LibWorm.com provides a librarian RSS filtering service. Over 1500 RSS librarian sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest headlines from journals and sites in the Technology interest group. http://www.libworm.com/rss/librarianqueries.php Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:51:59 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://hhsmedia.blogspot.com/2009/12/happy-hello.html I am very excited to be joining the faculty of Huntingtown High School as a library media specialist. While I am new to HHS, I feel right at home working in this community. My teaching career started in 1993 at Plum Point Middle School. I taught seventh and eighth grade social studies there for nine years before taking a leave of absence for another rewarding job, motherhood!During my time at Plum Point, I grew to love technology and all the ways it can enhance classroom learning. My students benefited from informational technologies to develop award-winning history fair projects. I loved guiding students through the research process, and decided to obtain a post-Master’s degree in a school library media program while staying at home with my two children.I am looking forward to continuing my professional journey here at Huntingtown High. It would be my pleasure to help you with any research question, large or small. Please stop by to say hello!Proud to be a Hurricane,Rachael Younkers (Source: Huntingtown High School Library Media Center) Wed, 08 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 799137 http://www.ucisa.ac.uk/groups/cisg/Events/2010/BI.aspx (Source: JISC CETIS News) Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:00:00 +0100 791643 http://hhsmedia.blogspot.com/2009/10/southern-maryland-youth-in-technology.html Consider this opportunity: According to their website, you can "learn first hand about careers from professionals in Defense Technologies, Information Technologies, Health Technologies, Energy Technologies, and Trade Technologies." Lunch will be provided and there will be afternoon sessions for students and parents.When: October 31, 2009 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.Where: CSM, LaPlata Campus, PE Building (Source: Huntingtown High School Library Media Center) Tue, 19 Oct 2010 04:00:00 +0100 784244 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/10/tv-video-and-newspaper-coverage-of-boston-public-library-public-meeting/ Yesterday, we posted about potential closing of several Boston Public Library branch libraries. Today, a three reports about the meeting: 1) via Boston Globe “It’s outrageous that it has come to this,’’ said Yann Poisson of Dorchester. “Only a fifth-term mayor could dismiss libraries as a 21st-century anachronism, something that can be replaced by Yahoo or Google.’’ The library’s president, Amy E. Ryan, outlined a broad range of criteria that will be used to target branches for potential closing, including computer usage, handicapped accessibility, proximity to other branches, and the story behind each location. No decisions have been made. [Snip] Library administrators and [Mayor Thomas M.] Menino have talked about transforming the library for the digital age and moving services out of buildings by increasing offerings on the Internet and sending librarians to day-care centers and nursing homes. Yesterday Ryan referred to librarians as “information navigators’’ and compared the system’s current technology to an abridged encyclopedia, not a multivolume set. [Snip] But many in the audience bristled at the frequent references to technology. They spoke about their branches as refuges, gathering places, and focal points for their communities. 2) Video Report via WHDH 3) Video Report via WBZ Includes text transcript. (Source: ResourceShelf) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:29:17 +0100 825321 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/10/global-research-report-australia-and-new-zealand/ From the Thomson Reuters Announcement: A study from Thomson Reuters released today shows broadening international collaboration in the research of Australia and, to a lesser degree, New Zealand, over the past 10 years. The United States continues to be the biggest contributor to Australian and New Zealand publications, but of special interest is a sizable increase of Australia’s collaboration with China. The study, Global Research Report: Australia and New Zealand, found that collaboration within the Asia Pacific region is notably changing. Though collaboration with Australia among some Asia Pacific nations (such as New Zealand, India, and Singapore) increased, and collaboration with China doubled (rising from 2.3 percent to 4.4 percent of all Australian outputs), collaboration with Japan remained unchanged. Likewise, Japan’s rank as a contributor of co-authored papers with New Zealand fell from sixth to eighth. [Snip] Other Key findings Include: + Australia’s share of world research publication output has grown steadily from 2.85 percent in 1999 to 3.18 percent in 2008. + In the same period, the volume of Australian publications has risen annually by an average of 5 percent — a growth rate higher than that of world publication averages. + Computer science, materials science, environment/ecology, and clinical medicine are subject areas where Australia has increased its outputs, consistent with its national research priorities. + Subject areas that have grown in the volume of outputs in New Zealand are computer sciences, biology and biochemistry, immunology, and neurosciences and behavior, consistent with the country’s government research, science and technology agenda. Access the Complete Report The report is free but you will need to register. You can opt-out so no additional material is sent to you. Review Other Research Reports Source: Thomson Reuters (Source: ResourceShelf) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:52:55 +0100 825324 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/10/life-and-death-of-online-communities-new-research-from-israel-and-new-jersey/ From a University of Haifa Announcement: The more heterogeneous the community of an online chat channel, the more chances the channel has to survive over time. This has been concluded in a new joint study carried out by researchers of the University of Haifa and the New Jersey Institute of Technology. “This study has shown that an essentially social characteristic significantly influences the survival chances of an online community,” says Dr. Daphne Raban of the University of Haifa who took part in the study. [Snip] The study, headed by Dr. Quentin Jones of the New Jersey Institute of Technology with Dr. Mihai Moldovan of NJIT and Dr. Raban, aimed to examine what factors could best predict the chances of an online community to survive over time. [Snip] The current study included an analysis of social characteristics, such as the group’s homogeneity and heterogeneity. A group is considered homogeneous when its member turnover is small – namely, when the members who established the group are still the main members after some time. A group is considered heterogeneous when it has turnover and new members are continuously joining it. A sample 282 chat channels all “born” on the same month was used for survival analysis which explored the relationship between the overall user activity in each channel at its inception and the channel’s life expectancy. The researchers carried out the survival analysis over the course of six months after “birth”. A chat channel was considered “born” when at least three members had exchanged at least four messages in 20 minutes. It was considered “dead” when it had zero activity for four weeks. [Snip] According to the current study, another reliable predictor is the number of messages that are posted between members of an online community. ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:44:09 +0100 825328 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/kkJF/~3/nE18yuKRJKE/kenniskantoor-een-informatieplatform.html Een jaartje geleden bezocht een kleine delegatie van het Belgische Bibnet Middelburg, om met mij van gedachten te wisselen over de digitale bibliotheek en communities. Dat was een plezante ontmoeting, waarin we niet alleen spraken over de mogelijkheden en beperkingen van Ning en Drupal, maar ook over valkuilen van het sociale web en over de verschillen tussen het Nederlandse en Vlaamse bibliotheekwerk. In december schreef ik al over 'de mooie nieuwe jas van Bibliotheek.be', vandaag mag ik een nieuw hoofdstuk aan dat verhaal toevoegen: Bibnet heeft onlangs Kenniskantoor gelanceerd: een kennis- en informatieplatform voor bibliotheekprofessionals.De introductietekst vermeldt onder meer: Dit is een site voor en door bibliotheekprofessionals, of andere mensen die te maken hebben met bibliotheekwerk en bibliotheekbeleid. Je vindt hier informatie relevant voor bibliotheken, samen met ervaringen, impressies of beschouwingen van collega’s. Cases, nieuwtjes, studiedagen, nieuwe technologieën, tips en tricks, ze krijgen allemaal een plaats.Kenniskantoor is een onderdeel van het domein Bibliotheek.be en ziet er net zo fris en fruitig uit als de moedersite. Ook deze site is gebouwd met Drupal. Uiteraard hebben we vorig jaar ook besproken of het geen goed idee zou zijn om een Vlaams kennisplatform onderdeel uit te laten maken van Bibliotheek 2.0. We concludeerden toen echter dat Ning te veel beperkingen heeft als het gaat om de koppeling met andere websites en informatiesystemen en als het gaat om de terugvindbaarheid van de daar geplaatste informatie. In die zin is de keuze om zelf een platform te bouwen  dus heel begrijpelijk. Postings van ZB Digitaal, die ik voorzie van het label Bibnet, zullen ook op Kenniskantoor getoond worden. Dat vind ik natuurlijk prachtig. Ik heb de RSS-feed van Kenniskantoor op mijn beurt weer toegevoegd aan de homepage van Bibliotheek 2.0. Zo is de cirkel mooi rond. Kenniskantoor bevindt zich nog in de testfase. ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:26:00 +0100 825319 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=14592 Rare Map Curator (Stanford University, California) Stanford University Libraries is seeking an innovative, creative and inventive individual to develop a cutting-edge program combining rare and historic cartographic materials with up-to-date geospatial technologies in support of teaching and research across the campus. You will work with faculty, graduate students and library colleagues to manage, curate, collect and provide high level research support for the cartographic and geospatial materials in an historical Map Room. ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:50:02 +0100 825250 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=14594 Information Literacy Librarian (with Music focus) (Davidson College, North Carolina) New librarians: start your career at a top-ranked liberal arts college! Do you have a passion for teaching? Do you enjoy working with students and faculty? Help us expand our information literacy program and teach our outstanding students in class and one-on-one. We want your newbie enthusiasm and fresh ideas, and we’ll mentor you in your growth. The Davidson College Library is looking for an enthusiastic, creative, service-oriented librarian to join our team. The successful candidate will participate fully in the library’s information literacy initiatives and work closely with students, faculty, and staff. ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:50:02 +0100 825249 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=14591 Education Librarian (Auburn University Library, Alabama) Auburn University, a land-grant institution with an enrollment of more than 24,000 students, invites applications for a twelve-month tenure-track position as Education Librarian. The Auburn University Libraries belong to the Association of Research Libraries, house a collection of more than three million volumes, and operate with a current materials budget of $5.8 million. Auburn is a small, friendly university town located on the beautiful plains of eastern Alabama, about 50 miles east of Montgomery, Alabama’s capital, and 115 miles southwest of Atlanta, Georgia. Other nearby cities are Birmingham, Alabama (110 miles northwest) and Columbus, Georgia (35 miles east). ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:50:02 +0100 825247 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=14589 Director of Information Services/Librarian (American Philatelic Society, Pennsylvania) The American Philatelic Society, a public charity, has an immediate opening for its Director of Information Services/Librarian. The Director’s primary responsibility is to develop and implement a plan to improve access to and use of its unparalleled resources by members and stamp collectors throughout the world, most of whom use the library remotely. A successful plan includes enhancement of the online union catalog, development of finding aids, digitization of materials, recruitment and management of volunteers, and development of grant proposals/fundraising. ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:50:02 +0100 825246 http://mblc.state.ma.us/jobs/find_jobs/rss.php?job_id=6078 Librarian: Full time, Applewild School, kindergarten-gr.9 independent school, Fitchburg, MA Qualifications: An MLS degree or equivalent and emphasis in children's and juvenile literature,experience working with elementary and/or middle school aged children in a teaching a/o school setting, up-to-date technology skills, good communication skills, and the desire to collaborate with faculty in integrating library and subject content curriculum. Duties: As Director of Library Services, manage two separate libraries, maintain book collection, library catalog and online resources, teach library skills classes to grades K-4, teach research skills to grades 3-9 as needed, collaborate with faculty to design curriculum, conduct book talks, maintain library webpage, and coordinate volunteers. Applewild School is a coeducational, K-9 independent day school that prepares able students for success in secondary school. We provide breadth & depth of academic programs, extensive arts offerings in impressive facilities, athletics, and service opportunities within a community that emphasizes respect. The School seeks innovative self- starters who enjoy the challenge of working collegially with like-minded professionals to achieve our mission. Competitive salaries, professional development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits plan, as well as a warm, supportive environment for faculty are all attractions. Applewild School is committed to recruiting and retaining outstanding faculty members from diverse backgrounds. Interested candidates should send materials hard copy, attention Jeanne May at Applewild School, 120 Prospect Street, Fitchburg. MA 01420 (Source: MBLC Job Listings) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:43:31 +0100 825251 http://freegovinfo.info/system/files/oie_Cycle-of-Transparency-580x552.png Our pals over at the Sunlight Foundation have just posted a great infographic showing the cycle of transparency. There's just one thing missing and it fits in all parts of the cycle: policy, technology, reporting, engagement. That piece is libraries. But who's quibbling, it's a great graphic of the entire government ecosystem. Thanks sunlight! With data being made easily accessible, journalists and bloggers can begin to dig into it, mix it up, identify relevant information and give the data context. As that critical context is provided, citizens absorb it and spread the information to others – both online and face-to-face – and make the data actionable. Ultimately, informed citizen action creates greater public awareness; citizens become more effective, responsible advocates; holding government accountable becomes informed by data rather than inside-the-Beltway pundits, and better decisions can be made for our democracy. As each element of the Cycle of Transparency moves forward concurrently, bringing about the changes we need to create a more transparent government, we also identify new needs. At the end of the day, the process that the Cycle of Transparency describes is about creating a government more deserving of our trust, and ultimately, a government that allows its citizens to fully participate and hold government accountable as our Founders intended. (Source: Free Government Information (FGI) blogs) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:26:45 +0100 825277 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/10/google-announces-digitization-project-in-italy-updates-maps-with-biking-info-u-s/ First, Mountain View has announced that they’ve made an agreement with the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and will work with the Rome and Florence National Libraries to digitize up to a million out-of-copyright works. The librarians at each library will decide what will be digitized. The Google news release also contains a comment about Europeana, a European Commission project to digitize cultural materials from around Europe. For those interested, this page lists the organizations participating in the Europeana program. According to their web site, they have six million items (images, texts, books, sounds, videos) digitized so far. In addition to Europeana there is also the European Library Material in this database comes from National Libraries throughout Europe. On the topic of other digitization in Europe, the Google Blog notes: Digitization of books is a tremendous undertaking, requiring the joint effort of a great number of public and private stakeholders. For this reason, we’re supportive of many other efforts at digitization, such as the European Commission’s Europeana. We want to see these books have the broadest reach possible — the books we scan are available for inclusion in Europeana, of which the Florence Library is a contributing member, and other digital libraries. The more of the world’s historical, cultural treasures we can bring online, the more we can unlock our shared heritage. Stay tuned. It will also be interesting to see what other digital library projects ask for access to the scanned content. See Also: Medieval Tomes Slated for Digitization (via AP) This article reports that works by Galileo will be included in the digitization. 