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Q: Josh, why are you excited to start your new job? A: Because, this is the kind of atmosphere I’ll be working in. How could I not be excited?
With some help from Chris at Libraryola, I got my Library Links button and blogroll set up in my sidebar. “Library Links”? Oh, yes. Jessica the Cool Librarian has decided to start a librarian community blogroll. You stick the button and some javascript somewhere on your blog, linking to her Library Links page, then shoot [...]
Okay, now, be honest. If you were at work at the library, and a patron asked for help in looking for information on the internet, would you rather say, “Let me Google that for you,” or…”Let me Ninja that for you“? I can only assume that the purpose of this totally sweet search engine is [...]
The moral of the story is this: libraries and the internet, the flow of information and the nodes that seek to connect people with–and through–this information, are changing, and these changes are important and relevant and good. Now, I seriously doubt anyone reading this blog disagrees with that. In fact, I’d go so far as [...]
Here’s an idea that just popped into my head: What if a library took Linden Lab’s source code and created their own Second Life grid? The grid would be a virtual library with staff providing online reference. But the Second Life library would also have virtual stacks where visitors could browse the shelves, looking at [...]
Linden Lab is releasing the source code for Second Life under the GNU GPL. Shunning modesty, they equate this with the release of Mosaic and the growth of the World Wide Web. A lot of the Second Life development work currently in progress is focused on building the Second Life Grid — a vision of [...]
Jennimi says Web 2.0 is like jazz. Being a fan of both, I sure do dig how she draws the comparison!
The “Library 2.0” entry on Wikipedia is being considered for deletion. I’ve joined Steven Cohen, David Lee King and others in voting to have it kept. If you have a Wikipedia account, log in and voice your opinion. If you don’t have a Wikipedia account…it’ll take you two seconds to create one. And why shouldn’t [...]
