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iLibrarian » Technology Solutions Planning in Libraries: Part Six - Technolog... - 1 views

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shared by Jennifer Parsons on 26 Jun 12 - No Cached

Jennifer Parsons on 26 Jun 12

This is a quick walkthrough meant for librarians who are not sure how to evaluate, plan, and implement technology for their libraries' use. I'm curious as to what our implementation or IT and Web services folks think of this.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is a quick walkthrough meant for librarians who are not sure how to evaluate, plan, and implement technology for their libraries' use. I'm curious as to what our implementation or IT and Web services folks think of this.</div>

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Storm Damage at NYU Library Offers Lessons for Disaster Planning in the Stack - 0 views

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shared by Scott Peterson on 15 Nov 12 - No Cached

Scott Peterson on 15 Nov 12

A general overview about the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and how libraries have responded to it, and about disaster planning in general. While not treading too much new ground, it does show how some ideas and strategies work in practice.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A general overview about the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and how libraries have responded to it, and about disaster planning in general. While not treading too much new ground, it does show how some ideas and strategies work in practice.</div>

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» A Brief Trip into Technology Planning, Brought to You By Meebo ACRL TechCon... - 0 views

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shared by Jennifer Parsons on 15 Mar 13 - No Cached

Jennifer Parsons on 15 Mar 13

In light of Meebo (NOT Google Reader, ahem) biting the dust, Becky Yoose meditates on having contingency plans. Doing occasional third-party application audits is a good idea.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">In light of Meebo (NOT Google Reader, ahem) biting the dust, Becky Yoose meditates on having contingency plans. Doing occasional third-party application audits is a good idea.</div>

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Online Legacies Prompt Growing Legal Challenges - 0 views

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Scott Peterson on 17 May 13

An article covering the online legacy we leave behind once we've passed away, and who or how it is managed. Companies are gradually becoming more aware and making some concessions towards "digital estate planning" but there are still legal concerns or grey areas, such as a surviving parent using an accessing the social media account of a child who had died.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An article covering the online legacy we leave behind once we've passed away, and who or how it is managed. Companies are gradually becoming more aware and making some concessions towards "digital estate planning" but there are still legal concerns or grey areas, such as a surviving parent using an accessing the social media account of a child who had died.</div>

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Microsoft's Plan to Bring About the Era of Gesture Control | MIT Technology Review - 0 views

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shared by Megan Durham on 25 Oct 12 - No Cached

Megan Durham on 25 Oct 12

Motion control: Startup company GestSure uses Kinect for Windows to allow surgeons to look through medical images without having to touch unsterile equipment. While most of the headlines about Microsoft this fall will concern its new operating system, Windows 8, and its new Surface tablet, the company is also working hard on a long-term effort to reinvent the way we interact with existing computers. *I knew my Just Dance skills would pay off!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Motion control: Startup company GestSure uses Kinect for Windows to allow surgeons to look through medical images without having to touch unsterile equipment. While most of the headlines about Microsoft this fall will concern its new operating system, Windows 8, and its new Surface tablet, the company is also working hard on a long-term effort to reinvent the way we interact with existing computers. *I knew my Just Dance skills would pay off!</div>

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Next ALCTS e-Forum: BISAC and Beyond, April 17-18 - 0 views

