a-half years) we’re asking for your support, for a $20,000 fund-raising campaign. Find out more about why we are raising money, and about how you can donate by following this link: http://librivox.org/2010/02/24/librivox-needs-your-help/ Thanks for all your wonderful work over the years, and here’s to many many more free public domain audio books. best, Hugh. Digg us. Slashdot us. Facebook us. Twitter us. Share the news. (Source: TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home) Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:25:42 +0100 821139 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TravelinLibrarian/~3/DHEpGC2FpD4/ I’m currently doing a monthly online session for the Nebraska Library Commission’s NCompass Live series titled “Tech Talk with Michael.” In each session I’ve interviewed another librarian that’s doing something technologically interesting or innovative in their library. So far I’ve done interviews with the library in New York that’s circulating GPS devices, a two libraries here in Nebraska, one with a photo printing Kiosk, and another that’s using OpenDNS to filter their Net connection. I’m looking for more folks to interview. Each interview lasts about 30 minutes and includes time for questions from the audience. The show is recorded and archived for later viewing online and for listening via the Commission’s podcast. If you’d like an opportunity to show off what’ you’re library’s doing, just drop me a line and we’ll get something scheduled. Photo CC-BY-NC-SA MyDigitalSLR (Source: Travelin' Librarian) Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:53:58 +0100 821179 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FreakonomicsBlog/~3/mzyRTLSzvgU/ A preview of the second episode of Freakonomics radio. (Source: Freakonomics Blog) Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:00:02 +0100 821090 http://ocplmedia.od.nih.gov/nihradio/20100219nlmmobile.mp3 The NIH Radio http://www.nih.gov/news/radio/index.htm is a 24-hour audio news service designed to provide broadcast radio stations and networks, podcasters and the public with the latest information about NIH research findings, highlights of press conferences, and health campaigns NIH Audio Reports http://www.nih.gov/news/radio/radio.htm are short-form, news stories posted roughly twice a week. Each report is based on a current press release and typically contains soundbites from NIH experts. They are one to four minutes long and health-related. They can be broadcast as is, or can be used as source material for other journalistic purposes.   You can listen to an NIH Audio Report on Mobile MedlinePlus at http://ocplmedia.od.nih.gov/nihradio/20100219nlmmobile.mp3 [scb] (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:18:53 +0100 821217 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/02/23/usability-inspection-of-digital-libraries/ The JISC UX2.0 project has released Usability Inspection of Digital Libraries. Here's an excerpt: The JISC funded project, UX2.0 aims to contribute to this general body of works by enhancing a digital library through a development and evaluation framework centered on usability and contemporary user experience. User-centred design (UCD) forms the overall approach of UX2.0. Technological developments will be implemented in tandem with research, usability studies and evaluation. This report relates to an UX2.0 objective to undertake usability inspection. It presents the findings of a general usability inspection (work package 2—WP2.1) done through heuristics evaluation on a selection of digital libraries. . . . The report will detail the heuristic methodology chosen to conduct the report, followed by an introduction to the design patterns identified in Section 3 and 4 respectively. Following this the results of usability inspection are presented in three sections; resource discovery (Section 5), navigation (Section 6) and enhancing user experience (Section 7). Resource discovery deals with the search and browse aspects of each digital library, referencing the design patterns used where appropriate. Navigation discusses specific types of navigation including faceted navigation and pagination. It also inspects the orientation through the DL and how the labeling helps or hinders user expectations. Finally the third part of the results (enhancing user experience) discusses the provision of value-added services of the DLs. Each the results section includes a discussion. The overall conclusions of the inspection in general are given in Section 8. ... Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 821034 http://lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu/enb/2010/02/23/two-will-podcasts-of-interest/ Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings, 9th Edition Jennifer Thorne Amann, a Senior Associate in the Buildings and Equipment Program, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Audio link not available as of 2/23/10. Should be posted later today or early tomorrow. Electronic Waste Collection Event Professor William Bullock, Ph.D., Professor of industrial Design and Director of the Product Interaction Research Laboratory and Design for Energy and Environment Laboratory, University of Illinois Amy Cade, University of Illinois Graduate with the Illinois Sustainability Center, University of Illinois Susan Monte, Champaign County Recycling Coordinator (Source: Environmental News Bits) Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:38:33 +0100 821027 http://otherlibrarian.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/podcamp-toronto-2010-my-recap/ Going to Podcamp Toronto has been one of the best things I’ve done in quite a few years.     Yes, better than Computers in Libraries.    Better than OLA Superconference or really any library conference I’ve gone to.   