2) The other news from Google is about Google Maps. Beginning today, biking directions are available. The company says this has been a very frequent request of users. ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:37:52 +0100 825331 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/10/three-ala-award-winners-announced/ 1) Jennifer Boettcher from Georgetown University has been awarded the Gale Cengage Learning Award for Excellence in Business Librarianship. Administered by: Business Reference & Services Section (BRASS) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). In choosing Boettcher for this honor, the committee cited her numerous contributions to the field of business librarianship. She has published extensively in the field, including the widely used reference book,“Industry Research Using the Economic Census: How to Find It, How to Use It.” In addition, she has presented at numerous professional meetings and published on topics concerning NAICS, government sources, and scholarly communications. She is very active in the business librarian profession—including past service as chair of RUSA’s Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS)—and she has taught business reference for a number of years at Catholic University’s library school. 2) 2010 Haycock Award awarded to Michael Gorman, University Librarian Emeritus, Henry Madden Library, California State University, Fresno. He’s also a past president of ALA. The Haycock Award is an annual award honoring an individual for contributing significantly to the public recognition and appreciation of librarianship through professional performance, teaching and/or writing. “This award is a fitting acknowledgment of his lifetime contribution toward promoting the profession with dedication, intelligence and passion through many written works and hundreds of spoken presentation,” noted one individual who nominated Gorman. 3) The Library & Information Technology Association (LITA) awards to 2010 Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology to Dr. John Willinsky, Khosla Family Professor of Education at Stanford University and founder of the Public Knowledge Project (PKP). The Public Knowledge Project (http://pkp.sfu. ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:22:27 +0100 825332 http://lisnews.org/pondering_good_faith_publishing Book publishers have long seen themselves as the gatekeepers of literary culture. But when they’re not looking, the truth has a way of being left at the door. Last week Henry Holt & Company stopped printing and selling “The Last Train From Hiroshima,” about the atomic bombing of Japan, because its author had relied on a fraudulent source for a portion of the book and possibly fabricated others. This is not the first time a publisher has been humiliated by an author’s unverified work. But this instance has occurred at a time when the publisher’s traditional role is under economic and technological stress. Full article in the NYT (Source: LISNews.org) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:19:52 +0100 825205 http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/TthdAA_wS5s/google-italian-book-scan-deal Google and the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage have reached an agreement to digitise up to a million out-of-copyright works at the national libraries in Florence and Rome, including some by Galileo.And it's just two weeks after an Italian court gave three Google executives suspended prison sentences over a video of bullying on YouTube that had been removed once the company was told about it. Google is not only to work closely together with the Italian libraries, but also with the Italian ministry of culture – the first time that the search engine has had a government department a such a close partner on such a project. Google called it a "groundbreaking deal". "The libraries will select the works to be digitised from their collections, which include a wealth of rare historical books, including scientific works, literature from the period of the founding of Italy and the works of Italy's most famous poets and writers," says Google's strategic partner development manager, Gino Mattiuzzo, in a blogpost announcing the deal.While the costs will be covered fully by Google, the company will pass the scans on. The books will be available to groups including the EU's Europeana project, which already has scanned 6 million digital items of cultural value. "We believe today's announcement is an important step, and we look forward to working with more libraries and other partners," says Mattiuzzo. Google has similar arrangements with Oxford University, Madrid's Complutense University, the Bavarian state museum and others. However, it's not clear whether Google is creating the world's biggest library or the world's biggest bookshop. Some fear the search engine is exploiting cultural heritage as a cheap context for advertising. Recently, a New York judge postponed a decision on whether the company should be allowed to display parts of books still in-copyright. ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:48:42 +0100 825227 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/10/the-internet-is-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize/ From the Article: The internet is among a record 237 individuals and organisations nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The number of nominations surpasses last year’s record of 205 nominations. The internet’s nomination has been championed by the Italian version of Wired magazine for helping advance “dialogue, debate and consensus”. [Snip] The nomination for the internet is supported by 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi and the founder of the $100 laptop project Nicholas Negroponte. [Snip] It is unclear who would accept the prize if the internet were to win. Internet for Peace, set up to help support the nomination of the internet, says the prize would be “a Nobel for each and every one of us”. Access the Complete Article Source: BBC See Also: Internet for Peace Web Site See Also: Internet For Peace YouTube Channel (Source: ResourceShelf) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:22:42 +0100 825334 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/10/new-report-checking-out-the-future-perspectives-from-the-library-community-on-information-technology-and-21st-century-libraries/ From the District Dispatch (ALA Washington Office): The publication, titled Checking Out the Future: Perspectives from the Library Community on Information Technology and 21st-Century Libraries, explores how many library professionals are recognizing the need to evolve during the digital revolution and are driving adaptations designed to ensure that libraries remain an integral part of our society’s commitment to education, equity, and access to information. Authored by Jennifer C. Hendrix, OITP Consultant, Checking Out the Future, is based on a literature review conducted in 2008-2009 on the future of libraries, primarily of publications from within the library community. The associated annotated bibliography is available and will be updated periodically. + Access the Complete Report (24 pages; PDF) + Access the Complete Annotated Bibliography (44 pages; PDF) 44 pages. Very useful! Source: Office of Information Technology Policy, American Library Association (Source: ResourceShelf) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:10:50 +0100 825335 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://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/03/10/what-you-arent-seeing-anymore/ What You Aren’t Seeing Anymore: Has Technology Changed Our Learners’ Futures Forever? by Abram, Stephen Multimedia & Internet@Schools, Jan/Feb 2010 “My title for this month’s column poses an important question and presages a bunch more: Are we preparing our learners for a world that we have already successfully traversed but also one that no longer exists? Are there certain core principles and skills that are always hard currency in society and the employment marketplace? Do civil society and democracy require an informed electorate, and does the decline in newspapers (but not news) imply a need for different strategies? Can one live a happy and successful life without technology skills? Will the future require a vastly different set of skills?” Anyway, this is my column for the schools sector which I have great fun writing for. Stephen (Source: Stephen) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:46:57 +0100 825188 http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/03/10/top-50-ereader-ebook-trends-for-2010/ Quite a few new good summaries if you’re following eBooks and trying to come to terms with ths rapidly changing segment of the content world. Here are three: Educause has a new 7 Things doc out: 7 Things You Should Know About E-Readers (ID: ELI7058) Abstract: E-readers are portable, low-power, high-resolution devices that display digital versions of written material from books, magazines, newspapers, and other printed sources. They typically use e-ink, a display technology designed to simulate printed paper that offers similar resolution as newsprint and, relative to an LCD screen, eliminates glare and reduces eyestrain. Digital texts can be updated easily and often include advanced features such as annotation, hyperlinking, cross-linking, saved views, interactive quizzes for individual study, analyses, and shared commentary. E-readers are changing the economics of text-based intellectual property, including educational materials, and a move to digital texts would have broad implications both for the traditional campus bookstore and for an institution’s library.” Access To Full Text Available here. Next check out the whole post from the Kindle blog: Top 50 eReader + eBook Trends for 2010 2010 was supposed to be the Year of the eReader but it’s morphing into the Make or Break Year for the Dedicated eReader (and perhaps the make or break year for eBooks). Here are the top 50 eReader and eBook trends for 2010. “1. iPad vs Kindle – There is a possibility that Apple steals away Kindle #1 market position. 2. Multi Purpose Devices vs Dedicated eReaders – Will dedicated eReaders be able to survive the onslaught of do-everything devices? 3. Color eReaders – By end 2010 we should have color screen eReaders. We get to find out whether color really does increase sales. 4. ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:22:26 +0100 825191 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/teleread/KHnj/~3/kvlUlan6dI0/ Peter Kafka at the “MediaMemo” section of AllThingsD points to a job listing with Amazon for someone to help build “an innovative embedded web browser.” He notes that the current Kindle browser is fairly limited, and adding a better one could be a significant change for the device. Certainly it would be helpful in competing with the iPad. At the moment, the Kindle is the only major e-book device to offer any kind of web access at all. Samsung’s E-6 e-reader will be coming this spring to Barnes & Noble at a list price of $299 (down from an original $399), report Engadget and Gizmodo. It is unclear whether they are just going to be sold in Barnes & Noble stores, will hook into the B&N on-line store the way the Nook does, or both. It is also unclear why anyone would buy one rather than the more featureful, less costly Nook. A press release from book-industry collaboration software provider Above the Treeline notes that the company is partnering with BookExpo America to create an online catalog of new titles being exhibited at the next BEA (to be held in New York City May 25-27). The press release does not really make clear whether it is talking about e-books or print books. We mentioned Above the Treeline partnering with Firebrand Technologies on a digital galley distribution service back in December. Here’s another “burn the boats” recommendation from Google’s chief economist, Hal Varian, who notes that “Newspapers could save a lot of money if the primary access to news was via the Internet.”  However, Varian adds, newspapers historically have not made much ad revenue from their news, but rather from special-interest sections—and on the web, there are already a lot of websites that cater to those special interests. See also this comprehensive post by Varian on Google’s Public Policy Blog. ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:15:00 +0100 825315 http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/03/10/library-trends-and-technologies-2010/ Here is a good SlideShare from Michael Stephens. Library Trends and Technologies 2010 Trends Tech 2010 for Librarians View more presentations from Michael Stephens. Michael always does a nice job. Stephen (Source: Stephen) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:16:34 +0100 825192 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://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=14579 Library Director (Emirates Center for Strategic Studies & Research, United Arab Emirates) Applications are invited for the post of Library Director at The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies & Research in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The holder of this position is expected to assume a leadership role in planning, directing and managing the Center’s large and expanding library. The incumbent will be responsible for the following: •Successfully managing the functioning of a world-class library. ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:50:02 +0100 825068 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=14578 Director of Planning and Assessment (James Madison University - Libraries and Educational Technologies Division, Virginia) The Libraries and Educational Technologies (L&ET) division of James Madison University seeks a chief planning and assessment officer for library programs, services and collections; instructional technology programs, services and infrastructure, and faculty development programs. James Madison University is a public, comprehensive university of approximately 18,000 students located in the scenic Shenandoah Valley, two hours southwest of Washington, DC. The university has been ranked by U.S. News and World Report as the top-rated public regional Master’s level university for sixteen consecutive years and is consistently named one of the nation’s most wired universities. ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:50:02 +0100 825067 http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Instructional_Coordinator_Wentworth_Institute_of_Technology_--- Strong communication skills (written and oral) and commitment to customer service are crucial in this position. Minimum of three years of full-time i (Source: pligg - all) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:24 +0100 825133 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/15937 Hello all, The Library of Congress is seeking a Metadata Specialist for the World Digital Library (WDL). The Metadata Specialist will be responsible for creating, tracking, and managing metadata; researching and analyzing cataloging-related tools and technologies; training internal and external constituencies; and providing leadership in the evaluation and implementation of metadata standards within the WDL. Please note that the official title on the job announcement is "Information Technology Specialist (Data Management)." More information about the job and the application process is here, http://jobview.usajobs.gov/getjob.aspx?OPMControl=1839877. Apologies for cross-posting. Michelle Rago Technical Project Director World Digital Library Library of Congress mrag-+hwoy1Po9Oc< at >public.gmane.org http://www.wdl.org/ 202.707.1634 (Source: gmane.education.web4lib) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 825365 http://csbsjulibrary.blogspot.com/2010/03/world-war-i-postcards-online.html The University of North Carolina has drawn from the Bowman Gray Collection of World Wars I and II digitized approximately 2,000 postcards from the First World War. This the first of nearly 6,400 that the library plans to digitize by June 2010."World War I was the golden age of postcards, according to Libby Chenault, interim curator of the Rare Book Collection. Postcards were used to depict new military technology such as tanks and airplanes, to record scenes of mass devastation, and to distribute propaganda messages." (College of Research Libraries News, pg. 629, Dec. 2009).The collection is available at www.lib.unc.edu/dc/graypc/.(Image from the University of North Carolina Bowman Gray Collection.) (Source: CSBSJU Library Blog) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 825354 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Digitization101/~3/5sFKOdyU72g/book-guide-to-distributed-digital.html  The announcement below was received via email.  Please note that the book is for sale via lulu.com Authored by members of the MetaArchive Cooperative, A Guide to Distributed Digital Preservation is the first of a series of volumes from the Educopia Institute describing successful collaborative strategies and articulating specific new models that may help cultural memory organizations work together for their mutual benefit.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.Readers may access A Guide to Distributed Digital Preservation as a freely downloadable pdf and/or as a print publication for purchase. Please visit http://www.metaarchive.org/GDDP to download or order the book.Technorati tag: Digital PreservationThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. (Source: Digitization 101) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 825272 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/R8j84v0zYd0/finding-awesome-stuff-online-with.html I use Google Reader a lot — not only to stay on top of the news, but also to find interesting blog posts and articles. I’m always telling my friends about Google Reader, and while some of them love it, others don’t want to take the time to set it up. For those of you who fall into this second category, we’re announcing Google Reader Play, a new product that makes the best stuff in Reader more accessible for everyone. Reader Play is a new way to browse interesting stuff on the web, customized to the topics you’re interested in, with no setup required.Items in Reader Play are presented one at a time, and images and videos are automatically enlarged to maximize the viewing experience. We use the technology behind Recommended Items in Reader to populate Reader Play with the most interesting content on the web. While you don’t need a Google account to use Reader Play, your experience will be personalized if you sign in. As you browse, you can let us know which items you enjoy by clicking the "like" button, and we'll use that info to show you other content we think you’ll enjoy.We think Reader Play is a fun way to browse interesting items online that you wouldn’t find otherwise. We designed it especially for people who don’t want to spend time curating their own set of feeds — but folks who already use Reader can easily use it to read their feeds as well. Just click the feed settings menu on any feed in Reader and select “View in Reader Play.” We’re launching Reader Play as an experiment in Google Labs so that we can test it out, get feedback from you and then improve it as quickly as possible. Visit google.com/reader/play to give it a try, and let us know what you think!Posted by Garrett Wu, Software Engineer (Source: Official Google Blog) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 825234 http://outofthejungle.blogspot.com/2010/03/boston-public-library-branch-closings.html The Boston Globe's Andrew Ryan reports on a passionate and raucous meeting at the central Boston Public Library. Nearly 400 people packed a lecture hall in the beautiful Copley branch. When City Council President Michael Ross stepped to the microphone at one point, the crowd roared, and people shouted: "The public goes first!" and "Let the people speak!" And speak they did! The city council, Mayor Menino and the Trustees of the Public Library got quite an earful from the people of Boston. Sell a page from the 556-year-old Gutenberg Bible, one woman suggested. Charge a modest fee for library cards, said another, waving a $10 bill.One man said that he was a prison librarian while serving time in Walpole and that closing any library branches would be far worse than any of his crimes.“I may have robbed a bank, but I have never burned a book,’’ said the man, John McGrath. “And that’s what you do when you close a library branch, because they are never going to reopen.’’ (snip)“It’s outrageous that it has come to this,’’ said Yann Poisson of Dorchester. “Only a fifth-term mayor could dismiss libraries as a 21st-century anachronism, something that can be replaced by Yahoo or Google.’’The library’s president, Amy E. Ryan, outlined a broad range of criteria that will be used to target branches for potential closing, including computer usage, handicapped accessibility, proximity to other branches, and the story behind each location. No decisions have been made.The library lacks a sufficient number of computers, Ryan said, and it cannot adequately staff some of its most basic programs, such as story hours.“We have to ensure that if it says Boston Public Library over the door that we have to commit resources for families, kids, and adults,’’ Ryan said.Some at the meeting, though, accused Mayor Thomas M. Menino of trying to divide the city and pit neighborhood against neighborhood. ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 825179 http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2010/03/surf-canyon-search.html The winner of About Websearch's 2010 Reader's Choice award for best search engine goes to Surf Canyon Search.  Don't worry if you've not heard of it, because hardly anyone else has either. This is what they say about themselves:"Surf Canyon develops "real-time search personalization," a technology that disambiguates the user's intent post-query, and, in real time, brings forward to page one the relevant results that might otherwise remain buried. By transforming static lists of links into dynamic search pages that automatically re-rank results on the fly, users are able to more quickly and easily find pertinent information buried among the irrelevant results, significantly accelerating the search process."Basically that means you run a search, see some results, click on a link that interests you and the engine will then go off and find more results based on what you want. You can then do it again, to drill deeper down. The results page is clean and clear, although there are no help options, no RSS feeds, no advanced search functionality, no cache option available, no thumbnails - well, you get the idea. There are 'Surf Canyon Refinements' though - I got 4 options for a 'web 2.0 librarians' search - Library 2.0 (good), Tools (uh?), Ellyssa Kroski (fair enough), Facebook (uh?).Clicking on the bullseye opens up more options 'based on my activity' (interesting, since my activity there has been zero), and the results were fairly hit and miss. I found results more confusing when I scrolled further down. I went to page 2 and got results with (from page 3) or (from page 6) next to them. I've got no clue as to why - there's little by the way of explanation. The engine does provide links to Images, Video, Maps and News. These simply take your query and pass it onto Bing Images, Bing Video, Google Maps and Yahoo News. Hardly rivetting stuff. ... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 825101 http://lisnews.org/new_google_labs_experimental_data_visualization_tool_public_data New from Google Labs: An Experimental Data Visualization Tool for Public Data Something neat via The Resourceshelf.... ?The Google Public Data Explorer makes large datasets easy to explore, visualize and communicate. As the charts and maps animate over time, the changes in the world become easier to understand. You don't have to be a data expert to navigate between different views, make your own comparisons, and share your findings. (Source: LISNews.org) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:43:50 +0100 825100 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/09/interactive-map-internet-growth-1998-2008/ An interactive map from the BBC allows users to visualize network usage around the world for ten years beginning in 1998. Cursor over any country to see users online for that year. At the bottom of the map is a slider to change the year. A second tab (at the top of the page titled, “Web Workings”) provides 14 slides about how the WWW works, and a cool real-time counter that shows several Internet stats including: + Internet users in the world + E-mail messages sent today + Blog posts today + Google searches today At the bottom of the page you’ll learn about how the estimates are made. Statistics provided by the International Telecommunication Union and Realtimestatistics.org Source: BBC Hat Tip: Gerry M. (Source: ResourceShelf) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:50:34 +0100 825108 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/09/fcc-to-propose-national-digital-literacy-corps-and-new-spending-for-training-at-libraries/ Note: As you’ll read in the article, new spending will be proposed to improve training at libraries. We also think that librarians would make for excellent “digital ambassadors” and with the assistance of the major professional organizations, vendors, and others could create an excellent training organization. Of course, this assumes that the FCC Broadband Bill will be passed the way that the FCC wants it. From the Article: The National Digital Literacy Corps, modeled after other volunteer programs like AmeriCorps, will target communities with low numbers of broadband subscribers, including low-income housing developments, rural areas and tribal lands, said Mignon Clyburn, a member of the FCC, speaking Tuesday during a conference on the digital divide in Washington. “The Digital Literacy Corps will mobilize hundreds of digital ambassadors in local communities across the country,” she said. “This is about neighbors helping neighbors get online.” The FCC will also propose new spending to improve the digital training efforts at libraries and community centers, and it will plan to launch an online training program for people interested in improving their digital skills, Clyburn said. Source: Computerworld See Also: The Full Text of Mignon Clyburn’s Remarks are Accessible via FCC.gov (PDF) (Source: ResourceShelf) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:36:04 +0100 825109 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/09/changes-ahead-linking-and-facebook/ From a WSJ Article: Facebook Inc. is holding a major developer conference in San Francisco next month. The packed agenda includes technology to better bridge the Web site with the rest of the Internet, people familiar with the matter say. The software is called the Open Graph API, which Facebook said late last year it planned to release during the second quarter of this year. Using the technology, Web sites can adopt elements of the pages business build on Facebook, like a box that allows people to become a “fan” of your site. But Facebook’s plan is far broader than helping people build Web sites. By getting sites to adopt the technology, Facebook hopes to make it even easier for users to share information from the Web on Facebook and to have that information associated with their Facebook identity. For instance, a Facebook user who visited the Web site of a retailer using the software may be able to add some sort of link to that retailer–and perhaps, depending on how the technology develops, other information about what items they looked at–to their profile. Access the Complete Article Source: Wall Street Journal (Source: ResourceShelf) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:59:47 +0100 825110 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/09/mobile-ibm-will-research-mobile-access-for-the-aged-and-illiterate/ John Ribeiro Writes: IBM is teaming with researchers in academic institutions in Japan and India to explore an open, common user interface for mobile devices that will make them easier for aged or illiterate people around the world to use. [Snip] The findings of the research and any applications or technology developed will be released to the open-source community, said Nitendra Rajput, Open Collaborative Research lead at IBM Research India. IBM’s Open Collaborative Research program aims to promote innovation through research collaboration between universities and industry. [Snip] Most of the technologies to improve access to information through mobile phones are already available, but a lot of ethnographic field research needs to be done to find out which combination of technologies would be found useful by the two target groups — the aged and the illiterate, Rajput said. While voice would appear to be the most relevant technology for access to information on mobile phones for illiterate people, it may not be the best option when it comes to information like statistical tables or pictorial data, Rajput said. Access the Complete Article Source: IDG News Service (Source: ResourceShelf) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:26:14 +0100 824987 http://www.docuticker.com/?p=33162 Ballast Water Management to Combat Invasive Species (PDF; 179 KB) Source: Congressional Research Service (via OpenCRS) The 111th Congress may elect to consider legislation that has been introduced to amend and reauthorize the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to establish vessel ballast water management standards and modify how ballast water is handled. In recent years, many people have become increasingly aware that the globalization of trade, the increased speed of travel, the massive volume of cargo shipments, and rising tourism have combined to increase the chance of accidental introductions of foreign species into the United States. Aquatic species arrive through a variety of mechanisms–unintentionally when attached to vessel hulls or carried in vessel ballast water and intentionally when imported for aquaria display, as live seafood for human consumption, or as a transplant to increase sport fishing opportunities. The arrival of zebra mussels in the Great Lakes and their subsequent damage to city water supplies and electric utilities has focused significant attention on ballast water discharge by cargo ships as a high-risk mechanism for species invasion. New management efforts attempt to address this concern. In late August 2009, the U.S. Coast Guard published proposed regulations to establish quantitative standards for ballast water treatment. The proposed standards would initially follow standards developed by the International Maritime Organization. In a subsequent phase, the quantitative standards would become much more stringent, given sufficient technological development to support achievement of the higher standards. The proposed Coast Guard standards would not preempt existing state ballast water management standards. This report provides background on various approaches to ballast water management and reviews current ballast water management laws and programs. