For years, libraries have been issued the challenge of creating an effective (but not overly invasive) web presence. For many libraries, the extent of this…
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4cast #79: Library 2.0, Shelfari, Audiobooks, Portable Apps
Posted in CastTV, GIMP, Google Reader, Library 2.0, LibraryThing, portable apps, social network websites, and spam
This week’s 4cast: 1. Okay Librarians… What Now? Several recent library blog posts have generated a lot of online discussion about the future of libraries…
4cast #78: Digitization, OpenSocial, ILS, Websites
Posted in Add new tag, Apple, digitization, Diigo, Evergreen, Federal Register, Google, Obama, social network websites, Videosurf, and web design
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…
4cast #77: IL2007, OCLC Report, Twine, Catalogs
Posted in blogs, Boss & Vertical Lens, Company Buzz, Google News Archive Search, OPAC, social network websites, Truveo, and Video searches
This week’s 4cast: 1. Do You Know the Way to Monterey? The Internet Librarian 2007 conference is underway in Monterey, California, and many of the…
OPLIN 4cast #67
Posted in Boxee, Cinematic Internet, filtering, Internet, iPhones, privacy, social network websites, and TwitterThoughts
This week’s 4cast: 1. Don’t Be Afraid of the Internet… A new report from the National School Board Association finds that in spite of widespread…
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 #58
Posted in Myebook, NORWELD, Online Publishing, social network websites, spam, and Valve
This week’s 4cast: 1. Microsoft Surface Has Surfaced Microsoft recently unveiled the Surface computer – a flat tabletop touch screen that allows users to move…
OPLIN 4cast #52
Posted in Boxee, Company Buzz, iPhones, LinkedIn, Pixlr, SEO, social network websites, TwitterThoughts, Valve, and WorldCat
This week’s 4cast: 1. WorldCat Local’s Out of the Bag OCLC has announced a new pilot service called WorldCat Local, which aims to integrate portions…
OPLIN 4cast #46
Posted in Amazon, Cinematic Internet, DMCA, DRM, Embedding, Gmail, Google Guide, Google Latitude, HarperCollins, Library 2.0, screencasting, Second Life, social network websites, Songza, and Video books
This week’s 4cast: 1. Search Inside a Book (Once You’ve Figured Out Who Published It) In an effort to defend their turf from the likes…
OPLIN 4cast #45
Posted in about:books, Apple, DRM, Library 2.0, mashups, and social network websites
This week’s 4cast: 1. Get On Out There & Socialize Five Weeks to a Social Library describes itself as “the first free, grassroots, completely online…