And yes, as Phil Swinney mentioned, it was better than Podcamp Halifax as well. Podcamp Toronto is better than most library conferences because: A lot of what podcasters and social media artists do relates very well to librarianship. As a librarian, I felt I had a unique perspective to share in the discussions about social media marketing and podcasting. Unlike librarians, social media marketers want to connect to as many people as they possibly can – not just their friends and colleagues.   The #PCTO2010 crowd was very friendly and supportive.   They wanted to help newbies learn and share tips with their colleagues. Podcasters and Marketers are very curious about librarians.   They know we are very crappy marketers of extremely valuable and useful services. Podcamp Toronto was better than Podcamp Halifax for a few common sense reasons: They were much better at filming / streaming etc. of the presentations – (because they are bigger). They were better at securing sponsorship (at the Saturday party, an elephant could have got very drunk without paying so much as a cent). There were just that many more connections, more excellent presenters, more diverse questions etc. No one had to justify their social media presence.   It was a given that social media is important and valuable and Podcampers were going to reap the benefits of their diving in to this space early. There were more podcaster presentations.  The one I went to by John Meadows about editing interview content was fantastic.  (I’m not really a podcaster, but he made me want to become one). ... Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:23:40 +0100 820973 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/eLYGTvGtMuc/listen-lisnewsorg-podcast-episode-107.html LISTen: The LISNews.org Podcast - Episode #107. "Technical issues continue to plague us at Erie Looking Productions. LISTen #107 is a lost episode as there will be no recorded audio for this one. The unedited script that has none of the usual handwritten corrections or any ad-libs by the presenter is instead released for consideration. Links to matters referenced are shown as footnotes in the attached PDF file. This peculiar release is made under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. While we plan to release LISTen #108 on March 1st, this is dependent upon us chasing down electrical shorts and other complications. Thank you for your patience and cooperation in this difficult time.". Previous Podcasts can be found here (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:46:26 +0100 820744 http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/d5QhSbLs60A/book-club-peter-carey-oscar-lucinda The novelist talks to John Mullan about how he came to write his Booker-winning novelJohn Mullan (Source: Guardian Unlimited Books) Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:00:00 +0100 820710 http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/2010/02/this-is-update-to-my-post-of-february.html This is an update to my post of February 17, 2010 entitled Comprehensive Database of Organizational Social Media Policies.On slaw.ca, Connie Crosby posted an item yesterday called Social Media Policy - Where are the Boundaries?:"The latest episode of the new video podcast Social Mediators by Thornley Fallis PR professionals Joseph Thornley, Terry Fallis and Dave Fleet raises some good questions about employee policies, especially around social media. In it, they talk about whether employees should take care in what they say on their personal lives (notably online) and whether they are always representatives of their companies." (Source: Library Boy) Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 820908 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=5509 The RML is planning for its next NN/LM contract. The Power and Potential of Personal Health Records from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (http://www.rwjf.org/pioneer/product.jsp?id=49988) is one of the documents that we are using to generate ideas and we thought you may also be interested. This Web feature focuses on personal health records (PHRs), addressing the development and evolution of PHRs, their role within health IT, concerns such as privacy, and the potential of PHRs. It brings together a collection of work in this area in a variety of formats ranging from reports and white papers to blog posts, podcasts, and videos. We’d love to hear back from you about what this work means for you and your library. Comments can be left on the MCR Blog at http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/. If there is another document that you’d like to recommend that we read, please feel free to provide the information in a comment as well. Happy reading! /ka (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:17:22 +0100 820697 http://www.uab.edu/lister/news/index.php?newsID=1&ID=800 If you missed the February 2nd Reynolds Historical Lecture, you can now view the podcast online at http://blip.tv/file/3221090. This lecture by Elizabeth Lane Furdell, PhD, Professor of History, University of North Florida, titled 'Magic, Alchemy, and Medicine in Harry Potter's World,' was a special program held in conjunction with the Harry Potter's World exhibit, on display in the Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences through March 5. This podcast has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. N01-LM-6-3502 with the University of Maryland Baltimore. (Source: Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences News) Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:06:24 +0100 822024 http://www.abanet.org/abastore/books/podcast/audio/2010-Solo-Small-Firm-Guide-to-Tech.mp3 Hat tip to my friends Sharon Nelson and John Simek of Sensei who today published