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  BISAC and Beyond: Making Word-Based Classification Your Own April 17-18, 2012 Hosted by Logan MacDonald and Loretta Mainock Please join us for an e-forum discussion. It's free and open to everyone! Registration information is at the end of the message. Each day, sessions begin and end at: Pacific: 7am - 3pm Mountain: 8am - 4pm Central: 9am - 5 pm Eastern: 10am - 6pm Description: Many libraries are considering moving away from traditional classification systems like Dewey or LC in favor of word-based systems based on BISAC, a classification scheme used by book retailers and publishers. Reclassifying a library collection takes thought, planning, courage, and sweat. How can a word-based classification system benefit your customers? Join the conversation and talk to other libraries who have already ditched Dewey or are considering making the switch. Topics for discussion may include: Why switch to a BISAC-based system? Adapting BISAC for the needs of your customers Planning the conversion process Tips, tricks, and FAQs for reclassifying collections Using BISAC for collection development Rethinking the 'flow' of your nonfiction collection Merchandising with BISAC BISAC and the MARC record Leveraging BISAC in the OPAC to add discovery points Logan Macdonald is the Collection Development Manager for Anythink Libraries in Adams County, Colorado. In 2008, Logan helped develop WordThink, Anythink's BISAC-based classification system that was implemented district-wide in 2009. Prior to joining Anythink, Logan worked for the Montrose Regional Library District in Montrose, Colorado and University of Washington Libraries in Seattle. He is frequently introduced by colleagues as "The Man Who Killed Dewey." Loretta Mainock is the Anythink Buyer for children's materials and also purchases econtent, music and dvd's for Anythink Libraries. She has been with the library district for more than 15 years. She has been in
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">BISAC and Beyond: Making Word-Based Classification Your Own April 17-18, 2012 Hosted by Logan MacDonald and Loretta Mainock Please join us for an e-forum discussion. It's free and open to everyone! Registration information is at the end of the message. Each day, sessions begin and end at: Pacific: 7am - 3pm Mountain: 8am - 4pm Central: 9am - 5 pm Eastern: 10am - 6pm Description: Many libraries are considering moving away from traditional classification systems like Dewey or LC in favor of word-based systems based on BISAC, a classification scheme used by book retailers and publishers. Reclassifying a library collection takes thought, planning, courage, and sweat. How can a word-based classification system benefit your customers? Join the conversation and talk to other libraries who have already ditched Dewey or are considering making the switch. Topics for discussion may include: Why switch to a BISAC-based system? Adapting BISAC for the needs of your customers Planning the conversion process Tips, tricks, and FAQs for reclassifying collections Using BISAC for collection development Rethinking the 'flow' of your nonfiction collection Merchandising with BISAC BISAC and the MARC record Leveraging BISAC in the OPAC to add discovery points Logan Macdonald is the Collection Development Manager for Anythink Libraries in Adams County, Colorado. In 2008, Logan helped develop WordThink, Anythink's BISAC-based classification system that was implemented district-wide in 2009. Prior to joining Anythink, Logan worked for the Montrose Regional Library District in Montrose, Colorado and University of Washington Libraries in Seattle. He is frequently introduced by colleagues as "The Man Who Killed Dewey." Loretta Mainock is the Anythink Buyer for children's materials and also purchases econtent, music and dvd's for Anythink Libraries. She has been with the library district for more than 15 years. She has been in</div>
  
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The Library of Utopia - 0 views

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shared by Scott Peterson on 10 May 12 - No Cached

Scott Peterson on 10 May 12

An interesting although perhaps idealistic view of what could happen. The author contends that Google faltered in paying and making arrangements with publishers rather than defending Book Search as fair use, although I'd argue it led directly to the Google Play store for selling media including books. Libraries cooperating to make a Digital Public Library is to me a much more agreeable plan than getting materials digitized and put online by means of a corporation.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An interesting although perhaps idealistic view of what could happen. The author contends that Google faltered in paying and making arrangements with publishers rather than defending Book Search as fair use, although I'd argue it led directly to the Google Play store for selling media including books. Libraries cooperating to make a Digital Public Library is to me a much more agreeable plan than getting materials digitized and put online by means of a corporation.</div>

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Update: 'Google Search Education' - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 1 views

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adrienne_mobius on 31 May 12

Google has a new site called Google Search Education with different lesson plans for picking the right search terms, understanding search results, narrowing a search, and evaluating credibility of sources.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Google has a new site called Google Search Education with different lesson plans for picking the right search terms, understanding search results, narrowing a search, and evaluating credibility of sources.</div>

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Very Pinteresting!: The hot social network is taking educators by storm - The Digital S... - 0 views

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adrienne_mobius on 06 Jul 12

"Everyone's buzzing about Pinterest, a new social media tool that connects people through the things they like-but for a growing number of users in classrooms and media centers, it's fast becoming a powerful resource where teachers and students share images, store lesson plans, read about current events, watch video clips, and collect their favorite apps."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Everyone's buzzing about Pinterest, a new social media tool that connects people through the things they like-but for a growing number of users in classrooms and media centers, it's fast becoming a powerful resource where teachers and students share images, store lesson plans, read about current events, watch video clips, and collect their favorite apps."</div>

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The Bookless Library - 0 views

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shared by Scott Peterson on 07 Sep 12 - No Cached

Scott Peterson on 07 Sep 12

This article is notable for how the New York Public Library is dealing with changes in technology and readership with the Central Library Plan, which is generating controversy. In steps similar to what other libraries have done a good portion of the books will be stored at an off-site facility, while older buildings will be sold and services centered on the main library. Interestingly, the off-site storage will also be used to allow New York City schools to order books directly from it.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This article is notable for how the New York Public Library is dealing with changes in technology and readership with the Central Library Plan, which is generating controversy. In steps similar to what other libraries have done a good portion of the books will be stored at an off-site facility, while older buildings will be sold and services centered on the main library. Interestingly, the off-site storage will also be used to allow New York City schools to order books directly from it.</div>

