1. RSS readers — how do you chose? This article from the Washington Post evaluates four readers to help you determine which one will best…
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1. News from the gaming front FCC commissioner: Warcraft is a “leading cause” of college dropouts Mario makes way for Shakespeare on Nintendo DS in…
1. Do your patrons use the internet to find health information? Are they cyberchondriacs? Microsoft examines causes of ‘cyberchondria’ Cyberchondria: When Web Search Makes You…
OPLIN 4Cast#123: Reference Extracts, domain backlinks, usability, image editors
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1. Librarians to Construct Filtered-Web Search Engine – From Reference Extract: Reference Extract is envisioned as a web search engine, like Google, Yahoo and MSN.…
Bill Hardison, Computer Services Coordinator at NORWELD, was asked what four sites he found particularly interesting at Internet Librarian 2008. We thought you might like…
1. Screen Readers – The American Foundation for the Blind estimates that 10 million people in the US are blind or visually impaired and 1.3…
OPLIN 4Cast #120: Library gaming, Google Advanced Search, Avoid e-mail mistakes, Library training ideas
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1. Some news on the gaming front… Using Video Games as Bait to Hook Readers Google Rolls Out Adsense for Games, Long Live Gamers! Major…
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…
1. In addition to marketing the Kindle, Amazon has been trying some new things, too. Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In…
OPLIN 4Cast#117: Google News Archive Search, Video on Demand, Book trading, ALA Tech Study
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1. Google News Archive Search – Historical newspapers as compiled by Google Bringing history online, one newspaper at a time Indexing back in time: Google…