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The Downside of Being Universally Liked - 0 views

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A fairly truthful article about the situation facing libraries today; that since most people like libraries they have few true enemies, and with no enemies there are no real allies.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A fairly truthful article about the situation facing libraries today; that since most people like libraries they have few true enemies, and with no enemies there are no real allies.</div>

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Tor Books says cutting DRM out of its e-books hasn't hurt business - 1 views

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Tor Books, one of the leading publishers of Science Fiction, has reported that since they did away with DRM in their files a year ago that their business has hardly changed. Their reasoning was simple, their readers tended to be technologically savvy and DRM is a constant problem to them.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Tor Books, one of the leading publishers of Science Fiction, has reported that since they did away with DRM in their files a year ago that their business has hardly changed. Their reasoning was simple, their readers tended to be technologically savvy and DRM is a constant problem to them.</div>

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Last of a Breed: Postal Workers Who Decipher Bad Addresses - 0 views

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An article about the decline of processing centers for deciphering bad addresses. Where once there had been 55 there are now 2 and will soon be 1. The result has been the Post Office is one of the leaders in optical character recognition. What I find troubling is the speed they are operating at--3 seconds an image at 1,200 an hour, which leads to barely enough time to make a correction, and only to correct the most obvious mistakes.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An article about the decline of processing centers for deciphering bad addresses. Where once there had been 55 there are now 2 and will soon be 1. The result has been the Post Office is one of the leaders in optical character recognition. What I find troubling is the speed they are operating at--3 seconds an image at 1,200 an hour, which leads to barely enough time to make a correction, and only to correct the most obvious mistakes.</div>

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Star Wars - 1 views

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A web review complaining about the current state of online reviews or products and places, that often rather than being an overall assessment or comprehensive review are often a few quick sentences based on a singular experience.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A web review complaining about the current state of online reviews or products and places, that often rather than being an overall assessment or comprehensive review are often a few quick sentences based on a singular experience.</div>

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Separated At Birth: Library and Publisher Metadat - 0 views

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shared by Scott Peterson on 02 May 13 - No Cached

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An article I found interesting both for how the Douglas County Libraries was trying to own rather then license much of their e-resources and store it on a server, but also how they were working with the metadata for those resources, converting it bu a crosswalk from the publication industry's XML-based ONIX (ONline Information eXchange) or simple Excel into Marc.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An article I found interesting both for how the Douglas County Libraries was trying to own rather then license much of their e-resources and store it on a server, but also how they were working with the metadata for those resources, converting it bu a crosswalk from the publication industry's XML-based ONIX (ONline Information eXchange) or simple Excel into Marc.</div>

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Who Really Owns Your Personal Data? - 0 views

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An article about a trend today to use apps that track and record behavior and wearable fitness devices, and who owns the data those devices store in the cloud. I also found it interesting there was little analysis of how the data could be severely skewed by age and demographics; that the behaviors and data stored could be from people who don't care or want it spread it to the world.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An article about a trend today to use apps that track and record behavior and wearable fitness devices, and who owns the data those devices store in the cloud. I also found it interesting there was little analysis of how the data could be severely skewed by age and demographics; that the behaviors and data stored could be from people who don't care or want it spread it to the world.</div>

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The Mind of a Con Man - 0 views

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An article about Diederik Stapels, a formerly well known behavioral scientist who was outed for for falsifying much of his data and research, even though it pass peer review. What is more interesting is his justification--that a lot of it was because he wasn't finding clear conclusions in his research so he made them appear.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An article about Diederik Stapels, a formerly well known behavioral scientist who was outed for for falsifying much of his data and research, even though it pass peer review. What is more interesting is his justification--that a lot of it was because he wasn't finding clear conclusions in his research so he made them appear.</div>

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Word Book Night - 0 views

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The website for an event to give out books to people who don't regularly read. IN the U.S. the figures are 25,000 volunteers giving out 500,000 books. While an annual event that happened on April 23rd it needs more promotion, I hadn't heard of it until I read an article about it.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The website for an event to give out books to people who don't regularly read. IN the U.S. the figures are 25,000 volunteers giving out 500,000 books. While an annual event that happened on April 23rd it needs more promotion, I hadn't heard of it until I read an article about it.</div>

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The Central Registry of Information on Looted Cultural Property 1933-1945 - 0 views

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The website of Central Registry for looted Nazi books and Art, including two databases; one for books and one for objects.