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:15:54 +0100 824937 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThoughtsAndExperiments/~3/sUhMv1au5xM/ Over the last four or five hours I have listened to presentations that stimulate ideas. When does it make sense to virtualize desktops How to provide access to specialized software Identification of strategic vs. tatical Making the decisions to optimize the resources to align with the strategic. Managing expectations by communicating what the organization does or does not Attacking work through the lens of play and learning Consideration of the next steps in career   (planning vs taking advantage of opportunities that present) Currently, I am in a session on career planning.  The focus of this session is about the non-technical skill set of the IT manager.    People who know the business of IT, the academy, priority setting, understanding of constituent needs, and balancing the demands of the situation. The presenter’s words of advise Know theyself – Figure out what you are good at, what are you struggle at, etc.. What are other’s impression of your strengths and weaknesses Establish goals to work through Know your community do not forget that there is business mixed among all this technology know the academy learn how to get things done  in a timely way and use the limited resources hone your project management skills and be good at identifying opportunity costs learn how to talk, listen, write, present, and generally tell a story of projects, tasks, work, etc.. Learn Excel – it is the language of business/organization Presentation is 80% of acceptance   – when the story is told well… Respect time – particularly when it is other people’s time make a point of sticking to agenda when you are done be done even if there are 20 minutes remaining when talking to executives remember the true value is your interactions with them not the words that come from your mouth. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:53:03 +0100 825036 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/a-informacao/~3/qLWeLq3YWOw/inquerito-revela-pros-e-contras-da.html A maioria dos especialistas acredita que faz o ser humano mais inteligente. A Internet está a fazer-nos mais inteligentes. Este é um dos resultados do mais recente inquérito do Pew Research Center. Pelo quarto ano consecutivo, a Pew Internet & American Life Project e a Elon University's Imagining the Internet Center levam a cabo o estudo «Future of the Internet», no qual pretendem lançar luzes de como a tecnologia irá afectar o ser humano nos próximos dez anos. O inquérito foi realizado através de cinco perguntas a 900 especialistas na área, entre eles, professores universitários e responsáveis por empresas tecnológicas.   Esta ‘sessão’ do estudo foi a mais provocadora das quatro. Duas das perguntas debruçavam-se sobre a possibilidade da Internet estar a modificar o intelecto humano. Questionava-se também se as inovações tecnológicas continuariam a surpreender a humanidade. As duas últimas tinham um carácter mais social, a saber: se continuaria a existir o princípio de «neutralidade da rede» e se daqui a dez anos seria ainda possível ser-se «anónimo» na Internet.As conclusões parecem ser animadoras. Dos 900 especialistas, 76 por cento acredita que a Internet está a tornar o ser humano mais inteligente. Isto vem contradizer um artigo publicado em 2008 na revista «The Atlantic», intitulado «Is Google Making Us Stupid?» (Estará o Google a tornar-nos estúpidos?), de Nicholas Carr. Ali, um grupo de neurologistas e psicólogos defendia que o fácil acesso a dados e a própria forma de navegar na Internet limitava a nossa capacidade de concentração. Artigo da «The Atlantic» dizia que Internet diminiu profundidade de pensamento Neste estudo, a maior parte dos especialistas acredita que a Internet potencia das habilidades mentais. Apenas 21 por cento considera que o seu impacto será negativo. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:18:00 +0100 824978 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=14578 Director of Planning and Assessment (James Madison University, Virginia) The Libraries and Educational Technologies (L&ET) division of James Madison University seeks a chief planning and assessment officer for library programs, services and collections; instructional technology programs, services and infrastructure, and faculty development programs. James Madison University is a public, comprehensive university of approximately 18,000 students located in the scenic Shenandoah Valley, two hours southwest of Washington, DC. The university has been ranked by U.S. News and World Report as the top-rated public regional Master’s level university for sixteen consecutive years and is consistently named one of the nation’s most wired universities. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:50:02 +0100 824869 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=14584 Chief Technology Officer (Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, North Carolina) The Charlotte Mecklenburg Library is a dynamic customer-focused organization. The Chief Technology Officer will manage Charlotte Mecklenburg Library enterprise information technology systems as a leader within the Library and library profession. Ensure that Library Information Technology resources (Systems, Servers & Services) are available to a wide range of business processes in a continuous and consistent manner. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:50:02 +0100 824868 http://mblc.state.ma.us/jobs/find_jobs/rss.php?job_id=6076 27 hours/week, includes evenings and Saturdays. YA/Teen Services * Directs, plans, organizes, implements, and evaluates services to teens, including duties essential to the daily operation of the Teen Room. * Delivers reference, reader's advisory, and library orientation services to children, young adults, parents, teachers, and others. Instructs individuals and groups in the use of the library and resources such as the Internet, electronic databases, and emerging technologies. Uses technology to communicate with teens virtually. * Selects, evaluates, purchases, and weeds young adult materials in accordance with the allocated departmental budget, community needs, and professional standards. Analyzes collection use patterns. * Works with Library Director to plan and provide programs that best use the resources of the library, meet the needs and interests of the teen community, and promote library use. * Involves teens in planning and implementing services and selecting materials for their age group through active Teen Advisory Board. Maintains knowledge about the diversity of the teen community. Develops programs and acquires materials appropriate to their needs. * Initiates outreach to schools, youth centers, and other community groups. Establishes contacts and collaborates with these groups, particularly relevant to programming ideas. * Trains library staff in issues related to teens. * Promotes, publicizes, and represents teen services and the library to the community in cooperation with other library departments. * Sets short and long term goals and objectives for teen services as part of the overall library service plan. Analyzes current trends and issues affecting teens and incorporates these findings into overall services to this age group. * Advocates for teens in library discussions of policy, services and budget. May identify and work with the Director in pursuing grant and/or other funding possibilities. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:43:35 +0100 824871 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/09/elsevier-signs-agreement-with-baker-taylor-to-supply-blio-with-rich-media-content/ From the Announcement: Baker & Taylor, Inc., has entered into an agreement with Elsevier – a leading publisher of scientific, medical and technical books – to provide rich, highly-formatted content on Blio. Blio is the revolutionary e-reader software application created by knfbReading Technology and powered by Baker & Taylor. “Baker & Taylor is thrilled to add Elsevier’s titles, which are essential in the scientific and medical communities, to Blio,” said Tom Morgan, Chairman and CEO of Baker & Taylor. Blio is the perfect e-reader software to showcase Elsevier’s books, which provide highly specialized and informative text and graphics. Readers will enjoy a truly interactive reading – and learning – experience.” [Snip] By the end of the year, Elsevier plans to launch between 8,000 and 9,000 titles, including titles within its life science, physical sciences and professional lists. Elsevier’s Focal Press has plans to introduce enhanced titles with embedded media on Blio for its post production list, including titles with 3-D effects. Source: B&T (Source: ResourceShelf) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:25:08 +0100 824996 http://lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu/enb/2010/03/09/international-e-waste-design-competition-turns-refuse-into-resource-2/ The Sustainable Electronics Initiative (SEI), hosted by the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC), is pleased to announce the International E-Waste Design Competition, in which participants will explore solutions to this problem at the local level and beyond, by using e-waste components to create appealing and useful products. Registration is free. Online registration opens January 11, 2010. Registration closes and competition submissions are due April 1, 2010. Detailed registration information, judging criteria and submission information is available on the competition web site, http://ewaste.illinois.edu/. (Source: Environmental News Bits) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:37:48 +0100 824857 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/teleread/KHnj/~3/lehfczUSCYI/ Are you a news junkie like me?  I find myself constantly checking my iGoogle page or Google Fast Flip (http://fastflip.googlelabs.com) to see the latest stories.  I’ve also got my RSS reader going as well. However, one of my biggest problems is figuring out a way to keep my eReader current.  Since I’m using an older model Sony (PRS-505) that has no wireless connection, it’s been challenging in trying to figure out the best way to do this. Recently I’ve found a great application that might be a way around this, helping me to keep my Sony up to date.  I’m talking about an application from HP called “Tabbloid”.  This small application seems to have flown “under the radar” so to speak, but its premise and execution so far have been flawless.  Basically, it’s a small customized newspaper that’s emailed to you each morning and consists of news and other stories created from your own RSS feeds or topics of your choosing.  The service is free and is really easy to use!  Interested? To get started, head to the main Tabbloid page located at http://www.tabbloid.com/.  From there, add your news sources.  These can be feed urls extracted from your current RSS reader, OPML file, or just single addresses that you might already know.  If you’re not much on the techy side of RSS, Tabbloid also has preformatted lists of subjects such as technology, business, sports, etc. that you can choose from. From here, it’s a simple matter of adding your email address and specifying how often you want the delivery to take place.  This can be daily or weekly and you have the option of choosing your time of delivery as well as the time zone you might be living in.  After this, save your customized delivery options and check your email to get started.  Each morning you will get a freshly made PDF as well as a summary email of the contents. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:37:20 +0100 824962 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/teleread/KHnj/~3/7Zir71RSI8Y/ Margo Baldwin, President, Chelsea Green Publishing; Clint Greenleaf, President, Greenleaf Book Group; Robert Miller, President, HarperStudio; Sara Nelson, Books Editor, O, the Oprah Magazine, Moderator Margo Baldwin: needed to be niched to stay in business – environment and sustainable living. Try to get a book out from manuscript to bound book in 4 to 5 weeks. Can get well known authors this way. Their books don’t require big advances. They have a mission to help save the world and tends to attract like minded authors. Their specialty books require little marketing and people can easing find them on the internet. Do own distribution cause this helps them control their cash flow. Don’t do business with Borders because think will be gone soon. Their big growth is in specialty retailers (garden stores, for example). The overall pie can grow, not shrink, for certain kinds of books because you can make multiple kinds of products surrounding a single book. Pie for hardcovers will shrink but other parts of the pie will grow. If have a brand can role out many different versions of a book. Big worry is that they are becoming a technology company and it means that every job in the company has to be rethought. Very hard to move retail chains off returns. Worries about piracy and will be more of an issue if consumers don’t get prices they want. In total expects an expanded marketplace with access to a lot of people who didn’t buy books before. Clint Greenleaf: done well because broke from the traditional model. Publishing is only business where if someone self-funds is looked down upon. Clients pay for up front costs. But only take 3% of the books offered to them because won’t sell crap. Will do editing. Found ” everything” didn’t work because buyers wouldn’t take them. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:06:43 +0100 824963 http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/80y8BPKPREk/india-maoists-arundhati-roy Indian militant groups are adopting celebrities to push their cause in civil society, bypassing dialogue with the stateManifesting different aspects of the divine essence, Indian gods and goddesses are often portrayed seated upon or beside the animals deemed to be their particular "vehicles". The elephant-headed Lord Ganesha, for example, has a rat as his vehicle, as if to demonstrate in a manner both quotidian and profound that the least of creatures might bear the greatest of truths. On the plane of India's politics, however, where truths and untruths both require vehicles, celebrities have come to serve as the beasts of choice for groups seeking to publicise their causes.Such figures sometimes make unwilling vehicles, as the recent cases of MF Hussain and Taslima Nasreen illustrate. The first, an eminent artist living in exile after threats from Hindu militants objecting to his "pornographic" depictions of a goddess, has just accepted Qatari citizenship. The second, a Bangladeshi writer who went into exile after threats from Muslim militants objecting to her portrayal of Islam, has been accused of writing an article against veiling that provoked violence in the Indian state of Karnataka.Both cases have prompted a great deal of soul-searching about freedom of expression in the Indian press. But celebrities do not always make the best political vehicles, as the failed agitation against film star Shahrukh Khan illustrates. The actor was accused by the same people who attacked Hussain of being unpatriotic, because he spoke in favour of picking Pakistani cricketers to play in the Indian Premier LeagueOn the heels of these much-publicised events, we now have the writer and activist Arundhati Roy chosen as a mediator by Maoists conducting an insurgency in the country's hills and forests, with India's largest peacetime deployment of troops ranged against them. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:40:00 +0100 824849 http://lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu/enb/2010/03/09/e-waste-processor-targets-corporate-tech-lifecycle-challenges/ Read the full post at GreenTech Pastures. OK, my bad. I promised in a post about electronic waste a couple of weeks ago to write about a newish company that is getting more active with Fortune 500 type companies, and then promptly spaced out during a whirlwind of other things last week. So, here’s that promised post, which is about a player called CloudBlue Technologies, which just received some Series B funding from Riverwood Capital. Last week, CloudBlue said it signed 25 new enterprise accounts in the past 12 months, hailing from the financial services and insurance, healthcare, media and manufacturing sectors. The company has some pretty serious credentials: It is a member of the Basel Action Network’s e-Stewards program. The program includes recycling concerns that have pledged not to dump toxic e-waste in landfills or incinerators, export the stuff to developing countries or partners who hire prison labor. Depending on the company your business uses for technology recycling, you may be exposed to one or all of these issues. (Source: Environmental News Bits) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:24:41 +0100 824859 http://lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu/enb/2010/03/09/diyer-creates-roofing-from-recycled-cds-and-dvds/ Read the full post at EcoFriend. The recent advancements in technology have also brought a rise in the problem of e-waste, which is a growing threat in both the developed and the developing world. Instructables member Jayefuu is trying to reduce the clutter of CDs and DVDs in his house by recycling them to design a shimmering roof. (Source: Environmental News Bits) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:09:50 +0100 824862 http://www.docuticker.com/?p=33145 Spectrum Policy in the Age of Broadband: Issues for Congress (PDF; 325 KB) Source: Congressional Research Service (via OpenCRS) The convergence of wireless telecommunications technology and Internet protocols is fostering new generations of mobile technologies. This transformation has created new demands for advanced communications infrastructure and radio frequency spectrum capacity that can support high-speed, content-rich uses. Furthermore, a number of services, in addition to consumer and business communications, rely at least in part on wireless links to broadband backbones. Wireless technologies support public safety communications, sensors, smart grids, medicine and public health, intelligent transportation systems, and many other vital communications. Existing policies for allocating and assigning spectrum rights may not be sufficient to meet the future needs of wireless broadband. A challenge for Congress is to provide decisive policies in an environment where there are many choices but little consensus. In formulating spectrum policy, mainstream viewpoints generally diverge on whether to give priority to market economics or social goals. Regarding access to spectrum, economic policy looks to harness market forces to allocate spectrum efficiently, with spectrum license auctions as the driver. Social policy favors ensuring wireless access to support a variety of social objectives where economic return is not easily quantified, such as improving education, health services, and public safety. Both approaches can stimulate economic growth and job creation. Deciding what weight to give to specific goals and setting priorities to meet those goals pose difficult tasks for federal administrators and regulators and for Congress. Meaningful oversight or legislation may require making choices about what goals will best serve the public interest. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:47:37 +0100 824947 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/03/09/coverguess-from-librarything CoverGuess was released last week, and the LibraryThing blog post explains the what and why better than I can: What is CoverGuess? CoverGuess is a sort of game. We give you covers, and you describe them in words. If you guess the same things as other players, you get points. Why are you doing this? The goal is to have fun, but also to build up a database of cover descriptions, to answer questions like “Do you have that book with bride on the bicycle?” You have to have a LibraryThing account to play, but it’s worth a free account to get in on the action. CoverGuess was inspired by one of my favorite internet timesinks, Google’s Image Labeler. Both of these make the internet a better place, but CoverGuess could actually help in answering reference questions. I’ll be keeping watch for when the search component is released, but for now, racking up tagging points is fun. (Source: herzogbr.net blog) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:29:06 +0100 825032 http://lisnews.org/are_public_libraries_glorified_babysitting_services "My town officials think all we're running here is a babysitting service" a librarian recently shared in a moment of frustration. She went on to mention studies about the proven impact on cognitive abilities when toddlers are actively engaged in library programs like Lapsit versus passively engaged with toys & videos. This was news to me; my how the educational product companies and toy manufacturers had shaped my understanding! I also hadn't thought of toddler programs as educational initiatives. When I've seen adults and toddlers together at the library, I've usually thought "oh, aren't those kids adorable" and "I'm glad people are getting together to have fun". Though it now seems obvious, the educational and literacy component of Lapsit was lost on me. This last point was intriguing, so I did some quick research. I googled "Lapsit" and got plenty of results from library websites around the country. I clicked through to the top 20 (all different libraries, by chance) and searched for the terms literacy and education in the page content, in images or as part of the navigation. 80% made no mention of literacy or education in conjunction with Lapsit 20% contained the term literacy 10% contained the terms literacy and education Clearly these stats don't tell the whole story, but they tell a good one about the help libraries need presenting information to the public. ********* Last month, library consultant Larry T. Nix (a.k.a. The Library History Buff) wrote about libraries' success with early education programs in Little Kids and Public Libraries. The science behind the importance of learning in children ages birth to three is overwhelming. Public libraries have proven they can implement excellent programs to serve this age group. The public education community is struggling to implement four year old kindergarten much less provide programs for this age group. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:10:38 +0100 824917 http://careercenter.sla.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=3318837 US - PA - Bellefonte, The position requires knowledge of current library information trends, changes in information technology, intellectual property management, national library data standards, and cataloging software. D (Source: SLA Career Center Search Results []) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:59:00 +0100 825069 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=6969 State: Nebraska The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries seeks a highly energetic, creative, and knowledgeable, science librarian. This 12-month, tenure-track position follows the scholar-practitioner model providing instruction and reference for the sciences. Both entry-level and experienced librarians are encouraged to apply. The Science Librarian reports to the Chair of Research and Instructional Services and liaises with the department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, Food Science and Technology and Entomology. Responsibilities: -Provides reference and instructional services in-person and via electronic means. -Evaluates, selects, and reviews materials and information resources for inclusion in the collection; manage the collection budget in assigned areas. -Participates in departmental, library-wide, and university faculty committees. -Develops strong liaison relationships with faculty and students in the Nutrition and Health Sciences, Food Science and Technology and Entomology departments and other assigned subject areas. -Actively engages in ongoing professional development, scholarship, and service to the profession. -Provides leadership for e-science initiatives on campus. Qualifications: Required: -ALA accredited master's degree in library or information science, or an equivalent combination of a relevant advanced degree and experience. -Academic training or BA/S degree in an agricultural, physical or life science area or equivalent experience. -Ability to work effectively and creatively in a rapidly changing environment. -Demonstrated analytical, organizational, communication, and time-management skills. -Excellent oral and written communication skills, interpersonal skills, and the ability to work effectively with a diverse population of faculty, staff, students and community members. -Knowledge of the scholarly communication and research processes in the Sciences. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:30:02 +0100 824777 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=6973 State: Illinois The John Marshall Law School Library is accepting applications for the newly created position of Emerging Technologies Librarian. This person will play an important role in leading the library with innovative, technology-based services by creating, promoting, and facilitating use of electronic resources and services. The Emerging Technologies Librarian will be an enthusiastic user of technology who enjoys exploring the cutting edge and applying it in a library setting. We are looking for someone who has the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment, takes initiative, is self-directed, and is committed to innovation and creativity. A detailed job posting is available online at: http://www.jmls.edu/library/pdf/eslibnpost.pdf To apply, send resume, cover letter including links to web-based projects, and contact information for three work references to: Christopher Bevard, John Marshall Law School Library, 315 S. Plymouth Ct., Chicago IL 60604 or fax to his attention at (312) 427-8307. Review of applications will begin on April 1, 2010. Submitted on 2010-03-04 (Source: SLIS Careers Feed) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:30:02 +0100 824776 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=6974 State: Indiana Three openings: Assistant Professor of Library Services To best serve our students, faculty, and staff at Valparaiso University, Library Services seeks three innovative and dedicated librarians to join our newly-created Public Services team. Reporting to the Director of Public Services, this four person team collaborates to support the day-to-day public services activities of the library, teach in the curriculum-based information literacy program, and create programming for outreach activities. Each position includes a subject liaison emphasis for collection development and information literacy activities. One position will be responsible for the health sciences (nursing, human biology); other positions will cover areas such as fine arts, government information, or social sciences. Candidates should possess an ALA-accredited Master’s Degree; a commitment to student success, excellent customer service, and thoughtful teaching; and the potential to attain tenure and promotion through job performance, service, and research. Early career librarians are encouraged to apply. Additionally, Library Services values creativity, professional initiative and leadership, technical expertise, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively in the team environment. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. More information about benefits and the Public Services Department can be found at www.valpo.edu/library/jobs.html. Send position-related inquiries to Trisha Mileham, Director of Public Services: Trisha.Mileham@valpo.edu. With expected start dates of July 1, 2010, review of applications will begin immediately; those received before March 29, 2010, will receive full consideration. Review will continue until suitable candidates are identified for each position. All application materials must be submitted electronically. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:30:02 +0100 824775 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=6978 State: California This is a senior management position in a private academic library. The overall duties include, but are not limited to, overseeing daily operations, programming and administration of reference, instruction, circulation, course reserves; and, researching and evaluating new services. Supervision of 5 FTEs. Requires • MLS/MLIS from an ALA Accredited institution or equivalent • Five plus years of progressively responsible librarian administrative experience in an academic library • Vision and capability to refine and develop the library of the future • Proven library management, budgetary and strategic planning and analytical skills • Reference experience using databases and other print and online sources • Teaching or training experience • Supervisory/management skills for 5 FTE positions • Clear understanding of the evolving role of the academic library in a time of complex transition in the technologies of scholarly knowledge • Excellent oral and written communication skills • Ability to exhibit strong customer service orientation for all levels of college constituencies and members of the public For more information, visit the Mills College website job description at http://tinyurl.com/yb5vu78 AIM Representative, Deb Hunt, is handling the recruitment and all inquiries. For more information, contact Deb at dhunt@aimusa.com or call 510-347-5505. Submitted on 2010-03-05 (Source: SLIS Careers Feed) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:30:02 +0100 824774 http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/SJ4J_qlebV0/books-overtake-games-iphone-apps In what is predicted to be a pivotal year for ebooks, with next month's iPad launch, the number of books available as iPhone apps now exceeds the number of gamesThe electronic book passed another milestone this month, with the number of books available on the iTunes App Store passing the number of games for the first time. According to data released earlier this month by the mobile phone advertising company Mobclix, there are more than 27,000 books now available as apps. Games lag behind, with 25,400 published this year, followed by entertainment, education and travel.It's a trend that seems to be gathering momentum, with the number of book apps outnumbering games almost two to one over the past month. Next month's launch of the iPad, Apple's new tablet reader, alongside a dedicated book store, is set to accelerate the shift to electronic reading still further."The iPhone has always been perceived as a games-centric device, said Canongate's digital editor, Dan Franklin, "so the idea that books are outranking games is very exciting."Franklin, who moved into digital publishing a year ago, said that his first thought on getting the job was, "When are Apple going to do something?" because "they have form". A move from Apple into the ebook market will "bring new people to reading like they have brought new people to music with the iTunes store", he added."It's a very exciting time," agreed Penguin's digital publisher, Jeremy Ettinghausen. "It's very exciting that people are using iPhones to read books.""I travel on the tube every day," he continued, "and you do see people reading books, reading newspapers and playing games. As publishers we need to be on the things that people are using during that distraction time, that commuter time. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:02:24 +0100 824855 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ALS-Jobs/~3/ub8R0nPlB_0/jobs.cfm (Source: Alliance Library System Job Listings) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:20:02 +0100 824754 http://lisnews.org/world_without_public_libraries On the whole, I'm not much of a book reader. Most of my reading is done online; I read a handful of books every year, mostly non-fiction, based on various whims. Right now, I'm reading The World Without Us, a captivating exploration about how the world would revert (or not revert) back to a pre-human emergence. Some of these things have been dramatized into a series on the History Channel by a different name, providing the added element of CGI to show how buildings would collapse, infrastructure would fail, nature reclaims the suburbs, and how all that would remain for future archeologists is our stainless steel cookware. For the scientist in me, it's fascinating to see everything humans have made becoming undone by the natural forces of this world. So, in touching upon the premise of the book, I thought, "What would the world be like without libraries?" How would our demise come? Unlike the book, which asks the reader to suspend disbelief and accept the total sudden disappearance of humankind, I cannot propose nor fathom asking the same for libraries. In attempting to avoid hyperbole, I think the mechanisms of the library’s demise have already proven themselves present. It will not come through lack of innovation or adoption of technology or practices; our relevance and willingness to change in this digital information age has certainly been established. No, the end will come as it has for some libraries over the past two years: through budget cuts. Funding for all library types (public, academic, school, and special) has hung in the balance for the last couple of years after budgets tighten and communities and companies look to trim their expenditures. You need go no further than typing in the words “library budget” in a Google News search to see the current toll that is being exacted.  