Librarian trading cards
It’s true, there are librarian trading cards, and you can see them in Flickr. You can also build your own. Can the museum professionals be far behind?
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Google gets smarter…again
I noticed something new (to me) in Google over coffee this morning. I was at a party over the weekend, and met a dog with so much personality that I …
Read MoreWatch this space: ArchiveGrid is coming to town
Archivists and researchers will be interested to know that the refashioned Archival Resources will make its debut in early 2006 as ArchiveGrid.org. RLG has long been supportive of the unique …
Read MoreClay Shirky @ Long Now, and Flickr rant
I attended Clay Shirky’s talk part of the Long Now’s Seminars on Long Term Thinking (or SALT) series. The talk was well attended (at least 200 people), and the crowd …
Read MoreBrewster profiled
Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive was profiled in Sunday’s San Jose Mercury News. The online version of the article does not include “five things to know about Brewster Kahle.” …
Read MoreNing: a playground for social applications
Ning, a new free service that helps to enable…well, the FAQ says it best. Ning is a free online service (or, as we like to call it, a Playground) for …
Read MoreOpen Content Alliance scans while Google hits the airwaves
By now you probably know that our Neighbors to the North have applied to provide Wi-Fi – for free – to our other neighbors to the north, the city of …
Read MoreLibrarian as genius
So, now many of us can now claim that we know a genius. Last month, the MacArthur Foundation announced its most recent fellows, the recipients of the so-called “genius award.” …
Read MoreThe downside of collaborative filtering
Yesterday’s San Jose Mercury News carried an article on recommending systems and collaborative filtering. (You can get the article, actually from the Los Angeles Times, here although you may need …
Read MoreThe hills are alive…
Indoor plumbing. Co-ed housing arrangements. Vending machines. Internet access. Music downloading and file swapping. What are considered the “basics” for American college undergrads are being redefined yet again. On Thursday, …
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