Library Stuff

I’m not sure how I missed the Thinking about the Future blog, written by Paul Miller (he works at Talis). Check out the description of his blog:

“Personal perspectives on information science, the evolving Internet, delivery of public services online, Web 2.0, Library 2.0, communities, folksonomies and more. With an emphasis upon convergence between some or all of the above, and a UK slant.”

Subscribed! Paul linked to an atricle that he wrote for the latest issue of Araidne titled, “Web 2.0: Building the New Library”.

File…Print.

A few social software tools that Aggie sent me today, from various sources:

+ Tudu Lists: “Tudu Lists is an on-line application for managing todo lists.”

+ Clipmarks – “Basically, what bookmarks do for entire web pages, Clipmarks do for specific content on those pages. When you find information on the web that you want to retain, you can create a Clipmark in 3 easy steps without ever leaving the page you’re on: (1) highlight the content, (2) tag it with relevant keywords, (3) save it.”

+ Raw Sugar – “RawSugar lets you save and tag your favorite Web pages and create your personal searchable Web page to share with your friends. Tagging is a quick and flexible way to categorize your favorites”

+ Conversate – “Conversate gives you your own online discussion space for any topic, with anyone you want to invite. It’s totally free and ideal for talking about articles or websites and for organizing projects and events.”

Speaking of social software, take a look at Phil Bradley’s page called, “I want to”. Into the presentations it goes!

Yes, you’ve seen the pictures, but have you read the Haiku? (Thanks Amanda)

It took me less than 2 minutes to create a nice-looking page called A Few Librarians at KickRSS. One word.

Suweeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

Run a search. I dare ya.

I do wonder why they don’t provide the user with OPML upload ability and I’m not sure why they don’t display the full content from the feeds they gather, but beggers can’t be choosers, right?

Loving this!

This should be fun to watch. An organized “assault” on a specific Wikipedia entry. From the press release:

“The Great Wiki Raid of ’05 begins at 12:01 A.M. 31 October. For 24 hours futurists from around the world will mount a “knowledge assault” on Wikipedia.org, the world’s largest collaborative online encyclopedia. Their goal is simple: to improve public knowledge about the field of futures studies.

“The World Futures Studies Federation is the organizing force behind The Great Wiki Raid. WFSF “raiders” will endeavor to add as much information as they can, in multiple languages, regarding the topic “futures studies” over the course of one day. Choosing Wikipedia as their “target” acknowledges the dramatic way in which digital technology is transforming knowledge creation and distribution.”