Educators and librarians have long had an ambivalent relationship with Wikipedia. While admiring the attempt to crowdsource all human knowledge, the authority of that knowledge…
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OPLIN 4cast #72
Posted in ALA, Amazon, eBooks, Google, Google Wave, Hunch, newspapers, and Wikipedia
This week’s 4cast: 1. Supply, Demand & Reality A new ALA report titled “Libraries Connect Communities: Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study” finds that…
OPLIN 4cast #60
Posted in Boxee, chi.mp, Facebook, iPhones, OPLIN, VMware Server, Wikipedia, wireless, and YouTube EDU
This week’s 4cast: 1. The Return of Gorman Former ALA President Michael Gorman has courted controversy in the past for his openly conservative stances on…
OPLIN 4cast #53
Posted in backlinks, desktop applications, DRM, eBooks, Library 2.0, productivity, Security, Sitemap Generator, Songza, techies, Tweetmeme, Valve, Web 2.0, and Wikipedia
This week’s 4cast: 1. Frustration 2.0 Now that this year’s Computers In Libraries conference is over, some attendees may find that the exciting Library 2.0…
OPLIN 4cast #23
Posted in biometrics, Citizendium, Internet, Library 2.0, Web 2.0, and Wikipedia
This week’s 4cast: 1. The Internet in 2020: Smart Agents, Refuseniks & Flattening Pew Internet & American Life Project has released their Future of the…