This week’s 4cast: 1.  It Ain’t Your Grandma’s Library. Libraries are offering more and more services inside and outside of their walls, allowing them to…
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Library vs. Internet
4Cast #89: E-Books, Librarian Tools, Customer Service, More Green
Posted in 4cast, Amazon, blogs, desktop applications, eBooks, Firefox, Google, Internet, Library 2.0, Library vs. Internet, Photo Tagger, Playlist.io, productivity, screencasting, Second Life, Sitemap Generator, Social Networks, Tweetmeme, Web 2.0, and Xoopit
This week’s 4cast: 1.  E-Books: Point, Counterpoint With recent advancements from Google Books Library Project, Amazon’s Kindle, and others, some are contemplating the future of…
4Cast #85: Sharing Data, Banning Google, Wikia Search Review, Future of Libraries
Posted in 4cast, blogs, education, Facebook, GIMP, Google, Google News, Internet, Library 2.0, Library vs. Internet, LinkedIn, Lipsum, privacy, Reference Extract, social network websites, social search, software development, VirtualBox, and Wikipedia
 This week’s 4cast: Sharing Data: Google & Facebook Join DataPortability.org The mission of DataPortability is to allow personal data (the kind found on social networking…
OPLIN 4cast #66
Posted in Google, Google Reader, iPhones, Library vs. Internet, Playlist.io, spam, and wireless
This week’s 4cast: 1. You’ve Been Listening to Books Again, Haven’t You? The New York Times recently ran an article about audiobooks, and how some…
OPLIN 4cast #61
Posted in ALA, games, GIMP, Internet, Library 2.0, Library vs. Internet, OPAC, Screen Readers, social network websites, URL shorteners, Web 2.0, and World Digital Library
This week’s 4cast: 1. The Digital Natives Are Restless At the ALA Annual Conference (wrapping up this week in Washington D.C.), librarians were given some…
OPLIN 4cast #49
Posted in ASCII, GIMP, Google News Archive Search, Library 2.0, Library vs. Internet, Lipsum, Netflix, Screen Readers, Web 2.0, and Xoopit
This week’s 4cast: 1. Gettin’ Famous… The red-hot Learning 2.0 program at the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County recently received some national attention…
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 #35
Posted in backscatter, Google, Library vs. Internet, Lipsum, Xobni, and Zamzar
This week’s 4cast: 1. ‘Tis the Season for Looking Back December brings the usual assortment of year-end reviews, including many that are either technology or…
OPLIN 4cast #25
Posted in Award for Innovation, cellphones, Google, instant messaging, Library 2.0, Library vs. Internet, privacy, and YouTube
This week’s 4cast: 1. OPLIN Award for Innovation: Text Message Notification (Cuyahoga County Public Library) From 2001 to 2005, OPLIN gave an annual Award for…
OPLIN 4cast #9
Posted in library fines, Library vs. Internet, portable apps, USB drives, and WordPress
This week’s 4cast: 1. The Library vs. The Internet: Who’s Winning? LISNews ponders whether the tide has turned against libraries. Library/Internet debate and Scrolling Forward…