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Authors win class status in Google books suit - Technology & science - Tech and gadgets... - 0 views

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shared by Janine Gordon on 04 Jun 12 - No Cached

Janine Gordon on 04 Jun 12

Google seems to be in the news again. Article 1 of 2: Thousands of authors can sue Google in a class-action lawsuit over its plan to create the world's largest digital book library, a federal judge ruled on Thursday. U.S. Circuit Judge Denny Chin in Manhattan also rejected Google's bid to dismiss claims by The Authors Guild and several groups representing photographers and graphic artists, which would have forced their members to sue individually.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Google seems to be in the news again. Article 1 of 2: Thousands of authors can sue Google in a class-action lawsuit over its plan to create the world's largest digital book library, a federal judge ruled on Thursday. U.S. Circuit Judge Denny Chin in Manhattan also rejected Google's bid to dismiss claims by The Authors Guild and several groups representing photographers and graphic artists, which would have forced their members to sue individually.</div>

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Loud Debate Rages Over N.Y. Library's Quiet Stacks : NPR - 1 views

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shared by adrienne_mobius on 13 Jun 12 - No Cached

adrienne_mobius on 13 Jun 12

"If the library has its way, this Beaux Arts-style building on Manhattan's 42nd Street - the one with the giant lions out front - will soon see some changes. A hotly debated renovation plan would demolish the seven stuffy floors of stacks. Some of the books would be stored under nearby Bryant Park, and up to 2 million books would be moved to climate-controlled storage in Princeton, N.J."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"If the library has its way, this Beaux Arts-style building on Manhattan's 42nd Street - the one with the giant lions out front - will soon see some changes. A hotly debated renovation plan would demolish the seven stuffy floors of stacks. Some of the books would be stored under nearby Bryant Park, and up to 2 million books would be moved to climate-controlled storage in Princeton, N.J."</div>

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Are Digital Libraries A 'Winner-Takes-All' Market? OverDrive Hopes So - 0 views

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shared by Scott Peterson on 21 Nov 13 - No Cached

Scott Peterson on 21 Nov 13

An outsider view of how Overdrive presents itself as a corporate entity to those not in the library profession, and apparent plans to expand into the school library market.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An outsider view of how Overdrive presents itself as a corporate entity to those not in the library profession, and apparent plans to expand into the school library market.</div>

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Norway Decided to Digitize All the Norwegian Books - 0 views

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shared by Scott Peterson on 13 Dec 13 - No Cached

Scott Peterson on 13 Dec 13

An ambitious plan for Norway to scan all printed material in Norwegian in about 15 years, based on how copies of any new book are to be deposited in the national library and therefore by scanning the entire national library all materials will be digitized.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An ambitious plan for Norway to scan all printed material in Norwegian in about 15 years, based on how copies of any new book are to be deposited in the national library and therefore by scanning the entire national library all materials will be digitized.</div>

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PROGRAM | ALA Virtual Conference 2013 - 1 views

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shared by Sharla Lair on 21 Jun 13 - No Cached

Sharla Lair on 21 Jun 13

The program is up for the ALA Virtual Conference! Take a peek and find which sessions you plan to attend.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The program is up for the ALA Virtual Conference! Take a peek and find which sessions you plan to attend.</div>

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UK Government Report Released: Public Library Closures May be Unlawful, MPs Warn - 0 views

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shared by Megan Durham on 06 Nov 12 - No Cached

Megan Durham on 06 Nov 12

In a report released today, Tuesday 6 November 2012, the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee says that some local authorities, under considerable pressure to quickly find cost savings, have drawn up plans without taking proper account of local needs for library services and the variety of options available to provide them, and are therefore in danger of failing in their statutory duty to provide a 'comprehensive and efficient' library service. Other councils, however, have found innovative and cost-effective ways of continuing to supply - and in some cases improve - their library service.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">In a report released today, Tuesday 6 November 2012, the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee says that some local authorities, under considerable pressure to quickly find cost savings, have drawn up plans without taking proper account of local needs for library services and the variety of options available to provide them, and are therefore in danger of failing in their statutory duty to provide a 'comprehensive and efficient' library service. Other councils, however, have found innovative and cost-effective ways of continuing to supply - and in some cases improve - their library service.</div>