the 2010 edition of their annual legal technology guide. It is discussed in the latest ABA podcast. The blurb says This annual guide is the only one of its kind written to help solo and small firm lawyers find the best technology for their dollar. You’ll find the most current information and recommendations on computers, servers, networking equipment, legal software, printers, security products, smart phones, and anything else a law office might need. It’s written in clear, easily understandable language to make implementation easier if you choose to do it yourself, or you can use it in conjunction with your IT consultant. Either way, you’ll learn how to make technology work for you. Topics include: * An unbiased overview of current legal technology products * Updated hardware and software recommendations for Windows and Mac-based systems * Step-by-step instructions for making sound technology decisions * How to choose the right operating system and software for your office, including case management applications, billing systems, and document management solutions * Determining what you need to go wireless * How to protect your firm from security threats, including viruses, spyware, and spam This new and updated edition also includes an Introduction and a new chapter, “Paperless or Paper LESS: The Quest to Sanely Manage Paper in Practice,” by Ross L. Kodner. (Source: Slaw) Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:47:02 +0100 822329 http://www.slaw.ca/2010/02/22/social-media-policy-where-are-the-boundaries/ The latest episode of the new video podcast Social Mediators by Thornley Fallis PR professionals Joseph Thornley, Terry Fallis and Dave Fleet raises some good questions about employee policies, especially around social media. In it, they talk about whether employees should take care in what they say on their personal lives (notably online) and whether they are always representatives of their companies. Also see the full Pro PR blog post Social Mediators 2: Are you always one of us? The first video referenced in this episode is available here. Also related: Comprehensive Database of Organizational Social Media Policies (Michel-Adrien Sheppard, Slaw.ca, Feb. 17, 2010) and  Social Media Policies Database (Compliance Building by Doug Cornelius). (Source: Slaw) Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:54:43 +0100 822331 http://lisnews.org/files/LISTen-107.pdf Technical issues continue to plague us at Erie Looking Productions. LISTen #107 is a lost episode as there will be no recorded audio for this one. The unedited script that has none of the usual handwritten corrections or any ad-libs by the presenter is instead released for consideration. Links to matters referenced are shown as footnotes in the attached PDF file. This peculiar release is made under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. While we plan to release LISTen #108 on March 1st, this is dependent upon us chasing down electrical shorts and other complications. Thank you for your patience and cooperation in this difficult time. (Mirrored at Internet Archive) (Source: LISNews.org) Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:53:03 +0100 820415 http://www.ualberta.ca/~lissa1/fip/FIPRecordings/Disintermediation%202.0.mp3 The talk I gave in Alberta on February 5th was recorded. The recording is now on the web in mp3 form. Toni Samek’s introduction feels a bit grand, but the real me will be on the mic shortly. The recording itself came out all right. Not all of the audience questions are audible, but as a whole I think it works well enough to post: Podcast Slides Event information (Source: Library Juice) Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:26:53 +0100 820867 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Davidrothmannet/~3/_siQ_SogGF4/ The most recent episode of On the Media1 alerted me to this piece by Dr. Vaughan Bell in Slate.2 Bell writes: Worries about information overload are as old as information itself, with each generation reimagining the dangerous impacts of technology on mind and brain. From a historical perspective, what strikes home is not the evolution of these social concerns, but their similarity from one century to the next, to the point where they arrive anew with little having changed except the label. This is very entertaining stuff. Bell links to this article from the Journal of the History of Ideas by Ann Clair:3 This article surveys some of the ways in which early modern scholars responded to what they perceived as an overabundance of books. In addition to owning more books and applying selective judgment as well as renewed diligence to their reading and note-taking, scholars devised shortcuts, sometimes based on medieval antecedents. These shortcuts included the use of the alphabetical index, whether printed or handmade, to read a book in parts, and the use of reference books, amanuenses, abbreviations, or the cutting and pasting from printed or manuscript sources to save time and effort in note-taking. Other examples include Socrates warnings on the danger of writing and fantasy tales, Malesherbes complaining that newspapers “socially isolated readers,” and an 1883 article which argued that schools “exhaust the children’s brains and nervous systems with complex and multiple studies, and ruin their bodies by protracted imprisonment.” Go read Bell’s whole article. Loved this quote from Douglas Adams that Bell mentions: “Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. ... Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:47:38 +0100 820190 http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/7HGEglNkuF8/reality-hunger-david-shields-review Blake Morrison stands up for the continuing relevance of the novelMost readers will know the feeling. You've been through an experience so consuming that you've no room in your head for made-up stories – or the recent choices at your book club have been dire. Either way, novels seem pointless. Why devote precious time to contrived plots and imagined scenarios? Why waste energy on invented characters? Only the real excites you: life writing, memoir, confessional poetry, witness statements from the front line.There's a name for this condition: fiction fatigue. Readers who've experienced it will also know that it usually passes: time heals, the world opens up again and your faith in the novel is restored. David Shields hasn't been cured. He doesn't want to be cured. He thinks of "reality hunger" not as a sickness but as the defining spirit of our age, with its yearning for the music of what happens. His book is a spirited polemic on behalf of non-fiction – a manifesto in 618 soundbites.The book comes laden with praise. Jonathan Lethem, Geoff Dyer, Fred­erick Barthelme, Rick Moody and Jonathan Raban are among the 20-plus authors whose endorsements dominate the cover and end-pages (though intriguingly JM Coetzee's name, prominent on the proof copy, has disappeared). Some of the acclaim comes from writers whose work Shields cites to support his argument. Still, they're right to call Reality Hunger an important book. The fiction vs non-fiction debate has become intense in recent years, and Shields cranks it up a notch.Every artistic movement is a bid to get closer to reality, he argues, and it's in lyric essays, prose poems and collage novels (as well as performance art, stand-up comedy, documentary film, hip-hop, rap and graffiti) that such impetus is to be found today. Key components include randomness, spontaneity, emotional urgency, literalism, rawness and self-reflexivity. A loosely defined genre, then: in fact, a genre committed to genre-busting. ... Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:10:13 +0100 819783 http://lawlib.lclark.edu/podcast/?p=2912 Student Financial Services Series Information Session About Summer Financial Aid February 18, 2010 Student Financial Services | email Student Financial Services In this podcast, Martha Spence and Diana Meyer (of Student Financial Services) discuss Summer School, Summer Financial Aid, and how it works for law students. Be sure to file your 2010-11 FAFSA on-line at: www.fafsa.ed.gov and register for the summer classes you want to attend. The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on February 18, 2010. View noon-time presentation here View repeat 4pm presentation here (Source: Lewis) Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:34:47 +0100 821192 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/teleread/KHnj/~3/LLK22SYNgPY/ According to a recent Ars Technica article, Nielsen has surveyed over 27,000 customers in 52 countries with questions about what kinds of content they would be willing to pay for on-line. The results may hold out some hope for newspapers and magazines pondering retreating behind paywalls, but some other kinds of content might have more trouble. The types of things consumers would pay for on-line seem by and large to be much the same sorts of things they pay for off-line—movies, music, and games, for instance. 50% of those polled seemed willing to pay for magazine content on-line, and 40% to pay for newspaper content. I found it interesting that over 75% of those surveyed expected online content to be free if they already subscribed to the off-line version, and 71% would only pay for content if it was “considerably better” than free. Ars notes that content at the bottom end of the willing-to-pay scale is content perceived as amateur-made, which has traditionally been free on the Internet—blogs, podcasts, and so on. And it seems that the willingness to pay varies by demographic, with the demographic most willing to pay being the opposite of what conventional wisdom would lead you to expect. Nielsen noted in its report that younger consumers are more willing to have already paid and be willing to pay for most types of content, for example, which is surprising given the popular perception that "kids these days" seem most likely to just go ahead and steal content. "[M]any so-called ‘digital natives’ know how to end-run pay sites and have done so in the past," wrote Nielsen. "But it reflects a realization that they are now in a world where the value of content is platform-agnostic; and video consumed online may be no less valuable than watched on television." This offers some hope for papers such as the New York Times, which want to get subscribers to pay for their web content. ... Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0100 819725 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=14445 Fine Arts Librarian (University of Utah, Marriott Library) J. Willard Marriott Library Fine Arts Librarian Search – Spring 2010 Brief Description The Katherine W. Dumke Fine Arts and Architecture Library, housed in the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah, is seeking an innovative and creative librarian to work in an exciting and recently renovated learning environment of free and open inquiry combined with a commitment to excellence in service. ... Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:20:04 +0100 819485 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/teleread/KHnj/~3/hnK2L6eYqb4/ According to a recent Ars Technica article, Nielsen has surveyed over 27,000 customers in 52 countries with questions about what kinds of content they would be willing to pay for on-line. The results may hold out some hope for newspapers and magazines pondering retreating behind paywalls, but some other kinds of content might have more trouble. The types of things consumers would pay for on-line seem by and large to be much the same sorts of things they pay for off-line—movies, music, and games, for instance. 