Laura Smart of CSU Pomona has a terrific blog about RFID in libraries. Pick it up at: http://libraryrfid.typepad.com/libraryrfid/index.rdf (Hey, people really DO read my blogroll! I see this got picked up before I even blogged it; in my copious spare time, in between buffing my taxes and updating my personal financial statements, I’m deep into […]
“All this handringing by librarians and others is ridiculous. Google is a commercial service and business. They clearly state what they will be doing. If you don’t like it go someplace else. Also, remember the old internet adage: ‘Do not send stuff in an e-mail that you would not want on the front page of […]
Just one little catch with Gmail: Google’s computers will be scanning your messages and sending you ads based on message content. (I guess I’d get Preparation H ads for that title.) Hey, I trust them–not. Though the company claims it won’t read users’ email or share personal information–please. Google compares Gmail to spam filters, “which […]
I appeal to your collective wisdom. My dear old ridiculously outdated Visor Deluxe, purchased the first month these became available, had some badly-timed “senior moments” this past couple of weeks, and I’m realizing that though I’m very attached to it, it’s time to look for something better. I’m tempted to get a Treo 600, and […]
San Francisco Public Library is having a public forum on RFID this Thursday, March 4 (yes–my nuptial eve) from 6-7:30 p.m. This promises to be an interesting discussion. See: http://sfpl.org/news/events.htm Bookmark to:
http://lisblogsource.net/aboutblogsource.htm Nice! I had personally groused that they needed this. It squarely places this resource in the biblioblogosphere for what it is–two guys and a blog, and a very useful one, at that. Bookmark to:
http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/001780.shtml Dan Gillmor reports, “Google’s Jason Shellen confirms that the company is dropping RSS support in favor of Atom.” Gillmor adds Dave Winer is worried Google is building its own aggregator. RSS is such a standards mess that it’s ripe for competition. What is not in competition is the proof of concept for a lightweight […]
I try to keep Free Range Librarian very, very separate from my work life (notwithstanding my tendency to draft posts in between finishing sections of long projects, as I did today–sort of like tossing a sardine to a seal). However, I can’t resist noting that Librarians’ Index to the Internet now offers a native RSS […]
I just added a blogroll featuring the library-related sites I subscribe to via RSS. That’s the good news. (Or it’s the good news if you remotely care what I read.) The bad news is this addition to the meandering left column of FRL makes it even more painfully clear that I need to redesign this […]
Jenny Levine is rightly crowing over her latest achievement: a group license for digital audiobooks for patron checkout. Illinois isn’t the first state to do this, but Jenny and others benefited from the experience of their predecessors (after all, it’s the second mouse that gets the cheese). And they’ve thought through the marketing and deployment […]