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Library of Congress has archive of tweets, but no plan for its public display - 0 views

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shared by Scott Peterson on 11 Jan 13 - No Cached

Scott Peterson on 11 Jan 13

I was a little surprised the number of tweets is at 170 billion , with 400 million a day, but the Library of Congress has been archiving them. Part of the problem in displaying them is simply how; the size and continual growth of the collection would make a massive indexing collection. But also, I wonder about tweets that have been deleted for legal reasons or because of privacy, and whether those would appear in the database.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I was a little surprised the number of tweets is at 170 billion , with 400 million a day, but the Library of Congress has been archiving them. Part of the problem in displaying them is simply how; the size and continual growth of the collection would make a massive indexing collection. But also, I wonder about tweets that have been deleted for legal reasons or because of privacy, and whether those would appear in the database.</div>

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Google Drive cloud storage launch planned for early April, sources tell GigaOm | The Verge - 0 views

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anonymous on 14 Apr 12

I'm just learning of this today. Apparently they are only offering 1GB of free storage, which puts them at half of what Dropbox offers for free. That said, Dropbox is painfully slow at upload and download and Google storage is insanely cheap. I just bought 20GB of storage for my photo archive and it costs me a WHOPPING $5/year - and the extra storage is shared by all my Google apps which I'm guessing will include Drive.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I'm just learning of this today. Apparently they are only offering 1GB of free storage, which puts them at half of what Dropbox offers for free. That said, Dropbox is painfully slow at upload and download and Google storage is insanely cheap. I just bought 20GB of storage for my photo archive and it costs me a WHOPPING $5/year - and the extra storage is shared by all my Google apps which I'm guessing will include Drive. </div>

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British charity calls for '50 Shades of Grey' book burning - 0 views

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Megan Durham on 24 Aug 12

Forgive me but the bookseller in me found this amusing and disturbing at the same time. I knew this books was "hot" but really? A British charity has called for a burning of the book "50 Shades of Grey" by E.L. James. Wearside Women in Need, which focuses on domestic violence, has asked readers to drop off books for a planned bonfire on Nov. 5.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Forgive me but the bookseller in me found this amusing and disturbing at the same time. I knew this books was "hot" but really? A British charity has called for a burning of the book "50 Shades of Grey" by E.L. James. Wearside Women in Need, which focuses on domestic violence, has asked readers to drop off books for a planned bonfire on Nov. 5.</div>

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Megan Durham on 24 Aug 12

This has to be my favorite quote of the day! "I couldn't find anything that turned me on, other than the fact that he gives her a rare copy of 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles.' "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This has to be my favorite quote of the day! "I couldn't find anything that turned me on, other than the fact that he gives her a rare copy of 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles.' "</div>

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adrienne_mobius on 24 Aug 12

Megan, that's my favorite quote of the day, too.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Megan, that's my favorite quote of the day, too.</div>

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Details of Google Fiber emerge - KansasCity.com - 1 views

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 Get 10 percent of the homes in your area to sign up for service — it takes a $10 deposit — and Google will eventually hook you up. • Meet that quota by Sept. 9, or the network will fly around you. And if Google does come to your neighborhood, you’ll have just once chance for installation.
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iLibrarian » Technology Solutions Planning in Libraries: Part Six - Technolog... - 1 views

Storm Damage at NYU Library Offers Lessons for Disaster Planning in the Stack - 0 views

» A Brief Trip into Technology Planning, Brought to You By Meebo ACRL TechCon... - 0 views

Online Legacies Prompt Growing Legal Challenges - 0 views

Microsoft's Plan to Bring About the Era of Gesture Control | MIT Technology Review - 0 views

Next ALCTS e-Forum: BISAC and Beyond, April 17-18 - 0 views

The Library of Utopia - 0 views

Update: 'Google Search Education' - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 1 views

Very Pinteresting!: The hot social network is taking educators by storm - The Digital S... - 0 views

The Bookless Library - 0 views

Authors win class status in Google books suit - Technology & science - Tech and gadgets... - 0 views

Loud Debate Rages Over N.Y. Library's Quiet Stacks : NPR - 1 views

Are Digital Libraries A 'Winner-Takes-All' Market? OverDrive Hopes So - 0 views

Norway Decided to Digitize All the Norwegian Books - 0 views

PROGRAM | ALA Virtual Conference 2013 - 1 views

UK Government Report Released: Public Library Closures May be Unlawful, MPs Warn - 0 views

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Google Drive cloud storage launch planned for early April, sources tell GigaOm | The Verge - 0 views

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