Up until now, many public libraries have not been too concerned with the security of their public wireless networks. Libraries, after all, are open to…
OPLIN 4Cast #204: Locking down WiFi
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Up until now, many public libraries have not been too concerned with the security of their public wireless networks. Libraries, after all, are open to…
What looked like a perfect relationship a couple of months ago may have hit a rough patch. The iPad seemed then to be the device…
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Now that we’ve left Cybersecurity Awareness Month behind us (October, but you might not have seen it on your calendar) as well as the barrage…
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A couple of weeks ago, OPLIN made a change to our SMS messaging service that enabled us to not only send messages from libraries to…
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We’ve done three OPLIN 4cast posts about e-books in the last six months, and this one makes four. We try to mix our topics and…
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Do you have patrons who may be interested in checking in to your library as well as checking out library items? Perhaps you do, but…
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While the “Sixth Order” might sound like the name of a larping group, the Order we’re highlighting in this week’s 4cast is the Federal Communication…
The October 1 demise of Bloglines that was announced a couple of weeks ago launched a raft of articles about the decline—or not—of RSS readers.…
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Once again, we’re hearing news about how tablet computers, specifically Apple’s iPad, are going to change the way newspapers and magazines are published, except this…
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It was hard to avoid the news last week about Google’s new “Instant” search, but in this 4cast we’re still offering a couple of links…