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The National Library of New Zealand (Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa in Maori and an RLG Partner) has obviously been busy. Last week they joined the Flickr Commons, and they …
Read MoreIn the context of John MacColl’s guest blog on Karen Calhoun’s Metalogue, I was reminded of the stats from the LC-Flickr project pertaining to changes LC made in their own …
Read MoreAs part of what we’re trying to accomplish in the “Modeling New Service Infrastructures” part of the RLG Work Agenda, I’ve been working on a white paper on best practices …
Read MoreYes, for most people the Grail is Google. For many of us in the library world (even for some library users) it’s WorldCat. But there are apparently still numerous quests …
Read MoreA few more Flickr related things: The Boston Public Library has posted photos to Flickr. Like Library of Congress, the collections are open to commentary and tags, although initially they …
Read MoreFlickr and the Library of Congress just announced a prototype which will bring 1,500 or 3,000 photographs (depending on whether you believe the Flickr or the LC blog) from two …
Read MoreRecently I realized that I’m spending almost as much time in “professional listening” as I am doing “professional reading”. So many interviews, Webcasts, TED talks, Google Tech Talks, and the …
Read MoreA visual reminder of how many places we have to search. sputtr.com Far from complete. WorldCat.org, LibraryThing, etc. are not even on the list. Merrilee ProffittMerrilee Proffitt is Senior Manager …
Read MoreLorcan recently brought my attention to a conference where he will be speaking. It’s the mid-term meeting of LIBER where they will have a think tank on the future value …
Read MoreWe’re always on the look-out for this mystical creature called “the user,” and I am exited to report a public sighting: for a good hour during the Bibliographic Control Working …
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