The OPLIN 4cast is a weekly compilation of recent headlines, topics, and trends that could impact public libraries.
**Now published every 4tnight!
1. MySpace now allows you to add a playlist to your profile – not as a plug-in, but as part of your profile.
- MySpace Music extends right hand of fellowship to Big Four, middle finger to indies
- MySpace Music Launches Tonight and It Looks Very Cool
- MySpace Music
- MySpace adds millions of free songs
2. Higher education is way beyond social.
- Social-networking sites viewed by admissions officers
- College Bookstores to Begin Selling eTextbooks on Demand
- Unigo
- The Tell-All Campus Tour
3. Want to place a book on your web page? Now, thanks to Google Book Search, you can.
- Google Books Now Embeddable
- Book Search everywhere with new partnerships and tools
- Embeddable Google Books
- Google Book Search Adds Embeddable Previews
4. Who, what, when, where, how…some stats to back up social practices