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A commonplace book for my work on the Walter J. Ong Collection, held by the Pius XII Memorial Library, Saint Louis University.

Googlem the internet company is getting in the energy business. It announced yesterday that it intended to develop and help stimulate the creation of renewable energy technologies that are cheaper than coal-generated power

Lately, I’ve been hearing librarians say some interesting things about incorporating emerging online trends into their already hectic work lives

Ideally this essay can help enlighten both the publishing industry and educators on the need for aspiring editors to understand the new realities, not just e-book technology but also its impact on the important area of subrights, a topic that I’ll also explore below.

This article posits a definition and theory for "Library 2.0". It suggests that recent thinking describing the changing Web as "Web 2.0" will have substantial implications for libraries, and recognizes that while these implications keep very close to the history and mission of libraries, they still necessitate a new paradigm for librarianship. The paper applies the theory and definition to the practice of librarianship, specifically addressing how Web 2.0 technologies such as synchronous messaging and streaming media, blogs, wikis, social networks, tagging, RSS feeds, and mashups might intimate changes in how libraries provide access to their collections and user support for that access.

Let’s take a look at the some of the communication issues facing a Web 2.0 site, and see how the “Web 2.0 look” can help to solve them.