Every August and September, OPLIN gathers some basic information from Ohio public libraries about their use of the Internet. This information is then combined with…
Author: OPLIN Managing Editor
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.…
4cast #75: Plugins, Copyright, Taxes, Biblioblogs
Posted in BlindSearch, blogs, copyright, Firefox, Google, URL shorteners, and YouTube
This week’s 4cast: 1. Plug Your Catalog into Firefox A plugin is a small computer program that adds a specific, sometimes rather nifty, function to…
OPLIN’s annual Stakeholders Meeting will be held tomorrow (Wednesday, October 10th) at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. Like last year’s meeting, this one will kick…
OPLIN 4cast #74
Posted in Library 2.0, NORWELD, Pixlr, Tweetmeme, and Web 2.0
This week’s 4cast: 1. Technology’s Elusive Rewards So your library spends plenty of time researching, testing, and implementing new technology, but the results are never…
OPLIN 4cast #73
Posted in Add new tag, Apple, Internet, Let Simon Decide, Scribd, usability, and web design
This week’s 4cast: 1. Let’s Meet Somewhere Else Karen Coombs (Library Web Chic) ponders whether the time, effort, and resources devoted to the aesthetics and…
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 #71
Posted in blogs, Library 2.0, LibraryThing, net neutrality, OffiSync, and Second Life
This week’s 4cast: 1. Google Book Search: Been Pretty Busy Google Book Search has rolled out some new features, including the ability for users to…
OPLIN 4cast #70
Posted in copyright, GDrive, Google, Google Latitude, Google Similar, One Minute Critic, and wireless
This week’s 4cast: 1. Wi-Fi Going Bye-Bye Not so long ago, cities across the U.S. were chomping at the megabits to provide high-speed, wireless Internet…
Lately there have been several messages on the OPLINtech electronic mailing list concerning traffic shaping technology. Many libraries are finding that their Internet connections —…