This week’s 4cast: 1. Don’t Digitize That Obituary Just Yet Anthony Grafton writes in The New Yorker that massive digitization projects (such as Google Book…
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4cast #76: Digitization, Experimentation, Comcast, Fines
Posted in Add new tag, digitization, Google Shared Storage, Library 2.0, library fines, neoK12, net neutrality, and OperaUnite
This week’s 4cast: 1. Your Scanners Are Not Welcome Here Several influential research libraries have spurned offers to join Google and Microsoft’s mass digitization projects.…
OPLIN 4cast #68
Posted in digitization, eBooks, Face.com, Facebook Book Clubs, GIMP, Library 2.0, spam, and YouTube EDU
This week’s 4cast: 1. You Say You Want a Library 2.0 Revolution It’s been a year since Library Journal published an article calling for libraries…
OPLIN 4cast #59
Posted in AOL, Cinematic Internet, copyright, digitization, Google, Lifestreaming, StoryTlr, and VMware Server
This week’s 4cast: 1. Ask Goes 3D (Funny Glasses Not Required) Does any other search engine stand even a remote chance of becoming as popular…
OPLIN 4cast #56
Posted in copyright, digitization, DMCA, downloads, Google, Library 2.0, Second Life, Study, TipJar, and web TV
This week’s 4cast: 1. Don’t Even Think About Making a Copy Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is pressing Congress to pass stricter copyright laws that would…
OPLIN 4cast #54
Posted in Digg, digitization, DMCA, DRM, tagging, usage statistics, Valve, and Web 2.0
This week’s 4cast: 1. Oh Dewey, You Old Coot In his new book, Everything Is Miscellaneous, David Weinberger argues that the Internet and the onset…
OPLIN 4cast #41
Posted in digital movie downloads, digitization, eBooks, Library vs. Internet, Netflix, RA, Second Life, tagging, Touchscreens, and Valve
This week’s 4cast: 1. Check the Tags According to a recent report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, more and more Internet users…
OPLIN 4cast #34
Posted in AOL, copyright, digitization, Elections, filtering, Google, instant messaging, Microsoft, Screen Readers, Second Life, and tagging
This week’s 4cast: 1. It’s Time You (Teens) & I (Librarians) Had a Little Chat The argument that libraries are failing to keep up with…
OPLIN 4cast #11
Posted in digitization, eye tracking, privacy, social network websites, Web 2.0, and web browsers
This week’s 4cast: 1. The Next Browser Battle Unfolds As Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera continue to unleash upgrades, new technological fronts are opening in…
OPLIN 4cast #8
Posted in blogs, cellphones, digitization, and net neutrality
This week’s 4cast: 1. The War Over Neutrality Network neutrality has emerged as one of the hottest political battles of the year, with intense disagreement…