Archive for October, 2008
Long overdue library book returned to Okla. school
October 31st, 2008Boston.com - “A library book checked out from a Tulsa high school in 1947 has been returned — with a $250 check to cover overdue fees.”
Global Warming’s Library Challenge
October 31st, 2008Library Journal - “Like every institution that uses energy, consumes resources, and engages in construction or renovation, libraries have an impact on the environment and on the critical problem of climate change.”
Libraries Rock the Election
October 31st, 2008School Library Journal - “Interest is high around this year’s presidential contest, and schools and libraries are giving kids a chance to get involved.”
Beyond YouTube: New Ways to Find Video on the We
October 30th, 2008WSJ - [S]ome video-search sites are moving beyond tags and keywords.”
Six Experimental Firefox Extensions We Love
October 30th, 2008Lifehacker - “We love Firefox for its extensibility, but sometimes we run into an extension or two that dons the “Experimental” label on the Firefox add-ons site.”
One Laptop Per Child’s Negroponte Says to Copy His Designs
October 30th, 2008Advertising Age - “Like all those low-priced laptops that are coming out on the market lately? Thank One Laptop Per Child and its founder Nicholas Negroponte. And if history repeats, prices will go much, much lower.”
Harvard Slams Google Settlement; Others React with Caution
October 30th, 2008Library Journal - “If a major theme has emerged among the reactions to Google’s sweeping $125 million settlement with publishers and authors over its library scan plan, it is cautious optimism, tempered by uncertainty.”
What’s So Bad About Google?
October 30th, 2008Academic Librarian - “The Google Books settlement seems like very good news to me.”
I think Google got away cheap with the settlement.
God’s Green Earth
October 30th, 2008Paper Cuts Blog - “The Green Bible,” printed on eco-friendly recycled paper, with cotton/linen cover and soy-based ink, makes the Word of God not only accessible (it’s the New Revised Standard Version, not the sonorous King James) but exceptionally biodegradable.”
Read It Later Comes To Google Reader
October 30th, 2008ReadWriteWeb - “Popular Firefox addon Read It Later has just introduced an updated version of their plugin which adds new functionality to Google Reader. With the new extension, which now works in both Firefox and IE, you can now get through your RSS feeds faster by checking off the items you want to read later [...]
Goosebumps And Guffaws In Stine’s ‘HorrorLand’
October 30th, 2008NPR - “Anyone who thinks that Goosebumps, R.L. Stine’s fantastically popular kids book series from the 1990s, is a thing of the past would have been disabused of that notion at this year’s National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.”
Man accused of downloading child porn at Lake Oswego library
October 30th, 2008Oregonlive - “A 25-year-old man has been charged with downloading illegal child pornography from the Internet at the Lake Oswego Public Library.”
Anne Rice goes from vampires to Jesus biographer
October 30th, 2008AP - “For those who haven’t been paying attention lately to vampire lit, America’s most famous chronicler of bloodsuckers doesn’t live in New Orleans anymore - and hasn’t since before Hurricane Katrina hit - and she’s riding new waves of enthusiasm: the memoir and Christian lit.”
A Gold Rush For Twitter Squatters?
October 30th, 2008WebProNews - “The proposed rush to secure your or your brand’s Twitter ID to guard against Twitter-squatting might not mesh well to you, either.”
I was told that someone was going to create a fake stevencohen account on Twitter, now that I deleted it. That would be hilarious, but problematic for managing my online reputation (right [...]
Want to Green Your Addiction to Books? Buy Ebooks:
October 30th, 2008More from Eco-Libris
Stand up, say who you are
October 30th, 2008National Law Journal - "Anonymity poses a significant threat on the Internet, because it allows bloggers to promote harmful speech without bearing any significant risk of loss, thereby undermining the legal premise that those causing harm can be "held accountable." As a result, a harmed person may believe that he or she is without adequate [...]
Study Shows Social Networking At Work Is Good
October 30th, 2008Some conversation over at Slashdot
Netflix, TiVo Will Deliver Films on DVR
October 30th, 2008WSJ.com - “Netflix Inc. and TiVo Inc. reached an agreement to deliver movies from a Netflix Internet service to TiVo digital-video recorders, part of an industry push to link television sets with online entertainment.”
Australia to implement mandatory internet censorship
October 30th, 2008Herald Sun - “Australia will join China in implementing mandatory censoring of the internet under plans put forward by the Federal Government.”
Library Scuptures
October 28th, 2008Wondrous Sculpture at Wheeler Taft Abbett Sr. Public Library (Marana, AZ)
Very cool!
BPL: The Ultimate Search Engine
October 28th, 2008AdWeek - “Though libraries may increasingly become relics in the Google-driven Web 2.0 era, Allen & Gerritsen positions the Boston Public Library system as the ultimate search engine and portrays its librarians as “heroes of information” in a new campaign.”
Great poster if you follow the link.
Google Settles Book-Search Suits
October 28th, 2008WSJ.com - “Google Inc. will pay $125 million under a settlement to resolve lawsuits challenging the Internet search giant’s plan to digitize, search and show snippets of in-copyright books without the explicit consent of the copyright owner.”
The New Warriors of Literacy
October 28th, 2008The News Peg - “I did a little digging and found out that it’s a national trend among public libraries — Book Cart Drill Teams!”
New in Labs: Calendar and Docs gadgets:
October 27th, 2008Official Gmail Blog - “Today we’re launching a few Labs experiments that let you add gadgets to the left-nav, next to Chat and Labels.”
Suweeeet!
Local medical librarian helps son handle rare type of cancer
October 27th, 2008KIDK - “A Rexburg woman who spends her days helping doctors, nurses, and patients is also using her skills to help one of the most important people in her life…her son.”
Mosio founder says shush, text a librarian for hel
October 27th, 2008ars technica - “A new service, called Text a Librarian is trying to give users the same kind of instant gratification offered by the web, while providing the credibility that only a library can provide.”
Twitter Trends
October 27th, 2008Twist can help out.
British man prosecuted for publishing “obscene” story online
October 27th, 2008Geeks Are Sexy - “In a test case which could have severe ramifications for free speech on the internet, a 35 year old man is being prosecuted under British obscenity laws for a story he allegedly wrote and published on the internet.”
R.E.M. - Have You Ever Seen The Rain? (LIVE)
October 26th, 2008A classic. They played this at Jones Beach this year, a show which I had the pleasure to attend.
Where is your Username Registered
October 26th, 2008Wow! Talk about managing your online identity. Take a look at UsernameCheck and find out were your favorite ID is registered. Very cool!