50% of those polled seemed willing to pay for magazine content on-line, and 40% to pay for newspaper content. I found it interesting that over 75% of those surveyed expected online content to be free if they already subscribed to the off-line version, and 71% would only pay for content if it was “considerably better” than free. Ars notes that content at the bottom end of the willing-to-pay scale is content perceived as amateur-made, which has traditionally been free on the Internet—blogs, podcasts, and so on. And it seems that the willingness to pay varies by demographic, with the demographic most willing to pay being the opposite of what conventional wisdom would lead you to expect. Nielsen noted in its report that younger consumers are more willing to have already paid and be willing to pay for most types of content, for example, which is surprising given the popular perception that "kids these days" seem most likely to just go ahead and steal content. "[M]any so-called ‘digital natives’ know how to end-run pay sites and have done so in the past," wrote Nielsen. "But it reflects a realization that they are now in a world where the value of content is platform-agnostic; and video consumed online may be no less valuable than watched on television." This offers some hope for papers such as the New York Times, which want to get subscribers to pay for their web content. ... Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:06:49 +0100 819507 http://stephenslighthouse.com/?p=3263 I missed linking to this January Pew Internet and American Life report. I was buried in changing jobs but now I am hitting my stride again after having a three week long cold or something. Health Sites: Some Are More Equal Than Others by Susannah Fox Jan 21, 2010 Read the full report (72 page PDF) Executive Summary: “61% of American adults look online for health information. In 2000, 46% of American adults had access to the internet, 5% of U.S. households had broadband connections, and 25% of American adults looked online for health information. Now, 74% of American adults go online, 57% of American households have broadband connections, and 61% of adults look online for health information. We use the term “e-patient” to describe this group. Further, “always present” mobile access draws people into conversations about health as much as online tools enable research. American adults continue to turn to traditional sources of health information, even as many of them deepen their engagement with the online world. When asked, “Now thinking about all the sources you turn to when you need information or assistance in dealing with health or medical issues, please tell me if you use any of the following sources…” • 86% of all adults ask a health professional, such as a doctor. • 68% of all adults ask a friend or family member. • 57% of all adults use the internet. • 54% use books or other printed reference material. • 33% contact their insurance provider. • 5% use another source not mentioned in the list. The social life of health information is robust. Half of all online health inquiries (52%) are on behalf of someone other than the person typing in the search terms. And two-thirds of e-patients talk with someone else about what they find online, most often a friend or spouse. ... Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:30:07 +0100 819823 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/02/18/podcast-uk-sharing-and-re-using-catalogue-records-in-a-web-2-0-world/ Re: Legal Issues. This podcast was produced by JISC in the UK. From the Summary: “There are now so many ways in which catalogue records can be re-used on the Web outside the formal library catalogue,” says Ben Wynne, the JISC programme manager responsible for this guidance. “This is great news for libraries and their users but, as in so many other areas, when it comes to copying and sharing data you need to be clear what you can and cannot do within the law.” Web 2.0 applications such as LibraryThing have opened up new ways for people to share records for their books and other information resources and for libraries to make them available for indexing by Web search engines. The aim of the guidance is to enable librarians to take a risk management approach to making their catalogue records available for re-use and to audit their current legal position. You can access the podcast at the bottom of this web page. It runs 12.5 minutes. Hat Tip: Peter S. See Also: Sharing and Reusing, CERN Opens up Bibliographic Metadata! (Source: ResourceShelf) Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:48:42 +0100 819530 http://lawlib.lclark.edu/podcast/?p=2828 Career Services Speaker Series LEED Certification and Starting a Sustainability Practice February 1, 2010 Career Services | email Career Services In this podcast, learn more about the process of becoming a LEED Accredited Professional and learn more about the experience of one recent alum who helped start a sustainability practice at her firm. Our 2007 alums Jacqui Bishop (of Roberts Kaplan) and Monique Hawthorne (of Davis Wright Tremaine) will talk about their experiences becoming LEED Accredited Professionals. Jacqui will also talk about starting the sustainability practice group at her firm. The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on February 1, 2010. View presentation here (Source: Lewis) Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:48:11 +0100 819453 http://lawlib.lclark.edu/podcast/?p=2818 Career Services Speaker Series Santa Clara University Law School Study Abroad February 4, 2010 Career Services | email Career Services Interested in studying abroad this summer? Still looking for a program that offers the