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Nazi-Looted Books Spell Decades of Labor for Libraries - 0 views

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An article about how, books that were looted by the Nazis from Jewish owners are being returned to their descendants through the cooperation of libraries and a registry on cultural property from the Second World War.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An article about how, books that were looted by the Nazis from Jewish owners are being returned to their descendants through the cooperation of libraries and a registry on cultural property from the Second World War.</div>

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Herbert Richardson v. the World - 0 views

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shared by Scott Peterson on 19 Apr 13 - No Cached

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A very interesting article about a former mainstream academic who had taken to developing his own press, and sued a librarian because of blog posts he had made that were critical of the press. The Wikipedia entry on the press shows the press has also sued a magazine and a website.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A very interesting article about a former mainstream academic who had taken to developing his own press, and sued a librarian because of blog posts he had made that were critical of the press. The Wikipedia entry on the press shows the press has also sued a magazine and a website.</div>

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Library collects food instead of fines - 0 views

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An interesting approach for a library in Wisconsin where fines are resolved not by money but by food, with the food being donated to the needy. The resolution is not complete, only knocking $1 off for each food item up to $50, but does increase library involvement in the community.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An interesting approach for a library in Wisconsin where fines are resolved not by money but by food, with the food being donated to the needy. The resolution is not complete, only knocking $1 off for each food item up to $50, but does increase library involvement in the community.</div>

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Human genome: US Supreme Court hears patents case - 0 views

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An interesting case heard before the Supreme Court about whether genes can be patented, with the according debate about how much of a human genome can thus be regulated or controlled.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An interesting case heard before the Supreme Court about whether genes can be patented, with the according debate about how much of a human genome can thus be regulated or controlled.</div>

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What's the Problem with Self-Publishing? - 0 views

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While not particular breaking new ground, this article does look at the status quo and issues with self publishing, in particular the slop of enthusiasm versus demand, and that self publishing may still be in the early stage of inflated expectations.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">While not particular breaking new ground, this article does look at the status quo and issues with self publishing, in particular the slop of enthusiasm versus demand, and that self publishing may still be in the early stage of inflated expectations.</div>

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Anil Dash on The Web We Lost - 0 views

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A taped college lecture about how large scale social media has connected millions of people, but many of the promises of the early Internet have been lost, such as people owning their own identities and websites.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A taped college lecture about how large scale social media has connected millions of people, but many of the promises of the early Internet have been lost, such as people owning their own identities and websites.</div>

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Elsevier: All your data belongs to us - 0 views

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An article about the outrage when Elsevier bought a social media research platform called Mendeley, and the parallels to when Amazon bought GoodReads. Points are made, that open social media is best, but at a certain point the data produced is valuable enough that corporate interests will step in.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An article about the outrage when Elsevier bought a social media research platform called Mendeley, and the parallels to when Amazon bought GoodReads. Points are made, that open social media is best, but at a certain point the data produced is valuable enough that corporate interests will step in.</div>

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Library thefts cost Austin more than $1 million in five years - 2 views

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shared by Scott Peterson on 04 Apr 13 - No Cached

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A concerning article about the rate of theft at the Austin public library. Surprising is how only recently have borrowing limits been enacted and patrons required to renew their cards A collections agency is used for delinquent accounts, but there is little mention of a security system or how much is lost due to simple theft.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A concerning article about the rate of theft at the Austin public library. Surprising is how only recently have borrowing limits been enacted and patrons required to renew their cards A collections agency is used for delinquent accounts, but there is little mention of a security system or how much is lost due to simple theft.</div>

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Prison and Libraries: Public Service Inside and Out - 1 views

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An article about the world of prison libraries and how they help detainees with learning, job placement, and constructive entertainment such as performing in plays.

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How the internet is making us poor - 0 views

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A somewhat gloomy article tangentially mentioning libraries but focusing more on how the revolution of robots and automation in industry has carried over to software in today's information processing jobs, and that even in recent good economic times jobs continue to be lost.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A somewhat gloomy article tangentially mentioning libraries but focusing more on how the revolution of robots and automation in industry has carried over to software in today's information processing jobs, and that even in recent good economic times jobs continue to be lost.</div>

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Sugata Mitra: Build a School in the Cloud - 0 views

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A TED presentation from Sugata Mitra about designing a "School in the Cloud," to create a SOLE or Self Organized Learning Environment.

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