Like it or not, librarians use Google searching quite often in the course of their workday. While the authority of information gathered from Google is…
OPLIN 4Cast #256: Google changes
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Like it or not, librarians use Google searching quite often in the course of their workday. While the authority of information gathered from Google is…
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If you’ve stayed at a hotel recently – say for the Ohio Library Council Convention – you may have experienced wireless Internet service that was…well,…
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Newspaper and magazine publishers share a common problem with libraries: how do you convince people (or government officials and administrators in the case of libraries)…
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Occasionally, the topic of ebook piracy generates some press, though not as often as you might expect. Last spring, for example, there was a flurry…
Readers’ advisory has long been an important component of the librarian’s job. People coming to libraries expect the librarian to be able to recommend a…
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Once again this week, there was big news affecting the ebook business (launch of the Kindle Fire), but since you’ve certainly already been bombarded with…
In the middle of last week’s excitement about public library books for the Kindle, the Aptara Corporation released their Third Annual eBook Survey of Publishers (40-page…
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At OPLIN, we pay a lot of attention to forecasts related to the Internet – and then share some with you in this 4cast blog –…