location and the subject matter you want? In this podcast, a representative from the Santa Clara University School of Law Summer Abroad program will be here to present the program and answer questions. Santa Clara University School of Law offers programs in Costa Rice, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Singapore, Tokyo, The Hague, Vienna, Australia and across Europe. Topics include human rights, international business and trade and intellectual property and investment law. Externships are also available. The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on February 4, 2010 View presentation here (Source: Lewis) Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:37:05 +0100 819455 http://lawlib.lclark.edu/podcast/?p=2831 Career Services Speaker Series Judicial Clerkships and Externships with the Oregon Supreme Court and Oregon Court of Appeals February 8, 2010 Career Services In this podcast, hear how an appellate level state court clerkship can provide you with an opportunity to gain significant research and writing experience, enhance your understanding of different areas of the law, and allow you to develop a lifelong mentoring relationship with a judge. It’s an excellent transition from law school to law practice. The Oregon appellate courts recruit very early for judicial clerk positions that will begin after graduation. They are recruiting CURRENT 2L STUDENTS for 2 year post-grad judicial clerk positions that will begin Fall, 2011. See the Career Services Job Postings for additional details and application requirements. The Courts also accept 1L and 2L externships (volunteer or for credit) for the summer and during the academic year. Speakers at this session will provide an overview of the clerkship application process, timing, and interviewing for clerkships with the courts. Guest Speakers: Hon. Thomas Balmer, Oregon Supreme Court Hon. Darleen Ortega, Oregon Court of Appeals Lora Keenan ‘95, Staff Attorney, Oregon Court of Appeals Rebecca Johansen ‘08, Judicial Clerk to Justice Balmer, Oregon Supreme Court The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on February 8, 2010. View Presentation Here (Source: Lewis) Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:30:22 +0100 819456 http://lawlib.lclark.edu/podcast/?p=2836 Career Services Speaker Series Judicial Clerkship and Summer Intern Opportunities with the Oregon Tax Court February 9, 2010 Career Services In this podcast, you can find out about the great learning opportunities that are available at the tax court. The Oregon Tax Court has exclusive jurisdiction to hear tax appeals under state laws, including personal income tax, property tax, corporate excise tax, timber tax, local budget law and property tax limitations. The Court has two divisions: the Magistrate Division and the Regular Division. Each year, the Oregon Tax Court recruits 1L or 2L students for volunteer summer externs (volunteer or for credit). The Court also accepts upper division students who wish to do an externship with the court during the summer or the school year. You do not need to have any experience with tax to apply – the Tax Court has broad areas of jurisdiction and provides a great opportunity to sharpen your research and writing skills. Guest Speakers: Hon. Henry Breithaupt, Tax Court Judge Hon. Jill Tanner, Presiding Magistrate Mary Dougherty, Judicial Clerk Meridith Dubus, Judicial Clerk The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on February 9, 2010. View Presentation Here (Source: Lewis) Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:25:17 +0100 819457 http://lawlib.lclark.edu/podcast/?p=2839 Career Services Speaker Series Diversity and Employment: Packaging Your Minority Status February 10, 2010 Career Services Do you self-identify as a minority? Do you have questions about how your minority status fits into your job search? In this podcast, Career Services, Jewish Legal Society, Latino Law Society, Minority Law Student Association, Outlaw, and Women’s Law Caucus host a vibrant discussion with distinguished legal professionals in Oregon, including Judge Darleen Ortega of the Oregon Court of Appeals, and Ed Reeves, Partner in the Employment & Labor Section at Stoel Rives. The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on February 10, 2010. View Presentation Here (Source: Lewis) Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:47:30 +0100 819459 http://lawlib.lclark.edu/podcast/?p=2843 Oregon Trial Lawyers Association Speaker Series Oregon Trial Lawyer Speakers Brian Whitehead, Paul Spencer, and Sean DuBois February 16, 2010 Oregon Trial Lawyers Association In this podcast, you will hear from three members of the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association. Brian Whitehead is a long-time plaintiff’s attorney and will talk about product liability cases. He recently filed a $4 million dollar suit against the manufacturer of a baby sling and that case is currently working its way through the courts. Paul Spencer will speak about his experiences as a student and recent graduate looking for work and will give some tips on what steps students should take while still in law school. He will also talk about the day-to-day work of his practice, as well as provide information about the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association and how students can get involved with the organization. Sean DuBois of Shulman DuBois shares his insights on starting a new business. The program was held at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on February 16, 2010. View Presentation Here (Source: Lewis) Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:01:05 +0100 819460 http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/cto-nmb1KzY/media-talk-usa-podcast-amazon-ipad-google-buzz