One problem, as I see it, is that the library as a community service does not fit nicely into any government spending niche. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:47:19 +0100 824748 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=14577 Educational Services Librarian (North Dakota State University Libraries) The Educational Services Librarian provides general and specialized reference and research services for the NDSU Libraries; provides instruction and information literacy services; is responsible for collection development in assigned subject areas; acts as liaison to assigned academic departments; actively engages in professional development and other scholarly activities; and completes other projects and duties as assigned. This position requires: an accredited M.A., M.S, M.L.S., or M.L.I.S; knowledge of computers and information/learning technologies; internet, word processing, database and spreadsheet skills; strong communications skills; teaching skills. To apply for this position, go to https://jobs.ndsu.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:50:02 +0100 824705 http://keptup.typepad.com/academic/2010/03/mits-media-lab-now-has-a-building-that-suits-its-style.html It took more than 10 years, but the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s famed Media Lab has finally moved into its new digs. “It delivers on the vision of a unique way of doing research,’’ Moss said. “No boundaries, no walls, a flow of interdisciplinary ideas, and plenty of space to build and invent.’’ Sixty corporate sponsors fund Media Lab research, which the companies can apply to their products and services. The lab’s research is incorporated into a number of popular products, including music-based video games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band and electronic book readers like  (Source: The Kept-Up Academic Librarian) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824909 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Digitization101/~3/WgyFr1FuX_s/blue-ribbon-task-force-report.html Below is a press release that I received via email. The idea of preserving our digital knowledge is something we all know and something that many of us ignore. The fact is that our reliance on digital information means that our knowledge could be lost very quickly, if saving it is not made a priority.Blue Ribbon Task Force Report: Preserving Our Digital Knowledge Base Must be a Public Priority Dollars Won't Do It Alone: Deluge of Digital Data Needs Economically Sustainable Plans Addressing one of the most urgent societal challenges of the Information Age - ensuring that valued digital information will be accessible not just today, but in the future - requires solutions that are at least as much economic and social as technical, according to a new report by a Blue Ribbon Task Force.The Final Report from the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access, called "Sustainable Economics for a Digital Planet: Ensuring Long-term Access to Digital Information", is the result of a two-year effort focusing on  the critical economic challenges of  preserving an ever-increasing amount of information in a world gone digital. The full report is available online at http://brtf.sdsc.edu/biblio/BRTF_Final_Report.pdf ."The Data Deluge is here.  Ensuring that our most valuable information is available both today and tomorrow is not just a matter of finding sufficient funds," said Fran Berman, vice president for research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and co-chair of the Task Force. "It's about creating a "data economy" in which those who care, those who will pay, and those who preserve are working in coordination."The challenge in preserving valuable digital information - consisting of text, video, images, music, sensor data, etc. generated throughout all areas of our society - is real and growing at an exponential pace. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824895 http://hurstassociates.blogspot.com/2010/03/blue-ribbon-task-force-report.html Below is a press release that I received via email. The idea of preserving our digital knowledge is something we all know and something that many of us ignore. The fact is that our reliance on digital information means that our knowledge could be lost very quickly, if saving it is not made a priority.Blue Ribbon Task Force Report: Preserving Our Digital Knowledge Base Must be a Public Priority Dollars Won't Do It Alone: Deluge of Digital Data Needs Economically Sustainable Plans Addressing one of the most urgent societal challenges of the Information Age - ensuring that valued digital information will be accessible not just today, but in the future - requires solutions that are at least as much economic and social as technical, according to a new report by a Blue Ribbon Task Force.The Final Report from the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access, called "Sustainable Economics for a Digital Planet: Ensuring Long-term Access to Digital Information", is the result of a two-year effort focusing on  the critical economic challenges of  preserving an ever-increasing amount of information in a world gone digital. The full report is available online at http://brtf.sdsc.edu/biblio/BRTF_Final_Report.pdf ."The Data Deluge is here.  Ensuring that our most valuable information is available both today and tomorrow is not just a matter of finding sufficient funds," said Fran Berman, vice president for research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and co-chair of the Task Force. "It's about creating a "data economy" in which those who care, those who will pay, and those who preserve are working in coordination."The challenge in preserving valuable digital information - consisting of text, video, images, music, sensor data, etc. generated throughout all areas of our society - is real and growing at an exponential pace. ... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824845 http://micheladrien.blogspot.com/2010/03/web-20-and-rumours-even-us-supreme.html The online legal publication Above the Law provides an interesting analysis of how erroneous rumours quickly spread last week that the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, John Roberts, was about to announce his retirement:"Like many a promising legal career, the Roberts resignation rumor traces its origins to a 1L class at Georgetown University Law Center (...)"Our criminal justice professor started our 9 am lecture with the news that roberts will be resigning tomorrow for health reasons — that he could not handle the administrative burdens of the job. He would not say how he knows — but halfway through our lecture on the credibility and reliability of informants he revealed that the Roberts rumor was made up to show how someone you ordinarily think is credible and reliable (ie a law professor) can disseminate inaccurate information."Of course, all the students immediately text messaged, IM'ed, tweeted, or Facebooked all their friends and things just kind of snowballed.Wow, as easy as that.Or this (apologies to Gordon Lightfoot).All this technology and we are still as gullible as ever. (Source: Library Boy) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824839 http://bb.lori.ri.gov//viewtopic.php?t=8086&sid=d6d7d55f680989cf708425e503c18654 (Source: LORI Discussions Groups :: View Forum - Jobline -- to post, send email to webmaster@lori.ri.gov) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824729 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/08/tim-berners-lee-at-ted2009-conference-the-year-open-data-went-worldwide/ From the Introduction in The Huffington Post: At TED2009, Tim Berners-Lee called for “raw data now” — for governments, scientists and institutions to make their data openly available on the Web. At TED University in 2010, he shows a few of the interesting results when the data gets linked up. Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. He leads the World Wide Web Consortium, overseeing the Web’s standards and development. In the 1980s, scientists at CERN were asking themselves how massive, complex, collaborative projects — like the fledgling LHC — could be orchestrated and tracked. Tim Berners-Lee, then a contractor, answered by inventing the World Wide Web. This global system of hypertext documents, linked through the Internet, brought about a massive cultural shift ushered in by the new tech and content it made possible: AOL, eBay, Wikipedia, TED.com. The segment runs about 5.5 minutes. Source: TED2010, Huffington Post See Also: More from Tim Berners-Lee at Ted2010: The Next Web (Source: ResourceShelf) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:30:24 +0100 824764 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/bYZQ_vl2Qro/music-theatre-online.html "Music Theatre Online, based at the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities, is a digital archive of texts, images, video, and audio files relating to musical theater. The best printed editions of musical theater texts cannot fully provide the experience of simultaneous expression of verbal, musical, and terpsichorean languages so necessary to fully understand the art form. Using the multimedia capabilities of the modern web browser, we hope to create a better framework for studying these important works of drama"A Guide to Music Theatre Online from MITH in MD on Vimeo (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:59:54 +0100 824744 http://plablog.org/2010/03/final-slate-of-programs-for-pla-virtual-conference-confirmed.html The final slate of programs for the PLA 2010 Virtual Conference is now confirmed. On March 25-26, 2010 the Public Library Association (PLA) will share a condensed, live and online PLA 13th National Conference with public librarians and public library workers who can’t make the trip to Portland. The Virtual Conference will include many familiar elements of the live conference, including high-quality educational programming, poster sessions and networking opportunities with colleagues. Each day will feature five live programs – the same programs available to in-person conference attendees. During the lunch hour, Booklist editor Donna Seaman will interview notable authors on “Inside the Author’s Studio.” Thursday’s author is Mary Roach, author of “Stiff” and “Spook,” and Friday’s author is Debra Gwartney, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle award and author of “Live Through This.” The Virtual Conference programs include: • If You Didn’t Work Here, Would You Come Here? • Cross-Over Advisory: Adult Books for Teens and Teen Books for Adults • LITA’s Top Technology Trends • Marketing as Conversation: How to Interact with Your Community Through Your Website • S.Y.A.S.S. Save Your After School Sanity • Cracking the Code: Beyond Dewey: Words vs. Numbers • Adrift or Right on Target: Perspectives on Floating Collections • Advanced Black Belt Librarians: The Top Ten Security Issues in Public Libraries \ • Books: The Top Five of the Top Five • Shortcuts to Greatness or 10 Things That Great Libraries Know and Maybe You Don’t PLA is offering both individual and group registrations for the Virtual Conference. The group rate allows a single location to host the virtual conference for multiple attendees. Cost is determined by number of attendees. ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:53:33 +0100 824691 http://www.docuticker.com/?p=33130 Adult Photography Record-Keeping and Inspection Law Threatens Free Speech, Privacy Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a friend-of-the-court brief today urging a federal court judge to block two criminal statutes that unconstitutionally limit the free expression of millions of adults who use the Internet and other electronic forms of communication, bringing the threat of criminal sanctions for private, lawful speech. At issue are provisions of federal law that require anyone who produces a visual depiction of sexually explicit expression to maintain extensive records — including copies of drivers’ licenses, the dates and times images were taken, and all URLs where images were posted — and often force public disclosure of a creator’s home address. Even more troubling, the regulations allow law enforcement warrantless entry into homes or offices in order to inspect the records that are supposed to be kept. While these statutes regulate the commercial pornography industry, they also likely apply to a staggering number of Americans who create and share images of themselves over social networks, online dating services, personal erotic websites, and text messaging. + Amicus Brief (PDF; 212 KB) + More on Free Speech Coalition v. Holder (Source: Docuticker) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:25:37 +0100 824562 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/08/new-from-google-labs-an-experimental-data-visualization-tool-for-public-data/ First, a few paragraphs of background. You likely remember when Google began offering a few data of government data (population, unemployment, etc.) on certain results pages if the search query called for it. This feature began last April. The service remains available but we haven’t heard of many other U.S. Government data sets being added aside from selected data from the U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Census. What we did learn was that a large amount of information (some of the 800 World Development Indicators from the World Bank) became available November, 2009. Btw, this help page lists what data sets are available from U.S. Government sources and the World Bank. Of course, while Google was doing this Wolfram Alpha was developing and providing some of the same and similar data in different ways. For example, here’s the query “Unemployment Rate California” and the result from Google and Wolfram Alpha. With World Bank data is much the same. One example we found interesting was one hyperlinked directly from Google’s help page: “the world’s life expectancy.” As you’ll notice, at least at this time (things can change quickly at Google), no result with World Bank data is shown. Wolfram Alpha has an answer and a bunch of nuggets surrounding it. So, that’s the background. Today, Google Labs is releasing an experimental data visualization service called Google Public Data Explorer. Using query logs and other tools Google came up 80 most popular, “data and statistics search topics.” They include: + School comparisons + Population + Gross Domestic Product (GDP) + Last names + Consumer price index, inflation + Accidents, traffic violations The list users is based on one week of searches using only U.S. data. You can obtain a complete list of all 80 search topics in this PDF (10 pages). ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:36:20 +0100 824600 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/08/just-who-is-reading-ebooks/ With the caveat that this blog post comes via the OverDrive blog, Cindy Orr has compiled a useful set of stats and demographics (NOT using OverDrive research or numbers) about people who read eBooks. Here are a few examples: Early adopters of the Amazon Kindle had a few things in common–they were Amazon customers, could afford the device, were not afraid of technology, and saw how the reader could help them read while commuting or traveling. By and large they knew about no other readers, and were willing to buy all their books from Amazon. “eBook reader consumers are very cost conscious.” (via Florida Communications Group) “This may be one of the few technologies that trickle down from an older generation to a younger one.” (via IPG Emerging Media Lab) More Stats in the Complete Blog Post Source: OverDrive’s Digital Library Blog (Source: ResourceShelf) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:40:09 +0100 824601 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=14574 University Archivist and Special Collections Librarian (Coastal Carolina University, South Carolina) Coastal Carolina University’s Kimbel Library invites applications for the position of University Archivist and Special Collections Librarian. The Kimbel Library is seeking an energetic, innovative, and service-oriented librarian to provide leadership, planning and management of the newly-formed archives and special collections department. Responsibilities: The University Archivist and Special Collections Librarian will administer all operations of the university archives and special collections. The successful applicant will be responsible for planning and managing all aspects of the university archives, record management or archival materials and digitization of archival materials and special collections. ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:40:02 +0100 824518 http://www.librarystuff.net/2010/03/08/open-access-plus/ The Life of Books – “As the body of primary legal materials grows and access to it spreads, what will be the result? Will citizens actually be better able to understand the law without access to the scholarship, analysis and the sophisticated objective finding tools of legal research? In addition to advocating the free, unfettered access to primary laws, perhaps we should also focus our efforts toward using new technology to develop new finding tools and access to secondary materials. “ (Source: Library Stuff) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:30:14 +0100 824580 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/08/new-topic-focused-news-aggregator-from-techmemes-founder-and-developer-gabe-rivera-hello-mediagazer/ It’s likely that many of you use Techmeme, a service that aggreates tech news from many sources on the Internet. Techmeme was originally compiled 100% algorithmically. However, since December, 2008 Megan McCarthy, has served as the ditor. Making the decisions about some of what goes on Techmeme. Today, Techmeme Founder and Developer, Gabe Rivera, McCarthy, and the other members of the Techmeme team launched another aggregated news site (aka vertical). This one brings together content about the media industry and is named, MediaGazer. Finally, often overlooked are the other topic-aggregation services that Techmeme provides: 1) Memeorandum: Political News 2) BallBuzz: Baseball News 2) WeSmirch: Celeb Gossip Btw, mobile versions are available for all of these sites. You can find the links on the lower right side of the page. The two mobile versions of MediaGazer 1) For SmartPhones and for more basic types of phones Finally, both a cool and useful way to “see” the headlines (in reverse chronological order) as they make there way into one of the services is to take a look at the “river” version also located, lower right side of the page. Here’s the MediaGazer River. If you’ve never visited Techmeme or any of these resources, they are well worth your time. They are also excellent tools to share with users who have interest in any of the topics covered. From paidContent: She [Megan McCarthy] said she doesn’t know how many sources are included in the media algorithm but the list builds out automatically as new sources are discovered. Why media? It fits their requirements: “lots of new coverage every day, lots of stories revolving around the same issues, and a variety of subtopics (video, media industry consolidation, blogs, future of journalism, newspapers, etc.) that people discuss.” As for staying standalone, “We’ve never raised any money—everything is bootstrapped. ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:17:04 +0100 824602 http://www.docuticker.com/?p=33122 Fact Sheet: The Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Source: U.S. Department of Energy The U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Guarantee Program paves the way for federal support of clean energy projects that use innovative technologies, and spurs further investment in these advanced technologies. A principal purpose of the Loan Guarantee Program is to encourage early commercial use in the United States of new or significantly improved technologies in energy projects. DOE believes that accelerated commercial use of new or improved technologies will help to create jobs and sustain economic growth, yield environmental benefits, and produce a more stable and secure energy supply. DOE’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program provides loans to automobile and automobile part manufacturers for the cost of re-equipping, expanding, or establishing manufacturing facilities in the United States to produce advanced technology vehicles or qualified components, and for associated engineering integration costs. To date, DOE has conditionally offered or closed 12 loans or loan guarantees. According to estimates from the companies, these projects will collectively create or save about 50,000 jobs. They will also lead to the capacity to produce more than 3 GW of clean power each year and will avoid more than 30 million tons of CO2 per year. The vehicle projects will save 270 million gallons of gasoline each year. (Source: Docuticker) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:15:13 +0100 824564 http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/~r/theguardian/books/rss/~3/3EAycbPKbwM/michelangelo-durer-print-books The internet may be taking over from the printing press, just as Dürer's timeless engraving Melencolia I spelled the end for medieval scriptoria, but let us remember that print is beautifulIn the exhibition Michelangelo's Dream currently at the Courtauld Gallery in London, the beauty of print is exemplified by Albrecht Dürer's timeless engraving Melencolia I. The curator was not content to use just any copy of this great print: that selected is one of the finest that exist, and in its microscopically refined use of black ink you can see how majestically artists were able to exploit what was still a new invention in the early-1500s to create beautiful objects.A book, too, is a beautiful object – and I write with my own just back from the printers. For just as artists were quick to discover the aesthetic possibilities of printing, so were the makers of books. Some might say the advent of the printed book brought a devastating loss of beauty in the culture of the word: for centuries, medieval monasteries had created the spectacular visual treasures that are illuminated books. And yet, the printed book rapidly found its own standards of elegance and authority through the labours of great publishers such as the Aldine Press in Venice and Frobenius in Basel.Printing was as revolutionary as the internet is now when Dürer created his Melencolia I, and it too had victims. Those medieval scriptoria were doomed, and those who clung to the handwrittern and painted word would be eclipsed. Critics of today's new communications see the aggression of bloggers as a vice of the digital age, but what about the aggression unleashed by the printing press? The resources of new technology that let Dürer create Melencolia I were soon being exploited to create vicious religious prints portraying the Pope as antichrist. The printing press democratised knowledge, and with democracy came spite, libel, destruction and violence. ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:10:00 +0100 824508 http://careercenter.sla.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=3313454 US - TX - Houston, • Professional experience developing and implementing technology projects in a collaborative, team-based, goal-oriented environment • Energetic, creative individual with strong self motivation an (Source: SLA Career Center Search Results []) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:50:00 +0100 824521 http://theipl.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/ipl-15-things-14-awareness-tools-is-now-available/ IPL 15 Things #14: Awareness Tools is now available – learn about the different tools you can use to find, filter and recommend interesting content: http://ipl.ci.fsu.edu/community/wiki/index.php/Awareness_tools (Source: Librarians' Internet Index: New This Week) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:42:01 +0100 824645 http://nnlm.gov/mcr/news_blog/?p=5681 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) includes the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, or the “HITECH Act,” which established programs under Medicare and Medicaid to provide incentive payments for the “meaningful use” of certified electronic health records (EHR) technology. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have updated a web page containing links to resources about the electronic health record “meaningful use” rule: see http://www.cms.hhs.gov/Recovery/11_HealthIT.asp. Links include a proposed definition, proposed requirements, and an FAQ. [SD] (Source: Midcontinental Region News) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:02:14 +0100 824561 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://lisnews.org/library_site_hot_new_social_media_hangout_teens Library site a hot new social media hangout for teens "Our goal is to draw students in so that they're comfortable hanging out in the library, and then get them to engage with the workshops and technology in the space," Neal said. "We're seeing more and more students who were hanging out, participating in workshops and on the social network. It's been great to see their interests develop." Students enrolled in workshops may check out digital still cameras or Flip high-definition video cameras for a week at a time to work on special projects. (Source: LISNews.org) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:57:41 +0100 824551 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/08/riverside-ca-library-system-begins-print-on-demand-service/ Another example of the library as a location to have on-demand printing done and as mentioned below a potential solution in some ILL situations. From the Announcement: Library Systems & Services (LSSI), operator of the Riverside County (California) Library System (RCLS), has announced that a new on-demand book printing program begins today at the Grace Mellman Library in Temecula. Library patrons will now have the option to request titles, have the book printed for free, read it and return it to the library collection, or they may choose to keep the book and pay a printing fee. If the requesting patron is at the Book Espresso location and wants to pay for the book, it can be printed immediately while they wait. “Growing our collections based upon patron on-demand choices is a new concept for our library system,” said Jan Kuebel, Manager of Grace Mellman Library. “Rather than relying solely on interlibrary loan, we now have a way to immediately respond to patron requests for materials outside of our current collection.” Available book titles will be obtained from Lightning Source, with over 500,000 titles available, and Google Books, who has partnered with over 20,000 publishers to make their content available for on-demand printing. Source: News Release (Source: ResourceShelf) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:37:38 +0100 824605 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/08/global-survey-for-bbc-finds-internet-access-is-a-fundamental-right/ From the Article/Results: Almost four in five people around the world believe that access to the internet is a fundamental right, a poll for the BBC World Service suggests. The survey – of more than 27,000 adults across 26 countries – found strong support for net access on both sides of the digital divide. [Access the Detailed Findings (23 pages; PDF)] Countries such as Finland and Estonia have already ruled that access is a human right for their citizens. International bodies such as the UN are also pushing for universal net access. [Snip] The EU is also committed to providing universal access to broadband. However, like many areas around the world the region is grappling with how to deliver high-speed net access to rural areas where the market is reluctant to go. Analysts say that is a problem many countries will increasingly have to deal with as citizens demand access to the net. The BBC survey found that 87% of internet users felt internet access should be the “fundamental right of all people”. More than 70% of non-users felt that they should have access to the net. [Snip] South Korea – the most wired country on Earth – had the greatest majority of people (96%) who believed that net access was a fundamental right. Nearly all of the country’s citizens already enjoy high-speed net access. Access the Complete Article [Access the Detailed Findings (23 pages; PDF)] Source: BBC News (Source: ResourceShelf) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:50:32 +0100 824607 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/08/new-europe-annual-report-for-europeana-eu-digital-online-museum-archive/ From the Executive Summary: Europeana.eu is Europe’s online museum, library and archive. It brings together digitised content from Europe’s cultural and scientific heritage organisations, and makes that content accessible to Europe’s citizens and to the wider world. [Snip] The overall objective of Europeana v1.0 is the creation of the fully-operational Europeana service. This will be achieved in two stages: the launch later this year of the Rhine release, followed in 2011 by the final Danube release. This first year has seen successful internal outcomes in terms of achieving our funding target, recruiting the workforce, automating the content ingestion process and building the technical infrastructure. We have ingested 5.9 million records and are on target for 10 million for the Rhine release, in which we will be able to present a balanced and representative selection of material from all the Member States of the European Union. Outward-facing achievements have included developing an active partner network of 180 organisations, well ahead of our target. We have worked closely with the group of projects that are contributing content and technology to Europeana’s operational service. We have identified issues such as intellectual property rights that have significance for all the projects, and have collaborated on a strategic approach. Going forward, Europeana will work mainly with aggregators of content – either national, or domain. National aggregators include CulturaItalia, who bring together content from a range of Italian heritage organisations; domain aggregators include The European Library, who aggregate content from Europe’s national libraries. This model is sustainable in the longer term, and makes best use of expertise and resources at the national and domain level. Access the Complete Report (23 pages; PDF) Source: Europeana.eu (via LIBER) (Source: ResourceShelf) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:36:32 +0100 824608 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/teleread/KHnj/~3/ihiHWOoB0f8/ Steve Jobs was seen attending the Academy Awards last night (his second company Pixar’s movie Up won Best Animated Feature and Best Score), and the first TV commercial for the iPad was screened twice over the course of the show. iBooks was a fairly large part of the commercial’s focus. A decent commercial, though I couldn’t help but notice the clip from Star Trek during part of a montage of screenshots and images was in full-frame and looked rather cramped. Speaking of the iPad, CNet has an iPad FAQ that sums up what is generally known about the device. A good summary, though not much in the way of new information. And speaking of FAQs, here’s a story I found on Nate’s Ebook News: Educause, a thinktank dedicated to “the intelligent use of information technology” in education, has come out with the latest in a series of articles called “7 Things You Should Know About…” The subject of this article is e-book readers (PDF download). It’s a good basic summary of e-books in education, focusing largely on their utility for holding college textbooks, and their advantages and disadvantages compared to paper books. The Google Books settlement gets another examination in the pages of the Mercury News. The article is a good summation of the key issues of orphan works, privacy, and competition surrounding the settlement, just in case anyone here doesn’t already know what they are by now. And in a follow-up to Saturday’s story about Ubisoft’s consumer-unfriendly DRM, BoingBoing and Slashdot are reporting that Ubisoft’s DRM authentication servers went down yesterday—and had been down for ten hours as of the time the article on The Escapist was posted. That’s a ten hour outage on a weekend, during which time no one who purchased the game legitimately and did not crack the DRM could play even a single-player game of Assassin’s Creed II. ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:15:00 +0100 824589 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/teleread/KHnj/~3/FMltJCOvwLs/ I can’t do any better summarizing this article than Resource Shelf did (I know because I tried), so here’s their summary: The first study of magazines and their various approaches to websites, undertaken by Columbia Journalism Review, found publishers are still trying to work out how best to utilise the online medium. There is no general standard or guidelines for magazine websites and little discussion between industry leaders as to how they should most effectively be approached. [Snip] The researchers found the approach to fact-checking and sub-editing for online content website standards were in general much less rigorous than for printed editions; 51 per cent of original content that appears on web sites is either not copy-edited at all, or is copy-edited less rigorously than in print. Just under half (43 per cent) of respondents reported either a lower standard for fact-checking online (35 per cent), or no fact-checking at all (8 per cent). Strangely, they found that websites are more likely to have lower standards in these areas as web traffic rises and when content decisions are made by independent web editors. Many website editors correct errors without acknowledging the mistake; they are often more likely to be corrected than print, but less likely to publicise the correction – particularly when an independent web editor is involved. The most common reason for material to appear online is because it ran in the print edition, often because it is breaking news, multi-media content or to maintain freshness and, sometimes, because the quality is not high enough to run in the print edition. [Snip] The researchers found most magazines are not keeping pace with mobile display and interactivity technology. Less than one in five are designed for smartphones and very few are formatted for e-book readers (4 per cent). ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:10:20 +0100 824590 http://lisnews.org/who_does_what_wikipedia Who Does What On Wikipedia? The quality of entries in the world's largest open-access online encyclopedia depends on how authors collaborate, UA Eller College Professor Sudha Ram finds. The patterns of collaboration between Wikipedia contributors have a direct effect on the data quality of an article, according to a new paper co-authored by a University of Arizona professor and graduate student. Sudha Ram, a UA's Eller College of Management professor, co-authored the article with Jun Liu, a graduate student in the management information systems department (MIS). Their work in this area received a "Best Paper Award" at the International Conference on Informations Systems, or ICIS. (Source: LISNews.org) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:33:59 +0100 824556 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/03/08/resource-of-the-week-catalog-of-nonprofit-literature/ Resource of the Week: Catalog of Nonprofit Literature By Shirl Kennedy, Senior Editor We are big supporters of nonprofits in general both here on ResourceShelf and over on DocuTicker, our sister site. Thus, we are huge fans of the Foundation Center. This is a venerable institution; in operation since 1956, it’s currently supported by roughly 550 foundations and is widely recognized as a pre-eminent authority on “organized philanthropy.” There is an avalanche of useful information on the Foundation Center’s website, and most of it is free. We thought we’d give a little love to the Catalog of Nonprofit Literature — formerly known as Literature of the Nonprofit Sector (LNPS) — this week. The Catalog of Nonprofit Literature is a searchable database of the literature of philanthropy. It incorporates the unique contents of the Foundation Center’s five libraries and contains approximately 28,000 full bibliographic citations, of which nearly 20,000 have descriptive abstracts. It is updated daily. The basic search form offers a standard keyword search that allows for the use of standard boolean operators. Use the radio buttons to either search everything or restrict your search to full-text resources only. To the right are links to more information and/or help, including a guided tour, a bibliography of periodicals, and a quick look at recently added items. The “standard search” is actually an advanced search form offerings several more options that facilitate a more precise query. If you click on the buttons labeled “Index,” a window pops up with a directory of relevant subject terms. Nicely done! Though there are full-text resources in this database, many other items are not available online. They can be viewed at the Foundation Center’s headquarters in New York City, its national collection in Washington, D.C. ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:11:11 +0100 824613 http://liszen.com/trends/story.php?title=Spectrum_gt_Mobile_Learning_Libraries_And_Technologies_The_Use_--- Additionally, through open-ended questions, the survey attempts to gain a broader understanding of handheld mobile computing's impact on, and implica (Source: pligg - all) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:00:21 +0100 824436 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/nDG6R7mNvZM/statistics-for-changing-world-google.html Last year, we released a public data search feature that enables people to quickly find useful statistics in search. More recently, we expanded this service to include information from the World Bank, such as population data for every region in the world. More and more public agencies, non-profits and other organizations are looking for ways to open up their data and expand global access to this kind of information. We want to help keep that momentum going, so today we're sharing a snapshot of some of the most popular public data search topics on Google. We're also launching the Google Public Data Explorer, an experimental visualization tool in Google Labs.Popular public data topics on GoogleWe know people want to be able to find reliable data and statistics on a variety of subjects. But what kind of statistics are they looking for most? To help us better prioritize which data sets to include in our public data search feature, we've analyzed anonymous search logs to find patterns in the kinds of searches people are doing, similar to the patterns you can find on Google Trends and Insights for Search. Some public data providers have asked us to share what we've learned, so we decided to put together an approximate list of the 80 most popular data and statistics search topics.You can read the complete list at this link (PDF), but here's the top 20 to get you started:1. School comparisons2. Unemployment3. Population4. Sales tax5. Salaries6. Exchange rates7. Crime statistics8. Health statistics (health conditions)9. Disaster statistics10. Gross Domestic Product (GDP)11. Last names12. Poverty13. Oil price14. Minimum wage15. Consumer price index, inflation16. Mortality17. Cost of living18. Election results19. First names20. Accidents, traffic violationsYou'll notice some interesting entries in the list. For example, we were surprised by how many people search for data about popular first and last names. ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 825243 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/MKuf/~3/iPvSOwjyRn8/update-on-googleorg-and-philanthropy.html (Cross-posted from the Google.org Blog)What do tracking flu, helping consumers monitor their home electricity use, slowing deforestation and perhaps most importantly in 2010, helping the people of Haiti have in common?While they are all part of the wide-ranging work of Google.org over the last year, they also show what our technical teams can accomplish in critical areas that don't always get the attention they need and deserve.A year ago we outlined our goals for the next chapter for Google.org. We talked about our vision to use strengths of Google in information and technology to build products and advocate for critical policies that address global challenges. Ideas for projects continue to pour in from Googlers and partners around the globe, and we're incubating several new projects in the areas of economic development, clean energy and access to technology.This past year, we:Ramped up Google PowerMeter to help consumers reduce their electricity use and save money, secured utility and device partners, and launched the API on code.google.com to help expand partner access globally.Introduced Earth Engine, a new computational platform we have begun building for global-scale analysis of satellite imagery to monitor changes in key environmental indicators like forest coverage, at COP15 in December.Quickly expanded Google Flu Trends to 20 countries and 38 languages as the H1N1 flu virus spread around the world. We also added city-level flu estimates to 121 U.S. cities and developed the Flu Shot Finder to help people find vaccine locations.Responded to earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, with maps, updated earth imagery, and networking projects, and built Person Finder to help people find information about their loved ones after a disaster.Advocated for policies to spur innovation of renewable energy technologies that are cheaper than coal (RE<C), and our engineers worked on ways to reduce the cost of solar thermal and other RE<C technologies. ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 825242 http://vivabibliotecaviva.blogspot.com/2010/03/web-30-promete-mudar-as-bibliotecas.html Research Information: February/March 2010  Web 3.0 promises change for librariesAlmost as soon as the term ‘Web 2.0’ was coined, the web community split into two factions. There were those who embraced the term and started debating future iterations and the meanings of ‘Web 3.0’, ‘Web 4.0’, and even ‘Web 5.0’. Meanwhile, the other group labelled the 2.0 moniker as hype.One of the problems with the term Web 2.0 has been the lack of an explicit definition. In his seminal paper on the topic, Tim O’Reilly instead provided a list of features and technologies, such as using the web as a platform, and harnessing the wisdom of the crowd. The wide variety of features has led to arguments that Web 2.0 is vague enough to include everything on the web and as such means nothing. However, away from the details, the term ‘Web 2.0’ reflects a major shift in the way that users view the web: from a read-only web, to a read-write web.The term ‘Web 3.0’ reflects an equally momentous change in the way we view the web. Some of the possible avenues for the future include the 3D web, the semantic web, and the real world web. All have gained a lot of interest among library and information professionals. Virtual 3D worlds such as Second Life provide new places and ways to offer information and services. An increasingly semantic web offers the opportunity for access to increasing amounts of information from disparate sources. Meanwhile the real world web offers to integrate the web with the world around us. We are yet to see which of these will capture the imagination of library stakeholders to such an extent that it will reflect a new perspective in the way they see the web.The 3D webThe potential of a 3D web and a far richer web experience have been enabled by increases in computer processing power and higher bandwidth capabilities. ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 825057 http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/023696.html Follow up to previous postings on government implementation of whole body scanning technology at airports - "In response to an... (Source: beSpacific) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824930 http://outofthejungle.blogspot.com/2010/03/nicholas-carr-is-google-making-us.html In 2008, Nicholas Carr wrote a very provocative article in the July/August issue of the Atlantic Monthly, Is Google Making Us Stupid?. While he loves the wonderful access the Internet gives him as a writer to all kinds of information, Carr has noticed that it seems to have changed how he reads the materials he gets online: For me, as for others, the Net is becoming a universal medium, the conduit for most of the information that flows through my eyes and ears and into my mind. The advantages of having immediate access to such an incredibly rich store of information are many, and they’ve been widely described and duly applauded. “The perfect recall of silicon memory,” Wired’s Clive Thompson has written, “can be an enormous boon to thinking.” But that boon comes at a price. As the media theorist Marshall McLuhan pointed out in the 1960s, media are not just passive channels of information. They supply the stuff of thought, but they also shape the process of thought. And what the Net seems to be doing is chipping away my capacity for concentration and contemplation. My mind now expects to take in information the way the Net distributes it: in a swiftly moving stream of particles. Once I was a scuba diver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a guy on a Jet Ski. That is the basic premise of the article. That the huge sea of information that is the Internet seems to somehow subvert HOW we read, from deep, meditative reading to a kind of skimming. And Carr does not just rely on his own and others' anecdotal evidence. He presents some impressive experimental data. And we still await the long-term neurological and psychological experiments that will provide a definitive picture of how Internet use affects cognition. But a recently published study of online research habits , conducted by scholars from University College London, suggests that we may well be in the midst of a sea change in the way we read and think. ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824664 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/15923 REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN THE TECTONICS OF DIGITAL CURATION: A Symposium on the Shifting Preservation and Access Landscape MAY 25-26, 2010 The Ray and Maria Stata Center Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, MA PRESENTED BY the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) HOSTED BY the MIT Libraries THE TECTONICS OF DIGITAL CURATION explores the sustainability of cultural collections created for and maintained on the Web. At this two-day symposium, a diverse faculty of national experts will examine the forces at play in our increasingly networked society. TOPICS WILL INCLUDE: divergence and complexity in information networking; digital preservation repositories; electronic copyright and intellectual property; collaborative and commercial preservation models; digital archiving strategies; open access to scholarly communication; the networked self; preservation of CAD models; and preservation of community-built digital creations (video games). WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Librarians, archivis (Source: gmane.education.web4lib) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824662 http://hurstassociates.blogspot.com/2010/03/event-digital-preservation-planets-way.html Received via email. Registration is open for the final Planets training and outreach event, which takes place in Rome with the support of the Pontificia Università Gregoriana.  This is the final event in the series of five.Day 1 will address the case for digital preservation, digital preservation as a risk management activity, the action that needs to be taken and introduce the Planets framework, tools and services as an integrated approach to digital preservation. Local organisations will present two case studies to show how they are preserving digital collections.Days 2 and 3 provide an opportunity to meet and learn from the experts, creators and developers of Planets. Using a sample collection, you will gain hands-on experience of Planets tools and services. There will also be plenty of opportunity to ask questions, network with peers and to try out tools and exercises.Register now for day 1 only at a cost of EUR95 or for the whole three-day event at a cost of EUR199 at: http://www.tcp-events.co.uk/planets2010/. Places are limited and registration will close on 9 April 2010. To see the event programme and to find out more information on Planets and the training and outreach event, please visit: http://www.planets-project.eu/events/rome-2010/ or send an email to trainingevents@planets-project.eu. To read delegates’ first-hand accounts from our previous London event visit: http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/blog/. http://futurearchives.blogspot.com/2010/02/music-planets-and-secret-messages.html.Planets (Preservation and Long-Term Access through Networked Services) is a four-year project co-funded by the European Union and delivered by 16 national libraries, national archives, universities and technology companies across Europe. Technorati tag: Digital PreservationThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. (Source: Digitization 101) Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 824623