Jeff Jarvis is joined by technology journalist Natalie Del Conte and web entrepreneur Fred Graver on the latest edition of Media Talk USA.The panel start by analysing Google Buzz. Will the people at Facebook and Twitter be quaking in their boots, or has Google made a real boob as it moves into the social web?Also in the podcast, what does the iPad mean for the publishing industry? Has the Kindle been rendered obsolete? And what will the competition between Apple and Amazon do for the price of ebooks?Have a listen to the show, and post your comment on the blog below. We're also on Facebook, Twitter, and - of course - iTunes.Jeff Jarvis (Source: Guardian Unlimited Books) Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:30:44 +0100 819186 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/infoisland/~3/AWLTKuwQ_ok/ Join us at The Rainbow Gardens Pet Memorial Center on Sunday, February 21, at 3 pm SLT for our Valentine’s Party! It is never too late to share your love! There will be dancing and ice skating. Please bring a poem about your pet to share during the party. We hope to see you there! Rainbow Gardens Pet Memorial Center, Cybrary City II (128, 12, 21). *** THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 6PM SLT *** VIRTUALLY SPEAKING with JAY ACKROYD **Biomimicry’s Janine Benyus** followed by a **WORLD CAFE CONVERSATION** @7pm * http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtually%20Speaking/164/111/25 Simulcast on BlogTalkRadio – http://bit.ly/4zncOv Subscribe via iTunes – http://bit.ly/8Szklp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * OUR GUEST JANINE BENYUS – The ‘biologist at the design table,’ natural sciences writer, and lecturer, biologist Janine Benyus co-founded both the Biomimicry Guild and Institute, which practice the science and art of emulating nature to address design and sustainability challenges. READ MORE http://www.biomimicryguild.com/ http://asknature.org/ http://twitter.com/AskNatureTweets WORLD CAFE AFTER THE INTERVIEW (7:00pm – 8:30pm) Lucida Skytower, Director of Global Communications at World Cafe will facilitate a conversation (among all of us) about Biomimicry. Join us in the VS meadow. Audio for this event is through a conference call service. To participate – get a call-in number and pin via email – RSVP at http://myaccount.maestroconference. ... Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:10:13 +0100 820541 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/02/16/youtube-celebrates-its-fifth-birthday/ We’re a two days late with this one. Sorry. From a Los Angeles Times Article: When YouTube first started five years ago, achieving those core principles was much more difficult. The company was competing in a space where uploading video to the Web was considered more of a headache than a desired practice. Worst of all, inherent startup costs related to video were extremely high, which meant YouTube was forced to secure venture funding to get up and running. In November 2005, it did just that with the help of Sequoia Capital, a well-respected venture-capital firm. With funds finally procured, YouTube officially launched in December 2005. YouTube grew at an astounding rate. Web users uploaded personal videos to share with friends. As they did so, several videos went “viral,” a Web term that grew in popularity, thanks to YouTube. By July 2006, more than 65,000 videos were added to the site each day and over 100 million videos were being viewed. As successful as user-generated content was, YouTube’s popularity and explosive growth was due in main part to the copyrighted material that users uploaded to the site. Everything from “Saturday Night Live” skits to movies were added to YouTube, giving viewers their first opportunity to have all their favorite professional content at their disposal whenever they fired up their computers. Meanwhile, copyright holders were seething. They could have sued YouTube and requested their copy-protected clips be taken down, but the video site was losing money at an astounding rate as bandwidth costs continued to pile up. Suing YouTube at the time would have cost copyright holders huge legal fees and would have likely ended in no financial gain. All that changed in November 2006 when Google announced that it had acquired YouTube for a whopping $1.65 billion in stock. It was one of the most talked-about acquisitions in Web history. ... Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:19:22 +0100 818924 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/lansinglibraryyouth/podcast/~3/Z4bzPl6hrc4/february-book-of-month.html The Attack of the Frozen Woodchucks by Dan ElishWhen Jimmy's dad swears he saw a giant woodchuck in the park, Jimmy is not surprised; his dad is always telling wild stories in hopes of publishing them someday. Even though two-year-old Imogene backs up Dad's story, Jimmy doesn't believe it . . . until his father disappears overnight and his mother swears a furry creature brushed past her while she slept. When the police won't listen, Jimmy enlists the help of his detective-minded friend William, the great-great-great-great-nephew of President Taft, and William's purple flying go-cart. When the boys need reinforcements, they call on ten-year-old self-made rocket scientist Janice Claytooth. In Janice's high-tech space craft, the team discovers Grindleprick, a world where the woodchucks already do what they would do if they could: chuck all the wood they could!Jimmy's search for his father ultimately turns into a desperate attempt to save our earth from Grindleprick's fate. When Jimmy and his companions uncover the reason behind the giant woodchucks, the plot leads them closer to home than they could've imagined. (Source: Lansing Library Youth Dept. Podcast) Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:46:04 +0100 819467 http://www-cdn.educause.edu/sites/default/files/cni09-sierra.mp3 EDUCAUSE has completed posting podcast interview from the Fall 2009 CNI (Coalition for Networked Information) Fall Task Force Meeting on December 14-15, 2009, Washington, DC. The interviews are organized on a single page. You can find each on listed and linked here. : + Bernard Frischer, leading digital humanist, on 3D modelling in the humanities. + Tito Sierra, Associate Head for Digital Library Development at North Carolina State on new mobile library projects at NCSU. + Brett Bobley, CIO for the National Endowment for the Humanities, on using supercomputers in humanities research. + Paolo Mangiafico, Director of Digital Information Strategy for Duke University, on initiating a campus-wide digital information plan. + Marsha Semmel, Deputy Director for Museums and Director of Strategic Partnerships at the Institute of Museum and Library Services, summarizes opportunities and updates from the IMLS. + Memento, protocol-based time travel for the web, is explained by developers Herbert Van de Sompel, Robert Sanderson, and Michael Nelson. + The Open Annotation Project, also discussed by Van de Sompel, Sanderson, and Nelson, is making progress towards the establishment of an interoperable annotation environment for scholarly artifacts. EDUCAUSE/CNI (Source: ResourceShelf) Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:53:23 +0100 818748 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/l8Xpv7c8WZA/jisc-podcastpress-release-sharing-and.html The internet has made sharing library catalogue records easier for libraries and users – but with it comes a new set of challenges surrounding the legal implications. A new JISC toolkit helps librarians navigate the legal minefield of making their catalogue records available to others. "There are now so many ways in which catalogue records can be re-used on the Web outside the formal library catalogue,” says Ben Wynne, the JISC programme manager responsible for this guidance. “This is great news for libraries and their users but, as in so many other areas, when it comes to copying and sharing data you need to be clear what you can and cannot do within the law." (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:04:14 +0100 818681 http://www.slaw.ca/2010/02/15/google-buzz-already-raising-privacy-concerns/ Simon Fodden first spoke about the new Google Buzz here on Slaw last week. He didn’t have access yet at the time (do you now, Simon?). First impressions I was surprised to see it appear unannounced in my Gmail box a few days ago as an option on the left side of my mailbox. When I clicked on it, I was even more surprised to see I had followers and people I followed already set up (those people I was connected with who also have Gmail accounts). I was already privy to a number of conversations in progress. My first impression is that it is a lot like FriendFeed or the news feed on Facebook, where someone posts a comment or photos or links and others can post comments. I am not yet sure how I am going to use this in a way that differentiates it from all the other streams of information I push out: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed, and probably a few more I have forgotten about. And I’m really not sure how I am going to use this new tool. Privacy concerns Already concerns about privacy are surfacing. This goes beyond the usual “all this connectivity is eating at my privacy” arguments. It appears that Google has made a few miscalculations that do jeopardize the privacy of many of us on Gmail, even if we have not clicked on that Google Buzz icon. Maggie Shiels on her dot.Maggie blog at the BBC News (Feb. 15/10) points out some of these possible gaffes: automatically following all of your Gmail contacts (this has now been replaced with automated suggested followers – see GMail Blog post from Feb. 13/10) automatically connecting content from other websites such as photos from Picasa and links from Google Reader (albeit they are showing only photos or links that have been designated as public) The guys at DyscultureD podcast also identified some additional concerns in Episode 70 (Feb. 15/10) also point out: those of us with Google accounts also have public Google Profiles. ... Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:08:14 +0100 820304 http://blog.library.temple.edu/liblog/archives/2010/02/discussing-the.html On September 9, in a ceremony at Sullivan Hall, over one hundred interested faculty, students, staff, friends, and members of the public celebrated the arrival of the Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center (PJAC) to Temple's Main Campus. This 5 million piece collection is perhaps the best local Jewish archive anywhere in the country and finds an excellent home in the Temple University Libraries' Urban Archives, a research center specializing in twentieth century Philadelphia. Another new arrival to Temple's Main Campus, from its former Temple University Center City home, is the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History. Both of these organizations will invigorate Jewish studies research at Temple University. On November 6, Sarah Sherman, Archivist for the Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center, and Lila Berman, head of the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History, sat down with librarian Fred Rowland to discuss the recent arrival of these two organizations. They discuss the long arc of Philadelphia Jewish history, the history of their respective organizations, and their roles in promoting research at Temple University. Interview (mp3; 28:24 minutes; 26 MB) (Source: Temple University Library Blog) Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:48:00 +0100 818501